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CD28-deficient T cells arrest at the G1–S transition of the cell cycle. Here we show that this is controlled by the kinase aurora B, which exists in a complex with survivin and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Expression of aurora B in Cd28−/− T cells augmented phosphorylation of mTOR substrates, expression of cyclin A, hyperphosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein and activation of cyclin-dependent kinases 1 and 2 and promoted cell cycle progression. Interleukin 2 enhanced aurora B activity, and inactive aurora B prevented interleukin 2–induced proliferation. Moreover, expression of aurora B restored Cd28−/− T cell proliferation and promoted inflammation in vivo. These data identify aurora B, along with survivin and mTOR, as a regulator of the G1–S checkpoint in T cells.
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We thank M. Tatsuka (Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University) for aurora B cDNA, and A. Song, W. Duan, X. Tang and Y. Adams for technical assistance. The cDNA to construct Mig vectors expressing survivin and dominant negative survivin was provided by D. Altieri (University of Massachusetts Medical School). Supported by the US National Institutes of Health (AI50498 and AI49453 to M.C.) and the Universitywide AIDS Research Program (J.S.). This is manuscript 764 from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology.
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Aurora B is expressed and active in T cells. (PDF 55 kb)
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Aurora B expression and activity in naive T cells. (PDF 71 kb)
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MEK/Erk regulate aurora B activity and G1-S transition. (PDF 264 kb)
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Aurora B activity induced by IL-2R is dependent on mTor. (PDF 70 kb)
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Song, J., Salek-Ardakani, S., So, T. et al. The kinases aurora B and mTOR regulate the G1–S cell cycle progression of T lymphocytes. Nat Immunol 8, 64–73 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1413
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