The exact relationships between group 2 innate lymphoid cells(ILC2s)and Th2 cells in type 2 pathology,as well as the mechanisms that restrain the responses of these cells,remain poorly defined.Here we examined the rol...The exact relationships between group 2 innate lymphoid cells(ILC2s)and Th2 cells in type 2 pathology,as well as the mechanisms that restrain the responses of these cells,remain poorly defined.Here we examined the roles of ILC2s and Th2 cells in type 2 lung pathology in vivo using germline and conditional fie/b-deficient mice.We found that mice with germline deletion of Relb^(-/-)spontaneously developed prominent type 2 pathology in the lung,which contrasted sharply with mice with T-cell-specific Relb deletion(Relb^(f/f)Cd4-Cre),which were healthy with no observed autoimmune pathology.We also found that in contrast to wild-type B6 mice,Rel6-defident mice showed markedly expanded ILC2s but not ILC1s or ILC3s.Moreover,adoptive transfer of naive CD4^(+)T cells into Rag1^(-/-)Relb^(-/-)hosts induced prominent type 2 lung pathology,which was inhibited by depletion of ILC2s.Mechanistically,we showed that Relb deletion led to enhanced expression of Bcl11b,a key transcription factor for ILC2s.We concluded that RelB plays a critical role in restraining ILC2s,primarily by suppressing Bcl11b activity,and consequently inhibits type 2 lung pathology in vivo.展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Institutes of Health(R01AI080779)the Kleberg Foundation.
文摘The exact relationships between group 2 innate lymphoid cells(ILC2s)and Th2 cells in type 2 pathology,as well as the mechanisms that restrain the responses of these cells,remain poorly defined.Here we examined the roles of ILC2s and Th2 cells in type 2 lung pathology in vivo using germline and conditional fie/b-deficient mice.We found that mice with germline deletion of Relb^(-/-)spontaneously developed prominent type 2 pathology in the lung,which contrasted sharply with mice with T-cell-specific Relb deletion(Relb^(f/f)Cd4-Cre),which were healthy with no observed autoimmune pathology.We also found that in contrast to wild-type B6 mice,Rel6-defident mice showed markedly expanded ILC2s but not ILC1s or ILC3s.Moreover,adoptive transfer of naive CD4^(+)T cells into Rag1^(-/-)Relb^(-/-)hosts induced prominent type 2 lung pathology,which was inhibited by depletion of ILC2s.Mechanistically,we showed that Relb deletion led to enhanced expression of Bcl11b,a key transcription factor for ILC2s.We concluded that RelB plays a critical role in restraining ILC2s,primarily by suppressing Bcl11b activity,and consequently inhibits type 2 lung pathology in vivo.
