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Ma Y, Ye S, Liu Y, Zhao X, Wang Y, Wang Y. Interferon regulatory factor 1 mediated inhibition of Treg cell differentiation induces maternal-fetal immune imbalance in preeclampsia. Int Immunopharmacol 2024; 141:112988. [PMID: 39213867 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2024.112988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2024] [Revised: 08/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/18/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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The establishment and maintenance of a successful pregnancy rely heavily on maternal-fetal immune tolerance. Inflammatory and immune mechanisms during pregnancy bear a resemblance to those observed in tumor progression, with Treg cells exhibiting similar immunoregulatory functions in both contexts. Interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) is implicated in modulating the immune milieu within tumors and influencing regulatory T (Treg) cell differentiation. However, the precise association between IRF1 and the onset of preeclampsia (PE) remains unclear. In our investigation, we identified trophoblasts as a significant source of IRF1 expression at the maternal-fetal interface through immunofluorescence analysis. Moreover, heightened levels of IRF1 expression were detected in both placental tissues and peripheral blood samples obtained from PE patients, concomitant with an imbalance in the Th17/Treg ratio. In the peripheral circulation, a notable inverse correlation was observed between IRF1 mRNA levels and Foxp3 mRNA, a transcription factor specific to Treg cells. IRF1 mRNA expression showed a positive association with systolic blood pressure and a negative association with serum albumin levels. Furthermore, co-culturing naïve T cells with supernatants from HTR-8/SV neo cells overexpressing IRF1 resulted in diminished differentiation of T cells into Treg cells. In summary, our study indicates elevated IRF1 expression in the peripheral blood and trophoblast cells of PE patients. Elevated IRF1 in trophoblast cells hinders the differentiation of maternal Treg cells, disrupting maternal-fetal immune tolerance and contributing to PE pathogenesis. Additionally, IRF1 expression correlates with disease severity, suggesting its potential as a novel sensitive target in PE.
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- Yue Ma
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Beijing 100101, China.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing 100191, China.
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Clayton SW, Sebastian A, Wilson SP, Hum NR, Walk RE, Easson GWD, Vaidya R, Broz KS, Loots GG, Tang SY. Single cell RNA sequencing reveals a shift in cell function and maturation of endogenous and infiltrating cell types in response to acute intervertebral disc injury. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.08.10.607363. [PMID: 39149307 PMCID: PMC11326235 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.10.607363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration contributes to disabling back pain. Degeneration can be initiated by injury and progressively leads to irreversible cell loss and loss of IVD function. Attempts to restore IVD function through cell replacement therapies have had limited success due to knowledge gaps in critical cell populations and molecular crosstalk after injury. Here, we used single cell RNA sequencing to identify the transcriptional changes of endogenous and infiltrating IVD cell populations, as well as the potential of resident mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for tissue repair. Control and Injured (needle puncture) tail IVDs were extracted from 12 week old female C57BL/6 mice 7 days post injury and clustering analyses, gene ontology, and pseudotime trajectory analyses were used to determine transcriptomic divergences in the cells of the injured IVD, while immunofluorescence was utilized to determine mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) localization. Clustering analysis revealed 11 distinct cell populations that were IVD tissue specific, immune, or vascular cells. Differential gene expression analysis determined that Outer Annulus Fibrosus, Neutrophils, Saa2-High MSCs, Macrophages, and Krt18+ Nucleus Pulposus (NP) cells were the major drivers of transcriptomic differences between Control and Injured cells. Gene ontology of DEGs suggested that the most upregulated biological pathways were angiogenesis and T cell related while wound healing and ECM regulation categories were downregulated. Pseudotime trajectory analyses revealed that cells were driven towards increased cell differentiation due to IVD injury in all IVD tissue clusters except for Krt18+ NP which remained in a less mature cell state. Saa2-High and Grem1-High MSCs populations drifted towards more IVD differentiated cells profiles with injury and localized distinctly within the IVD. This study strengthens the understanding of heterogeneous IVD cell populations response to injury and identifies targetable MSC populations for future IVD repair studies.
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA
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- Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, United States
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- Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO
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Jakobs J, Bertram J, Rink L. Ca 2+ signals are essential for T-cell proliferation, while Zn 2+ signals are necessary for T helper cell 1 differentiation. Cell Death Discov 2024; 10:336. [PMID: 39043646 PMCID: PMC11266428 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-024-02104-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 07/11/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024] Open
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The regulation of T-cell fate is crucial for the balance between infection control and tolerance. Calcium (Ca2+) and zinc (Zn2+) signals are both induced after T-cell stimulation, but their specific roles in the fate of activation and differentiation remain to be elucidated. Are Zn2+- and Ca2+ signals responsible for different aspects in T-cell activation and differentiation and do they act in concert or in opposition? It is crucial to understand the interplay of the intracellular signals to influence the fate of T cells in diseases with undesirable T-cell activities or in Zn2+-deficient patients. Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were stimulated with the Zn2+ ionophore pyrithione and thapsigargin, an inhibitor of the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA). Intracellular Zn2+ and Ca2+ signals were monitored by flow cytometry and ELISA, quantitative PCR and western blot were used to evaluate T-cell differentiation and the underlying molecular mechanism. We found that Zn2+ signals upregulated the early T-cell activation marker CD69, interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1), and Krüppel-like factor 10 (KLF-10) expression, which are important for T helper cell (Th) 1 differentiation. Ca2+ signals, on the other hand, increased T-bet and Forkhead box P3 (FoxP3) expression and interleukin (IL)-2 release. Most interestingly, the combination of Zn2+ and Ca2+ signals was indispensable to induce interferon (IFN)-γ expression and increased the surface expression of CD69 by several-fold. These results highlight the importance of the parallel occurrence of Ca2+ and Zn2+ signals. Both signals act in concert and are required for the differentiation into Th1 cells, for the stabilization of regulatory T cells, and induces T-cell activation by several-fold. This provides further insight into the impaired immune functions of patients with zinc deficiency.
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- Jana Jakobs
- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
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Elsner RA, Smita S, Shlomchik MJ. IL-12 induces a B cell-intrinsic IL-12/IFNγ feed-forward loop promoting extrafollicular B cell responses. Nat Immunol 2024; 25:1283-1295. [PMID: 38862796 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-024-01858-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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While some infections elicit germinal centers, others produce only extrafollicular responses. The mechanisms controlling these dichotomous fates are poorly understood. We identify IL-12 as a cytokine switch, acting directly on B cells to promote extrafollicular and suppress germinal center responses. IL-12 initiates a B cell-intrinsic feed-forward loop between IL-12 and IFNγ, amplifying IFNγ production, which promotes proliferation and plasmablast differentiation from mouse and human B cells, in synergy with IL-12. IL-12 sustains the expression of a portion of IFNγ-inducible genes. Together, they also induce unique gene changes, reflecting both IFNγ amplification and cooperative effects between both cytokines. In vivo, cells lacking both IL-12 and IFNγ receptors are more impaired in plasmablast production than those lacking either receptor alone. Further, B cell-derived IL-12 enhances both plasmablast responses and T helper 1 cell commitment. Thus, B cell-derived IL-12, acting on T and B cells, determines the immune response mode, with implications for vaccines, pathogen protection and autoimmunity.
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- Rebecca A Elsner
- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Lee Y, Baek J, Park S, Kim Y, Hwang SW, Lee JL, Park SH, Kim J, Yang SK, Han B, Kweon MN, Song K, Yoon YS, Ye BD, Lee HS. Characterization of Th17 tissue-resident memory cells in non-inflamed intestinal tissue of Crohn's disease patients. J Autoimmun 2024; 145:103206. [PMID: 38554656 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2024.103206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the bowel wall. Tissue-resident memory T (Trm) cells are implicated in CD, yet their characteristics remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the transcriptional profiles and functional characteristics of Trm cells in the small bowel of CD and their interactions with immune cells. Seven patients with CD and four with ulcerative colitis as controls were included. Single-cell RNA sequencing and paired T cell receptor sequencing assessed T cell subsets and transcriptional signatures in lamina propria (LP) and submucosa/muscularis propria-enriched fractions (SM/MP) from small bowel tissue samples. We detected 58,123 T cells grouped into 16 populations, including the CD4+ Trm cells with a Th17 signature and CD8+ Trm clusters. In CD, CD4+ Trm cells with a Th17 signature, termed Th17 Trm, showed significantly increased proportions within both the LP and SM/MP areas. The Th17 Trm cluster demonstrated heightened expression of tissue-residency marker genes (ITGAE, ITGA1, and CXCR6) along with elevated levels of IL17A, IL22, CCR6, and CCL20. The clonal expansion of Th17 Trm cells in CD was accompanied by enhanced transmural dynamic potential, as indicated by significantly higher migration scores. CD-prominent Th17 Trm cells displayed an increased interferon gamma (IFNγ)-related signature possibly linked with STAT1 activation, inducing chemokines (i.e., CXCL10, CXCL8, and CXCL9) in myeloid cells. Our findings underscored the elevated Th17 Trm cells throughout the small bowel in CD, contributing to disease pathogenesis through IFNγ induction and subsequent chemokine production in myeloid cells.
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- Yoonho Lee
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Asan Medical Center, Brain Korea 21 Project, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Asan Medical Center, Brain Korea 21 Project, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Asan Medical Center, Brain Korea 21 Project, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Asan Medical Center, Brain Korea 21 Project, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, BK21 Plus Biomedical Science Project, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Asan Medical Center, Brain Korea 21 Project, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Asan Medical Center, Brain Korea 21 Project, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Asan Medical Center, Brain Korea 21 Project, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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Skok Gibbs C, Mahmood O, Bonneau R, Cho K. PMF-GRN: a variational inference approach to single-cell gene regulatory network inference using probabilistic matrix factorization. Genome Biol 2024; 25:88. [PMID: 38589899 PMCID: PMC11003171 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03226-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Inferring gene regulatory networks (GRNs) from single-cell data is challenging due to heuristic limitations. Existing methods also lack estimates of uncertainty. Here we present Probabilistic Matrix Factorization for Gene Regulatory Network Inference (PMF-GRN). Using single-cell expression data, PMF-GRN infers latent factors capturing transcription factor activity and regulatory relationships. Using variational inference allows hyperparameter search for principled model selection and direct comparison to other generative models. We extensively test and benchmark our method using real single-cell datasets and synthetic data. We show that PMF-GRN infers GRNs more accurately than current state-of-the-art single-cell GRN inference methods, offering well-calibrated uncertainty estimates.
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- Center for Data Science, New York University, New York, NY, 10011, USA
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- Center for Data Science, New York University, New York, NY, 10011, USA
- Prescient Design, Genentech, New York, NY, 10010, USA
- Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA
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- Center for Data Science, New York University, New York, NY, 10011, USA.
