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Peripheral T Cells Become Sensitive to Glucocorticoid- and Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Transgenic Mice Overexpressing SRG3¹

Sunmi Han^*, Heonsik Choi^*, Myung-gon Ko^*, Young I. Choi^*, Dong H. Sohn^*, Joong K. Kim^*, Dongho Shin^*, Heekyoung Chung^*, Han W. Lee, Jae-B. Kim^*, Sang D. Park^* and Rho H. Seong^2,3,*

^* Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics and School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, and International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sung Kyun Kwan University School of Medicine, and Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, Korea

Immature double-positive thymocytes are sensitive to glucocorticoid (GC)-induced apoptosis, whereas mature single-positive T cells are relatively resistant. Thymocytes seem to acquire resistance to GCs during differentiation into mature single-positive thymocytes. However, detailed knowledge concerning what determines the sensitivity of thymocytes to GCs and how GC sensitivity is regulated in thymocytes during development is lacking. We have previously reported that the murine SRG3 gene (for SWI3-related gene) is required for GC-induced apoptosis in a thymoma cell line. Herein, we provide results suggesting that the expression level of SRG3 protein determines the GC sensitivity of T cells in mice. SRG3 associates with the GC receptor in the thymus, but rarely in the periphery. Transgenic overexpression of the SRG3 protein in peripheral T cells induces the formation of the complex and renders the cells sensitive to GC-induced apoptosis. Our results also show that blocking the formation of the SRG3-GC receptor complex with a dominant negative mutant form of SRG3 decreases GC sensitivity in thymoma cells. In addition, mice overexpressing the SRG3 protein appear to be much more susceptible to stress-induced deletion of peripheral T cells than normal mice, which may result in an immunosuppressive state in an animal.

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