PMID- 23752611 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130918 LR - 20211021 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 191 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Jul 15 TI - Control of T cell fates and immune tolerance by p38alpha signaling in mucosal CD103+ dendritic cells. PG - 650-9 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1300398 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in launching protective adaptive immunity against pathogens while maintaining immune tolerance to self-Ags. However, how intracellular signaling pathways program DCs to mediate tolerogenic responses remains largely unexplored. In this study, we describe that p38alpha signaling in CD103(+) mesenteric lymph node DCs reciprocally regulates the differentiation of anti-inflammatory induced regulatory T cells and proinflammatory Th1 cells from naive precursors and promotes mucosal tolerance. Deficiency of p38alpha in CD103(+) DCs inhibited the generation of induced regulatory T cells while promoting Th1 cell development in a TGF-beta2-dependent manner. Consequently, loss of p38alpha in DCs prevented induction of oral tolerance in vivo. Moreover, p38alpha in CD103(+) DCs was required for optimal expression of retinaldehyde dehydrogenase, a key enzyme for retinoic acid synthesis, which in turn imprinted gut-homing receptors on responding T cells. Consistent with a crucial role of p38alpha to program the tolerogenic activity of CD103(+) DCs, such DC subset contained constitutive activity of p38alpha and abundant expression of TGF-beta2 and retinaldehyde dehydrogenase. Our studies identify a key mechanism of DC-mediated coupling of T cell differentiation and trafficking that orchestrates mucosal immune tolerance. FAU - Huang, Gonghua AU - Huang G AD - Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. FAU - Wang, Yanyan AU - Wang Y FAU - Chi, Hongbo AU - Chi H LA - eng GR - R01 AI101407/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS064599/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI094089/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130610 PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Integrin alpha Chains) RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta2) RN - 0 (alpha E integrins) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) RN - EC 1.2.1 (Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Family) RN - EC 1.2.1.36 (ALDH1A1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 1.2.1.36 (Retinal Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14) SB - IM MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Family MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/*analysis MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/metabolism MH - *Immune Tolerance MH - Integrin alpha Chains/*analysis MH - Isoenzymes/biosynthesis MH - Lymph Nodes/immunology MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14/*metabolism MH - Retinal Dehydrogenase/biosynthesis MH - Signal Transduction MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/*immunology MH - Th1 Cells/immunology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta2/metabolism MH - Tretinoin/metabolism PMC - PMC3702677 MID - NIHMS483329 EDAT- 2013/06/12 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/21 06:00 PMCR- 2014/07/15 CRDT- 2013/06/12 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/06/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/07/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jimmunol.1300398 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1300398 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2013 Jul 15;191(2):650-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300398. Epub 2013 Jun 10.