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Autophagy Is Induced in CD4+ T Cells and Important for the Growth Factor-Withdrawal Cell Death

Li, Changyou, Capan, Elizabeth, Zhao, Yani, Zhao, Jianping, Stolz, Donna, Watkins, Simon C, Jin, Shengkan, Lu, Binfeng·2006·The Journal of Immunology

Abstract

Autophagy is a tightly regulated catabolic mechanism that degrades proteins and organelles. Autophagy mediates programmed cell death under certain conditions. To determine the role of autophagy in T cells, we examined, in mouse CD4+ T cells, conditions under which autophagy is induced and alterations of the cell fate when autophagy is blocked. We have found that resting naive CD4+ T cells do not contain detectable autophagosomes. Autophagy can be observed in activated CD4+ T cells upon TCR stimulation, cytokine culturing, and prolonged serum starvation. Induction of autophagy in T cells requires JNK and the class III PI3K. Autophagy is inhibited by caspases and mammalian target of rapamycin in T cells. Interestingly, more Th2 cells than Th1 cells undergo autophagy. Th2 cells become more resistant to growth factor-withdrawal cell death when autophagy is blocked using either chemical inhibitors 3-methyladenine, or by RNA interference knockdown of beclin 1 and Atg7. Therefore, autophagy is an important mechanism that controls homeostasis of CD4+ T cells.

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Authors
Li, C., Capan, E., Zhao, Y., Zhao, J., Stolz, D., Watkins, S. C., Jin, S., & Lu, B.
Venue
The Journal of Immunology
Published
2006-10
Volume
177
Issue
8
Pages
5163-5168
ISSN
  • 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-6606
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W1559838741
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276
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38
FWCI
10.40
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journal article
Language
en
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Li, C., Capan, E., Zhao, Y., Zhao, J., Stolz, D., Watkins, S. C., Jin, S., & Lu, B. (2006). Autophagy Is Induced in CD4+ T Cells and Important for the Growth Factor-Withdrawal Cell Death. The Journal of Immunology. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.177.8.5163

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