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RORγt drives production of the cytokine GM-CSF in helper T cells, which is essential for the effector phase of autoimmune neuroinflammation

Codarri, Laura, Gyülvészi, Gabor, Tosevski, Vinko, Hesske, Lysann, Fontana, Adriano, Magnenat, Laurent, Suter, Tobias, Becher, Burkhard·2011·Nature Immunology

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Although the role of the T(H)1 and T(H)17 subsets of helper T cells as disease mediators in autoimmune neuroinflammation remains a subject of some debate, none of their signature cytokines are essential for disease development. Here we report that interleukin 23 (IL-23) and the transcription factor RORγt drove expression of the cytokine GM-CSF in helper T cells, whereas IL-12, interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and IL-27 acted as negative regulators. Autoreactive helper T cells specifically lacking GM-CSF failed to initiate neuroinflammation despite expression of IL-17A or IFN-γ, whereas GM-CSF secretion by Ifng(-/-)Il17a(-/-) helper T cells was sufficient to induce experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). During the disease effector phase, GM-CSF sustained neuroinflammation via myeloid cells that infiltrated the central nervous system. Thus, in contrast to all other known helper T cell-derived cytokines, GM-CSF serves a nonredundant function in the initiation of autoimmune inflammation regardless of helper T cell polarization.

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Authors: Codarri, L., Gyülvészi, G., Tosevski, V., Hesske, L., Fontana, A., Magnenat, L., Suter, T., & Becher, B.
Affiliations: University Hospital Zurich (CH)
University of Zurich (CH)
Merck Serono S.A. (Switzerland) (CH)
Corresponding author: Becher, Burkhard
ORCID: Magnenat, Laurent
Suter, Tobias
Becher, Burkhard
Venue: Nature Immunology
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2011-04-24
Volume: 12
Issue: 6
Pages: 560-567
ISSN: 1529-2908 (ISSN-L)
1529-2916
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2027
OpenAlex: W2157837362
Cited by: 1,191
References: 44
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FWCI: 70.23
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature Immunology (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Keywords: RORγt, GM-CSF, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, T helper cells, IL-23, autoimmune neuroinflammation, Th1 cells, Th17 cells, myeloid cell infiltration, IL-12, interferon-gamma, IL-27, cytokine regulation
MeSH terms: Animals, Cells, Cultured, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental, Female, Flow Cytometry, Glycoproteins, T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer, Interferon-gamma, Interleukins, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Inbred Strains, Mice, Transgenic, Peptide Fragments, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, Mice, Knockout, Th1 Cells, Interleukin-12, Interleukin-17, Mice, Interleukin-23, Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3, Th17 Cells, Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein

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