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Departments of Medicine and Pathology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110
Glucocorticoid-induced TNFR (GITR) has been implicated as an essential regulator of immune responses to self tissues and pathogens. We have recently shown that GITR-induced cellular events promote survival of naive T cells, but are insufficient to protect against activation-induced cell death. However, the molecular mechanisms of GITR-induced signal transduction that influence physiologic and pathologic immune responses are not well understood. TNFR-associated factors (TRAFs) are pivotal adapter proteins involved in signal transduction pathways of TNFR-related proteins. Yeast two-hybrid assays and studies in HEK293 cells and primary lymphocytes indicated interactions between TRAF2 and GITR mediated by acidic residues in the cytoplasmic domain of the receptor. GITR-induced activation of NF-
B is blocked by A20, an NF-B-inducible protein that interacts with TRAFs and functions in a negative feedback mechanism downstream of other TNFRs. Interestingly, in contrast with its effects on signaling triggered by other TNFRs, our functional studies revealed that TRAF2 plays a novel inhibitory role in GITR-triggered NF-B activation.
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