Cutting Edge: Inhibition of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Activity Induces the Generation and Enhanced Suppressive Function of Human IL-10⁺ FOXP3⁺-Induced Regulatory T Cells.

ABSTRACT: IL-10 is critical for Foxp3⁺ regulatory T cell (Tregs)-mediated immune suppression, but how to efficiently upregulate IL-10 production in Tregs remains unclear. In this article, we show that human IL-10⁺ FOXP3⁺-induced regulatory T cell (iTreg) generation can be dramatically promoted by inhibiting GSK3 activity. IL-10⁺ FOXP3⁺ iTregs induced by GSK3 inhibition exhibit classical features of immune-suppressive T cells. We further demonstrate that IL-10⁺ iTregs exhibit enhanced suppressive function in both IL-10-dependent and -independent manners. The enhanced suppressive function of IL-10⁺ Tregs is not due to a single factor such as IL-10, although IL-10 may mediate this enhanced suppressive function to some extent.

SUBMITTER: Cheng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7477744 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature