Abstract
How innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in the thymus and gut become specialized effectors is unclear. The prototypic innate-like gammadelta T cells (Tgammadelta17) are a major source of interleukin-17 (IL-17). We demonstrate that Tgammadelta17 cells are programmed by a gene regulatory network consisting of a quartet of high-mobility group (HMG) box transcription factors, SOX4, SOX13, TCF1, and LEF1, and not by conventional TCR signaling. SOX4 and SOX13 directly regulated the two requisite Tgammadelta17 cell-specific genes, Rorc and Blk, whereas TCF1 and LEF1 countered the SOX proteins and induced genes of alternate effector subsets. The T cell lineage specification factor TCF1 was also indispensable for the generation of IL-22 producing gut NKp46(+) ILCs and restrained cytokine production by lymphoid tissue inducer-like effectors. These results indicate that similar gene network architecture programs innate sources of IL-17, independent of anatomical origins.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 681 - 693 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Immunity |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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