Communications Biology (Jun 2021)

The chaperonin CCT8 controls proteostasis essential for T cell maturation, selection, and function

  • Bergithe E. Oftedal,
  • Stefano Maio,
  • Adam E. Handel,
  • Madeleine P. J. White,
  • Duncan Howie,
  • Simon Davis,
  • Nicolas Prevot,
  • Ioanna A. Rota,
  • Mary E. Deadman,
  • Benedikt M. Kessler,
  • Roman Fischer,
  • Nikolaus S. Trede,
  • Erdinc Sezgin,
  • Rick M. Maizels,
  • Georg A. Holländer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02203-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Oftedal et al. generate mice lacking the chaperonin subunit CCT8 in T cells. They find that loss of CCT8 leads to reduced formation of nuclear actin filaments, changes in proteostasis, defective Th2 cell polarization and T cell metabolism and a failed antigenic response to intestinal helminths.