- Prescient Design, Genentech, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
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Tjärnberg A, Beheler-Amass M, Jackson CA, Christiaen LA, Gresham D, Bonneau R. Structure-primed embedding on the transcription factor manifold enables transparent model architectures for gene regulatory network and latent activity inference. Genome Biol 2024; 25:24. [PMID: 38238840 PMCID: PMC10797903 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-023-03134-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Modeling of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) is limited due to a lack of direct measurements of genome-wide transcription factor activity (TFA) making it difficult to separate covariance and regulatory interactions. Inference of regulatory interactions and TFA requires aggregation of complementary evidence. Estimating TFA explicitly is problematic as it disconnects GRN inference and TFA estimation and is unable to account for, for example, contextual transcription factor-transcription factor interactions, and other higher order features. Deep-learning offers a potential solution, as it can model complex interactions and higher-order latent features, although does not provide interpretable models and latent features. RESULTS We propose a novel autoencoder-based framework, StrUcture Primed Inference of Regulation using latent Factor ACTivity (SupirFactor) for modeling, and a metric, explained relative variance (ERV), for interpretation of GRNs. We evaluate SupirFactor with ERV in a wide set of contexts. Compared to current state-of-the-art GRN inference methods, SupirFactor performs favorably. We evaluate latent feature activity as an estimate of TFA and biological function in S. cerevisiae as well as in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). CONCLUSION Here we present a framework for structure-primed inference and interpretation of GRNs, SupirFactor, demonstrating interpretability using ERV in multiple biological and experimental settings. SupirFactor enables TFA estimation and pathway analysis using latent factor activity, demonstrated here on two large-scale single-cell datasets, modeling S. cerevisiae and PBMC. We find that the SupirFactor model facilitates biological analysis acquiring novel functional and regulatory insight.
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- Andreas Tjärnberg
- Center for Developmental Genetics, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA.
- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA.
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA.
- Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
- Department of Neuro-Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Waisman Center, Madison, USA.
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- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA
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- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA
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- Center for Developmental Genetics, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA
- Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA
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- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA.
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA.
- Flatiron Institute, Center for Computational Biology, Simons Foundation, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science Department, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA.
- Center For Data Science, NYU, New York, NY, 10008, USA.
- Prescient Design, a Genentech accelerator, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
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Buchacher T, Shetty A, Koskela SA, Smolander J, Kaukonen R, Sousa AGG, Junttila S, Laiho A, Rundquist O, Lönnberg T, Marson A, Rasool O, Elo LL, Lahesmaa R. PIM kinases regulate early human Th17 cell differentiation. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113469. [PMID: 38039135 PMCID: PMC10765319 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023] Open
Abstract
The serine/threonine-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus (PIM) kinase family (i.e., PIM1, PIM2, and PIM3) has been extensively studied in tumorigenesis. PIM kinases are downstream of several cytokine signaling pathways that drive immune-mediated diseases. Uncontrolled T helper 17 (Th17) cell activation has been associated with the pathogenesis of autoimmunity. However, the detailed molecular function of PIMs in human Th17 cell regulation has yet to be studied. In the present study, we comprehensively investigated how the three PIMs simultaneously alter transcriptional gene regulation during early human Th17 cell differentiation. By combining PIM triple knockdown with bulk and scRNA-seq approaches, we found that PIM deficiency promotes the early expression of key Th17-related genes while suppressing Th1-lineage genes. Further, PIMs modulate Th cell signaling, potentially via STAT1 and STAT3. Overall, our study highlights the inhibitory role of PIMs in human Th17 cell differentiation, thereby suggesting their association with autoimmune phenotypes.
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- Tanja Buchacher
- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland; Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland; Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland; InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland; Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.
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Ma J, Hu W, Liu Y, Duan C, Zhang D, Wang Y, Cheng K, Yang L, Wu S, Jin B, Zhang Y, Zhuang R. CD226 maintains regulatory T cell phenotype stability and metabolism by the mTOR/Myc pathway under inflammatory conditions. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113306. [PMID: 37864795 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Regulatory T (Treg) cells exhibit immunosuppressive phenotypes and particular metabolic patterns with certain degrees of plasticity. Previous studies of the effects of the co-stimulatory molecule CD226 on Treg cells are controversial. Here, we show that CD226 primarily maintains the Treg cell stability and metabolism phenotype under inflammatory conditions. Conditional deletion of CD226 within Foxp3+ cells exacerbates symptoms in murine graft versus host disease models. Treg cell-specific deletion of CD226 increases the Treg cell percentage in immune organs but weakens their immunosuppressive function with a T helper 1-like phenotype conversion under inflammation. CD226-deficient Treg cells exhibit reduced oxidative phosphorylation and increased glycolysis rates, which are regulated by the adenosine 5'-monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/myelocytomatosis oncogene (Myc) pathway, and inhibition of Myc signaling restores the impaired functions of CD226-deficient Treg cells in an inflammatory disease model of colitis. This study reveals an Myc-mediated CD226 regulation of Treg cell phenotypic stability and metabolism, providing potential therapeutic strategies for targeted interventions of Treg cell-specific CD226 in inflammatory diseases.
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- Jingchang Ma
- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China; Department of Emergency, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, #100 Western 4th Ring Road, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China; Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China; Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
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- Department of Immunology, Fourth Military Medical University, #169 West Changle Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China; Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, #127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
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Xie L, Fang J, Yu J, Zhang W, He Z, Ye L, Wang H. The role of CD4 + T cells in tumor and chronic viral immune responses. MedComm (Beijing) 2023; 4:e390. [PMID: 37829505 PMCID: PMC10565399 DOI: 10.1002/mco2.390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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Immunotherapies are mainly aimed to promote a CD8+ T cell response rather than a CD4+ T cell response as cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) can directly kill target cells. Recently, CD4+ T cells have received more attention due to their diverse roles in tumors and chronic viral infections. In antitumor and antichronic viral responses, CD4+ T cells relay help signals through dendritic cells to indirectly regulate CD8+ T cell response, interact with B cells or macrophages to indirectly modulate humoral immunity or macrophage polarization, and inhibit tumor blood vessel formation. Additionally, CD4+ T cells can also exhibit direct cytotoxicity toward target cells. However, regulatory T cells exhibit immunosuppression and CD4+ T cells become exhausted, which promote tumor progression and chronic viral persistence. Finally, we also outline immunotherapies based on CD4+ T cells, including adoptive cell transfer, vaccines, and immune checkpoint blockade. Overall, this review summarizes diverse roles of CD4+ T cells in the antitumor or protumor and chronic viral responses, and also highlights the immunotherapies based on CD4+ T cells, giving a better understanding of their roles in tumors and chronic viral infections.
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- Luoyingzi Xie
- Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary SurgeryChongqing General HospitalChongqingChina
- The Institute of ImmunologyThird Military Medical University (Army Medical University)ChongqingChina
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- The Institute of ImmunologyThird Military Medical University (Army Medical University)ChongqingChina
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- Department of Thoracic SurgeryXinqiao Hospital Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University)ChongqingChina
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- Department of Plastic & Cosmetic SurgeryArmy Medical Center of PLAAmy Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Plastic & Cosmetic SurgeryArmy Medical Center of PLAAmy Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- The Institute of ImmunologyThird Military Medical University (Army Medical University)ChongqingChina
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- Institute of Hepatopancreatobiliary SurgeryChongqing General HospitalChongqingChina
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Ka’e AC, Nanfack AJ, Ambada G, Santoro MM, Takou D, Semengue ENJ, Nka AD, Bala MLM, Endougou ON, Elong E, Beloumou G, Djupsa S, Gouissi DH, Fainguem N, Tchouaket MCT, Sosso SM, Kesseng D, Ndongo FA, Sonela N, Kamta ACL, Tchidjou HK, Ndomgue T, Ndiang STM, Nlend AEN, Nkenfou CN, Montesano C, Halle-Ekane GE, Cappelli G, Tiemessen CT, Colizzi V, Ceccherini-Silberstein F, Perno CF, Fokam J. Inflammatory profile of vertically HIV-1 infected adolescents receiving ART in Cameroon: a contribution toward optimal pediatric HIV control strategies. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1239877. [PMID: 37646023 PMCID: PMC10461471 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1239877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has improved the lifespan of people living with HIV. However, their immune system remains in a state of sustained activation/inflammation, which favors viral replication and depletion of helper T-cells with varying profiles according to ART-response. We herein sought to ascertain the inflammatory profile of adolescents living with perinatal HIV-1 infection (ALPHI) receiving ART in an African context. In this cross-sectional and comparative study among ART-experienced ALPHI in Yaoundé-Cameroon, HIV-1 RNA was measured by Abbott Real-time PCR; CD4 cells were enumerated using flow cytometry; serum cytokines were measured by ELISA; HIV-1 proviral DNA was genotyped by Sanger-sequencing; and archived drug resistance mutations (ADRMs) were interpreted using Stanford HIVdb.v9.0.1. Overall, 73 adolescents were enrolled (60 ALPHI and 13 HIV-1 negative peers) aged 15 (13-18) years; 60.00% were female. ART median duration was 92 (46-123) months; median viral load was 3.99 (3.17-4.66) RNA Log10 (copies)/mL and median CD4 count was 326 (201-654) cells/mm3. As compared to HIV-negative adolescents, TNFα was highly expressed among ALPHI (p<0.01). Following a virological response, inflammatory cytokines (IFNγ and IL-12), anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-4 and IL-10) and inflammation-related cytokines (IL-6 and IL-1β) were highly expressed with viral suppression (VS) vs. virological failure (VF), while the chemokine CCL3 was highly expressed with VF (p<0.01). Regarding the immune response, the inflammatory cytokine TNFα was highly expressed in those that are immunocompetent (CD4≥500 cell/mm3) vs. immunocompromised (CD4<500 cell/mm3), p ≤ 0.01; while chemokine CCL2 was highly expressed in the immunocompromised (p<0.05). In the presence of ADRMs, IL-4 and CCL3 were highly expressed (p=0.027 and p=0.043 respectively). Among ART-experienced ALPHI in Cameroon, the TNFα cytokine was found to be an inflammatory marker of HIV infection; IFNγ, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-12 are potential immunological markers of VS and targeting these cytokines in addition to antiretroviral drugs may improve management. Moreover, CCL3 and CCL2 are possible predictors of VF and/or being immunocompromised and could serve as surrogates of poor ART response.
