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Rapamycin monotherapy in patients with type 1 diabetes modifies CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) regulatory T-Cells
Rapamycin monotherapy in patients with type 1 diabetes modifies CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) regulatory T-Cells DIABETES Monti, P., Scirpoli, M., Maffi, P., Piemonti, L., Secchi, A., Bonifacio, E., Roncarolo, M., Battaglia, M. 2008; 57 (9): 2341-2347Abstract
Rapamycin is an immunosuppressive drug currently used to prevent graft rejection in humans, which is considered permissive for tolerance induction. Rapamycin allows expansion of both murine and human naturally occurring CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) T regulatory cells (nTregs), which are pivotal for the induction and maintenance of peripheral tolerance. Preclinical murine models have shown that rapamycin enhances nTreg proliferation and regulatory function also in vivo. Objective of this study was to assess whether rapamycin has in vivo effects on human nTregs.nTreg numbers and function were examined in a unique set of patients with type 1 diabetes who underwent rapamycin monotherapy before islet transplantation.We found that rapamycin monotherapy did not alter the frequency and functional features, namely proliferation and cytokine production, of circulating nTregs. However, nTregs isolated from type 1 diabetic patients under rapamycin treatment had an increased capability to suppress proliferation of CD4(+)CD25(-) effector T-cells compared with that before treatment.These findings demonstrate that rapamycin directly affects human nTreg function in vivo, which consists of refitting their suppressive activity, whereas it does not directly change effector T-cell function.
View details for DOI 10.2337/db08-0138
View details for Web of Science ID 000258869000011
View details for PubMedID 18559659