TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting immune responses by LIGHT in the face of abundant regulatory T cell inhibition
AU - Wang, Yugang
AU - Zhu, Mingzhao
AU - Yu, Ping
AU - Fu, Yang Xin
PY - 2010/2/1
Y1 - 2010/2/1
N2 - CD4+ regulatory T cell (Treg) populations are believed to play very important roles in the suppression of immune responses. Overriding Treg inhibition is necessary for initiating primary immune reaction upon inflammatory Ag stimulation. LIGHT, TNF superfamily member 14, has been shown to be a costimulatory molecule for effector T cells. Overexpression of lymphotox-inrelated inducible ligand that competes for glycoprotein D binding to herpesvirus entry mediator on T cells (LIGHT) on T cells induces strong T cell-mediated experimental intestinal inflammation. How this process is initiated by LIGHT in suppressive intestinal environments remains incompletely understood. In this study, we assessed the effect of LIGHT on Tregs. Our results indicate that LIGHT can support the expansion and function of Tregs. However, when LIGHT was highly expressed, these abundant Tregs failed to suppress the development of T cell-mediated experimental colitis and antitumor immunity. We showed that this might be, in part, due to an ability of LIGHT to promote effector T cell proliferation and differentiation even in a Treg-abundant environment. Our data collectively suggest that LIGHT might be a critical cytokine involved in the development of autoimmune inflammatory diseases and that LIGHT-targeted immunotherapy might be useful in the treatment of these diseases.
AB - CD4+ regulatory T cell (Treg) populations are believed to play very important roles in the suppression of immune responses. Overriding Treg inhibition is necessary for initiating primary immune reaction upon inflammatory Ag stimulation. LIGHT, TNF superfamily member 14, has been shown to be a costimulatory molecule for effector T cells. Overexpression of lymphotox-inrelated inducible ligand that competes for glycoprotein D binding to herpesvirus entry mediator on T cells (LIGHT) on T cells induces strong T cell-mediated experimental intestinal inflammation. How this process is initiated by LIGHT in suppressive intestinal environments remains incompletely understood. In this study, we assessed the effect of LIGHT on Tregs. Our results indicate that LIGHT can support the expansion and function of Tregs. However, when LIGHT was highly expressed, these abundant Tregs failed to suppress the development of T cell-mediated experimental colitis and antitumor immunity. We showed that this might be, in part, due to an ability of LIGHT to promote effector T cell proliferation and differentiation even in a Treg-abundant environment. Our data collectively suggest that LIGHT might be a critical cytokine involved in the development of autoimmune inflammatory diseases and that LIGHT-targeted immunotherapy might be useful in the treatment of these diseases.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.0901582
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.0901582
M3 - Article
C2 - 20042587
AN - SCOPUS:77949324525
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 184
SP - 1589
EP - 1595
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 3
ER -