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The encephalitogenicity of TH17 cells is dependent on IL-1- and IL-23-induced production of the cytokine GM-CSF

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El-Behi, Mohamed, Ciric, Bogoljub, Dai, Hong, Yan, Yaping, Cullimore, Melissa, Safavi, Farinaz, Zhang, Guang-Xian, Dittel, Bonnie N +1 more·2011·Nature Immunology

Abstract

Interleukin 17 (IL-17)-producing helper T cells (T(H)17 cells) require exposure to IL-23 to become encephalitogenic, but the mechanism by which IL-23 promotes their pathogenicity is not known. Here we found that IL-23 induced production of the cytokine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in T(H)17 cells and that GM-CSF had an essential role in their encephalitogenicity. Our findings identify a chief mechanism that underlies the important role of IL-23 in autoimmune diseases. IL-23 induced a positive feedback loop whereby GM-CSF secreted by T(H)17 cells stimulated the production of IL-23 by antigen-presenting cells. Such cross-regulation of IL-23 and GM-CSF explains the similar pattern of resistance to autoimmunity when either of the two cytokines is absent and identifies T(H)17 cells as a crucial source of GM-CSF in autoimmune inflammation.

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El-Behi, M., Ciric, B., Dai, H., Yan, Y., Cullimore, M., Safavi, F., Zhang, G.-X., Dittel, B. N., & Rostami, A.
Affiliations
  • Thomas Jefferson University (US)
  • Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin (US)
Corresponding author
Rostami, Abdolmohamad
Venue
Nature Immunology
Published
2011-04-24
Volume
12
Issue
6
Pages
568-575
ISSN
  • 1529-2908 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2916
OpenAlex
W2084388036
Cited by
1,071
References
44
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FWCI
37.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • Mary E. Groff Surgical and Medical Research and Education Charitable Trust
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS046782)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
Keywords
Th17 cells, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, IL-23, GM-CSF, interleukin-1, encephalitogenicity, autoimmune disease, antigen-presenting cells, positive feedback loop, T helper cells
MeSH terms
Animals, Antibodies, Cells, Cultured, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental, Female, Flow Cytometry, Glycoproteins, Interleukin-1, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Peptide Fragments, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Mice, Knockout, Th1 Cells, Coculture Techniques, CD11c Antigen, Mice, Interleukin-1beta, Interleukin-23, Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3, Th17 Cells, Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein

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