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Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 regulates CD8 T-cell proliferation by inhibition of interleukins 6 and 27

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 110; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1182/blood-2006-08-041541

1528-0020

Christine Brender, Gillian M. Tannahill, Brendan J. Jenkins, Joel G. Fletcher, Ruth Columbus, Christiaan J. M. Saris, Matthias Ernst, Nicos A. Nicola, Douglas J. Hilton, Warren S. Alexander, Robyn Starr,

Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds

Suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins regulate the intensity and duration of cytokine responses. SOCS3 is expressed in peripheral T cells, and recent reports have suggested that overexpression of SOCS3 modulates antigen- and/or costimulation-induced T-cell activation. To study the role of SOCS3 in the regulation of T-cell activation, we used a conditional gene-targeting strategy to generate mice that lack SOCS3 in T/natural killer T cells (Socs3ΔLck/ΔLck mice). SOCS3-deficient CD8 T cells showed greater proliferation than wild-type cells in response to T-cell receptor (TCR) ligation despite normal activation of signaling pathways downstream from TCR or CD28 receptors. Signaling in response to the gp130 cytokines interleukin (IL)–6 and IL-27 was prolonged in Socs3ΔLck/ΔLck T cells, and T cells from gp130Y757F/Y757F mice, in which the SOCS3-binding site on gp130 is ablated, showed a striking similarity to SOCS3-deficient CD8 T cells. Although the proliferative defect of Socs3ΔLck/ΔLck T cells was not rescued in the absence of IL-6, suppression of IL-27 signaling was found to substantially reduce anti-CD3–induced proliferation. We conclude that enhanced responses to TCR ligation by SOCS3-deficient CD8 T cells are not caused by aberrant TCR-signaling pathways but, rather, that increased IL-27 signaling drives unregulated proliferation in the absence of SOCS3.