Transcription Factor Foxo1 Represses T-bet-mediated Effector Functions and Promotes Memory CD8(+) T Cell Differentiation

Overview

Journal Immunity

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2012 Mar 20

PMID 22425248

Citations 166

Authors

Rajesh R Rao

Qingsheng Li

Melanie R Gubbels Bupp

Protul A Shrikant

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Abstract

The evolutionary conserved Foxo transcription factors are important regulators of quiescence and longevity. Although, Foxo1 is known to be important in regulating CD8(+) T cell trafficking and homeostasis, its role in functional differentiation of antigen-stimulated CD8(+) T cells is unclear. Herein, we demonstrate that inactivation of Foxo1 was essential for instructing T-bet transcription factor-mediated effector differentiation of CD8(+) T cells. The Foxo1 inactivation was dependent on mTORC1 kinase, given that blockade of mTORC1 abrogated mTORC2-mediated Akt (Ser473) kinase phosphorylation, resulting in Foxo1-dependent switch from T-bet to Eomesodermin transcription factor activation and increase in memory precursors. Silencing Foxo1 ablated interleukin-12- and rapamycin-enhanced CD8(+) T cell memory responses and restored T-bet-mediated effector functions. These results demonstrate an essential role of Foxo1 in actively repressing effector or terminal differentiation processes to promote memory CD8(+) T cell development and identify the functionally diverse mechanisms utilized by Foxo1 to promote quiescence and longevity.

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