Korean J Vet Res.
2012 Sep;52(3):183-191.
The expression of Foxp3 protein by retroviral vector-mediated gene transfer of Foxp3 in C57BL/6 mice
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- 1College of Veterinary Medicine and Applied Radiological Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea. yhjee@jejunu.ac.kr
- 2Department of Marine Life Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea.
- 3School of Life Sciences and Immune Synapse Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 500-712, Korea.
Abstract
- The maintenance of peripheral immune tolerance and prevention of chronic inflammation and autoimmune disease require CD4+CD25+ T cells (regulatory T cells). The transcription factor Foxp3 is essential for the development of functional, regulatory T cells, which plays a prominent role in self-tolerance. Retroviral vectors can confer high level of gene transfer and transgene expression in a variety of cell types. Here we observed that following retroviral vector-mediated gene transfer of Foxp3, transductional Foxp3 expression was increased in the liver, lung, brain, heart, muscle, spinal cord, kidney and spleen. One day after vector administration, high levels of transgene and gene expression were observed in liver and lung. At 2 days after injection, transductional Foxp3 expression level was increased in brain, heart, muscle and spinal cord, but kidney and spleen exhibited a consistent low level. This finding was inconsistent with the increase in both CD4+CD25+ T cell and CD4+Foxp3+ T cell frequencies observed in peripheral immune cells by fluorescence-activated cell-sorting (FACS) analysis. Retroviral vector-mediated gene transfer of Foxp3 did not lead to increased numbers of CD4+CD25+ T cell and CD4+Foxp3+ T cell. These results demonstrate the level and duration of transductional Foxp3 gene expression in various tissues. A better understanding of Foxp3 regulation can be useful in dissecting the cause of regulatory T cells dysfunction in several autoimmune diseases and raise the possibility of enhancing suppressive functions of regulatory T cells for therapeutic purposes.
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