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- Aude Christelle Ka’e
- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Mother and Child Centre, Chantal BIYA Foundation, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Mother and Child Centre, Chantal BIYA Foundation, Yaounde, Cameroon
- Division of Operational Health Research, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroon
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Garoua, Garoua, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), Country-office, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- HIV Management Unit, Mfou District Hospital, Mfou, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- National Research Council, Rome, Italy
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- National Institute for Communicable Diseases and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Evangelic University of Cameroon, Bandjoun, Cameroon
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- Bambino Gesu Pediactric Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Chantal BIYA International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRCB), Yaounde, Cameroon
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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Russ E, Mikhalkevich N, Iordanskiy S. Expression of Human Endogenous Retrovirus Group K (HERV-K) HML-2 Correlates with Immune Activation of Macrophages and Type I Interferon Response. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0443822. [PMID: 36861980 PMCID: PMC10100713 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.04438-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) comprise about 8.3% of the human genome and are capable of producing RNA molecules that can be sensed by pattern recognition receptors, leading to the activation of innate immune response pathways. The HERV-K (HML-2) subgroup is the youngest HERV clade with the highest degree of coding competence. Its expression is associated with inflammation-related diseases. However, the precise HML-2 loci, stimuli, and signaling pathways involved in these associations are not well understood or defined. To elucidate HML-2 expression on a locus-specific level, we used the retroelement sequencing tools TEcount and Telescope to analyze publicly available transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) sequencing data sets of macrophages treated with a wide range of agonists. We found that macrophage polarization significantly correlates with modulation of the expression of specific HML-2 proviral loci. Further analysis demonstrated that the provirus HERV-K102, located in an intergenic region of locus 1q22, constituted the majority of the HML-2 derived transcripts following pro-inflammatory (M1) polarization and was upregulated explicitly in response to interferon gamma (IFN-γ) signaling. We found that signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 and interferon regulatory factor 1 interact with a solo long terminal repeat (LTR) located upstream of HERV-K102, termed LTR12F, following IFN-γ signaling. Using reporter constructs, we demonstrated that LTR12F is critical for HERV-K102 upregulation by IFN-γ. In THP1-derived macrophages, knockdown of HML-2 or knockout of MAVS, an adaptor of RNA-sensing pathways, significantly downregulated genes containing interferon-stimulated response elements (ISREs) in their promoters, suggesting an intermediate role of HERV-K102 in the switch from IFN-γ signaling to the activation of type I interferon expression and, therefore, in a positive feedback loop to enhance pro-inflammatory signaling. IMPORTANCE The human endogenous retrovirus group K subgroup, HML-2, is known to be elevated in a long list of inflammation-associated diseases. However, a clear mechanism for HML-2 upregulation in response to inflammation has not been defined. In this study, we identify a provirus of the HML-2 subgroup, HERV-K102, which is significantly upregulated and constitutes the majority of the HML-2 derived transcripts in response to pro-inflammatory activation of macrophages. Moreover, we identify the mechanism of HERV-K102 upregulation and demonstrate that HML-2 expression enhances interferon-stimulated response element activation. We also demonstrate that this provirus is elevated in vivo and correlates with interferon gamma signaling activity in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients. This study provides key insights into the HML-2 subgroup and suggests that it may participate in enhancing pro-inflammatory signaling in macrophages and probably other immune cells.
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- Eric Russ
- Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Therapeutics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Graduate Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Therapeutics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Therapeutics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity downstream of IL-10 signaling is required to promote regulatory functions in human dendritic cells. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112193. [PMID: 36870061 PMCID: PMC10066577 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Interleukin (IL)-10 is a main player in peripheral immune tolerance, the physiological mechanism preventing immune reactions to self/harmless antigens. Here, we investigate IL-10-induced molecular mechanisms generating tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDC) from monocytes. Using genomic studies, we show that IL-10 induces a pattern of accessible enhancers exploited by aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) to promote expression of a set of core genes. We demonstrate that AHR activity occurs downstream of IL-10 signaling in myeloid cells and is required for the induction of tolerogenic activities in DC. Analyses of circulating DCs show that IL-10/AHR genomic signature is active in vivo in health. In multiple sclerosis patients, we instead observe significantly altered signature correlating with functional defects and reduced frequencies of IL-10-induced-tolDC in vitro and in vivo. Our studies identify molecular mechanisms controlling tolerogenic activities in human myeloid cells and may help in designing therapies to re-establish immune tolerance.
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Tjärnberg A, Beheler-Amass M, Jackson CA, Christiaen LA, Gresham D, Bonneau R. Structure primed embedding on the transcription factor manifold enables transparent model architectures for gene regulatory network and latent activity inference. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.02.526909. [PMID: 36778259 PMCID: PMC9915715 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.02.526909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The modeling of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) is limited due to a lack of direct measurements of regulatory features in genome-wide screens. Most GRN inference methods are therefore forced to model relationships between regulatory genes and their targets with expression as a proxy for the upstream independent features, complicating validation and predictions produced by modeling frameworks. Separating covariance and regulatory influence requires aggregation of independent and complementary sets of evidence, such as transcription factor (TF) binding and target gene expression. However, the complete regulatory state of the system, e.g. TF activity (TFA) is unknown due to a lack of experimental feasibility, making regulatory relations difficult to infer. Some methods attempt to account for this by modeling TFA as a latent feature, but these models often use linear frameworks that are unable to account for non-linearities such as saturation, TF-TF interactions, and other higher order features. Deep learning frameworks may offer a solution, as they are capable of modeling complex interactions and capturing higher-order latent features. However, these methods often discard central concepts in biological systems modeling, such as sparsity and latent feature interpretability, in favor of increased model complexity. We propose a novel deep learning autoencoder-based framework, StrUcture Primed Inference of Regulation using latent Factor ACTivity (SupirFactor), that scales to single cell genomic data and maintains interpretability to perform GRN inference and estimate TFA as a latent feature. We demonstrate that SupirFactor outperforms current leading GRN inference methods, predicts biologically relevant TFA and elucidates functional regulatory pathways through aggregation of TFs.
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- Andreas Tjärnberg
- Center for Developmental Genetics, New York University, New York 10003 NY, USA
- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
- Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10010, USA
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- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
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- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
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- Center for Developmental Genetics, New York University, New York 10003 NY, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
- Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
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- Center For Genomics and Systems Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
- Department of Biology, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
- Flatiron Institute, Center for Computational Biology, Simons Foundation, New York, NY 10010, USA
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science Department, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Center For Data Science, NYU, New York, NY 10008, USA
- Prescient Design, a Genentech accelerator, New York, NY, 10010, USA
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Rosain J, Neehus AL, Manry J, Yang R, Le Pen J, Daher W, Liu Z, Chan YH, Tahuil N, Türel Ö, Bourgey M, Ogishi M, Doisne JM, Izquierdo HM, Shirasaki T, Le Voyer T, Guérin A, Bastard P, Moncada-Vélez M, Han JE, Khan T, Rapaport F, Hong SH, Cheung A, Haake K, Mindt BC, Pérez L, Philippot Q, Lee D, Zhang P, Rinchai D, Al Ali F, Ahmad Ata MM, Rahman M, Peel JN, Heissel S, Molina H, Kendir-Demirkol Y, Bailey R, Zhao S, Bohlen J, Mancini M, Seeleuthner Y, Roelens M, Lorenzo L, Soudée C, Paz MEJ, González ML, Jeljeli M, Soulier J, Romana S, L'Honneur AS, Materna M, Martínez-Barricarte R, Pochon M, Oleaga-Quintas C, Michev A, Migaud M, Lévy R, Alyanakian MA, Rozenberg F, Croft CA, Vogt G, Emile JF, Kremer L, Ma CS, Fritz JH, Lemon SM, Spaan AN, Manel N, Abel L, MacDonald MR, Boisson-Dupuis S, Marr N, Tangye SG, Di Santo JP, Zhang Q, Zhang SY, Rice CM, Béziat V, Lachmann N, Langlais D, Casanova JL, Gros P, Bustamante J. Human IRF1 governs macrophagic IFN-γ immunity to mycobacteria. Cell 2023; 186:621-645.e33. [PMID: 36736301 PMCID: PMC9907019 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Inborn errors of human IFN-γ-dependent macrophagic immunity underlie mycobacterial diseases, whereas inborn errors of IFN-α/β-dependent intrinsic immunity underlie viral diseases. Both types of IFNs induce the transcription factor IRF1. We describe unrelated children with inherited complete IRF1 deficiency and early-onset, multiple, life-threatening diseases caused by weakly virulent mycobacteria and related intramacrophagic pathogens. These children have no history of severe viral disease, despite exposure to many viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, which is life-threatening in individuals with impaired IFN-α/β immunity. In leukocytes or fibroblasts stimulated in vitro, IRF1-dependent responses to IFN-γ are, both quantitatively and qualitatively, much stronger than those to IFN-α/β. Moreover, IRF1-deficient mononuclear phagocytes do not control mycobacteria and related pathogens normally when stimulated with IFN-γ. By contrast, IFN-α/β-dependent intrinsic immunity to nine viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, is almost normal in IRF1-deficient fibroblasts. Human IRF1 is essential for IFN-γ-dependent macrophagic immunity to mycobacteria, but largely redundant for IFN-α/β-dependent antiviral immunity.
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- Jérémie Rosain
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France.
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; Institute of Experimental Hematology, REBIRTH Center for Regenerative and Translational Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Infectious Disease Research Institute of Montpellier (IRIM), Montpellier University, 34090 Montpellier, France; Inserm, IRIM, CNRS, UMR9004, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Del Niño Jesus Hospital, San Miguel de Tucuman, T4000 Tucuman, Argentina
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Bezmialem Vakif University Faculty of Medicine, 34093 İstanbul, Turkey
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- Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; Canadian Centre for Computation Genomics, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Innate Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France; Inserm U1223, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Inserm U932, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7292, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; St. Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA; Pediatric Hematology-Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75015 Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Hematology, REBIRTH Center for Regenerative and Translational Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; McGill University Research Centre on Complex Traits, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; FOCiS Centre of Excellence in Translational Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, "J. P. Garrahan" National Hospital of Pediatrics, C1245 CABA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Proteomics Resource Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Proteomics Resource Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA; Umraniye Education and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatric Genetics, 34764 İstanbul, Turkey
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; McGill University Research Centre on Complex Traits, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Study Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, 75006 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Pathology, Del Niño Jesus Hospital, San Miguel de Tucuman, T4000 Tucuman, Argentina
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- Central Laboratory, Del Niño Jesus Hospital, San Miguel de Tucuman, T4000 Tucuman, Argentina
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- Cochin University Hospital, Biological Immunology Unit, AP-HP, 75014 Paris, France
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- Inserm/CNRS U944/7212, Paris Cité University, 75006 Paris, France; Hematology Laboratory, Saint-Louis Hospital, AP-HP, 75010 Paris, France; National Reference Center for Bone Marrow Failures, Saint-Louis and Robert Debré Hospitals, 75010 Paris, France
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- Rare Disease Genomic Medicine Department, Paris Cité University, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; Pediatric Hematology-Immunology and Rheumatology Unit, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Virology, Paris Cité University, Cochin Hospital, 75014 Paris, France
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- Innate Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France; Inserm U1223, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, 75006 Paris, France
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- Inserm UMR1283, CNRS UMR8199, European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Lille University, Lille Pasteur Institute, Lille University Hospital, 59000 Lille, France; Neglected Human Genetics Laboratory, Paris Cité University, 75006 Paris, France
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- Pathology Department, Ambroise-Paré Hospital, AP-HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Infectious Disease Research Institute of Montpellier (IRIM), Montpellier University, 34090 Montpellier, France; Inserm, IRIM, CNRS, UMR9004, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; St. Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; McGill University Research Centre on Complex Traits, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; FOCiS Centre of Excellence in Translational Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7292, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA; Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Inserm U932, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar; College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; St. Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Innate Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France; Inserm U1223, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Hematology, REBIRTH Center for Regenerative and Translational Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Neonatology and Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease, German Center for Lung Research, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany; Cluster of Excellence RESIST (EXC 2155), Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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- Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Inserm U1163, 75015 Paris, France; Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France; St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA; Study Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France.
