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Publication : Opposing roles for the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27kip1 in the control of CD4+ T cell proliferation and effector function.

First Author  Rowell EA Year  2005
Journal  J Immunol Volume  174
Issue  6 Pages  3359-68
PubMed ID  15749868 Mgi Jnum  J:97698
Mgi Id  MGI:3576150 Doi  10.4049/jimmunol.174.6.3359
Citation  Rowell EA, et al. (2005) Opposing roles for the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27kip1 in the control of CD4+ T cell proliferation and effector function. J Immunol 174(6):3359-68
abstractText  Cell division drives T cell clonal expansion and differentiation, and is the result of concerted signaling from Ag, costimulatory, and growth factor receptors. How these mitogenic signals are coupled to the cell cycle machinery in primary T cells is not clear. We have focused on the role of p27kip1, a major cyclin-dependent kinase binding protein expressed by CD4+ T cells. Our studies using p27kip1 gene dosage demonstrate that early after activation, p27kip1 acts to promote, rather than inhibit, G1 to S phase progression within the first division cycle. However, throughout subsequent cell divisions p27kip1 behaves as a negative regulator, directly establishing the threshold amount of growth factor signaling required to support continued cell division. During this phase, signals from CD28 and IL-2R cooperate with the TCR to 'tune' this threshold by inducing the degradation of p27kip1 protein, and we show that agents that block these pathways require elevated p27kip1 levels for their full antiproliferative activity. Finally, we show that p27kip1 opposes the development of CD4+ T cell effector function, and is required for the full development of anergy in response to a tolerizing stimulus. Our results suggest that p27kip1 plays a complex and important role in the regulation of cell division and effector function in primary CD4+ T cells.
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