Phenotype, localization, and mechanism of suppression of CD4(+)CD25(+) human thymocytes.
Phenotype, localization, and mechanism of suppression of CD4(+)CD25(+) human thymocytes.
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10.1084/jem.20020110
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2002-08-05
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Romagnani S
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Annunziato F;Cosmi L;Liotta F;Lazzeri E;Manetti R;Vanini V;Romagnani P;Maggi E;Romagnani S
Phenotypic markers, localization, functional activities, and mechanisms of action in vitro of CD4+CD25+ T cells, purified from postnatal human thymuses, were investigated. These cells showed poor or no proliferation in mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC), and suppressed in a dose-dependent fashion the proliferative response to allogeneic stimulation of CD4+CD25− thymocytes. Virtually all CD4+CD25+ thymocytes constitutively expressed cytoplasmic T lymphocyte antigen (CTLA)-4, surface tumor necrosis factor type 2 receptor (TNFR2), and CCR8. They prevalently localized to perivascular areas of fibrous septa and responded to the chemoattractant activity of CCL1/I-309, which was found to be produced by either thymic medullary macrophages or fibrous septa epithelial cells. After polyclonal activation, CD4+CD25+ thymocytes did not produce the cytokines interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, interferon γ, and only a very few produced IL-10, but all they expressed on their surface CTLA-4 and the majority of them also transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1. The suppressive activity of these cells was contact dependent and associated with the lack of IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) α-chain (CD25) expression in target cells. Such a suppressive activity was partially inhibited by either anti–CTLA-4 or anti–TGF-β1, and was completely blocked by a mixture of these monoclonal antibodies, which were also able to restore in target T cells the expression of IL-2R α-chain and, therefore, their responsiveness to IL-2. These data demonstrate that CD4+CD25+ human thymocytes represent a population of regulatory cells that migrate in response to the chemokine CCL1/I-309 and exert their suppressive function via the inhibition of IL-2R α-chain in target T cells, induced by the combined activity of CTLA-4 and membrane TGF-β1.
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.193.11.1303
发表时间:
2001-06-04
期刊:
The Journal of experimental medicine
影响因子:
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作者:
Dieckmann D;Plottner H;Berchtold S;Berger T;Schuler G
通讯作者:
Schuler G
影响因子:
15.3
作者:
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通讯作者:
Roncarolo, M G
DOI:
10.1084/jem.194.6.847
发表时间:
2001-09-17
期刊:
The Journal of experimental medicine
影响因子:
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作者:
Iellem A;Mariani M;Lang R;Recalde H;Panina-Bordignon P;Sinigaglia F;D'Ambrosio D
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D'Ambrosio D
影响因子:
5.5
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GIRI, JG;ANDERSON, DM;COSMAN, D
通讯作者:
COSMAN, D
影响因子:
20.3
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通讯作者:
Romagnani, S