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A Notch/STAT3-driven Blimp-1/c-Maf-dependent molecular switch induces IL-10 expression in human CD4(+) T cells and is defective in Crohn's disease patients

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Title:A Notch/STAT3-driven Blimp-1/c-Maf-dependent molecular switch induces IL-10 expression in human CD4(+) T cells and is defective in Crohn's disease patients
Creators Name:Ahlers, J., Mantei, A., Lozza, L., Stäber, M., Heinrich, F., Bacher, P., Hohnstein, T., Menzel, L., Yüz, S.G., Alvarez-Simon, D., Bickenbach, A.R., Weidinger, C., Mockel-Tenbrinck, N., Kühl, A.A., Siegmund, B., Maul, J., Neumann, C. and Scheffold, A.
Abstract:Immunosuppressive Interleukin (IL)-10 production by pro-inflammatory CD4(+) T cells is a central self-regulatory function to limit aberrant inflammation. Still, the molecular mediators controlling IL-10 expression in human CD4(+) T cells are largely undefined. Here, we identify a Notch/STAT3 signaling-module as a universal molecular switch to induce IL-10 expression across human naïve and major effector CD4(+) T cell subsets. IL-10 induction was transient, jointly controlled by the transcription factors Blimp-1/c-Maf and accompanied by upregulation of several co-inhibitory receptors, including LAG-3, CD49b, PD-1, TIM-3 and TIGIT. Consistent with a protective role of IL-10 in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), effector CD4(+) T cells from Crohn's disease patients were defective in Notch/STAT3-induced IL-10 production and skewed towards an inflammatory Th1/17 cell phenotype. Collectively, our data identify a Notch/STAT3-Blimp-1/c-Maf axis as a common anti-inflammatory pathway in human CD4(+) T cells, which is defective in IBD and thus may represent an attractive therapeutic target.
Keywords:Crohn Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Interleukin-10, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-maf, STAT3 Transcription Factor, Th1 Cells / Metabolism, Animals, Mice
Source:Mucosal Immunology
ISSN:1933-0219
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
Volume:15
Number:3
Page Range:480-490
Date:May 2022
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41385-022-00487-x
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