MicroRNA 10a marks regulatory T cells
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MicroRNA 10a marks regulatory T cells. / Jeker, Lukas T; Zhou, Xuyu; Gershberg, Kseniya; de Kouchkovsky, Dimitri; Morar, Malika M; Stadthagen, Gustavo; Lund, Anders H.; Bluestone, Jeffrey A.
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T1 - MicroRNA 10a marks regulatory T cells
AU - Jeker, Lukas T
AU - Zhou, Xuyu
AU - Gershberg, Kseniya
AU - de Kouchkovsky, Dimitri
AU - Morar, Malika M
AU - Stadthagen, Gustavo
AU - Lund, Anders H.
AU - Bluestone, Jeffrey A
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are crucial for regulatory T cell (Treg) stability and function. We report that microRNA-10a (miR-10a) is expressed in Tregs but not in other T cells including individual thymocyte subsets. Expression profiling in inbred mouse strains demonstrated that non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice with a genetic susceptibility for autoimmune diabetes have lower Treg-specific miR-10a expression than C57BL/6J autoimmune resistant mice. Inhibition of miR-10a expression in vitro leads to reduced FoxP3 expression levels and miR-10a expression is lower in unstable "exFoxP3" T cells. Unstable in vitro TGF-ß-induced, iTregs do not express miR-10a unless cultured in the presence of retinoic acid (RA) which has been associated with increased stability of iTreg, suggesting that miR-10a might play a role in stabilizing Treg. However, genetic ablation of miR-10a neither affected the number and phenotype of natural Treg nor the capacity of conventional T cells to induce FoxP3 in response to TGFβ, RA, or a combination of the two. Thus, miR-10a is selectively expressed in Treg but inhibition by antagomiRs or genetic ablation resulted in discordant effects on FoxP3.
AB - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are crucial for regulatory T cell (Treg) stability and function. We report that microRNA-10a (miR-10a) is expressed in Tregs but not in other T cells including individual thymocyte subsets. Expression profiling in inbred mouse strains demonstrated that non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice with a genetic susceptibility for autoimmune diabetes have lower Treg-specific miR-10a expression than C57BL/6J autoimmune resistant mice. Inhibition of miR-10a expression in vitro leads to reduced FoxP3 expression levels and miR-10a expression is lower in unstable "exFoxP3" T cells. Unstable in vitro TGF-ß-induced, iTregs do not express miR-10a unless cultured in the presence of retinoic acid (RA) which has been associated with increased stability of iTreg, suggesting that miR-10a might play a role in stabilizing Treg. However, genetic ablation of miR-10a neither affected the number and phenotype of natural Treg nor the capacity of conventional T cells to induce FoxP3 in response to TGFβ, RA, or a combination of the two. Thus, miR-10a is selectively expressed in Treg but inhibition by antagomiRs or genetic ablation resulted in discordant effects on FoxP3.
KW - Animals
KW - Cells, Cultured
KW - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
KW - Gene Expression
KW - Mice
KW - Mice, Inbred NOD
KW - MicroRNAs
KW - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory
KW - Transforming Growth Factor beta
KW - Tretinoin
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0036684
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0036684
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22629323
VL - 7
SP - e36684
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
SN - 1932-6203
IS - 5
ER -
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