Signal strength and metabolic requirements control cytokine-induced Th17 differentiation of uncommitted human T cells
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
Citazione:
Signal strength and metabolic requirements control cytokine-induced Th17 differentiation of uncommitted human T cells / I. Kastirr, M. Crosti, S. Maglie, M. Paroni, B. Steckel, M. Moro, M. Pagani, S. Abrignani, J. Geginat. - In: JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-1767. - 195:8(2015), pp. 3617-3627. [10.4049/jimmunol.1501016]
Abstract:
IL-17 production defines Th17 cells, which orchestrate immune responses and autoimmune diseases. Human Th17 cells can be efficiently generated with appropriate cytokines from precommitted precursors, but the requirements of uncommitted T cells are still ill defined. In standard human Th17 cultures, IL-17 production was restricted to CCR6+ CD45RA+ T cells, which expressed CD95 and produced IL-17 ex vivo, identifying them as Th17 memory stem cells. Uncommitted naive CD4+ T cells upregulated CCR6, RORC2, and IL-23R expression with Th17-promoting cytokines but in addition required sustained TCR stimulation, late mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activity, and HIF-1α to produce IL-17. However, in standard highdensity cultures, nutrients like glucose and amino acids became progressively limiting, and mTOR activity was consequently not sustained, despite ongoing TCR stimulation and T cell proliferation. Sustained, nutrient-dependent mTOR activity also induced spontaneous IL-22 and IFN-γ production, but these cytokines had also unique metabolic requirements. Thus, glucose promoted IL-12-independent Th1 differentiation, whereas aromatic amino acid-derived AHR ligands were selectively required for IL-22 production. The identification of Th17 memory stem cells and the stimulation requirements for induced human Th17/22 differentiation have important implications for T cell biology and for therapies targeting the mTOR pathway.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Immunology
Elenco autori:
I. Kastirr, M. Crosti, S. Maglie, M. Paroni, B. Steckel, M. Moro, M. Pagani, S. Abrignani, J. Geginat
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