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A critical role for the autophagy gene Atg5 in T cell survival and proliferation
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Macroautophagy (hereafter referred to as autophagy) is a well-conserved intracellular degradation process. Recent studies examining cells lacking the autophagy genes Atg5 and Atg7 have demonstrated that autophagy plays essential roles in cell survival during starvation, in innate cell clearance of microbial pathogens, and in neural cell maintenance. However, the role of autophagy in T lymphocyte development and survival is not known. Here, we demonstrate that autophagosomes form in primary mouse T lymphocytes. By generating Atg5−/− chimeric mice, we found that Atg5-deficient T lymphocytes underwent full maturation. However, the numbers of total thymocytes and peripheral T and B lymphocytes were reduced in Atg5 chimeras. In the periphery, Atg5−/− CD8+ T lymphocytes displayed dramatically increased cell death. Furthermore, Atg5−/− CD4+ and CD8+ T cells failed to undergo efficient proliferation after TCR stimulation. These results demonstrate a critical role for Atg5 in multiple aspects of lymphocyte development and function and suggest that autophagy may be essential for both T lymphocyte survival and proliferation.
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“In this respect it is noteworthy that some cell-types of the immune system such as dendritic cells 260 seem to tolerate loss of autophagy fairly well, whereas others such as T and B cells are compromised in their development and function after autophagy inhibition.757,758”
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“Proper induction of autophagy has been shown to be important for the maintenance of cellular bioenergetics and sustained T cell viability after activation (25, 26).”
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- Authors
- Pua, H. H., Dzhagalov, I., Chuck, M., Mizushima, N., & He, Y.-W.
- Affiliations
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JP)
- Venue
- The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Publisher
- Rockefeller University Press
- Published
- 2006-12-26
- Volume
- 204
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 25-31
- ISSN
- 0022-1007 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-9538
- PMC
- PMC2118420
- OpenAlex
- W2154663531
- Cited by
- 622
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 19.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Journal of Experimental Medicine (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute (R01CA092123, CA92123)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK040561)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
- Keywords
- autophagy, ATG5, ATG7, T cell proliferation, T cell development, autophagosomes, CD8+ T cells, CD4+ T cells, T cell receptor stimulation, lymphocyte apoptosis, chimeric mice
- MeSH terms
- Autophagy-Related Protein 5, Animals, Autophagy, Base Sequence, Cell Differentiation, Cell Survival, Female, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Pregnancy, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, T-Lymphocytes, Fetal Tissue Transplantation, DNA Primers, Transplantation Chimera, Mice, Knockout, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Cell Proliferation, Mice
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