T cell receptor-induced phosphoinositide-3-kinase p110delta activity is required for T cell localization to antigenic tissue in mice

J Clin Invest. 2008 Mar;118(3):1154-64. doi: 10.1172/JCI33267.

Abstract

The establishment of T cell-mediated inflammation requires the migration of primed T lymphocytes from the blood stream and their retention in antigenic sites. While naive T lymphocyte recirculation in the lymph and blood is constitutively regulated and occurs in the absence of inflammation, the recruitment of primed T cells to nonlymphoid tissue and their retention at the site are enhanced by various inflammatory signals, including TCR engagement by antigen-displaying endothelium and resident antigen-presenting cells. In this study, we investigated whether signals downstream of TCR ligation mediated by the phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) subunit p110delta contributed to the regulation of these events. T lymphocytes from mice expressing catalytically inactive p110delta displayed normal constitutive trafficking and migratory responses to nonspecific stimuli. However, these cells lost susceptibility to TCR-induced migration and failed to localize efficiently to antigenic tissue. Importantly, we showed that antigen-induced T cell trafficking and subsequent inflammation was abrogated by selective pharmacological inhibition of PI3K p110delta activity. These observations suggest that pharmacological targeting of p110delta activity is a viable strategy for the therapy of T cell-mediated pathology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CD28 Antigens / physiology
  • Cell Movement
  • Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
  • Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
  • H-Y Antigen / immunology
  • Interferon-gamma / pharmacology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / physiology*
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / physiology*
  • Signal Transduction
  • Skin Transplantation
  • T-Lymphocytes / physiology*

Substances

  • CD28 Antigens
  • H-Y Antigen
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
  • Interferon-gamma
  • Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
  • Pik3cd protein, mouse