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Maes B, Smole U, Vanderkerken M, Deswarte K, Van Moorleghem J, Vergote K, Vanheerswynghels M, De Wolf C, De Prijck S, Debeuf N, Pavie B, Toussaint W, Janssens S, Savvides S, Lambrecht BN, Hammad H. The STE20 kinase TAOK3 controls the development house dust mite-induced asthma in mice. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2021; 149:1413-1427.e2. [PMID: 34506849 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The most common endotype of asthma is type 2-high asthma, which is sometimes driven by adaptive allergen-specific TH2 lymphocytes that react to allergens presented by dendritic cells (DCs), or sometimes by an innate immune response dominated by type 2 innate lymphocytes (ILC2s). Understanding the underlying pathophysiology of asthma is essential to improve patient-tailored therapy. The STE20 kinase thousand-and-one kinase 3 (TAOK3) controls key features in the biology of DCs and lymphocytes, but to our knowledge, its potential usefulness as a target for asthma therapy has not yet been addressed. OBJECTIVE We examined if and how loss of Taok3 affects the development of house dust mite (HDM)-driven allergic asthma in an in vivo mouse model. METHODS Wild-type Taok3+/+ and gene-deficient Taok3-/- mice were sensitized and challenged with HDM, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid composition, mediastinal lymph node cytokine production, lung histology, and bronchial hyperreactivity measured. Conditional Taok3fl/fl mice were crossed to tissue- and cell-specific specific deletor Cre mice to understand how Taok3 acted on asthma susceptibility. Kinase-dead (KD) Taok3KD mice were generated to probe for the druggability of this pathway. Activation of HDM-specific T cells was measured in adoptively transferred HDM-specific T-cell receptor-transgenic CD4+ T cells. ILC2 biology was assessed by in vivo and in vitro IL-33 stimulation assays in Taok3-/- and Taok3+/+, Taok3KD, and Red5-Cre Taok3fl/fl mice. RESULTS Taok3-/- mice failed to mount salient features of asthma, including airway eosinophilia, TH2 cytokine production, IgE secretion, airway goblet cell metaplasia, and bronchial hyperreactivity compared to controls. This was due to intrinsic loss of Taok3 in hematopoietic and not epithelial cells. Loss of Taok3 resulted in hampered HDM-induced lung DC migration to the draining lymph nodes and defective priming of HDM-specific TH2 cells. Strikingly, HDM and IL-33-induced ILC2 proliferation and function were also severely affected in Taok3-deficient and Taok3KD mice. CONCLUSIONS Absence of Taok3 or loss of its kinase activity protects from HDM-driven allergic asthma as a result of defects in both adaptive DC-mediated TH2 activation and innate ILC2 function. This identifies Taok3 as an interesting drug target, justifying further testing as a new treatment for type 2-high asthma.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bastiaan Maes
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Laboratory of ER Stress and Inflammation, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Bioimaging Core, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Laboratory of ER Stress and Inflammation, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- Unit for Structural Biology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Unit for Structural Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Vanderkerken M, Baptista AP, De Giovanni M, Fukuyama S, Browaeys R, Scott CL, Norris PS, Eberl G, Di Santo JP, Vivier E, Saeys Y, Hammad H, Cyster JG, Ware CF, Tumanov AV, De Trez C, Lambrecht BN. ILC3s control splenic cDC homeostasis via lymphotoxin signaling. J Exp Med 2021; 218:e20190835. [PMID: 33724364 PMCID: PMC7970251 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20190835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The spleen contains a myriad of conventional dendritic cell (cDC) subsets that protect against systemic pathogen dissemination by bridging antigen detection to the induction of adaptive immunity. How cDC subsets differentiate in the splenic environment is poorly understood. Here, we report that LTα1β2-expressing Rorgt+ ILC3s, together with B cells, control the splenic cDC niche size and the terminal differentiation of Sirpα+CD4+Esam+ cDC2s, independently of the microbiota and of bone marrow pre-cDC output. Whereas the size of the splenic cDC niche depended on lymphotoxin signaling only during a restricted time frame, the homeostasis of Sirpα+CD4+Esam+ cDC2s required continuous lymphotoxin input. This latter property made Sirpα+CD4+Esam+ cDC2s uniquely susceptible to pharmacological interventions with LTβR agonists and antagonists and to ILC reconstitution strategies. Together, our findings demonstrate that LTα1β2-expressing Rorgt+ ILC3s drive splenic cDC differentiation and highlight the critical role of ILC3s as perpetual regulators of lymphoid tissue homeostasis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/immunology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Female
