論文

査読有り 国際誌
2017年11月15日

The ERM Protein Moesin Regulates CD8+ Regulatory T Cell Homeostasis and Self-Tolerance.

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
  • Hiroki Satooka
  • ,
  • Daisuke Nagakubo
  • ,
  • Tomomi Sato
  • ,
  • Takako Hirata

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開始ページ
3418
終了ページ
3426
記述言語
英語
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研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.4049/jimmunol.1700074

The ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) proteins are a family of membrane-associated proteins that link membrane proteins with actin filaments in the cell cortex and regulate many cellular processes, including cell shape determination, membrane transport, and signal transduction. Lymphocytes predominantly express two ERM members, ezrin and moesin. Mutations in the moesin gene in humans are associated with primary immunodeficiency with profound lymphopenia, and moesin-deficient mice exhibit a similar lymphopenia phenotype. In this study, we show that aging moesin-deficient mice develop a systemic lupus erythematosus-like autoimmune phenotype, which is characterized by elevated serum autoantibody levels and glomerulonephritis. Younger moesin-deficient mice exhibited elevated basal levels of several Ig isotypes and enhanced Ab affinity maturation upon immunization. Germinal center B cells and follicular helper T cells spontaneously accumulated in unimmunized mice, and CD8+CD44+CD122+Ly49+ regulatory T (CD8+ Tregs) cells, which inhibit the expansion of follicular helper T cells, were severely reduced in these mice. Isolated CD8+ Treg cells from moesin-deficient mice showed impaired proliferation in response to IL-15, which was accompanied by defects in STAT5 activation and IL-15Rα internalization, suggesting that moesin plays a key role in IL-15-mediated signaling. These findings underscore the importance of moesin in IL-15-dependent CD8+ Treg cell homeostasis and, thus, the control of self-tolerance.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1700074
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28978692
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.4049/jimmunol.1700074
  • PubMed ID : 28978692

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