mTORC1 Inhibition Protects Human Regulatory T Cells From Granzyme-B-Induced Apoptosis

Siawosh K. Eskandari*, Hazim Allos, Basmah S. Al Dulaijan, Gandolina Melhem, Ina Sulkaj, Juliano B. Alhaddad, Anis J. Saad, Christa Deban, Philip Chu, John Y. Choi, Branislav Kollar, Bohdan Pomahac, Leonardo V. Riella, Stefan P. Berger, Jan S. F. Sanders, Judy Lieberman, Li Li, Jamil R. Azzi

*Corresponding author voor dit werk

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Regulatory T cells (T-regs) have shown great promise as a means of cellular therapy in a multitude of allo- and auto-immune diseases-due in part to their immunosuppressive potency. Nevertheless, the clinical efficacy of human T-regs in patients has been limited by their poor in vivo homeostasis. To avert apoptosis, T-regs require stable antigenic (CD3 zeta/T-cell-receptor-mediated), co-stimulatory (CD28-driven), and cytokine (IL-2-dependent) signaling. Notably, this sequence of signals supports an activated T-reg phenotype that includes a high expression of granzymes, particularly granzyme B (GrB). Previously, we have shown that aside from the functional effects of GrB in lysing target cells to modulate allo-immunity, GrB can leak out of the intracellular lysosomal granules of host T-regs, initiating pro-apoptotic pathways. Here, we assessed the role of inhibiting mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), a recently favored drug target in the transplant field, in regulating human T-reg apoptosis via GrB. Using ex vivo models of human T-reg culture and a humanized mouse model of human skin allotransplantation, we found that by inhibiting mTORC1 using rapamycin, intracytoplasmic expression and functionality of GrB diminished in host T-regs; lowering human T-reg apoptosis by in part decreasing the phosphorylation of S6K and c-Jun. These findings support the already clinically validated effects of mTORC1 inhibition in patients, most notably their stabilization of T-reg bioactivity and in vivo homeostasis.

Originele taal-2English
Artikelnummer899975
Aantal pagina's11
TijdschriftFrontiers in Immunology
Volume13
DOI's
StatusPublished - 10-jun.-2022

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