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Vitamin C fosters the in vivo differentiation of peripheral CD4+ Foxp3- T cells into CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells but impairs their ability to prolong skin allograft survival
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WoS WOS:000424671100001
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85041833369
DOI 10.3389/FIMMU.2018.00112
Año 2018
Tipo artículo de investigación

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Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

% Participación
Internacional

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Instituciones
Extranjeras


Abstract



Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are critical players of immunological tolerance due to their ability to suppress effector T cell function thereby preventing transplant rejection and autoimmune diseases. During allograft transplantation, increases of both Treg expansion and generation, as well as their stable function, are needed to ensure allograft acceptance; thus, efforts have been made to discover new molecules that enhance Treg-mediated tolerance and to uncover their mechanisms. Recently, vitamin C (VitC), known to regulate T cell maturation and dendritic cell-mediated T cell polarization, has gained attention as a relevant epigenetic remodeler able to enhance and stabilize the expression of the Treg master regulator gene Foxp3, positively affecting the generation of induced Tregs (iTregs). In this study, we measured VitC transporter (SVCT2) expression in different immune cell populations, finding Tregs as one of the cell subset with the highest levels of SVCT2 expression. Unexpectedly, we found that VitC treatment reduces the ability of natural Tregs to suppress effector T cell proliferation in vitro, while having an enhancer effect on TGF beta-induced Foxp3(+) Tregs. On the other hand, VitC increases iTregs generation in vitro and in vivo, however, no allograft tolerance was achieved in animals orally treated with VitC. Lastly, Tregs isolated from the draining lymph nodes of VitC-treated and transplanted mice also showed impaired suppression capacity ex vivo. Our results indicate that VitC promotes the generation and expansion of Tregs, without exhibiting CD4(+) T cell-mediated allograft tolerance. These observations highlight the relevance of the nutritional status of patients when immune regulation is needed.

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Revista ISSN
Frontiers In Immunology 1664-3224

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Immunology
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Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 OYARCE-MERICO, KARINA ALEJANDRA Mujer Universidad de Los Andes, Chile - Chile
2 Campos-Mora, Mauricio Hombre Universidad de Los Andes, Chile - Chile
3 Gajardo-Carrasco, Tania Mujer Universidad de Los Andes, Chile - Chile
4 Pino-Lagos, Karina Mujer Universidad de Los Andes, Chile - Chile

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Financiamiento



Fuente
Universidad de Concepción
FONDECYT
Universidad de Chile
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico
Food Allergy Initiative
FAI Postdoc UAndes
Dartmouth College
First Aircraft Institute
Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

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Agradecimientos



Agradecimiento
This work was supported by FONDECYT Regular Grant 1160347 and FAI Postdoc UAndes.
This work was supported by FONDECYT Regular Grant 1160347 and FAI Postdoc UAndes. The authors are thankful to Carla álvarez (Universidad de Chile) for assisting in some in vitro experiments, to Dr. Coralia Rivas (Universidad de Concepción, Chile) for advising on VitC incorporation assays and to Petra Sergent for reading/correcting manuscript writing (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, NH, USA)

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