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Regulatory T (Treg) cells suppress inflammatory immune responses and autoimmunity caused by self-reactive T cells. The key Treg cell transcription factor Foxp3 is downregulated during inflammation to allow for the acquisition of effector T cell-like functions. Here, we demonstrate that stress signals elicited by proinflammatory cytokines and lipopolysaccharide lead to the degradation of Foxp3 through the action of the E3 ubiquitin ligase Stub1. Stub1 interacted with Foxp3 to promote its K48-linked polyubiquitination in an Hsp70-dependent manner. Knockdown of endogenous Stub1 or Hsp70 prevented Foxp3 degradation. Furthermore, the overexpression of Stub1 in Treg cells abrogated their ability to suppress inflammatory immune responses in vitro and in vivo, and conferred a T helper 1 (Th1) cell-like phenotype. Our results demonstrate the critical role of the stress-activated Stub1-Hsp70 complex in promoting Treg cell inactivation, thus providing a potential therapeutic target for the intervention against autoimmune disease, infection and cancer.
Emerging moisture
sensitive devices require robust encapsulation
strategies to inhibit water ingress and prevent premature failure.
A scalable, open-air plasma process has been developed to deposit
alternating layers of conformal organosilicate and dense SiO2 thin-film barriers to prevent moisture ingress. The in situ low-temperature
process is suitable for direct deposition on thermally sensitive devices
and is compatible with flexible polymeric substrates. Using optical
calcium testing, low water vapor transmission rates on the order of
10–3 g/m2/day at an accelerated aging
condition of 38 °C and 90% relative humidity (RH) are achieved.
Using moisture-sensitive perovskite devices as a representative moisture-susceptible
device, devices retain over 80% of their initial performance for over
660 h in a 50 °C 50% RH accelerated aging environment. The ability
of the multilayer barrier to enable device resistance to humid environments
is crucial toward realizing longer operating lifetimes.
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