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A critical CTCF binding site of the Ifng-Il22 locus specifies cytokine expression and finetunes immune response. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.206.supp.53.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Precise control of cytokine milieu plays an essential role in homeostasis and diseases, and dysregulated cytokine production leads to undesired inflammation and autoimmunity. Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukin-22 (IL-22), two key cytokines for against intracellular and extracellular pathogens, respectively, evolutionarily resides in close genomic proximity. Notably, these genes are exclusively expressed in type I and type III lymphoid cells via complex epigenomic regulation that remains largely unknown. Our ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq and PollI ChIA-PET datasets revealed a CTCF binding site 70kb upstream of Ifng setting a boundary of the enhancer landscapes. Therefore, we proposed that this CTCF site segregates Ifng and Il22gene enhancers for lineage-specific gene regulation. To investigate whether this CTCF binding contributes to bifurcated cytokine gene regulation at the Ifng-Il22 locus, we deleted this 17bp Ifng (−70kb)CTCF site in mice using a CRISPR strategy. We found that Ifng (−70kb)CTCFdel CD4+ T cells revealed deficiency in initial Th1 cell differentiation. Using single cell RNA-seq and Toxoplasma gondii infection as a model for type I immune response in vivo, we identified aberrant Th17 differentiation and increased T cells prolifereation in Ifng (−70kb)CTCFdel mice. To further understand the molecular mechanism, we measured CTCF associated loop formation in pre-differentiated Naïve CD4+ T cells and interestingly, this Ifng (−70kb)CTCF site formed a loop with a CTCF-enriched region on the other side of Il22 gene. Our data provide a novel pre-determined mechanism that prevents cross activation for IFN-γ enhancers to target IL-22 prior to differentiation.
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β‐arrestins mediate PAR‐2 inhibition of AMPK activity. FASEB J 2008. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.743.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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