Vitamin A Metabolites Induce Gut-homing Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells.
From: Laboratory of Immunology and Hematopoiesis, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue Cancer Center, Bindley Bioscience Center and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
- Publish Date: Sep 2007
- ISSN: 0022-1767
- Volume: 179
- Issue: 6
- Pages: 3724-33
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Kang Seung G, Lim Hyung W, Andrisani Ourania M, et al. Vitamin A Metabolites Induce Gut-homing Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells.. J. Immunol. Sep 2007;179:3724-33
Abstract
In this study, we report a novel biological function of vitamin A metabolites in conversion of naive FoxP3- CD4+ T cells into a unique FoxP3+ regulatory T cell subset (termed “retinoid-induced FoxP3+ T cells”) in both human and mouse T cells. We found that the major vitamin A metabolite all-trans-retinoic acid induces histone acetylation at the FoxP3 gene promoter and expression of the FoxP3 protein in CD4+ T cells. The induction of retinoid-induced FoxP3+ T cells is mediated by the nuclear retinoic acid receptor alpha and involves T cell activation driven by mucosal dendritic cells and costimulation through CD28. Retinoic acid can promote TGF-beta1-dependent generation of FoxP3+ regulatory T cells but decrease the TGF-beta1- and IL-6-dependent generation of inflammatory Th17 cells in mouse T cells. Retinoid-induced FoxP3+ T cells can efficiently suppress target cells and, thus, have a regulatory function typical for FoxP3+ T cells. A unique cellular feature of these regulatory T cells is their high expression of gut-homing receptors that are important for migration to the mucosal tissues particularly the small intestine. Taken together, these results identify retinoids as positive regulatory factors for generation of gut-homing FoxP3+ T cells.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Cell Movement, Cells, Cultured, Coculture Techniques, Forkhead Transcription Factors, Growth Inhibitors, Humans, Immunophenotyping, Interleukin-6, Intestinal Mucosa, Lymphoid Tissue, Mice, Mice, Inbred AKR, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory, Transforming Growth Factor beta1, Tretinoin, Vitamin A
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