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Miyake K, Ito J, Karasuyama H. Novel insights into the ontogeny of basophils. FRONTIERS IN ALLERGY 2024; 5:1402841. [PMID: 38803659 PMCID: PMC11128600 DOI: 10.3389/falgy.2024.1402841] [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: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Basophils are the least common granulocytes, accounting for <1% of peripheral blood leukocytes. In the last 20 years, analytical tools for mouse basophils have been developed, and we now recognize that basophils play critical roles in various immune reactions, including the development of allergic inflammation and protective immunity against parasites. Moreover, the combined use of flow cytometric analyses and knockout mice has uncovered several progenitor cells committed to basophils in mice. Recently, advancements in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technologies have challenged the classical view of the differentiation of various hematopoietic cell lineages. This is also true for basophil differentiation, and studies using scRNA-seq analysis have provided novel insights into basophil differentiation, including the association of basophil differentiation with that of erythrocyte/megakaryocyte and the discovery of novel basophil progenitor cells in the mouse bone marrow. In this review, we summarize the recent findings of basophil ontogeny in both mice and humans, mainly focusing on studies using scRNA-seq analyses.
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- Kensuke Miyake
- Institute of Research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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Galli SJ, Gaudenzio N, Tsai M. Mast Cells in Inflammation and Disease: Recent Progress and Ongoing Concerns. Annu Rev Immunol 2021; 38:49-77. [PMID: 32340580 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-071719-094903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mast cells have existed long before the development of adaptive immunity, although they have been given different names. Thus, in the marine urochordate Styela plicata, they have been designated as test cells. However, based on their morphological characteristics (including prominent cytoplasmic granules) and mediator content (including heparin, histamine, and neutral proteases), test cells are thought to represent members of the lineage known in vertebrates as mast cells. So this lineage presumably had important functions that preceded the development of antibodies, including IgE. Yet mast cells are best known, in humans, as key sources of mediators responsible for acute allergic reactions, notably including anaphylaxis, a severe and potentially fatal IgE-dependent immediate hypersensitivity reaction to apparently harmless antigens, including many found in foods and medicines. In this review, we briefly describe the origins of tissue mast cells and outline evidence that these cells can have beneficial as well as detrimental functions, both innately and as participants in adaptive immune responses. We also discuss aspects of mast cell heterogeneity and comment on how the plasticity of this lineage may provide insight into its roles in health and disease. Finally, we consider some currently open questions that are yet unresolved.
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- Stephen J Galli
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA; , .,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.,Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305, USA
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- Unité de Différenciation Epithéliale et Autoimmunité Rhumatoïde (UDEAR), INSERM UMR 1056, Université de Toulouse, 31 059 Toulouse CEDEX 9, France;
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA; , .,Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305, USA
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Hamey FK, Lau WW, Kucinski I, Wang X, Diamanti E, Wilson NK, Göttgens B, Dahlin JS. Single-cell molecular profiling provides a high-resolution map of basophil and mast cell development. Allergy 2021; 76:1731-1742. [PMID: 33078414 PMCID: PMC8246912 DOI: 10.1111/all.14633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Basophils and mast cells contribute to the development of allergic reactions. Whereas these mature effector cells are extensively studied, the differentiation trajectories from hematopoietic progenitors to basophils and mast cells are largely uncharted at the single-cell level. METHODS We performed multicolor flow cytometry, high-coverage single-cell RNA sequencing analyses, and cell fate assays to chart basophil and mast cell differentiation at single-cell resolution in mouse. RESULTS Analysis of flow cytometry data reconstructed a detailed map of basophil and mast cell differentiation, including a bifurcation of progenitors into two specific trajectories. Molecular profiling and pseudotime ordering of the single cells revealed gene expression changes during differentiation. Cell fate assays showed that multicolor flow cytometry and transcriptional profiling successfully predict the bipotent phenotype of a previously uncharacterized population of peritoneal basophil-mast cell progenitors. CONCLUSIONS A combination of molecular and functional profiling of bone marrow and peritoneal cells provided a detailed road map of basophil and mast cell development. An interactive web resource was created to enable the wider research community to explore the expression dynamics for any gene of interest.
