[PDF][PDF] Dendritic cells coordinate the development and homeostasis of organ-specific regulatory T cells

DS Leventhal, DC Gilmore, JM Berger, S Nishi, V Lee… - Immunity, 2016 - cell.com
DS Leventhal, DC Gilmore, JM Berger, S Nishi, V Lee, S Malchow, DE Kline, J Kline
Immunity, 2016cell.com
Although antigen recognition mediated by the T cell receptor (TCR) influences many facets
of Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cell biology, including development and function, the cell types
that present antigen to Treg cells in vivo remain largely undefined. By tracking a clonal
population of Aire-dependent, prostate-specific Treg cells in mice, we demonstrated an
essential role for dendritic cells (DCs) in regulating organ-specific Treg cell biology. We
have shown that the thymic development of prostate-specific Treg cells required antigen …
Summary
Although antigen recognition mediated by the T cell receptor (TCR) influences many facets of Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cell biology, including development and function, the cell types that present antigen to Treg cells in vivo remain largely undefined. By tracking a clonal population of Aire-dependent, prostate-specific Treg cells in mice, we demonstrated an essential role for dendritic cells (DCs) in regulating organ-specific Treg cell biology. We have shown that the thymic development of prostate-specific Treg cells required antigen presentation by DCs. Moreover, Batf3-dependent CD8α+ DCs were dispensable for the development of this clonotype and had negligible impact on the polyclonal Treg cell repertoire. In the periphery, CCR7-dependent migratory DCs coordinated the activation of organ-specific Treg cells in the prostate-draining lymph nodes. Our results demonstrate that the development and peripheral regulation of organ-specific Treg cells are dependent on antigen presentation by DCs, implicating DCs as key mediators of organ-specific immune tolerance.
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