Lack of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase VPS34 in regulatory T cells leads to a fatal lymphoproliferative disorder without affecting their development

Regulatory T (Treg) cells are essential for the maintenance of immunological tolerance, yet the molecular components required for their maintenance and effector functions remain incompletely defined. Inactivation of VPS34 in Treg cells led to an early, lethal phenotype, with massive effector T cell...

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Main Authors: Christina J. F. Courreges, Elizabeth C. M. Davenport, Benoit Bilanges, Elena Rebollo-Gomez, Jens Hukelmann, Priya Schoenfelder, James R. Edgar, David Sansom, Cheryl L. Scudamore, Rahul Roychoudhuri, Oliver A. Garden, Bart Vanhaesebroeck, Klaus Okkenhaug
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author Christina J. F. Courreges
Christina J. F. Courreges
Elizabeth C. M. Davenport
Elizabeth C. M. Davenport
Benoit Bilanges
Elena Rebollo-Gomez
Jens Hukelmann
Priya Schoenfelder
James R. Edgar
David Sansom
Cheryl L. Scudamore
Rahul Roychoudhuri
Oliver A. Garden
Bart Vanhaesebroeck
Klaus Okkenhaug
Klaus Okkenhaug
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Elena Rebollo-Gomez
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Priya Schoenfelder
James R. Edgar
David Sansom
Cheryl L. Scudamore
Rahul Roychoudhuri
Oliver A. Garden
Bart Vanhaesebroeck
Klaus Okkenhaug
Klaus Okkenhaug
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description Regulatory T (Treg) cells are essential for the maintenance of immunological tolerance, yet the molecular components required for their maintenance and effector functions remain incompletely defined. Inactivation of VPS34 in Treg cells led to an early, lethal phenotype, with massive effector T cell activation and inflammation, like mice lacking Treg cells completely. However, VPS34-deficient Treg cells developed normally, populated the peripheral lymphoid organs and effectively supressed conventional T cells in vitro. Our data suggest that VPS34 is required for the maintaining normal numbers of mature Treg. Functionally, we observed that lack of VPS34 activity impairs cargo processing upon transendocytosis, that defective autophagy may contribute to, but is not sufficient to explain this lethal phenotype, and that loss of VPS34 activity induces a state of heightened metabolic activity that may interfere with metabolic networks required for maintenance or suppressive functions of Treg cells.
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spelling doaj-art-76c0dafb2bb54d09976bae31a2ce382f2025-08-20T02:27:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Immunology1664-32242024-11-011510.3389/fimmu.2024.13746211374621Lack of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase VPS34 in regulatory T cells leads to a fatal lymphoproliferative disorder without affecting their developmentChristina J. F. Courreges0Christina J. F. Courreges1Elizabeth C. M. Davenport2Elizabeth C. M. Davenport3Benoit Bilanges4Elena Rebollo-Gomez5Jens Hukelmann6Priya Schoenfelder7James R. Edgar8David Sansom9Cheryl L. Scudamore10Rahul Roychoudhuri11Oliver A. Garden12Bart Vanhaesebroeck13Klaus Okkenhaug14Klaus Okkenhaug15Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Pathology, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomLaboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United KingdomRoyal Veterinary College, London, United KingdomUCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United KingdomUCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United KingdomThe School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United KingdomLaboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Pathology, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomInstitute of Immunity and Transplantation, University College London, London, United KingdomRoyal Veterinary College, London, United KingdomDepartment of Pathology, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomRoyal Veterinary College, London, United KingdomUCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United KingdomLaboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Pathology, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomRegulatory T (Treg) cells are essential for the maintenance of immunological tolerance, yet the molecular components required for their maintenance and effector functions remain incompletely defined. Inactivation of VPS34 in Treg cells led to an early, lethal phenotype, with massive effector T cell activation and inflammation, like mice lacking Treg cells completely. However, VPS34-deficient Treg cells developed normally, populated the peripheral lymphoid organs and effectively supressed conventional T cells in vitro. Our data suggest that VPS34 is required for the maintaining normal numbers of mature Treg. Functionally, we observed that lack of VPS34 activity impairs cargo processing upon transendocytosis, that defective autophagy may contribute to, but is not sufficient to explain this lethal phenotype, and that loss of VPS34 activity induces a state of heightened metabolic activity that may interfere with metabolic networks required for maintenance or suppressive functions of Treg cells.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1374621/fullPI3KTregVPS34autophagyendocytosis
spellingShingle Christina J. F. Courreges
Christina J. F. Courreges
Elizabeth C. M. Davenport
Elizabeth C. M. Davenport
Benoit Bilanges
Elena Rebollo-Gomez
Jens Hukelmann
Priya Schoenfelder
James R. Edgar
David Sansom
Cheryl L. Scudamore
Rahul Roychoudhuri
Oliver A. Garden
Bart Vanhaesebroeck
Klaus Okkenhaug
Klaus Okkenhaug
Lack of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase VPS34 in regulatory T cells leads to a fatal lymphoproliferative disorder without affecting their development
Frontiers in Immunology
PI3K
Treg
VPS34
autophagy
endocytosis
title Lack of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase VPS34 in regulatory T cells leads to a fatal lymphoproliferative disorder without affecting their development
title_full Lack of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase VPS34 in regulatory T cells leads to a fatal lymphoproliferative disorder without affecting their development
title_fullStr Lack of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase VPS34 in regulatory T cells leads to a fatal lymphoproliferative disorder without affecting their development
title_full_unstemmed Lack of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase VPS34 in regulatory T cells leads to a fatal lymphoproliferative disorder without affecting their development
title_short Lack of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase VPS34 in regulatory T cells leads to a fatal lymphoproliferative disorder without affecting their development
title_sort lack of phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase vps34 in regulatory t cells leads to a fatal lymphoproliferative disorder without affecting their development
topic PI3K
Treg
VPS34
autophagy
endocytosis
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1374621/full
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