The deacetylase Sirt1 is an essential regulator of Aire-mediated induction of central immunological tolerance

  • Anna Chuprin
  • , Ayelet Avin
  • , Yael Goldfarb
  • , Yonatan Herzig
  • , Ben Levi
  • , Adi Jacob
  • , Asaf Sela
  • , Shir Katz
  • , Moran Grossman
  • , Clotilde Guyon
  • , Moran Rathaus
  • , Haim Y. Cohen
  • , Irit Sagi
  • , Matthieu Giraud
  • , Michael W. McBurney
  • , Eystein S. Husebye
  • , Jakub Abramson

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Abstract

Aire is a transcriptional regulator that induces the promiscuous expression of thousands of tissue-restricted antigens (TRAs) in medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs), a step critical for the induction of immunological self-tolerance. Studies have offered molecular insights into how Aire operates, but more comprehensive understanding of this process still remains elusive. Here we found abundant expression of the protein deacetylase Sirtuin-1 (Sirt1) in mature Aire + mTECs, wherein it was required for the expression of Aire-dependent TRA-encoding genes and the subsequent induction of immunological self-tolerance. Our study elucidates a previously unknown molecular mechanism for Aire-mediated transcriptional regulation and identifies a unique function for Sirt1 in preventing organ-specific autoimmunity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)737-745
Number of pages9
JournalNature Immunology
Volume16
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jul 2015

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Funding

We thank D. Graf (University of Zurich) for B6.Foxn1-Cre mice (with the consent of N. Manley (University of Georgia)); D. Mathis and C. Benoist (Harvard Medical School) for Aire−/− (NOD) mice; M. Anderson (University of California at San Francisco) for Aire-GFP mice; M. Oren (Weizmann Institute) for plasmid pCMV-P300; and N. Or Geva, Z. Porat, G. Hecht, Y. Peleg and O. Brenner for experimental expertise and help. Supported by the Minerva Stiftung (711423), the Israel Science Foundation (1825/10 and 722/14) and the Sy Syms Foundation (J.A.) and the Agence Nationale de Recherche (2011-CHEX-001-R12004KK to M.Gi.).

FundersFunder number
Sy Syms Foundation
Minerva Foundation711423
Agence Nationale de la Recherche2011-CHEX-001-R12004KK
Israel Science Foundation722/14, 1825/10

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