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Interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1) promotes intestinal group 3 innate lymphoid responses during Citrobacter rodentium infection. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5730. [PMID: 36175404 PMCID: PMC9522774 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33326-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) are crucial mediators of immunity and epithelial barrier function during immune responses against extracellular bacteria. Here, we identify Interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1), a transcription factor previously associated with type 1 immunity, as an essential regulator of intestinal ILC3 accumulation and effector cytokine production. We demonstrate that IRF-1 is upregulated in the context of infection with the enteropathogen Citrobacter rodentium and that its presence is central for anatomical containment and prevention of pathogen dissemination. We furthermore show that IRF-1 is required in order for intestinal ILC3s to produce large amounts of the protective effector cytokine IL-22 early in the course of infection. On a molecular level, our data indicate that IRF-1 controls ILC3 numbers and their activation by direct transcriptional regulation of the IL-12Rβ1 chain, thereby allowing ILCs to physiologically respond to IL-23 stimulation. Innate lymphoid cells (ILC) are involved with different immune responses. Here the authors show that Interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) is important for intestinal ILC3 accumulation during Citrobacter rodentium infection and promotes release of the protective cytokine IL-22 and response to IL-23.
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Yang CL, Sun F, Wang FX, Rong SJ, Yue TT, Luo JH, Zhou Q, Wang CY, Liu SW. The interferon regulatory factors, a double-edged sword, in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. Cell Immunol 2022; 379:104590. [PMID: 36030565 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2022.104590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease resulted from the unrestrained inflammatory attack towards the insulin-producing islet β cells. Although the exact etiology underlying T1D remains elusive, viral infections, especially those specific strains of enterovirus, are acknowledged as a critical environmental cue involved in the early phase of disease initiation. Viral infections could either directly impede β cell function, or elicit pathological autoinflammatory reactions for β cell killing. Autoimmune responses are bolstered by a massive body of virus-derived exogenous pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and the presence of β cell-derived damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). In particular, the nucleic acid components and the downstream nucleic acid sensing pathways serve as the major effector mechanism. The endogenous retroviral RNA, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and genomic fragments generated by stressed or dying β cells induce host responses reminiscent of viral infection, a phenomenon termed as viral mimicry during the early stage of T1D development. Given that the interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) are considered as hub transcription factors to modulate immune responses relevant to viral infection, we thus sought to summarize the critical role of IRFs in T1D pathogenesis. We discuss with focus for the impact of IRFs on the sensitivity of β cells to cytokine stimulation, the vulnerability of β cells to viral infection/mimicry, and the intensity of immune response. Together, targeting certain IRF members, alone or together with other therapeutics, could be a promising strategy against T1D.
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- Chun-Liang Yang
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China; Department of Nutrition, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Center for Biomedical Research, NHC Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, the Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
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Yang R, Avery DT, Jackson KJL, Ogishi M, Benhsaien I, Du L, Ye X, Han J, Rosain J, Peel JN, Alyanakian MA, Neven B, Winter S, Puel A, Boisson B, Payne KJ, Wong M, Russell AJ, Mizoguchi Y, Okada S, Uzel G, Goodnow CC, Latour S, Bakkouri JE, Bousfiha A, Preece K, Gray PE, Keller B, Warnatz K, Boisson-Dupuis S, Abel L, Pan-Hammarström Q, Bustamante J, Ma CS, Casanova JL, Tangye SG. Human T-bet governs the generation of a distinct subset of CD11c highCD21 low B cells. Sci Immunol 2022; 7:eabq3277. [PMID: 35867801 PMCID: PMC9413977 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abq3277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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High-level expression of the transcription factor T-bet characterizes a phenotypically distinct murine B cell population known as "age-associated B cells" (ABCs). T-bet-deficient mice have reduced ABCs and impaired humoral immunity. We describe a patient with inherited T-bet deficiency and largely normal humoral immunity including intact somatic hypermutation, affinity maturation and memory B cell formation in vivo, and B cell differentiation into Ig-producing plasmablasts in vitro. Nevertheless, the patient exhibited skewed class switching to IgG1, IgG4, and IgE, along with reduced IgG2, both in vivo and in vitro. Moreover, T-bet was required for the in vivo and in vitro development of a distinct subset of human B cells characterized by reduced expression of CD21 and the concomitantly high expression of CD19, CD20, CD11c, FCRL5, and T-bet, a phenotype that shares many features with murine ABCs. Mechanistically, human T-bet governed CD21loCD11chi B cell differentiation by controlling the chromatin accessibility of lineage-defining genes in these cells: FAS, IL21R, SEC61B, DUSP4, DAPP1, SOX5, CD79B, and CXCR4. Thus, human T-bet is largely redundant for long-lived protective humoral immunity but is essential for the development of a distinct subset of human CD11chiCD21lo B cells.
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- Rui Yang
- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA,Corresponding authors: Rui Yang (); Jean-Laurent Casanova (); Stuart Tangye ()
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst 2010, NSW Australia
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- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Inflammation, and Allergy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, King Hassan II University, 20460 Casablanca, Morocco,Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, CHU Averroes, 20460 Casablanca, Morocco
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden, EU
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden, EU
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- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, 75015 Paris, France,Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Immunology Laboratory, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75015 Paris, France, EU
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France,Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV Infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA,Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, 75015 Paris, France,Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA,Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, 75015 Paris, France,Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst 2010, NSW Australia
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- Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia,Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst 2010, NSW Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst 2010, NSW Australia,St Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst 2010, Australia
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- Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France,Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV Infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Inflammation, and Allergy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, King Hassan II University, 20460 Casablanca, Morocco,Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, CHU Averroes, 20460 Casablanca, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, Inflammation, and Allergy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, King Hassan II University, 20460 Casablanca, Morocco,Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, CHU Averroes, 20460 Casablanca, Morocco
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- John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA,Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, 75015 Paris, France,Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA,Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, 75015 Paris, France,Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden, EU
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- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA,Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, 75015 Paris, France,Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France,Study Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst 2010, NSW Australia,St Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst 2010, Australia
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- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA,Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, 75015 Paris, France,Paris Cité University, Imagine Institute, 75015 Paris, France,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France,Corresponding authors: Rui Yang (); Jean-Laurent Casanova (); Stuart Tangye ()
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst 2010, NSW Australia,St Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Darlinghurst 2010, Australia,Corresponding authors: Rui Yang (); Jean-Laurent Casanova (); Stuart Tangye ()
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Alternative Splicing in Cancer and Immune Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14071726. [PMID: 35406498 PMCID: PMC8996879 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14071726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Splicing is a phenomenon enabling the excision of introns from pre-mRNA to give rise to mature mRNA. All the 20,000 genes of the human genome are concerned by this mechanism. Nevertheless, it is estimated that the proteome is composed of more than 100,000 proteins. How to go from 20,000 genes to more than 100,000 proteins? Alternative splicing (AS) is in charge of this diversity of proteins. AS which is found in most of the cells of an organism, participates in normal cells and in particular in immune cells, in the regulation of cellular behavior. In cancer, AS is highly dysregulated and involved in almost all of the hallmarks that characterize tumor cells. In view of the close link that exists between tumors and the immune system, we present in this review the literature relating to alternative splicing and immunotherapy. We also provide a global but not exhaustive view of AS in the immune system and tumor cells linked to the events that can lead to AS dysregulation in tumors.
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Becker GM, Burke JM, Lewis RM, Miller JE, Morgan JLM, Rosen BD, Van Tassell CP, Notter DR, Murdoch BM. Variants Within Genes EDIL3 and ADGRB3 are Associated With Divergent Fecal Egg Counts in Katahdin Sheep at Weaning. Front Genet 2022; 13:817319. [PMID: 35360858 PMCID: PMC8960952 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.817319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) pose a severe threat to sheep production worldwide. Anthelmintic drug resistance coupled with growing concern regarding potential environmental effects of drug use have demonstrated the necessity of implementing other methods of GIN control. The aim of this study was to test for genetic variants associated with resistance or susceptibility to GIN in Katahdin sheep to improve the current understanding of the genetic mechanisms responsible for host response to GIN. Linear regression and case-control genome-wide association studies were conducted with high-density genotype data and cube-root transformed weaning fecal egg counts (tFEC) of 583 Katahdin sheep. The case-control GWAS identified two significant SNPs (P-values 1.49e-08 to 1.01e-08) within introns of the gene adhesion G protein-coupled receptor B3 (ADGRB3) associated with lower fecal egg counts. With linear regression, four significant SNPs (P-values 7.82e-08 to 3.34e-08) were identified within the first intron of the gene EGF-like repeats and discoidin domains 3 (EDIL3). These identified SNPs were in very high linkage disequilibrium (r2 of 0.996–1), and animals with alternate homozygous genotypes had significantly higher median weaning tFEC phenotypes compared to all other genotypes. Significant SNPs were queried through public databases to identify putative transcription factor binding site (TFBS) and potential lncRNA differences between reference and alternate alleles. Changes in TFBS were predicted at two SNPs, and one significant SNP was found to be within a predicted lncRNA sequence with greater than 90% similarity to a known lncRNA in the bovine genome. The gene EDIL3 has been described in other species for its roles in the inhibition and resolution of inflammation. Potential changes of EDIL3 expression mediated through lncRNA expression and/or transcription factor binding may impact the overall immune response and reduce the ability of Katahdin sheep to control GIN infection. This study lays the foundation for further research of EDIL3 and ADGRB3 towards understanding genetic mechanisms of susceptibility to GIN, and suggests these SNPs may contribute to genetic strategies for improving parasite resistance traits in sheep.
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- Gabrielle M. Becker
- Department of Animal, Veterinary and Food Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
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- USDA, ARS, Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center, Booneville, AR, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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- USDA, ARS, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- USDA, ARS, Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Department of Animal, Veterinary and Food Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
- *Correspondence: Brenda M. Murdoch,
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Zander R, Kasmani MY, Chen Y, Topchyan P, Shen J, Zheng S, Burns R, Ingram J, Cui C, Joshi N, Craft J, Zajac A, Cui W. Tfh-cell-derived interleukin 21 sustains effector CD8 + T cell responses during chronic viral infection. Immunity 2022; 55:475-493.e5. [PMID: 35216666 PMCID: PMC8916994 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2022.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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CD4+ T cell-derived interleukin 21 (IL-21) sustains CD8+ T cell responses during chronic viral infection, but the helper subset that confers this protection remains unclear. Here, we applied scRNA and ATAC-seq approaches to determine the heterogeneity of IL-21+CD4+ T cells during LCMV clone 13 infection. CD4+ T cells were comprised of three transcriptionally and epigenetically distinct populations: Cxcr6+ Th1 cells, Cxcr5+ Tfh cells, and a previously unrecognized Slamf6+ memory-like (Tml) subset. T cell differentiation was specifically redirected toward the Tml subset during chronic, but not acute, LCMV infection. Although this subset displayed an enhanced capacity to accumulate and some developmental plasticity, it remained largely quiescent, which may hinder its helper potential. Conversely, mixed bone marrow chimera experiments revealed that Tfh cell-derived IL-21 was critical to sustain CD8+ T cell responses and viral control. Thus, strategies that bolster IL-21+Tfh cell responses may prove effective in enhancing CD8+ T cell-mediated immunity.
