par Zhang, Jinyu ;Vandevenne, Patricia ;Hamdi, Haifa ;Van Puyvelde, Merry ;Zucchi, Alessandro ;Bettonville, Marie ;Weatherly, Kathleen ;Braun, Michel Y
Référence European Journal of Immunology, 45, 3, page (829-842)
Publication Publié, 2015-03
Référence European Journal of Immunology, 45, 3, page (829-842)
Publication Publié, 2015-03
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : | T cells chronically stimulated by a persistent antigen often become dysfunctional and lose effector functions and proliferative capacity. To identify the importance of micro-RNA-155 (miR-155) in this phenomenon, we analyzed mouse miR-155-deficient CD4(+) T cells in a model where the chronic exposure to a systemic antigen led to T-cell functional unresponsiveness. We found that miR-155 was required for restoring function of T cells after programmed death receptor 1 blockade. Heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) was identified as a specific target of miR-155 and inhibition of HO-1 activity restored the expansion and tissue migration capacity of miR-155(-/-) CD4(+) T cells. Moreover, miR-155-mediated control of HO-1 expression in CD4(+) T cells was shown to sustain in vivo antigen-specific expansion and IL-2 production. Thus, our data identify HO-1 regulation as a mechanism by which miR-155 promotes T-cell-driven inflammation. |