PMID- 37014858 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230406 LR - 20230416 IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 120 IP - 15 DP - 2023 Apr 11 TI - Accessory cells precondition naive T cells and regulatory T cells for cytokine-mediated proliferation. PG - e2217562120 LID - 10.1073/pnas.2217562120 [doi] LID - e2217562120 AB - Naive T cells and regulatory T cells, when purified, do not proliferate to the gamma(c)-cytokines IL-2, IL-7, or IL-15, despite their expression of cognate cytokine receptors. Dendritic cells (DCs) enabled the T cell proliferation to these cytokines, through cell-to-cell contact, but independent of T cell receptor stimulation. This effect lasted after separation of T cells from DCs, enabling enhanced proliferation of the T cells in DC-depleted hosts. We propose calling this a "preconditioning effect". Interestingly, IL-2 alone was sufficient to induce phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of STAT5 in T cells, but could not activate MAPK and AKT pathways and failed to induce transcription of IL-2 target genes. "Preconditioning" was necessary to activate these two pathways and induced weak Ca(2+) mobilization independent of calcium release-activated channels. When preconditioning was combined with IL-2, full activation of downstream mTOR, 4E-BP1 hyperphosphorylation, and prolonged S6 phosphorylation occurred. Collectively, accessory cells provide T cell preconditioning, a unique activation mechanism, controlling cytokine-mediated proliferation of T cells. FAU - Sato, Noriko AU - Sato N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9372-1725 AD - Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892. AD - Laboratory of Cellular Therapeutics, Molecular Imaging Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892. FAU - Bamford, Richard N AU - Bamford RN AD - Transponics, Essex Junction, VT 05452. FAU - Bryant, Bonita R AU - Bryant BR AD - Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892. FAU - Tagaya, Yutaka AU - Tagaya Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1342-9282 AD - Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892. FAU - Waldmann, Thomas A AU - Waldmann TA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4500-6660 AD - Lymphoid Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural DEP - 20230404 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Interleukin Receptor Common gamma Subunit) RN - 0 (Interleukin-2) SB - IM MH - *Cytokines/metabolism MH - *Interleukin Receptor Common gamma Subunit MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism MH - Interleukin-2/pharmacology/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/metabolism MH - Cell Proliferation PMC - PMC10104559 OTO - NOTNLM OT - dendritic cells OT - gamma chain cytokine OT - naive T cells OT - proliferation OT - regulatory T cells COIS- The authors declare no competing interest. EDAT- 2023/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/06 06:41 PMCR- 2023/04/04 CRDT- 2023/04/04 13:33 PHST- 2023/04/06 06:41 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/04 13:33 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 202217562 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.2217562120 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Apr 11;120(15):e2217562120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2217562120. Epub 2023 Apr 4.