Disruption of diacylglycerol metabolism impairs the induction of T cell anergy
Disruption of diacylglycerol metabolism impairs the induction of T cell anergy
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DOI:
10.1038/ni1400
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发表时间:
2006-11-01
影响因子:
30.5
通讯作者:
Zhong, Xiao-Ping
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作者:
Olenchock, Benjamin A.;Guo, Rishu;Zhong, Xiao-Ping
Anergic T cells have altered diacylglycerol metabolism, but whether that altered metabolism has a causative function in the induction of T cell anergy is not apparent. To test the importance of diacylglycerol metabolism in T cell anergy, we manipulated diacylglycerol kinases ( DGKs), which are enzymes that terminate diacylglycerol-dependent signaling. Overexpression of DGK-alpha resulted in a defect in T cell receptor signaling that is characteristic of anergy. We generated DGK-alpha-deficient mice and found that DGK-alpha-deficient T cells had more diacylglycerol-dependent T cell receptor signaling. In vivo anergy induction was impaired in DGK-alpha-deficient mice. When stimulated in anergy-producing conditions, T cells lacking DGK-alpha or DGK-zeta proliferated and produced interleukin 2. Pharmacological inhibition of DGK-alpha activity in DGK-zeta-deficient T cells that received an anergizing stimulus proliferated similarly to wild-type T cells that received CD28 costimulation and prevented anergy induction. Our findings suggest that regulation of diacylglycerol metabolism is critical in determining whether activation or anergy ensues after T cell receptor stimulation.