IL-2 negatively regulates IL-7 receptor α chain expression in activated T lymphocytes

Interleukin (IL)-2 is a type I four-α-helical bundle cytokine that plays vital roles in antigen-mediated proliferation of peripheral blood T cells and also is critical for activation-induced cell death. We now demonstrate that IL-2 potently decreases expression of IL-7 receptor α chain (IL-7Rα) mRNA and protein. The fact that IL-7Rα is a component of the receptors for both IL-7 and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) suggests that IL-2 can negatively regulate signals by each of these cytokines. Previously it was known that the IL-2 and IL-7 receptors shared the common cytokine receptor γ chain, γc, which suggested a possible competition between these cytokines for a receptor component. Our findings now suggest a previously unknown type of cross-talk between IL-2 and IL-7 signaling by showing that IL-2 signaling can diminish IL-7Rα expression via a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt-dependent mechanism.

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