Inhibition of S-phase kinase-associated protein 2 (Skp2) reprograms and converts diabetogenic T cells to Foxp3+ regulatory T cells.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Ding WangChih-Pin Liu

Abstract

Autoreactive pathogenic T cells (Tpaths) and regulatory T cells (Tregs) express a distinct gene profiles; however, the genes and associated genetic/signaling pathways responsible for the functional determination of Tpaths vs. Tregs remain unknown. Here we show that Skp2, an E3 ubiquitin ligase that affects cell cycle control and death, plays a critical role in the function of diabetogenic Tpaths and Tregs. Down-regulation of Skp2 in diabetogenic Tpaths converts them into Foxp3-expressing Tregs. The suppressive function of the Tpath-converted Tregs is dependent on increased production of TGF-β/IL-10, and these Tregs are able to inhibit spontaneous diabetes in NOD mice. Like naturally arising Foxp3(+) nTregs, the converted Tregs are anergic cells with decreased proliferation and activation-induced cell death. Skp2 down-regulation leads to Tpath-Treg conversion due at least in part to up-regulation of several genes involved in cell cycle control and genes in the Foxo family. Down-regulation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 alone significantly attenuates the effect of Skp2 on Tpaths and reduces the suppressive function of converted Tregs; its effect is further improved with concomitant down-regulation of p21, Foxo1, and...Continue Reading

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