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A novel strategy to investigate the factors regulating the Treg to Tfr transition during acute viral infection.
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Journal of Immunological Methods . Jun2022, Vol. 505, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Follicular regulatory T cells (Tfrs), a specialized subset of regulatory T cells (Tregs), have a particular role in the control of follicular helper T cell-driven germinal center (GC) responses. Following differentiation signals similar to those received by follicular helper T cells (Tfhs), Tfrs gain expression of characteristic chemokine receptors and transcription factors, such as CXCR5 and Bcl-6, allowing them to migrate into the B-cell follicle and perform in situ suppression. Thus, together with Tfhs, Tfrs help maintaining an optimized GC-reaction. However, the mechanism underlying the Treg-to-Tfr transition remains obscure. Here, we established a highly reproducible protocol for investigating the differentiation of Tregs into Tfrs by constructing spleen-chimeric mice combined with retrovirus transduction. We demonstrated that using this strategy, over 4 folds of Tregs could differentiate into Tfrs in Bcl-6 overexpression group compared to control counterparts (Migr1), and Bcl-6 could efficiently promote Tfr differentiation during acute viral infection. Hence, this method provides us an easy access to investigate the factors that regulate the differentiation program that converts Tregs into Tfrs, which will enhance our understanding of the networks regulating GC-reaction and shed new light on the molecular basis of immune homeostasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00221759
- Volume :
- 505
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Immunological Methods
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156894934
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2022.113266