Regulating type 1 IFN effects in CD8 T cells during viral infections: changing STAT4 and STAT1 expression for function
Regulating type 1 IFN effects in CD8 T cells during viral infections: changing STAT4 and STAT1 expression for function
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2012-05-428672
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发表时间:
2012-11-01
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Biron, Christine A.
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作者:
Gil, M. Pilar;Ploquin, Mickael J. Y.;Biron, Christine A.
Type 1 IFNs can conditionally activate all of the signal transducers and activators of transcription molecules (STATs), including STAT4. The best-characterized signaling pathways use STAT1, however, and type 1 IFN inhibition of cell proliferation is STAT1 dependent. We report that type 1 IFNs can basally stimulate STAT1- and STAT4- dependent effects in CD8 T cells, but that CD8 T cells responding to infections of mice with lymphocytic choriomenigitis virus have elevated STAT4 and lower STAT1 expression with significant consequences for modifying the effects of type 1 IFN exposure. The phenotype was associated with preferential type 1 IFN activation of STAT4 compared with STAT1. Stimulation through the TCR induced elevated STAT4 expression, and STAT4 was required for peak expansion of antigen-specific CD8 T cells, low STAT1 levels, and resistance to type 1 IFN-mediated inhibition of proliferation. Thus, a mechanism is discovered for regulating the consequences of type 1 IFN exposure in CD8 T cells, with STAT4 acting as a key molecule in driving optimal antigen-specific responses and overcoming STAT1-dependent inhibition of proliferation. (Blood. 2012;120(18):3718-3728)