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The Journal of Immunology, 2005, 175: 7805-7809.
Copyright © 2005 by The American Association of Immunologists

CUTTING EDGE

Cutting Edge: Foxj1 Protects against Autoimmunity and Inhibits Thymocyte Egress1

Subhashini Srivatsan{dagger} and Stanford L. Peng2,*,{dagger}

* Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine; and {dagger} Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110

Previous studies suggest that the forkhead transcription factor Foxj1 inhibits spontaneous autoimmunity in part by antagonizing NF-{kappa}B activation. To test this hypothesis, we ectopically expressed Foxj1 in the T cells of lupus-prone MRL/lpr mice by backcrossing a CD2-Foxj1 transgene against the MRL/lpr background. Strikingly, CD2-Foxj1-MRL/lpr animals showed a significant reduction in lymphadenopathy, pathogenic autoantibodies, and end-organ disease—but surprisingly, reversion of autoimmunity was not attributable to modulation of NF-{kappa}B. Instead, CD2-Foxj1 transgenic mice exhibited a peripheral T cell lymphopenia, associated with an accumulation of mature single-positive thymocytes. Transgenic thymocytes demonstrated unimpaired lymphoid organ entry in adoptive transfer studies but demonstrated impaired thymic exodus in response to CCL19, apparently independent of CCR7, S1P1, and NF-{kappa}B. These findings confirm the importance of Foxj1 in the regulation of T cell tolerance but furthermore suggest a novel and specific role for Foxj1 in regulating thymic egress.






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