Nature Communications (May 2018)

The thioredoxin-1 system is essential for fueling DNA synthesis during T-cell metabolic reprogramming and proliferation

  • Jonathan Muri,
  • Sebastian Heer,
  • Mai Matsushita,
  • Lea Pohlmeier,
  • Luigi Tortola,
  • Tobias Fuhrer,
  • Marcus Conrad,
  • Nicola Zamboni,
  • Jan Kisielow,
  • Manfred Kopf

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04274-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Thioredoxin (Trx), Trx reductase, Txnip and NADPH together comprise the Trx system. Here the authors make a T cell-specific thioredoxin reductase-1 knockout mouse to show how this system reprograms cellular metabolism to enable T cell development, proliferation and responses.