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- Ryan Zander
- Blood Research Institute, Versiti Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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Blake D, Radens CM, Ferretti MB, Gazzara MR, Lynch KW. Alternative splicing of apoptosis genes promotes human T cell survival. eLife 2022; 11:80953. [PMID: 36264057 PMCID: PMC9625086 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Alternative splicing occurs in the vast majority of human genes, giving rise to distinct mRNA and protein isoforms. We, and others, have previously identified hundreds of genes that change their isoform expression upon T cell activation via alternative splicing; however, how these changes link activation input with functional output remains largely unknown. Here, we investigate how costimulation of T cells through the CD28 receptor impacts alternative splicing in T cells activated through the T cell receptor (TCR, CD3) and find that while CD28 signaling alone has minimal impact on splicing, it enhances the extent of change for up to 20% of TCR-induced alternative splicing events. Interestingly, a set of CD28-enhanced splicing events occur within genes encoding key components of the apoptotic signaling pathway; namely caspase-9, Bax, and Bim. Using both CRISPR-edited cells and antisense oligos to force expression of specific isoforms, we show for all three of these genes that the isoform induced by CD3/CD28 costimulation promotes resistance to apoptosis, and that changes in all three genes together function combinatorially to further promote cell viability. Finally, we show that the JNK signaling pathway, induced downstream of CD3/CD28 costimulation, is required for each of these splicing events, further highlighting their co-regulation. Together, these findings demonstrate that alternative splicing is a key mechanism by which costimulation of CD28 promotes viability of activated T cells.
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- Davia Blake
- Immunology Graduate Group, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUnited States,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUnited States,Department of Genetics, University of PennsylvaniaPhildelphiaUnited States
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- Immunology Graduate Group, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUnited States,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaUnited States
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Jin W, Yang Q, Peng Y, Yan C, Li Y, Luo Z, Xiao B, Xu L, Yang H. Single-cell RNA-Seq reveals transcriptional heterogeneity and immune subtypes associated with disease activity in human myasthenia gravis. Cell Discov 2021; 7:85. [PMID: 34521820 PMCID: PMC8440681 DOI: 10.1038/s41421-021-00314-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare autoimmune disease. Although the impact of immune cell disorder in MG has been extensively studied, little is known about the transcriptomes of individual cells. Here, we assessed the transcriptional profiles of 39,243 cells by single-cell sequencing and identified 13 major cell clusters, along with 39 subgroups of cells derived from patients with new-onset myasthenia gravis and healthy controls. We found that B cells, CD4+ T cells, and monocytes exhibited more heterogeneity in MG patients. CD4+ T cells were expanded in MG patients. We reclustered B cells and CD4+ T cells, and predict their essential regulators. Further analyses demonstrated that B cells in MG exhibited higher transcriptional activity towards plasma cell differentiation, CD4+ T cell subsets were unbalanced, and inflammatory pathways of monocytes were highly activated. Notably, we discovered a disease-relevant subgroup, CD180− B cells. Increased CD180− B cells in MG are indicative of a high IgG composition and were associated with disease activity and the anti-AChR antibody. Together, our data further the understanding of the cellular heterogeneity involved in the pathogenesis of MG and provide large cell-type-specific markers for subsequent research.
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- Wanlin Jin
- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Mariottoni P, Jiang SW, Prestwood CA, Jain V, Suwanpradid J, Whitley MJ, Coates M, Brown DA, Erdmann D, Corcoran DL, Gregory SG, Jaleel T, Zhang JY, Harris-Tryon TA, MacLeod AS. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Cellular and Transcriptional Changes Associated With M1 Macrophage Polarization in Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:665873. [PMID: 34504848 PMCID: PMC8421606 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.665873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by recurrent abscesses, nodules, and sinus tracts in areas of high hair follicle and sweat gland density. These sinus tracts can present with purulent drainage and scar formation. Dysregulation of multiple immune pathways drives the complexity of HS pathogenesis and may account for the heterogeneity of treatment response in HS patients. Using transcriptomic approaches, including single-cell sequencing and protein analysis, we here characterize the innate inflammatory landscape of HS lesions. We identified a shared upregulation of genes involved in interferon (IFN) and antimicrobial defense signaling through transcriptomic overlap analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in datasets from HS skin, diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), and the inflammatory stage of normal healing wounds. Overlap analysis between HS- and DFU-specific DEGs revealed an enrichment of gene signatures associated with monocyte/macrophage functions. Single-cell RNA sequencing further revealed monocytes/macrophages with polarization toward a pro-inflammatory M1-like phenotype and increased effector function, including antiviral immunity, phagocytosis, respiratory burst, and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Specifically, we identified the STAT1/IFN-signaling axis and the associated IFN-stimulated genes as central players in monocyte/macrophage dysregulation. Our data indicate that monocytes/macrophages are a potential pivotal player in HS pathogenesis and their pathways may serve as therapeutic targets and biomarkers in HS treatment.
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- Paula Mariottoni
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
- Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Department of Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Repurposing a novel anti-cancer RXR agonist to attenuate murine acute GVHD and maintain graft-versus-leukemia responses. Blood 2021; 137:1090-1103. [PMID: 32976550 PMCID: PMC7907720 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020005628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The nuclear receptor (NR) subclass, retinoid X receptors (RXRs), exert immunomodulatory functions that control inflammation and metabolism via homodimers and heterodimers, with several other NRs, including retinoic acid receptors. IRX4204 is a novel, highly specific RXR agonist in clinical trials that potently and selectively activates RXR homodimers, but not heterodimers. In this study, in vivo IRX4204 compared favorably with FK506 in abrogating acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which was associated with inhibiting allogeneic donor T-cell proliferation, reducing T-helper 1 differentiation, and promoting regulatory T-cell (Treg) generation. Recipient IRX4204 treatment reduced intestinal injury and decreased IFN-γ and TNF-α serum levels. Transcriptional analysis of donor T cells isolated from intestines of GVHD mice treated with IRX4204 revealed significant decreases in transcripts regulating proinflammatory pathways. In vitro, inducible Treg differentiation from naive CD4+ T cells was enhanced by IRX4204. In vivo, IRX4204 increased the conversion of donor Foxp3- T cells into peripheral Foxp3+ Tregs in GVHD mice. Using Foxp3 lineage-tracer mice in which both the origin and current FoxP3 expression of Tregs can be tracked, we demonstrated that IRX4204 supports Treg stability. Despite favoring Tregs and reducing Th1 differentiation, IRX4204-treated recipients maintained graft-versus-leukemia responses against both leukemia and lymphoma cells. Notably, IRX4204 reduced in vitro human T-cell proliferation and enhanced Treg generation in mixed lymphocyte reaction cultures. Collectively, these beneficial effects indicate that targeting RXRs with IRX4204 could be a novel approach to preventing acute GVHD in the clinic.
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Li L, Huang KL, Gao Y, Cui Y, Wang G, Elrod ND, Li Y, Chen YE, Ji P, Peng F, Russell WK, Wagner EJ, Li W. An atlas of alternative polyadenylation quantitative trait loci contributing to complex trait and disease heritability. Nat Genet 2021; 53:994-1005. [PMID: 33986536 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-021-00864-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Genome-wide association studies have identified thousands of noncoding variants associated with human traits and diseases. However, the functional interpretation of these variants is a major challenge. Here, we constructed a multi-tissue atlas of human 3'UTR alternative polyadenylation (APA) quantitative trait loci (3'aQTLs), containing approximately 0.4 million common genetic variants associated with the APA of target genes, identified in 46 tissues isolated from 467 individuals (Genotype-Tissue Expression Project). Mechanistically, 3'aQTLs can alter poly(A) motifs, RNA secondary structure and RNA-binding protein-binding sites, leading to thousands of APA changes. Our CRISPR-based experiments indicate that such 3'aQTLs can alter APA regulation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that mapping 3'aQTLs can identify APA regulators, such as La-related protein 4. Finally, 3'aQTLs are colocalized with approximately 16.1% of trait-associated variants and are largely distinct from other QTLs, such as expression QTLs. Together, our findings show that 3'aQTLs contribute substantially to the molecular mechanisms underlying human complex traits and diseases.
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- Lei Li
- Division of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Graduate Program in Quantitative and Computational Biosciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Division of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
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- Division of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
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Zhao M, Li J, Liu J, Xu M, Ji H, Wu S, Chen D, Hu H. Charge-switchable nanoparticles enhance Cancer immunotherapy based on mitochondrial dynamic regulation and immunogenic cell death induction. J Control Release 2021; 335:320-332. [PMID: 34062192 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as a promising option for various malignant tumors therapy. Unfortunately, the existence of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (ITM) and the absence of an effective delivery strategy limit its further application. To reverse the ITM and exploit a favorable delivery system for cancer immunotherapy, twin-like charge-switchable nanoparticles (shMFN1-NPs + DOX-NPs, termed as MIX-NPs) were developed to selectively target tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and cancer cells, respectively. The shMFN1-NPs (150 nm) and DOX-NPs (160 nm) both had uniform spherical-shaped structures and showed favorable tumor tissue accumulation. Based on the pH-responsive core-shell separation, the nanoparticles obtained an excellent balance between the circulation time and cellular uptake. Mitochondrial dynamics are involved in macrophage polarization by regulating a novel signaling network, involving the modulation from fusion (M2-TAMs) to mitochondrial fission (M1-TAMs). M2-TAMs targeting nanoparticles shMFN1-NPs were fabricated to deliver shMFN1 for repolarization of TAMs from the M2 to M1 phenotype by inhibiting mitochondrial fusion. Moreover, DOX-NPs effectively triggered the immunogenic cell death (ICD) of cancer cells, and the succeeding maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) promoted the infiltration and activation of CD8+ T cells. MIX-NPs displayed the strongest antitumor efficacy (TIR = 83%) in the subcutaneous 4T1 tumor model. MIX-NPs suppressed the myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) and regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs) to further remodel the ITM. Taken together, our developed drug delivery strategy reversed the ITM and activated the antitumor immune response, providing a profound prospective treatment strategy in cancer immunotherapy.
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- Ming Zhao
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, No. 103, Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, No. 103, Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, No. 103, Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, No. 103, Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, PR China.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, No. 103, Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016, PR China.
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Bernard A, Hibos C, Richard C, Viltard E, Chevrier S, Lemoine S, Melin J, Humblin E, Mary R, Accogli T, Chalmin F, Bruchard M, Peixoto P, Hervouet E, Apetoh L, Ghiringhelli F, Végran F, Boidot R. The Tumor Microenvironment Impairs Th1 IFNγ Secretion through Alternative Splicing Modifications of Irf1 Pre-mRNA. Cancer Immunol Res 2021; 9:324-336. [PMID: 33419764 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-19-0679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
It is clearly established that the immune system can affect cancer response to therapy. However, the influence of the tumor microenvironment (TME) on immune cells is not completely understood. In this respect, alternative splicing is increasingly described to affect the immune system. Here, we showed that the TME, via a TGFβ-dependent mechanism, increased alternative splicing events and induced the expression of an alternative isoform of the IRF1 transcription factor (IRF1Δ7) in Th1 cells. We found that the SFPQ splicing factor (splicing factor, proline- and glutamine-rich) was responsible for the IRF1Δ7 production. We also showed, in both mice and humans, that the IRF1 alternative isoform altered the full-length IRF1 transcriptional activity on the Il12rb1 promoter, resulting in decreased IFNγ secretion in Th1 cells. Thus, the IRF1Δ7 isoform was increased in the TME, and inhibiting IRF1Δ7 expression could potentiate Th1 antitumor responses.