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- Fiona K. Hamey
- Department of HaematologyWellcome–Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Present address: JDRF/Wellcome Diabetes and Inflammation LaboratoryWellcome Centre for Human GeneticsUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Department of HaematologyWellcome–Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of HaematologyWellcome–Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of HaematologyWellcome–Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of HaematologyWellcome–Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of HaematologyWellcome–Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of HaematologyWellcome–Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of HaematologyWellcome–Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of MedicineKarolinska Institutet and Karolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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Tsubaki T, Kadonosono T, Sakurai S, Shiozawa T, Goto T, Sakai S, Kuchimaru T, Sakamoto T, Watanabe H, Kondoh G, Kizaka-Kondoh S. Novel adherent CD11b + Gr-1 + tumor-infiltrating cells initiate an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Oncotarget 2018. [PMID: 29541408 PMCID: PMC5834266 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment is a hallmark of cancer. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are CD11b+ Gr-1+ tumor-infiltrating immature myeloid cells that strongly mediate tumor immunosuppression. The CD11b+ Gr-1+ cells are a heterogeneous cell population, and the impacts of each subpopulation on tumor progression are not yet completely understood. In the present study, we identified a novel subpopulation of CD11b+ Gr-1+ cells from murine lung carcinoma tumors according to their strongly adherent abilities. Although strong adherent activity is a unique property of macrophages, their marker expression patterns are similar to those of MDSCs; thus, we named this novel subpopulation MDSC-like adherent cells (MLACs). Unlike known MDSCs, MLACs lack the ability to suppress cytotoxic T lymphocytes and differentiate into tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), but could still directly facilitate tumor growth and angiogenesis through secreting CCL2, CXCL1/2/5, PAI-1, MMPs, and VEGFA. Furthermore, MLACs recruited MDSCs via the secretion of CCL2/5 and CXCL1/2/5, thereby enhancing the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and promoting TAMs-mediated tumor progression. Our findings suggest that MLACs may function as an initiator of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and highlight a new therapeutic target to prevent the onset or delay malignant progression.
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- Takuya Tsubaki
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Laboratory of Integrative Biological Science, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Integrative Biological Science, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Bone marrow basophils provide survival signals to immature B cells in vitro but are dispensable in vivo. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185509. [PMID: 28957409 PMCID: PMC5619841 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Immature B cells are the first B cell progenitors to express a fully formed B cell receptor and are therefore subject to extensive selection processes that act to mitigate the emergence of autoreactive clones. While it is well appreciated that most B cell generation in the bone marrow is highly dependent on access to molecules present in the local milieu, the existence of extrinsically provided factors that modulate immature B cell biology is ambiguous. Nonetheless, a population of CD49b+CD90lo cells has demonstrated in vitro potential to promote immature B cell survival. Using a mouse basophil reporter strain we confirmed the identity of these CD49b+CD90lo supportive cells as basophils. However, analysis of bone marrow B cell populations following lineage specific basophil depletion demonstrates that basophils do not have a significant role in vivo in modulating immature B cell biology during steady-state conditions.
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Huang H, Li Y, Liu B. Transcriptional regulation of mast cell and basophil lineage commitment. Semin Immunopathol 2016; 38:539-48. [PMID: 27126100 DOI: 10.1007/s00281-016-0562-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Basophils and mast cells have long been known to play critical roles in allergic disease and in immunity against parasitic infection. Accumulated evidence also supports that basophils and mast cells have important roles in immune regulations, host defense against bacteria and viruses, and autoimmune diseases. However, origin and molecular regulation of basophil and mast cell differentiation remain incompletely understood. In this review, we focus on recent advances in the understanding of origin and molecular regulation of mouse and human basophil and mast cell development. A more complete understanding of how basophils and mast cells develop at the molecular level will lead to development of interventions that are more effective in achieving long-term success.
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- Hua Huang
- Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, 80206, USA.
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, 80206, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO, 80206, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, 80206, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, 80206, USA
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430071, China
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Di C, Lin X, Zhang Y, Zhong W, Yuan Y, Zhou T, Liu J, Xia Z. Basophil-associated OX40 ligand participates in the initiation of Th2 responses during airway inflammation. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:12523-36. [PMID: 25839234 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.642637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Asthma is characterized by increased airway submucosal infiltration of T helper (Th) cells and myeloid cells that co-conspire to sustain a chronic inflammation. While recent studies have demonstrated that the myeloid basophils promote Th2 cells in response to various types of allergens, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we found for the first time that in a mouse model of allergic asthma basophils highly expressed OX40 ligand (OX40L) after activation. Interestingly, blockade of OX40-OX40L interaction suppressed basophils-primed Th2 cell differentiation in vitro and ameliorated ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic eosinophilic inflammation mediated by Th2 activation. In accordance, the adoptive transfer of basophils derived from mediastinal lymph nodes (MLN) of OVA-immunized mice triggered a robust Th2 response and eosinophilic inflammation in wild-type mice but largely muted in OX40(-/-) mice and mice receiving OX40L-blocked basophils. Taken together, our results reveal a critical role of OX40L presented by the activated basophils to initiate Th2 responses in an allergic asthma model, implicating OX40-OX40L signaling as a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of allergic airway inflammation.
