3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid (HAA), a compound generated during tryptophan metabolism initiated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, is known to induce T cell death, but its molecular target is not known. Here we report that HAA inhibits NF-kappaB activation upon T cell antigen receptor engagement by specifically targeting PDK1. Inhibition of NF-kappaB by HAA leads to dysfunction and cell death of activated Th2 cells, which in turn suppresses experimental asthma. Inhibition of NF-kappaB and induction of apoptosis is specific to CD4 T cells because HAA does not inhibit NF-kappaB activation or induce cell death upon Toll-like receptor 4 stimulation in dendritic cells. Thus, HAA is a natural inhibitor that restrains T cell expansion and activation.
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3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid inhibits PDK1 activation and suppresses experimental asthma by inducing T cell apoptosis. Journal Published:
PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of
VOLUME: 104
Page Numbers: 18619-24
Journal Abbreviation: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
ISSN: 1091-6490
DAY: 14
MONTH: 11
YEAR: 2007
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AFFILIATION: Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0663, USA.
Country: United States
AGENCY: United States NHLBI
GRANT: HL79449
ACRONYM: HL
MEDLINETA: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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