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CD28 Controls Differentiation of Regulatory T Cells from Naive CD4 T Cells¹

Fei Guo^*, Cristina Iclozan^*, Woong-Kyung Suh, Claudio Anasetti^*, and Xue-Zhong Yu^2,*,

^* Immunology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation Programs, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612; Immune Regulation Laboratory, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; and Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612

CD28 is required for the development of regulatory T cells (Tregs; CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺) in the thymus and also contributes to their survival and homeostasis in the periphery. We studied whether and how CD28 and ICOS control the differentiation of Tregs from naive T cells. By using wild-type, CD28-, ICOS-, or CD28/ICOS-double knockout mice on C57BL/6 background as T cell sources, we found that CD28 is essential, whereas ICOS is dispensable, for the development and homeostasis of Tregs. Furthermore, the differentiation of Tregs from naive CD4⁺CD25^– T cells in vivo also depends on CD28. The requirement of CD28 for Treg differentiation was mediated by IL-2, because neutralization of IL-2 with its specific mAb-blocked Treg differentiation from wild-type CD4⁺CD25^– T cells and addition of IL-2 restored Treg differentiation from CD28^–/– T cells. Other common -chain cytokines, IL-4, IL-7, or IL-15, do not share such a role with IL-2. Although CD28 is required for the differentiation of Tregs from naive T cells, already generated Tregs do not depend on CD28 to exert their suppressive function. Our study reveals a new aspect of CD28 function in regulating T cell response.

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¹ This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grants AI 63553, CA 118116 (to X.-Z. Y.), and AI 51693 (to C. A.). X.-Z.Y. is a recipient of New Investigator Award supported by American Society for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation.

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Xue-Zhong Yu, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Mailbox SRB-2, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612. E-mail address: YuXZ{at}moffitt.usf.edu

³ Abbreviations used in this paper: Treg, regulatory T cell; nTreg, naturally occurring Treg; Tg, transgenic; iTreg, induced Treg; KO, knockout; WT, wild type; B6, C57BL/6 mice; KI, knock-in; Itk, IL-2-inducible T cell kinase.