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- Caixia Di
- From the Department of Pediatrics, Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 1678 Dongfang Road, Shanghai 200127, China, and
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 280 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, China
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Ruijin 2nd Road, Shanghai 200025, China,
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Huang H, Li Y. Mechanisms controlling mast cell and basophil lineage decisions. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2014; 14:457. [PMID: 25086577 DOI: 10.1007/s11882-014-0457-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Basophils and mast cells have long been known to play critical roles in allergic disease and host defense against parasitic infections. Recent recognition of these effector cells in immune regulations, host defense against bacteria and virus, and autoimmune diseases entices increased interest in studying these cells. However, origin and molecular regulation of basophil and mast cell differentiation remain incompletely understood. In this review, we focus on recent advances of the understanding the origin and molecular regulation of mouse basophil and mast cell development. We also summarize progress in the understanding of the origin and molecular regulation of human basophil and mast cell development. A more complete understanding of molecular regulation of basophils and mast cells will lead to the development of interventions that are more effective in achieving long-term success.
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- Hua Huang
- Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, 1400 Jackson Street, K613e, Denver, CO, 80206, USA,
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Karasuyama H, Yamanishi Y. Basophils have emerged as a key player in immunity. Curr Opin Immunol 2014; 31:1-7. [PMID: 25086241 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2014.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Basophils had long been neglected in immunological studies, because of their paucity and phenotypic similarity with tissue-resident mast cells. However, recent development of analytical tools has cast new light on this neglected minority, and revealed previously unappreciated roles of basophils, distinct from those of mast cells, in various immune responses. Primary function of basophils appears to be the protection against infections with parasites, including ticks and helminths. This is why basophils are evolutionally conserved well in many animal species, albeit a small number. Nevertheless, basophils sometimes exert host-deleterious functions in immunological disorders such as allergy. Here we summarize recent advance in our understanding of basophil ontogeny and their in vivo roles under physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Hajime Karasuyama
- Department of Immune Regulation, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan; JST, CREST, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
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- Department of Immune Regulation, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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Dahlin JS, Hallgren J. Mast cell progenitors: origin, development and migration to tissues. Mol Immunol 2014; 63:9-17. [PMID: 24598075 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Mast cells in tissues are developed from mast cell progenitors emerging from the bone marrow in a process highly regulated by transcription factors. Through the advancement of the multicolor flow cytometry technique, the mast cell progenitor population in the mouse has been characterized in terms of surface markers. However, only cell populations with enriched mast cell capability have been described in human. In naïve mice, the peripheral tissues have a constitutive pool of mast cell progenitors. Upon infections in the gut and in allergic inflammation in the lung, the local mast cell progenitor numbers increase tremendously. This review focuses on the origin and development of mast cell progenitors. Furthermore, the evidences for cells and molecules that govern the migration of these cells in mice in vivo are described.
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- Joakim S Dahlin
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.
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GATA-1 regulates the generation and function of basophils. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:18620-5. [PMID: 24167252 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1311668110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Developmental processes of hematopoietic cells are orchestrated by transcriptional networks. GATA-1, the founding member of the GATA family of transcription factors, has been demonstrated to play crucial roles in the differentiation of erythroid cells, magakaryocytes, eosinophils, and mast cells. However, the role of GATA-1 in basophils remains elusive. Here we show that basophils abundantly express Gata1 mRNAs, and that siRNA-mediated knockdown of Gata1 resulted in impaired production of IL-4 by basophils in response to the stimulation with IgE plus antigens. ΔdblGATA mice that carry the mutated Gata1 promoter and are widely used for functional analysis of eosinophils owing to their selective loss of eosinophils showed a decreased number of basophils with reduced expression of Gata1 mRNAs. The number of basophil progenitors in bone marrow was reduced in these mice, and the generation of basophils from their bone marrow cells in culture with IL-3 or thymic stromal lymphopoietin was impaired. ΔdblGATA basophils responded poorly ex vivo to stimulation with IgE plus antigens compared with wild-type basophils as assessed by degranulation and production of IL-4 and IL-6. Moreover, ΔdblGATA mice showed impaired responses in basophil-mediated protective immunity against intestinal helminth infection. Thus, ΔdblGATA mice showed numerical and functional aberrancy in basophils in addition to the known deficiency of eosinophils. Our findings demonstrate that GATA-1 plays a key role in the generation and function of basophils and underscore the need for careful distinction of the cell lineage responsible for each phenotype observed in ΔdblGATA mice.
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