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- Antoine Bernard
- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- Genomic Platform, Institut de Biologie de l'ENS, Paris, France
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- Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France.,LipSTIC LabEx, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- INSERM UMR1098 "Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur & Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique," Besançon, France
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- INSERM UMR1098 "Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur & Ingénierie Cellulaire et Génique," Besançon, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France. .,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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- CRI INSERM UMR1231 "Lipids, Nutrition and Cancer," Team "CAdIR," Dijon, Burgundy, France. .,Faculté des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Burgundy, France.,Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, Burgundy, France.,UMR CNRS 6302, Dijon, Burgundy, France
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Park SJ, Lee K, Kang MA, Kim TH, Jang HJ, Ryu HW, Oh SR, Lee HJ. Tilianin attenuates HDM-induced allergic asthma by suppressing Th2-immune responses via downregulation of IRF4 in dendritic cells. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2021; 80:153392. [PMID: 33113503 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2020.153392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acacetin 7-O-β-D-glucoside (tilianin) is a major constituent of Agastache rugosa, a traditional medicine that has long been used for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. Tilianin has a wide variety of pharmacological properties such as cardioprotective, neuroprotective, and anti-atherogenic activities. We recently discovered that tilianin has the ability to suppress MUC5AC expression in vitro. In addition, we have established an in vivo model of allergic asthma using house dust mite (HDM) that can be applied to tilianin. PURPOSE We investigated the effects of tilianin on airway inflammation in a HDM-induced asthma mouse model and associated mechanisms. METHODS Tilianin was treated in splenocytes cultured in Th0 condition and HDM-stimulated bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs), and their mRNA expression and cytokines production were determined by quantitative real-time PCR and ELISA. To evaluate the effects of tilianin in an allergic asthma model, mice were sensitized and challenged with HDM. Tilianin was administered prior to challenge by oral gavage and airway hyper-reactivity (AHR) to methacholine, inflammatory cell infiltration, cytokine levels, and airway remodeling were assessed. RESULTS Tilianin inhibited the production of Th2-related cytokines in splenocytes, which play pivotal roles in allergic airway inflammation. When treated in HDM-stimulated BMDCs, tilianin decreased Th2-skewing cytokine IL-33 and transcription factor IRF4. On the contrary, tilianin increased Th1-skewing regulators, IL-12 and IRF1. In an HDM-induced asthmatic mouse model, tilianin attenuated AHR and airway inflammation. Tilianin suppressed the expression of Th2-related cytokines, IL-13 and IL-33 in lung tissues. As seen in HDM-stimulated BMDCs, tilianin also downregulated the expression of the transcription factor IRF4 but not IRF1. CONCLUSION Taken together, these results suggest that tilianin attenuates HDM-induced allergic airway inflammation by inhibiting Th2-mediated inflammation through the selective inhibition of the IRF4-IL-33 axis in dendritic cells.
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- Soo-Jin Park
- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, South Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, South Korea; Department of Biomolecular Science, University of Science & Technology (UST), Daejeon 341113, South Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, South Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, South Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, South Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, South Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, South Korea
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- Natural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheong-ju si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28116, South Korea.
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He S, Wang LH, Liu Y, Li YQ, Chen HT, Xu JH, Peng W, Lin GW, Wei PP, Li B, Xia X, Wang D, Bei JX, He X, Guo Z. Single-cell transcriptome profiling of an adult human cell atlas of 15 major organs. Genome Biol 2020; 21:294. [PMID: 33287869 PMCID: PMC7720616 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-020-02210-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND As core units of organ tissues, cells of various types play their harmonious rhythms to maintain the homeostasis of the human body. It is essential to identify the characteristics of cells in human organs and their regulatory networks for understanding the biological mechanisms related to health and disease. However, a systematic and comprehensive single-cell transcriptional profile across multiple organs of a normal human adult is missing. RESULTS We perform single-cell transcriptomes of 84,363 cells derived from 15 tissue organs of one adult donor and generate an adult human cell atlas. The adult human cell atlas depicts 252 subtypes of cells, including major cell types such as T, B, myeloid, epithelial, and stromal cells, as well as novel COCH+ fibroblasts and FibSmo cells, each of which is distinguished by multiple marker genes and transcriptional profiles. These collectively contribute to the heterogeneity of major human organs. Moreover, T cell and B cell receptor repertoire comparisons and trajectory analyses reveal direct clonal sharing of T and B cells with various developmental states among different tissues. Furthermore, novel cell markers, transcription factors, and ligand-receptor pairs are identified with potential functional regulations in maintaining the homeostasis of human cells among tissues. CONCLUSIONS The adult human cell atlas reveals the inter- and intra-organ heterogeneity of cell characteristics and provides a useful resource in uncovering key events during the development of human diseases in the context of the heterogeneity of cells and organs.
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- Shuai He
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060 People’s Republic of China
- Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation), The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
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- Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation), The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060 People’s Republic of China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060 People’s Republic of China
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- Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation), The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
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- Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation), The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060 People’s Republic of China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060 People’s Republic of China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510282 People’s Republic of China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- RNA Biomedical Institute, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120 People’s Republic of China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060 People’s Republic of China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060 People’s Republic of China
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- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060 People’s Republic of China
- Center for Precision Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
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- Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation), The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
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- Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
- Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation), The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080 People’s Republic of China
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Harnessing the Complete Repertoire of Conventional Dendritic Cell Functions for Cancer Immunotherapy. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:pharmaceutics12070663. [PMID: 32674488 PMCID: PMC7408110 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The onset of checkpoint inhibition revolutionized the treatment of cancer. However, studies from the last decade suggested that the sole enhancement of T cell functionality might not suffice to fight malignancies in all individuals. Dendritic cells (DCs) are not only part of the innate immune system, but also generals of adaptive immunity and they orchestrate the de novo induction of tolerogenic and immunogenic T cell responses. Thus, combinatorial approaches addressing DCs and T cells in parallel represent an attractive strategy to achieve higher response rates across patients. However, this requires profound knowledge about the dynamic interplay of DCs, T cells, other immune and tumor cells. Here, we summarize the DC subsets present in mice and men and highlight conserved and divergent characteristics between different subsets and species. Thereby, we supply a resource of the molecular players involved in key functional features of DCs ranging from their sentinel function, the translation of the sensed environment at the DC:T cell interface to the resulting specialized T cell effector modules, as well as the influence of the tumor microenvironment on the DC function. As of today, mostly monocyte derived dendritic cells (moDCs) are used in autologous cell therapies after tumor antigen loading. While showing encouraging results in a fraction of patients, the overall clinical response rate is still not optimal. By disentangling the general aspects of DC biology, we provide rationales for the design of next generation DC vaccines enabling to exploit and manipulate the described pathways for the purpose of cancer immunotherapy in vivo. Finally, we discuss how DC-based vaccines might synergize with checkpoint inhibition in the treatment of malignant diseases.
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The essential functions of mitochondrial dynamics in immune cells. Cell Mol Immunol 2020; 17:712-721. [PMID: 32523116 DOI: 10.1038/s41423-020-0480-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Mitochondria are highly mobile organelles due to fission, fusion, transport, and mitophagy, and these processes are known as mitochondrial dynamics. Mitochondrial dynamics play an important role in energy production, cell division, cell differentiation, and cell death. In the past decade, numerous studies have revealed the importance of mitochondrial metabolism in immunity, and mitochondrial dynamics are essential for immune responses mediated by various cell types. In this review, we mainly discuss the role of mitochondrial dynamics in activation, differentiation, cytokine production, and the activity of related pathways in immune cells, particularly T cells, B cells, and other cells involved in the innate immune response.
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Kano SI, Hodgkinson CA, Jones-Brando L, Eastwood S, Ishizuka K, Niwa M, Choi EY, Chang DJ, Chen Y, Velivela SD, Leister F, Wood J, Chowdari K, Ducci F, Caycedo DA, Heinz E, Newman ER, Cascella N, Mortensen PB, Zandi PP, Dickerson F, Nimgaonkar V, Goldman D, Harrison PJ, Yolken RH, Sawa A. Host-parasite interaction associated with major mental illness. Mol Psychiatry 2020; 25:194-205. [PMID: 30127472 PMCID: PMC6382596 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-018-0217-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Clinical studies frequently report that patients with major mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have co-morbid physical conditions, suggesting that systemic alterations affecting both brain and peripheral tissues might underlie the disorders. Numerous studies have reported elevated levels of anti-Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) antibodies in patients with major mental illnesses, but the underlying mechanism was unclear. Using multidisciplinary epidemiological, cell biological, and gene expression profiling approaches, we report here multiple lines of evidence suggesting that a major mental illness-related susceptibility factor, Disrupted in schizophrenia (DISC1), is involved in host immune responses against T. gondii infection. Specifically, our cell biology and gene expression studies have revealed that DISC1 Leu607Phe variation, which changes DISC1 interaction with activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), modifies gene expression patterns upon T. gondii infection. Our epidemiological data have also shown that DISC1 607 Phe/Phe genotype was associated with higher T. gondii antibody levels in sera. Although further studies are required, our study provides mechanistic insight into one of the few well-replicated serological observations in major mental illness.
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- Shin-Ichi Kano
- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- National Centre for Register-Based Research, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- Stanley Research Program, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD, 21204, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, United Kingdom
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- Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
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Amon L, Lehmann CHK, Baranska A, Schoen J, Heger L, Dudziak D. Transcriptional control of dendritic cell development and functions. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 349:55-151. [PMID: 31759434 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2019.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are major regulators of adaptive immunity, as they are not only capable to induce efficient immune responses, but are also crucial to maintain peripheral tolerance and thereby inhibit autoimmune reactions. DCs bridge the innate and the adaptive immune system by presenting peptides of self and foreign antigens as peptide MHC complexes to T cells. These properties render DCs as interesting target cells for immunomodulatory therapies in cancer, but also autoimmune diseases. Several subsets of DCs with special properties and functions have been described. Recent achievements in understanding transcriptional programs on single cell level, together with the generation of new murine models targeting specific DC subsets, advanced our current understanding of DC development and function. Thus, DCs arise from precursor cells in the bone marrow with distinct progenitor cell populations splitting the monocyte populations and macrophage populations from the DC lineage, which upon lineage commitment can be separated into conventional cDC1, cDC2, and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs). The DC populations harbor intrinsic programs enabling them to react for specific pathogens in dependency on the DC subset, and thereby orchestrate T cell immune responses. Similarities, but also varieties, between human and murine DC subpopulations are challenging, and will require further investigation of human specimens under consideration of the influence of the tissue micromilieu and DC subset localization in the future.
