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A Central Role for Atg5 in Microbiota-Dependent Foxp3⁺ RORγt⁺ Treg Cell Preservation to Maintain Intestinal Immune Homeostasis.

ABSTRACT: Autophagy is an evolutionary conserved catabolic pathway that ensures the degradation of intracellular components. The autophagic pathway is regulated by autophagy-related (Atg) proteins that govern formation of double-membraned vesicles called autophagosomes. Autophagy deficiency in regulatory T (Treg) cells leads to increased apoptosis of these cells and to the development of autoimmune disorders, predominantly characterized by intestinal inflammation. Recently, RORγt-expressing Treg cells have been identified as key regulators of gut homeostasis, preventing intestinal immunopathology. To study the role of autophagy in RORγt⁺ Foxp3⁺ Treg cells, we generated mice lacking the essential component of the core autophagy machinery Atg5 in Foxp3⁺ cells. Atg5 deficiency in Treg cells led to a predominant intestinal inflammation. While Atg5-deficient Treg cells were reduced in peripheral lymphoid organs, the intestinal RORγt⁺ Foxp3⁺ subpopulation of Treg cells was most severely affected. Our data indicated that autophagy is essential to maintain the intestinal RORγt⁺ Foxp3⁺ Treg population, thereby protecting the mice from gut inflammatory disorders.

SUBMITTER: Plaza-Sirvent C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8427596 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Central Role for Atg5 in Microbiota-Dependent Foxp3<sup>+</sup> RORγt<sup>+</sup> Treg Cell Preservation to Maintain Intestinal Immune Homeostasis.

Plaza-Sirvent Carlos C Zhao Bei B Bronietzki Alisha W AW Pils Marina C MC Tafrishi Neda N Schuster Marc M Strowig Till T Schmitz Ingo I

Frontiers in immunology 20210826

Autophagy is an evolutionary conserved catabolic pathway that ensures the degradation of intracellular components. The autophagic pathway is regulated by autophagy-related (Atg) proteins that govern formation of double-membraned vesicles called autophagosomes. Autophagy deficiency in regulatory T (Treg) cells leads to increased apoptosis of these cells and to the development of autoimmune disorders, predominantly characterized by intestinal inflammation. Recently, RORγt-expressing Treg cells hav ...[more]

PMID: 34512629

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A Central Role for Atg5 in Microbiota-Dependent Foxp3⁺ RORγt⁺ Treg Cell Preservation to Maintain Intestinal Immune Homeostasis.

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A Central Role for Atg5 in Microbiota-Dependent Foxp3<sup>+</sup> RORγt<sup>+</sup> Treg Cell Preservation to Maintain Intestinal Immune Homeostasis.

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A Central Role for Atg5 in Microbiota-Dependent Foxp3<sup>+</sup> RORγt<sup>+</sup> Treg Cell Preservation to Maintain Intestinal Immune Homeostasis.

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