| First Author | Brunner MC | Year | 1999 |
| Journal | J Immunol | Volume | 162 |
| Issue | 10 | Pages | 5813-20 |
| PubMed ID | 10229815 | Mgi Jnum | J:133539 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3778754 | Doi | 10.4049/jimmunol.162.10.5813 |
| Citation | Brunner MC, et al. (1999) CTLA-4-Mediated inhibition of early events of T cell proliferation. J Immunol 162(10):5813-20 |
| abstractText | CTLA-4 engagement by mAbs inhibits, while CD28 enhances, IL-2 production and proliferation upon T cell activation. Here, we have analyzed the mechanisms involved in CTLA-4-mediated inhibition of T cell activation of naive CD4+ T cells using Ab cross-linking. CTLA-4 ligation inhibited CD3/CD28-induced IL-2 mRNA accumulation by inhibiting IL-2 transcription, which appears to be mediated in part through decreasing NF-AT accumulation in the nuclei. However, CTLA-4 ligation did not appear to affect the CD28-mediated stabilization of IL-2 mRNA. Further, CTLA-4 engagement inhibited progression through the cell cycle by inhibiting the production of cyclin D3, cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk)4, and cdk6 when the T cells were stimulated with anti-CD3/CD28 and with anti-CD3 alone. These results indicate that CTLA-4 signaling inhibits events early in T cell activation both at IL-2 transcription and at the level of IL-2-independent events of the cell cycle, and does not simply oppose CD28-mediated costimulation. |