- Immunity, Innate
- Lymphoid Tissue/cytology
- Lymphoid Tissue/immunology
- Lymphoid Tissue/metabolism
- Lymphotoxin beta Receptor/genetics
- Lymphotoxin beta Receptor/immunology
- Lymphotoxin beta Receptor/metabolism
- Lymphotoxin-alpha/genetics
- Lymphotoxin-alpha/immunology
- Lymphotoxin-alpha/metabolism
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/genetics
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/immunology
- Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/metabolism
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/immunology
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- Spleen/metabolism
- Mice
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Affiliation(s)
- Matthias Vanderkerken
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGhent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGhent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Data Mining and Modeling for Biomedicine, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Myeloid Cell Ontogeny and Functional Specialization, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA
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- Institut Pasteur, Microenvironment and Immunity Unit, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1224, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Innate Immunity Unit, Department of Immunology, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1223, Paris, France
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- Innate Pharma Research Laboratories, Innate Pharma, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Service d’Immunologie, Marseille-Immunopôle, Marseille, France
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- Data Mining and Modeling for Biomedicine, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGhent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrij Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGhent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Hammad H, Vanderkerken M, Pouliot P, Deswarte K, Toussaint W, Vergote K, Vandersarren L, Janssens S, Ramou I, Savvides SN, Haigh JJ, Hendriks R, Kopf M, Craessaerts K, de Strooper B, Kearney JF, Conrad DH, Lambrecht BN. Transitional B cells commit to marginal zone B cell fate by Taok3-mediated surface expression of ADAM10. Nat Immunol 2017; 18:313-320. [PMID: 28068307 DOI: 10.1038/ni.3657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Notch2 and B cell antigen receptor (BCR) signaling determine whether transitional B cells become marginal zone B (MZB) or follicular B (FoB) cells in the spleen, but it is unknown how these pathways are related. We generated Taok3-/- mice, lacking the serine/threonine kinase Taok3, and found cell-intrinsic defects in the development of MZB but not FoB cells. Type 1 transitional (T1) B cells required Taok3 to rapidly respond to ligation by the Notch ligand Delta-like 1. BCR ligation by endogenous or exogenous ligands induced the surface expression of the metalloproteinase ADAM10 on T1 B cells in a Taok3-dependent manner. T1 B cells expressing surface ADAM10 were committed to becoming MZB cells in vivo, whereas T1 B cells lacking expression of ADAM10 were not. Thus, during positive selection in the spleen, BCR signaling causes immature T1 B cells to become receptive to Notch ligands via Taok3-mediated surface expression of ADAM10.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hamida Hammad
- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,The Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-Probe), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,The Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering (L-Probe), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecular Health Sciences, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
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- VIB Center for Brain and Disease, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.,Center for Human Genetics, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Brain and Disease, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.,Center for Human Genetics, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Sichien D, Scott C, Martens L, Vanderkerken M, Van Gassen S, Plantinga M, Joeris T, De Prijck S, Vanhoutte L, Vanheerswynghels M, Van Isterdael G, Toussaint W, Madeira F, Vergote K, Agace W, Clausen B, Hammad H, Dalod M, Saeys Y, Lambrecht B, Guilliams M. IRF8 Transcription Factor Controls Survival and Function of Terminally Differentiated Conventional and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells, Respectively. Immunity 2016; 45:626-640. [DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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