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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
Given the association with autoimmune disease, there is great interest in defining cellular factors that limit overactive or misdirected Th17-type inflammation. Using in vivo and in vitro models, we investigated the molecular mechanisms for cytokine-mediated inhibition of Th17 responses, focusing on the role of STAT1 and T-bet in this process. These studies demonstrate that, during systemic inflammation, STAT1- and T-bet-deficient T cells each exhibit a hyper-Th17 phenotype relative to wild-type controls. However, IL-17 production was greater in the absence of T-bet, and when both STAT1 and T-bet were deleted, there was no further increase, with the double-deficient cells instead behaving more like STAT1-deficient counterparts. Similar trends were observed during in vitro priming, with production of Th17-type cytokines greater in T-bet(-/-) T cells than in either STAT1(-/-) or STAT1(-/-) T-bet(-/-) counterparts. The ability of IFN-? and IL-27 to suppress Th17 responses was reduced in T-bet-deficient cells, and most importantly, ectopic T-bet could suppress signature Th17 gene products, including IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-22, and retinoic acid-related orphan receptor ?T, even in STAT1-deficient T cells. Taken together, these studies formally establish that, downstream of IFN-?, IL-27, and likely all STAT1-activating cytokines, there are both STAT1 and T-bet-dependent pathways capable of suppressing Th17 responses.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1550-6606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
185
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6461-71
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Autoimmune Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Inflammation Mediators, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Interleukin-17, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Interleukins, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Lymphopenia, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-STAT1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-T-Box Domain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:20974984-Th1 Cells
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
STAT1-activating cytokines limit Th17 responses through both T-bet-dependent and -independent mechanisms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural