PMID- 37864795 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231108 LR - 20231113 IS - 2211-1247 (Electronic) VI - 42 IP - 10 DP - 2023 Oct 31 TI - CD226 maintains regulatory T cell phenotype stability and metabolism by the mTOR/Myc pathway under inflammatory conditions. PG - 113306 LID - S2211-1247(23)01318-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113306 [doi] AB - Regulatory T (Treg) cells exhibit immunosuppressive phenotypes and particular metabolic patterns with certain degrees of plasticity. Previous studies of the effects of the co-stimulatory molecule CD226 on Treg cells are controversial. Here, we show that CD226 primarily maintains the Treg cell stability and metabolism phenotype under inflammatory conditions. Conditional deletion of CD226 within Foxp3(+) cells exacerbates symptoms in murine graft versus host disease models. Treg cell-specific deletion of CD226 increases the Treg cell percentage in immune organs but weakens their immunosuppressive function with a T helper 1-like phenotype conversion under inflammation. CD226-deficient Treg cells exhibit reduced oxidative phosphorylation and increased glycolysis rates, which are regulated by the adenosine 5'-monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/myelocytomatosis oncogene (Myc) pathway, and inhibition of Myc signaling restores the impaired functions of CD226-deficient Treg cells in an inflammatory disease model of colitis. This study reveals an Myc-mediated CD226 regulation of Treg cell phenotypic stability and metabolism, providing potential therapeutic strategies for targeted interventions of Treg cell-specific CD226 in inflammatory diseases. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Ma, Jingchang AU - Ma J AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Hu, Wei AU - Hu W AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China; Department of Emergency, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, #100 Western 4th Ring Road, Beijing 100039, China. FAU - Liu, Yitian AU - Liu Y AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Duan, Chujun AU - Duan C AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China; Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China. FAU - Zhang, Dongliang AU - Zhang D AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Wang, Yuling AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Cheng, Kun AU - Cheng K AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Yang, Lu AU - Yang L AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Wu, Shuwen AU - Wu S AD - Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China. FAU - Jin, Boquan AU - Jin B AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China. FAU - Zhang, Yuan AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China; Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China. Electronic address: zhangyuan_nwpu@nwpu.edu.cn. FAU - Zhuang, Ran AU - Zhuang R AD - Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China; Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China. Electronic address: fmmuzhr@fmmu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cell Rep JT - Cell reports JID - 101573691 RN - 0 (Forkhead Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - 0 (CD226 antigen) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - Forkhead Transcription Factors/metabolism MH - Mammals/metabolism MH - Phenotype MH - *Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - *T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - CD226 OT - CP: Immunology OT - Treg cells OT - inflammatory diseases OT - metabolism COIS- Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2023/10/21 19:43 MHDA- 2023/11/06 06:41 CRDT- 2023/10/21 12:36 PHST- 2023/02/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/10/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/06 06:41 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/21 19:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/21 12:36 [entrez] AID - S2211-1247(23)01318-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113306 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Rep. 2023 Oct 31;42(10):113306. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113306.