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CUTTING EDGE |
Sensitivity In Vitro and In Vivo



* Department of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06032;
Department of Surgery and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329;
Section of Immunobiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510; and
Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA 02142
Mice deficient in the E3 ubiquitin ligase Cbl-b have CD28-independent T cells and develop autoimmunity. We previously reported that Cbl-b/ CD4+CD25 T effector cells are resistant in vitro to the antiproliferative effects of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells and TGF-
. We have now asked whether the resistance noted in Cbl-b/ T cells is restricted solely to TGF-
s antiproliferative effects, whether the TGF-
resistance has in vivo relevance, and whether a defect can be identified in the TGF-
signaling pathway. We now demonstrate the following: 1) in vitro, Cbl-b deficiency prevents the TGF-
-mediated induction of Foxp3+ functional regulatory T cells; 2) in vivo, Cbl-b/ mice show a significantly enhanced response to a tumor that is strictly TGF-
regulated; and 3) Cbl-b/ T effector cells have defective TGF-
-mediated Smad2 phosphorylation. These studies are the first to document that the E3 ubiquitin ligase Cbl-b plays an integral role in T cell TGF-
signaling, and that its absence results in multifunctional TGF-
-related defects that have important disease-related implications.
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