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Leptin modulates autophagy in human CD4+CD25- conventional T cells.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

In this report we show that the adipocytokine leptin directly modulates autophagy in human CD4(+)CD25(-) conventional (Tconv) T cells.

Results

In vitro treatment with recombinant human leptin determined an inhibition of autophagy during T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation, and this phenomenon was dose- and time-dependent. The events were secondary to the activation of the mammalian-target of rapamycin (mTOR)-pathway induced by leptin, as testified by its reversion induced by mTOR inhibition with rapamycin. At molecular level these phenomena associated with Bcl-2 up-regulation and its interaction with Beclin-1, whose complex exerts a negative effect on autophagy.

Materials/methods

The impact of leptin on autophagy of Tconv cells was determined at biochemical level by western blotting and by flow cytometry; the interaction between BCL-2 and Beclin-1 by co-immunoprecipitation assays.

Conclusions

Our results, suggest that in unconditioned, freshly-isolated human Tconv cells, autophagy and proliferation are controlled by leptin during TCR-engagement, and that both phenomena occur alternatively indicating a balance between these processes during immune activation.

SUBMITTER: Cassano S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4180014 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Leptin modulates autophagy in human CD4+CD25- conventional T cells.

Cassano Silvana S   Pucino Valentina V   La Rocca Claudia C   Procaccini Claudio C   De Rosa Veronica V   Marone Gianni G   Matarese Giuseppe G  

Metabolism: clinical and experimental 20140619 10


<h4>Objective</h4>In this report we show that the adipocytokine leptin directly modulates autophagy in human CD4(+)CD25(-) conventional (Tconv) T cells.<h4>Results</h4>In vitro treatment with recombinant human leptin determined an inhibition of autophagy during T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation, and this phenomenon was dose- and time-dependent. The events were secondary to the activation of the mammalian-target of rapamycin (mTOR)-pathway induced by leptin, as testified by its reversion induced  ...[more]

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