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Epithelial-derived IL-18 regulates Th17 cell differentiation and Foxp3+ Treg cell function in the intestine

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Harrison, O J, Srinivasan, N, Pott, J, Schiering, C, Krausgruber, T, Ilott, N E, Maloy, K J·2015·Mucosal Immunology

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Elevated levels of interleukin-18 (IL-18) are found in many chronic inflammatory disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and polymorphisms in the IL18R1–IL18RAP locus are associated with IBD susceptibility. IL-18 is an IL-1 family cytokine that has been proposed to promote barrier function in the intestine, but the effects of IL-18 on intestinal CD4+ T cells are poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that IL-18R1 expression is enhanced on both effector and regulatory CD4+ T cells in the intestinal lamina propria, with T helper type 17 (Th17) cells exhibiting particularly high levels. We further show that, during steady state, intestinal epithelial cells constitutively secrete IL-18 that acts directly on IL-18R1-expressing CD4+ T cells to limit colonic Th17 cell differentiation, in part by antagonizing IL-1R1 signaling. In addition, although IL-18R1 is not required for colonic Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cell differentiation, we found that IL-18R1 signaling was critical for Foxp3+ Treg cell–mediated control of intestinal inflammation, where it promoted the expression of key Treg effector molecules. Thus IL-18 is a key epithelial-derived cytokine that differentially regulates distinct subsets of intestinal CD4+ T cells during both homeostatic and inflammatory conditions, a finding with potential implications for treatment of chronic inflammatory disorders.

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Authors
Harrison, O. J., Srinivasan, N., Pott, J., Schiering, C., Krausgruber, T., Ilott, N. E., & Maloy, K. J.
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Mucosal Immunology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-11
Volume
8
Issue
6
Pages
1226-1236
ISSN
1933-0219 (ISSN-L)
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W2133167870
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239
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11
FWCI
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journal article
Language
en
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Harrison, O. J., Srinivasan, N., Pott, J., Schiering, C., Krausgruber, T., Ilott, N. E., & Maloy, K. J. (2015). Epithelial-derived IL-18 regulates Th17 cell differentiation and Foxp3+ Treg cell function in the intestine. Mucosal Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1038/mi.2015.13

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