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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
卷 192, 期 1, 页码 99-104出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.1.99
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signaling; NF-AT; T cell activation; cytokines; lymphocytes
Glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3 is a protein serine/threonine kinase that regulates differentiation and cell fate in a variety of organisms. This study examined the role of GSK-3 in antigen-specific T cell responses. Using resting T cells from P14 T cell receptor (TCR)-transgenic mice (specific for the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and H-2D(b)), we demonstrated that GSK-3 beta was inactivated by serine phosphorylation after viral peptide-specific stimulation in vitro. To further investigate the role of GSK-3, we have generated a retroviral vector that expresses a constitutively active form of GSK-3 beta that has an alanine substitution at the regulatory amino acid, serine 9 (GSK-3 beta A9). Retroviral transduction of P14 TCR-transgenic hone marrow stem cells, followed by reconstitution, led to the expression of GSK-3 beta A9 in bone marrow chimeric mice. T cells from chimeric mice demonstrate a reduction in proliferation and interleukin (IL)-2 production. In contrast, in vitro assays done in the presence of the GSK-3 inhibitor lithium led to dramatically prolonged T cell proliferation and increased IL-2 production. Furthermore, in the presence of lithium, we show that nuclear factor of activated T cells (NF AT)c remains in the nucleus Lifter antigen-specific stimulation of T cells. Together, these data demonstrate that GSK-3 negatively regulates the duration of T cell responses.
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