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Programmed Cell Death-1 Deficiency Exacerbates T Cell Activation and Atherogenesis despite Expansion of Regulatory T Cells in Atherosclerosis-Prone Mice
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- T cell activation represents a double-edged sword in atherogenesis, as it promotes both pro-inflammatory T cell activation and atheroprotective Foxp3(+) regulatory T cell (Treg) responses. Here, we investigated the role of the co-inhibitory receptor programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) in T cell activation and CD4(+) T cell polarization towards pro-atherogenic or atheroprotective responses in mice. Mice deficient for both low density lipoprotein receptor and PD-1 (Ldlr(-/-)Pd1(-/-)) displayed striking increases in systemic CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cellT cell activation represents a double-edged sword in atherogenesis, as it promotes both pro-inflammatory T cell activation and atheroprotective Foxp3(+) regulatory T cell (Treg) responses. Here, we investigated the role of the co-inhibitory receptor programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) in T cell activation and CD4(+) T cell polarization towards pro-atherogenic or atheroprotective responses in mice. Mice deficient for both low density lipoprotein receptor and PD-1 (Ldlr(-/-)Pd1(-/-)) displayed striking increases in systemic CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell activation after 9 weeks of high fat diet feeding, associated with an expansion of both pro-atherogenic IFNγ-secreting T helper 1 cells and atheroprotective Foxp3+ Tregs. Importantly, PD-1 deficiency did not affect Treg suppressive function in vitro. Notably, PD-1 deficiency exacerbated atherosclerotic lesion growth and entailed a massive infiltration of T cells in atherosclerotic lesions. In addition, aggravated hypercholesterolemia was observed in Ldlr(-/-)Pd1(-/-) mice. In conclusion, we here demonstrate that although disruption of PD-1 signaling enhances both pro- and anti-atherogenic T cell responses in Ldlr(-/-) mice, pro-inflammatory T cell activation prevails and enhances dyslipidemia, vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis.…
Author: | Clement Cochain, Sweena M. Chaudhari, Miriam Koch, Heinz Wiendl, Hans-Henning Eckstein, Alma Zernecke |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-119823 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Klinische Biochemie und Pathobiochemie |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | PLoS ONE |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Year of Completion: | 2014 |
Volume: | 9 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagenumber: | e93280 |
Source: | PLoS ONE 9(4): e93280. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093280 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093280 |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24691202 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Tag: | T cells; regulatory T cells aorta; atherosclerosis; cytotoxic T cells; diet; nutritional deficiencies; spleen |
Release Date: | 2015/11/17 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung |