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Foxp3⁺CD25⁺ T Regulatory Cells Stimulate IFN--Independent CD152-Mediated Activation of Tryptophan Catabolism That Provides Dendritic Cells with Immune Regulatory Activity in Mice Unresponsive to Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B¹

Pascal Feunou^*, Sophie Vanwetswinkel^*, Florence Gaudray^*, Michel Goldman^*, Patrick Matthys and Michel Y. Braun^2,*,

^* Institute for Medical Immunology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium; Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; and Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Lille 2, Lille, France

Mice made unresponsive by repeated injection of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) contained SEB-specific CD25⁺CD4⁺TCRBV8⁺ T cells that were able to transfer their state of unresponsiveness to primary-stimulated T cells. About one-half of these cells stably up-regulated the expression of CD152. We undertook the present study to determine whether CD152^high cells seen in this system were T regulatory cells responsible for suppression or whether they represented SEB-activated CD4⁺ T effector cells. Our results show that, among SEB-specific TCRBV8⁺ T cells isolated from unresponsive mice, all CD152^highCD25⁺CD4⁺ T cells expressed Foxp3, the NF required for differentiation and function of natural T regulatory cells. Moreover, suppression by CD25⁺CD4⁺TCRBV8⁺ T cells was fully inhibited by anti-CD152 Abs. Following stimulation by soluble CD152-Ig, dendritic cells (DC) isolated from unresponsive mice strongly increased the expression and the function of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), the enzyme responsible for the catabolism of tryptophan. This capacity to activate IDO was independent of IFN- production by DC because CD152-Ig stimulation of DC isolated from SEB-treated IFN--deficient animals activated IDO expression and function. Finally, adding 1-methyl-tryptophan, an inhibitor of tryptophan catabolism, increased substantially the capacity of DC from unresponsive animals to stimulate primary T cell response toward SEB. Thus, we conclude that IFN--independent CD152-mediated activation of tryptophan catabolism by Foxp3⁺CD25⁺ T regulatory cells provides DC with immune regulatory activity in mice unresponsive to SEB.

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¹ This work was supported by the Télévie and the Fonds National pour la Recherche Scientifique of Belgium.

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Michel Y. Braun, Institute for Medical Immunology, rue Adrienne Bolland 8, Gosselies, Belgium. E-mail address: mbraun{at}ulb.ac.be

³ Abbreviations used in this paper: IDO, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase; DC, dendritic cell; SEB, staphylococcal enterotoxin B; 1-MT, 1-methyl-tryptophan; SE, staphylococcal enterotoxin; Dn, division number.

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