A Novel Role for Histone Deacetylase 6 in the Regulation of the Tolerogenic STAT3/IL-10 Pathway in APCs (original) (raw)

2014, Journal of Immunology

Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are critical in T-cell activation and in the induction of T-cell tolerance. Epigenetic modifications of specific genes in the APC play a key role in this process, and among them, histone deacetylases (HDACs) have emerged as key participants. HDAC6, one of the members of this family of enzymes, has been shown to be involved in regulation of inflammatory and immune responses. Here we show for the first time, that genetic or pharmacologic disruption of HDAC6 in macrophages and dendritic cells resulted in diminished production of the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10, and induction of inflammatory APCs that effectively activate antigen-specific naïve T-cells and restore the responsiveness of anergic CD4 + T-cells. Mechanistically, we have found that HDAC6 forms a previously unknown molecular complex with STAT3, association that was detected in both the cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments of the APC. By using HDAC6 recombinant mutants we identified the domain comprising aminoacids 503-840 as being required for HDAC6 interaction with STAT3. Furthermore, by re-chromatin immunoprecipitation we confirmed that HDAC6 and STAT3 are

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