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- Lukas Amon
- Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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Moradi L, Cheraghi T, Yazdani R, Azizi G, Rasouli S, Zavareh F, Parvaneh L, Parvaneh N, Sohani M, Delavari S, Abolhassani H, Rezaei N, Aghamohammadi A. Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease: Clinical and immunological findings of patients suspected for IL12Rβ1 deficiency. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) 2019; 47:491-498. [PMID: 31350062 DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD) is characterized by increased susceptibility to weakly virulent mycobacteria (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin [BCG] vaccines and environmental mycobacteria), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Candida spp. and Salmonella spp. The aim of this study is to evaluate clinical features and immunological findings of MSMD patients with interleukin 12 receptor beta 1 (IL12Rβ1) deficiency. METHODS Among 117 screened patients with BCG infection following vaccination, 23 suspected MSMD subjects were recruited to this study by the exclusion of severe combined immunodeficiencies and chronic granulomatous diseases. Flow cytometric assessment for surface expression of IL12Rβ1 was performed. Moreover, the clinical and immunological data from the patients was evaluated. RESULTS A significant decrease (less than 1%) in the surface expression of IL12Rβ1 was reported in six cases which showed a significant increase in the count of lymphocytes (p=0.009) and CD8+ T cells (p=0.008) as compared to MSMD subjects with normal expression of surface IL12Rβ1. The frequency of disseminated BCGosis (50% vs. 20%, p=0.29), recurrent infection (83.3% vs. 40%, p=0.14) and salmonellosis (33.3% vs. 0.0%, p=0.07) was higher in IL12Rβ1 deficient subjects than IL12Rβ1 sufficient individuals. CONCLUSION MSMD patients with childhood onset of mycobacteriosis (mostly after BCG vaccination) and recurrent salmonellosis could be evaluated for IL12Rβ1 expression with flow cytometry for punctual diagnosis.
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Saravia J, Chapman NM, Chi H. Helper T cell differentiation. Cell Mol Immunol 2019; 16:634-643. [PMID: 30867582 PMCID: PMC6804569 DOI: 10.1038/s41423-019-0220-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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CD4+ T helper cells are key regulators of host health and disease. In the original model, specialized subsets of T helper cells are generated following activation through lineage-specifying cytokines and transcriptional programs, but recent studies have revealed increasing complexities for CD4+ T-cell differentiation. Here, we first discuss CD4+ T-cell differentiation from a historical perspective by highlighting the major studies that defined the distinct subsets of T helper cells. We next describe the mechanisms underlying CD4+ T-cell differentiation, including cytokine-induced signaling and transcriptional networks. We then review current and emerging topics of differentiation, including the plasticity and heterogeneity of T cells, the tissue-specific effects, and the influence of cellular metabolism on cell fate decisions. Importantly, recent advances in cutting-edge approaches, especially systems biology tools, have contributed to new concepts and mechanisms underlying T-cell differentiation and will likely continue to advance this important research area of adaptive immunity.
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- Jordy Saravia
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
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Wang C, Du M, Huang D, Huang K, Huang K. Inhibition of PARP1 Increases IRF-dependent Gene Transcription in Jurkat Cells. Curr Med Sci 2019; 39:356-362. [PMID: 31209803 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-019-2043-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) plays important roles in the regulation of transcription factors. Mounting evidence has shown that inhibition of PARP1 influences the expression of genes associated with inflammatory response. Interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) is a critical transcription factor for the development of both the innate and adaptive immune responses against infections. However, the molecular mechanism through which PARP1 mediates the effects has not been clearly demonstrated. Jurkat cells were exposed to dexamethasone (Dex) or PARP1 inhibitor PJ34. The expression levels of IL-12, LMP2, OAS1 and PKR were detected using real-time RT-PCR. The interactions between PARP1 and IRF1 were examined by co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) assays. We further explored the mechanism of PARP1 suppressing IRF1 by assessing the activities of interferon stimulated response element (ISRE). The mRNA expression of IL-12, LMP2, OAS1 and PKR was obviously suppressed by Dex in Jurkat cells, which could be rescued by PJ34 treatment. Luciferase study revealed that poly(ADP-ribosyl)- ation suppressed IRF1-mediated transcription through preventing the binding of IRF1 to ISREs. PARP1 inhibited IRF1-mediated transcription in Jurkat cells by preventing IRF1 binding to ISREs in the promoters of target genes. It is suggested that PARP1 is a crucial regulator of IRF1-mediated immune response. This study provides experimental evidence for the possible application of PARP1 inhibitors in the treatment of IRF1-related immune anergy.
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- Cheng Wang
- Clinic Center of Human Gene Research, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,Institution of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Clinic Center of Human Gene Research, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,Institution of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Clinic Center of Human Gene Research, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,Institution of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Clinic Center of Human Gene Research, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. .,Institution of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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- Clinic Center of Human Gene Research, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. .,Institution of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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Kano SI, Choi EY, Dohi E, Agarwal S, Chang DJ, Wilson AM, Lo BD, Rose IVL, Gonzalez S, Imai T, Sawa A. Glutathione S-transferases promote proinflammatory astrocyte-microglia communication during brain inflammation. Sci Signal 2019; 12:12/569/eaar2124. [PMID: 30783009 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aar2124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Astrocytes and microglia play critical roles in brain inflammation. Here, we report that glutathione S-transferases (GSTs), particularly GSTM1, promote proinflammatory signaling in astrocytes and contribute to astrocyte-mediated microglia activation during brain inflammation. In vivo, astrocyte-specific knockdown of GSTM1 in the prefrontal cortex attenuated microglia activation in brain inflammation induced by systemic injection of lipopolysaccharides (LPS). Knocking down GSTM1 in astrocytes also attenuated LPS-induced production of the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) by microglia when the two cell types were cocultured. In astrocytes, GSTM1 was required for the activation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and the production of proinflammatory mediators, such as granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2), both of which enhance microglia activation. Our study suggests that GSTs play a proinflammatory role in priming astrocytes and enhancing microglia activation in a microglia-astrocyte positive feedback loop during brain inflammation.
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- Shin-Ichi Kano
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.,Department of Infectious Diseases and Host Defense, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8510, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. .,Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.,Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Chronic Inflammation Permanently Reshapes Tissue-Resident Immunity in Celiac Disease. Cell 2019; 176:967-981.e19. [PMID: 30739797 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Tissue-resident lymphocytes play a key role in immune surveillance, but it remains unclear how these inherently stable cell populations respond to chronic inflammation. In the setting of celiac disease (CeD), where exposure to dietary antigen can be controlled, gluten-induced inflammation triggered a profound depletion of naturally occurring Vγ4+/Vδ1+ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) with innate cytolytic properties and specificity for the butyrophilin-like (BTNL) molecules BTNL3/BTNL8. Creation of a new niche with reduced expression of BTNL8 and loss of Vγ4+/Vδ1+ IELs was accompanied by the expansion of gluten-sensitive, interferon-γ-producing Vδ1+ IELs bearing T cell receptors (TCRs) with a shared non-germline-encoded motif that failed to recognize BTNL3/BTNL8. Exclusion of dietary gluten restored BTNL8 expression but was insufficient to reconstitute the physiological Vγ4+/Vδ1+ subset among TCRγδ+ IELs. Collectively, these data show that chronic inflammation permanently reconfigures the tissue-resident TCRγδ+ IEL compartment in CeD. VIDEO ABSTRACT.
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Meyer Zu Horste G, Przybylski D, Schramm MA, Wang C, Schnell A, Lee Y, Sobel R, Regev A, Kuchroo VK. Fas Promotes T Helper 17 Cell Differentiation and Inhibits T Helper 1 Cell Development by Binding and Sequestering Transcription Factor STAT1. Immunity 2018; 48:556-569.e7. [PMID: 29562202 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The death receptor Fas removes activated lymphocytes through apoptosis. Previous transcriptional profiling predicted that Fas positively regulates interleukin-17 (IL-17)-producing T helper 17 (Th17) cells. Here, we demonstrate that Fas promoted the generation and stability of Th17 cells and prevented their differentiation into Th1 cells. Mice with T-cell- and Th17-cell-specific deletion of Fas were protected from induced autoimmunity, and Th17 cell differentiation and stability were impaired. Fas-deficient Th17 cells instead developed a Th1-cell-like transcriptional profile, which a new algorithm predicted to depend on STAT1. Experimentally, Fas indeed bound and sequestered STAT1, and Fas deficiency enhanced IL-6-induced STAT1 activation and nuclear translocation, whereas deficiency of STAT1 reversed the transcriptional changes induced by Fas deficiency. Thus, our computational and experimental approach identified Fas as a regulator of the Th17-to-Th1 cell balance by controlling the availability of opposing STAT1 and STAT3 to have a direct impact on autoimmunity.
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- Gerd Meyer Zu Horste
- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Palo Alto Veteran's Administration Health Care System and Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Chalmin F, Humblin E, Ghiringhelli F, Végran F. Transcriptional Programs Underlying Cd4 T Cell Differentiation and Functions. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 341:1-61. [PMID: 30262030 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Understanding the basis of cellular differentiation is a fundamental issue in developmental biology but also for the comprehension of pathological processes. In fact, the palette of developmental decisions for naive CD4 T cells is a critical aspect of the development of appropriate immune responses which could control infectious processes or cancer growth. However, the current accumulation of data on CD4 T cells biology reveals a complex world with different helper populations. Naive CD4 T cells can differentiate into different subtypes in response to cytokine stimulation. This stimulation involves a complex transcriptional network implicating the activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription but also master regulator transcription factors allowing the functions of each helper T lymphocyte subtype. In this review, we will present an overview of the transcriptional regulation which controls process of helper T cells differentiation. We will focus on the role of initiator transcriptional factors and on master regulators but also on other nonspecific transcriptional factors which refine the T helper polarization to stabilize or modulate the differentiation program.
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- Fanny Chalmin
- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Dijon, France; Centre de Recherche INSERM LNC-UMR1231, Dijon, France; Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Dijon, France; Centre de Recherche INSERM LNC-UMR1231, Dijon, France; Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Dijon, France; Centre de Recherche INSERM LNC-UMR1231, Dijon, France; Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France; Platform of Transfer in Cancer Biology, Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Dijon, France
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- Centre de Recherche INSERM LNC-UMR1231, Dijon, France; Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France; Platform of Transfer in Cancer Biology, Centre Georges-François Leclerc, Dijon, France
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Carlin AF, Plummer EM, Vizcarra EA, Sheets N, Joo Y, Tang W, Day J, Greenbaum J, Glass CK, Diamond MS, Shresta S. An IRF-3-, IRF-5-, and IRF-7-Independent Pathway of Dengue Viral Resistance Utilizes IRF-1 to Stimulate Type I and II Interferon Responses. Cell Rep 2018; 21:1600-1612. [PMID: 29117564 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Interferon-regulatory factors (IRFs) are a family of transcription factors (TFs) that translate viral recognition into antiviral responses, including type I interferon (IFN) production. Dengue virus (DENV) and other clinically important flaviviruses are suppressed by type I IFN. While mice lacking the type I IFN receptor (Ifnar1-/-) succumb to DENV infection, we found that mice deficient in three transcription factors controlling type I IFN production (Irf3-/-Irf5-/-Irf7-/- triple knockout [TKO]) survive DENV challenge. DENV infection of TKO mice resulted in minimal type I IFN production but a robust type II IFN (IFN-γ) response. Using loss-of-function approaches for various molecules, we demonstrate that the IRF-3-, IRF-5-, IRF-7-independent pathway predominantly utilizes IFN-γ and, to a lesser degree, type I IFNs. This pathway signals via IRF-1 to stimulate interleukin-12 (IL-12) production and IFN-γ response. These results reveal a key antiviral role for IRF-1 by activating both type I and II IFN responses during DENV infection.
