Innate inflammation drives NK cell activation to impair Treg activity

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IL-12 and IL-18 synergize to promote TH1 responses and have been implicated as accelerators of autoimmune pathogenesis in type 1 diabetes (T1D). We investigated the influence of these cytokines on immune cells involved in human T1D progression: natural killer (NK) cells, regulatory T cells (Tregs), and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). NK cells from T1D patients exhibited higher surface CD226 versus controls and lower CD25 compared to first-degree relatives and controls. Changes in NK cell phenotype towards terminal differentiation were associated with cytomegalovirus (CMV) seropositivity, while possession of IL18RAP, IFIH1, and IL2RA T1D-risk variants impacted NK cell activation as evaluated by immuno-expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analyses. IL-12 and IL-18 stimulated NK cells from healthy donors exhibited enhanced specific killing of myelogenous K562 target cells. Moreover, activated NK cells increased expression of NKG2A, NKG2D, CD226, TIGIT and CD25, which enabled competition for IL-2 upon co-culture with Tregs, resulting in Treg downregulation of FOXP3, production of IFNγ, and loss of suppressive function. We generated islet-autoreactive CTL "avatars", which upon exposure to IL-12 and IL-18, upregulated IFNγ and Granzyme-B leading to increased lymphocytotoxicity of a human β-cell line in vitro. These results support a model for T1D pathogenesis wherein IL-12 and IL-18 synergistically enhance CTL and NK cell cytotoxic activity and disrupt immunoregulation by Tregs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108

Enthalten in:

Journal of autoimmunity - 108(2020) vom: 28. März, Seite 102417

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dean, Joseph W [VerfasserIn]
Peters, Leeana D [VerfasserIn]
Fuhrman, Christopher A [VerfasserIn]
Seay, Howard R [VerfasserIn]
Posgai, Amanda L [VerfasserIn]
Stimpson, Scott E [VerfasserIn]
Brusko, Maigan A [VerfasserIn]
Perry, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Yeh, Wen-I [VerfasserIn]
Newby, Brittney N [VerfasserIn]
Haller, Michael J [VerfasserIn]
Muir, Andrew B [VerfasserIn]
Atkinson, Mark A [VerfasserIn]
Mathews, Clayton E [VerfasserIn]
Brusko, Todd M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Cytokines
IL-12
IL-18
Immunoregulation
Journal Article
NK cells
Regulatory T cells
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Type 1 diabetes

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Date Completed 05.07.2021

Date Revised 05.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jaut.2020.102417

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306303221