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Identification of DNA Methyltransferase 3a as a T Cell Receptor-Induced Regulator of Th1 and Th2 Differentiation

Gamper, Christopher J, Agoston, Agoston T, Nelson, William G, Powell, Jonathan D·2009·The Journal of Immunology

Abstract

Ag-specific T cell cytokine expression is dictated by the context in which TCR engagement occurs. Recently it has become clear that epigenetic changes play a role in this process. DNA methyltransferase 3a (DNMT3a) is a de novo methyltransferase important to the epigenetic control of cell fate. We have determined that DNMT3a expression is increased following TCR engagement and that costimulation mitigates DNMT3a protein expression. T cells lacking DNMT3a simultaneously express IFN-γ and IL-4 after expansion under nonbiasing conditions. While global methylation of DNA from wild-type and knockout T cells is similar, DNMT3a-null T cells demonstrate selective hypomethylation of both the Il4 and Ifng loci after activation. Such hypomethylated knockout Th2 cells retain a greater capacity to express IFN-γ protein when they are subsequently exposed to Th1-biasing conditions. Based on these findings we propose that DNMT3a is a key participant in regulating T cell polarization at the molecular level by promoting stable selection of a context-specific cell fate through methylation of selective targets in T cells.

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Authors
Gamper, C. J., Agoston, A. T., Nelson, W. G., & Powell, J. D.
Affiliations
  • Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine , Baltimore, MD 21231
  • Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital , Boston, MA 02115
Venue
The Journal of Immunology
Published
2009-08
Volume
183
Issue
4
Pages
2267-2276
ISSN
  • 1550-6606
  • 0022-1767
Cited by
100
References
1
Language
en

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