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- Aaron F Carlin
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Immunology, and Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Malik S, Awasthi A. Transcriptional Control of Th9 Cells: Role of Foxo1 in Interleukin-9 Induction. Front Immunol 2018; 9:995. [PMID: 29867972 PMCID: PMC5954031 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Interleukin (IL) 9-producing helper T (Th) 9 cells play a major role in contributing immunity against extracellular pathogens. In addition, the role of Th9 cells was demonstrated in the pathogenesis of allergic, skin, and intestinal inflammation. The functions of Th9 cells were further extended in antitumor immune response, as Th9 cells were suggested to be potent antitumor Th cells. Given the pleotropic functions of IL-9 in various pathophysiological conditions, it is essential to understand the differentiation and stability of Th9 cells and other IL-9-producing T cells. In addition to Th9 cells, Th2 and Th17 cells as well as induced Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (iTregs) cells also produce IL-9, but how IL-9 production is regulated in these cell types is not yet clearly defined. Although Th2, Th9 and Th17 cells as well as iTregs develop in the presence of distinct differentiating factors, yet they all express IL-9 together with their own lineage specific cytokines. Here, in this review, we summarize the current understanding of signaling pathways that lead to the promotion of differentiation of Th9 cells and IL-9 induction in Th2 and Th17 cells, as well as in iTregs. We further discuss the transcriptional regulation of Th9 cells in context of Foxo1, as an essential transcription factor required for the development and functions of Th9 and other IL-9-producing T cells.
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- Immuno-Biology Laboratory, Center for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, India
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Kawashima T, Ikari N, Watanabe Y, Kubota Y, Yoshio S, Kanto T, Motohashi S, Shimojo N, Tsuji NM. Double-Stranded RNA Derived from Lactic Acid Bacteria Augments Th1 Immunity via Interferon-β from Human Dendritic Cells. Front Immunol 2018; 9:27. [PMID: 29410667 PMCID: PMC5787129 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are one of the major commensal species in the small intestine and known for contributing to maintenance of protective immunity and immune homeostasis. However, currently there has been no evidence regarding the cellular mechanisms involved in the probiotic effects of LAB on human immune cells. Here, we demonstrated that LAB double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) triggered interferon-β (IFN-β) production by human dendritic cells (DCs), which activated IFN-γ-producing T cells. Interleukin-12 (IL-12) secretion from human DCs in response to LAB was abrogated by depletion of bacterial dsRNA, and was attenuated by neutralizing IFN-β, indicating LAB dsRNA primarily activated the IFN-β/IL-12 pathway. Moreover, the induction of IL-12 secretion from DCs by LAB was abolished by the inhibition of endosomal acidification, confirming the critical role of the endosomal digestion of LAB. In a coculture of human naïve CD4+ T cells and BDCA1+ DCs, DCs stimulated with LAB containing dsRNA induced IFN-γ-producing T cells. These results indicate that human DCs activated by LAB enhance Th1 immunity depending on IFN-β secretion in response to bacterial dsRNA.
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- Tadaomi Kawashima
- Research and Development Division, Kikkoman Corporation, Chiba, Japan.,Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Research and Development Division, Kikkoman Corporation, Chiba, Japan.,Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Kikkoman General Hospital, Kikkoman Corporation, Chiba, Japan
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- The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Medical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
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Gao Z, Li Y, Wang F, Huang T, Fan K, Zhang Y, Zhong J, Cao Q, Chao T, Jia J, Yang S, Zhang L, Xiao Y, Zhou JY, Feng XH, Jin J. Mitochondrial dynamics controls anti-tumour innate immunity by regulating CHIP-IRF1 axis stability. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1805. [PMID: 29180626 PMCID: PMC5703766 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01919-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Macrophages, dendritic cells and other innate immune cells are involved in inflammation and host defense against infection. Metabolic shifts in mitochondrial dynamics may be involved in Toll-like receptor agonist-mediated inflammatory responses and immune cell polarization. However, whether the mitochondrial morphology in myeloid immune cells affects anti-tumor immunity is unclear. Here we show that FAM73b, a mitochondrial outer membrane protein, has a pivotal function in Toll-like receptor-regulated mitochondrial morphology switching from fusion to fission. Switching to mitochondrial fission via ablation of Fam73b (also known as Miga2) promotes IL-12 production. In tumor-associated macrophages, this switch results in T-cell activation and enhances anti-tumor immunity. We also show that the mitochondrial morphology affects Parkin expression and its recruitment to mitochondria. Parkin controls the stability of the downstream CHIP–IRF1 axis through proteolysis. Our findings identify mechanisms associated with mitochondrial dynamics that control anti-tumor immune responses and that are potential targets for cancer immunotherapy. Macrophage metabolism controls differentiation and subsequent adaptive immune responses. Here the authors show that mitochondrial membrane protein Fam73b regulates TLR-mediated mitochondrial switching of fusion to fission to induce IL-12 production via accumulation of Parkin and stabilization of IRF1 in macrophages, resulting in control of anti-tumor immunity in mice.
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- Zhengjun Gao
- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, Jiangsu Province, China.,State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. .,Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Cui X, Mino T, Yoshinaga M, Nakatsuka Y, Hia F, Yamasoba D, Tsujimura T, Tomonaga K, Suzuki Y, Uehata T, Takeuchi O. Regnase-1 and Roquin Nonredundantly Regulate Th1 Differentiation Causing Cardiac Inflammation and Fibrosis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2017; 199:4066-4077. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Buccione C, Fragale A, Polverino F, Ziccheddu G, Aricò E, Belardelli F, Proietti E, Battistini A, Moschella F. Role of interferon regulatory factor 1 in governing
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- Carla Buccione
- Department of Oncology and Molecular MedicineIstituto Superiore di SanitàRome Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular MedicineIstituto Superiore di SanitàRome Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular MedicineIstituto Superiore di SanitàRome Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular MedicineIstituto Superiore di SanitàRome Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular MedicineIstituto Superiore di SanitàRome Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular MedicineIstituto Superiore di SanitàRome Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular MedicineIstituto Superiore di SanitàRome Italy
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- Department of Infectious DiseasesIstituto Superiore di SanitàRome Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular MedicineIstituto Superiore di SanitàRome Italy
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Malik S, Sadhu S, Elesela S, Pandey RP, Chawla AS, Sharma D, Panda L, Rathore D, Ghosh B, Ahuja V, Awasthi A. Transcription factor Foxo1 is essential for IL-9 induction in T helper cells. Nat Commun 2017; 8:815. [PMID: 28993609 PMCID: PMC5634439 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00674-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Interleukin 9 (IL-9)-producing helper T (Th9) cells have a crucial function in allergic inflammation, autoimmunity, immunity to extracellular pathogens and anti-tumor immune responses. In addition to Th9, Th2, Th17 and Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells produce IL-9. A transcription factor that is critical for IL-9 induction in Th2, Th9 and Th17 cells has not been identified. Here we show that the forkhead family transcription factor Foxo1 is required for IL-9 induction in Th9 and Th17 cells. We further show that inhibition of AKT enhances IL-9 induction in Th9 cells while it reciprocally regulates IL-9 and IL-17 in Th17 cells via Foxo1. Mechanistically, Foxo1 binds and transactivates IL-9 and IRF4 promoters in Th9, Th17 and iTreg cells. Furthermore, loss of Foxo1 attenuates IL-9 in mouse and human Th9 and Th17 cells, and ameliorates allergic inflammation in asthma. Our findings thus identify that Foxo1 is essential for IL-9 induction in Th9 and Th17 cells.The transcription factor Foxo1 can control regulatory T cell and Th1 function. Here the authors show that Foxo1 is also critical for IL-9 production by Th9 cells and other IL-9-producing cells.
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- Sakshi Malik
- Center for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121 001, India
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- Center for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121 001, India
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- Center for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121 001, India
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- Center for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121 001, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India
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- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Mall Road, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- Center for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121 001, India
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- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Mall Road, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Center for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone Gurgaon-Faridabad Expressway, Faridabad, Haryana, 121 001, India.
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Oliveira AC, Gomes-Neto JF, Barbosa CHD, Granato A, Reis BS, Santos BM, Fucs R, Canto FB, Nakaya HI, Nóbrega A, Bellio M. Crucial role for T cell-intrinsic IL-18R-MyD88 signaling in cognate immune response to intracellular parasite infection. eLife 2017; 6:30883. [PMID: 28895840 PMCID: PMC5629024 DOI: 10.7554/elife.30883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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MyD88 is the main adaptor molecule for TLR and IL-1R family members. Here, we demonstrated that T-cell intrinsic MyD88 signaling is required for proliferation, protection from apoptosis and expression of activation/memory genes during infection with the intracellular parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, as evidenced by transcriptome and cytometry analyses in mixed bone-marrow (BM) chimeras. The lack of direct IL-18R signaling in T cells, but not of IL-1R, phenocopied the absence of the MyD88 pathway, indicating that IL-18R is a critical MyD88-upstream pathway involved in the establishment of the Th1 response against an in vivo infection, a presently controvert subject. Accordingly, Il18r1−/− mice display lower levels of Th1 cells and are highly susceptible to infection, but can be rescued from mortality by the adoptive transfer of WT CD4+ T cells. Our findings establish the T-cell intrinsic IL-18R/MyD88 pathway as a crucial element for induction of cognate Th1 responses against an important human pathogen.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ana-Carolina Oliveira
- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Vacinas, CNPq-MCT, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.,Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States
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- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Vacinas, CNPq-MCT, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Role of the IL-12/IL-35 balance in patients with Sjögren syndrome. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017; 142:258-268.e5. [PMID: 28916184 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.07.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND An interferon signature is involved in the pathogenesis of primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS), but whether the signature is type 1 or type 2 remains controversial. Mouse models and genetic studies suggest the involvement of TH1 and type 2 interferon pathways. Likewise, polymorphisms of the IL-12A gene (IL12A), which encodes for IL-12p35, have been associated with pSS. The IL-12p35 subunit is shared by 2 heterodimers: IL-12 and IL-35. OBJECTIVE We sought to confirm genetic association of the IL12A polymorphism and pSS and elucidate involvement of the IL-12/IL-35 balance in patients with pSS by using functional studies. METHODS The genetic study involved 673 patients with pSS from 2 French pSS cohorts and 585 healthy French control subjects. Functional studies were performed on sorted monocytes, irrespective of whether they were stimulated. IL12A mRNA expression and IL-12 and IL-35 protein levels were assessed by using quantitative RT-PCR and ELISA and a multiplex kit for IL-35 and IL-12, respectively. RESULTS We confirmed association of the IL12A rs485497 polymorphism and pSS and found an increased serum protein level of IL-12p70 in patients with pSS carrying the risk allele (P = .016). Serum levels of IL-12p70 were greater in patients than control subjects (P = .0001), especially in patients with more active disease (P = .05); conversely, IL-35 levels were decreased in patients (P = .0001), especially in patients with more active disease (P = .05). In blood cellular subsets both IL12p35 and EBV-induced gene protein 3 (EBI3) mRNAs were detected only in B cells, with a trend toward a lower level among patients with pSS. CONCLUSION Our findings emphasize involvement of the IL-12/IL-35 balance in the pathogenesis of pSS. Serum IL-35 levels were associated with low disease activity, in contrast with serum IL-12p70 levels, which were associated with more active disease.
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