Fine-tuning innate and adaptive immune responses: another KLFhanger. Focus on "Krüppel-like factor KLF10 regulates transforming growth factor receptor II expression and TGF-β signaling in CD8+ T lymphocytes".
Fine-tuning innate and adaptive immune responses: another KLFhanger. Focus on "Krüppel-like factor KLF10 regulates transforming growth factor receptor II expression and TGF-β signaling in CD8+ T lymphocytes".
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微调先天性和适应性免疫反应:另一个 KLFhanger。
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10.1152/ajpcell.00418.2014
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2015
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Feinberg,MarkW
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Feinberg,MarkW
DYSREGULATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM may contribute to a range of conditions such as autoimmunity, chronic inflammatory disease, transplant rejection, or cancer. In response to foreign pathogens, metazoans have evolved to bear two layered lines of defense—the innate and adaptive immune system. The first line of host defense is typically triggered when microbial organisms (eg, by double-stranded RNA or lipopolysaccharide) are recognized by highly conserved pathogen-associated molecular patterns, also termed pattern recognition receptors. However, this level of defense is fairly nonspecific and does not usually confer long-lasting immunity. Phagocytic cells such as macrophages, neutrophils, or dendritic cells, as well as mast cells and natural killer (NK) cells not only facilitate eliminating pathogens, but also may participate in activating the adaptive immune system. Recognition of specific “nonself” antigens during antigen presentation facilitates the adaptive response comprising a range of T and B cell subsets to generate specific “memory” cells that enable a faster response upon pathogen reexposure. CD8+ T cells participate in host defense during acute and chronic microbial infection and also facilitate the elimination of transformed cells (3). The specific interaction of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules presenting short peptide antigens to clonal receptors of CD8+ T cells (TCRs) is sufficient to trigger signaling events that induce effector functions. However, accumulating studies indicate that CD8+ T cells may also mediate antigen-independent effector responses (eg, independent of TCR specificity), an effect that could be harmful when they are self-reactive. Recent studies indicate that tissue resident memory CD8+ T cells rapidly induce an antiviral state, thereby highlighting that CD8+ T cells have the capacity to exhibit properties of both the innate and adaptive immune system (7). Consequently, exquisite control of CD8+ T cell activation and an understanding of the regulatory molecular mechanisms that dampen their response have broad implications for regulating both innate and adaptive immune responses associated with microbial pathogens, antitumor immunity, vaccination strategies, and chronic inflammatory disease states. In this issue of AJP-Cell, Papadakis et al.(6) identify a new transcriptional regulator of CD8+ T cell effector function termed Krüppel-like factor 10 (KLF10) by its ability to modulate the TGF-β receptor type II (TGF-βRII) expression and downstream TGF-β signaling (Fig. 1). TGF-β is a pleiotropic growth factor that controls an array of T cell functional responses (4). Indeed, mice harboring T cell-specific deletion of TGF-β receptors develop early fatal multifocal inflammatory and autoimmune disease (4). Previous studies indicate that TGF-β signaling induces CD8+ T cell differentiation by increasing IL-7Rα expression as well as emigration of CD8+ T cell effectors from the spleen to the organs such as the gut by regulating integrin α4β7 expression. While Papadakis et al.(6). found no differences in the total number of peripheral CD8+ T cells in KLF10 J/J mice compared with wild-type (WT) mice, the ratio of CD8+ T cell effectors to naïve T cells was markedly increased in KLF10 J/J mice. Interestingly, TGF-βRII expression was significantly reduced in both activated/memory and naïve KLF10 J/J CD8+ T cells. Consistent with these findings, activated KLF10 J/J CD8+ T cells exhibited higher expression of T-bet and IFN-γ, suggesting dysregulation of Th1-type immune responses. Remarkably, using in vivo proliferation assays in lymphopenic Rag1 J/J mice after 1 week of adoptive transfer of CD8+ KLF10 J …