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ArticleNature communications2025

ZFP36-family RNA-binding proteins in regulatory T cells reinforce immune homeostasis.

Beatriz Sáenz-Narciso, Sarah E Bell, Louise S Matheson, Ram K C Venigalla, Martin Turner

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Beatriz Sáenz-Narciso *Immunology Programme, The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0737-5628
Sarah E Bell *Immunology Programme, The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3249-707X
Louise S MathesonImmunology Programme, The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9392-2519
Ram K C VenigallaImmunology Programme, The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK.
Martin TurnerImmunology Programme, The Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK. martin.turner@babraham.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3801-9896

Funding

RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BBS/E/B/000C0427RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BBS/E/B/000C0428Wellcome Trust (Wellcome) 200823/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA binding proteins (RBP) of the ZFP36 family limit the differentiation and effector functions of CD4 and CD8 T cells, but little is known of their expression or function in regulatory T (Treg) cells. By using Treg cell-restricted deletion of Zfp36 family members we identify the role of Zfp36l1 and Zfp36l2 in Treg cells to maintain immune homeostasis. Mice with Treg cells deficient in these RBP display an inflammatory phenotype with an expansion in the numbers of type-2 conventional dendritic cells, T effector cells, T follicular helper and germinal center B cells and elevated serum cytokines and immunoglobulins. In the absence of Zfp36l1 and Zfp36l2, the pool of cycling CTLA-4 in naïve Treg cells is reduced, Treg cells are less sensitive to IL-2 and IL-7 but are more sensitive to IFNγ. In mice lacking both RBP in Treg cells, the deletion of a single allele of Ifng is sufficient to ameliorate the pathology. Our results indicate that ZFP36L1 and ZFP36L2 regulate the availability of IFNγ and are required for the maintenance of Treg cell stability. Thus, ZFP36L1 and ZFP36L2 regulate multiple pathways that enable Treg cells to enforce immune homeostasis.

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Butyrate Response Factor 1HomeostasisRNA-Binding ProteinsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTristetraprolinAnimalsCTLA-4 AntigenDendritic CellsInterferon-gammaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutButyrate Response Factor 1CTLA-4 AntigenInterferon-gammaRNA-Binding ProteinsTristetraprolinZfp36l1 protein, mouseZfp36 protein, mouse

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PMID40328742
PMCPMC12056042

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