Nitric oxide induces CD4+CD25+Foxp3−regulatory T cells from CD4+CD25−T cells via p53, IL-2, and OX40
- 25 September 2007
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 104 (39), 15478-15483
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0703725104
Abstract
The principal aim of the immune system is to establish a balance between defense against pathogens and avoidance of autoimmune disease. This balance is achieved partly through regulatory T cells (Tregs). CD4(+)CD25(+) Tregs are either naturally occurring or induced by antigens and are characterized by the expression of the X-linked forkhead/winged helix transcription factor, Foxp3. Here we report a previously unrecognized subset of CD4(+)CD25(+) Tregs derived from CD4(+)CD25(-) T cells induced by nitric oxide (NO). The induction of Tregs (NO-Tregs) is independent of cGMP but depends on p53, IL-2, and OX40. NO-Tregs produced IL-4 and IL-10, but not IL-2, IFNgamma, or TGFbeta. The cells were GITR(+), CD27(+), T-bet(low), GATA3(high), and Foxp3(-). NO-Tregs suppressed the proliferation of CD4(+)CD25(-) T cells in vitro and attenuated colitis- and collagen-induced arthritis in vivo in an IL-10-dependent manner. NO-Tregs also were induced in vivo in SCID mice adoptively transferred with CD4(+)CD25(-) T cells in the presence of LPS and IFNgamma, and the induction was completely inhibited by N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine, a pan NO synthase inhibitor. Therefore, our findings uncovered a previously unrecognized function of NO via the NO-p53-IL-2-OX40-survivin signaling pathway for T cell differentiation and development.This publication has 51 references indexed in Scilit:
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