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Benamar M, Harb H, Chen Q, Wang M, Chan TMF, Fong J, Phipatanakul W, Cunningham A, Ertem D, Petty CR, Mousavi AJ, Sioutas C, Crestani E, Chatila TA. A common IL-4 receptor variant promotes asthma severity via a T reg cell GRB2-IL-6-Notch4 circuit. Allergy 2022; 77:3377-3387. [PMID: 35841382 PMCID: PMC9617759 DOI: 10.1111/all.15444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The mechanisms by which genetic and environmental factors interact to promote asthma remain unclear. Both the IL-4 receptor alpha chain R576 (IL-4RαR576) variant and Notch4 license asthmatic lung inflammation by allergens and ambient pollutant particles by subverting lung regulatory T (Treg ) cells in an IL-6-dependent manner. OBJECTIVE We examined the interaction between IL-4RαR576 and Notch4 in promoting asthmatic inflammation. METHODS Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of asthmatics were analyzed for T helper type 2 cytokine production and Notch4 expression on Treg cells as a function of IL4RR576 allele. The capacity of IL-4RαR576 to upregulate Notch4 expression on Treg cells to promote severe allergic airway inflammation was further analyzed in genetic mouse models. RESULTS Asthmatics carrying the IL4RR576 allele had increased Notch4 expression on their circulating Treg cells as a function of disease severity and serum IL-6. Mice harboring the Il4raR576 allele exhibited increased Notch4-dependent allergic airway inflammation that was inhibited upon Treg cell-specific Notch4 deletion or treatment with an anti-Notch4 antibody. Signaling via IL-4RαR576 upregulated the expression in lung Treg cells of Notch4 and its downstream mediators Yap1 and beta-catenin, leading to exacerbated lung inflammation. This upregulation was dependent on growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (GRB2) and IL-6 receptor. CONCLUSION These results identify an IL-4RαR576-regulated GRB2-IL-6-Notch4 circuit that promotes asthma severity by subverting lung Treg cell function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mehdi Benamar
- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology, Technical
University Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational
Research, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Southern California, CA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Southern California, CA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA, USA
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Harb H, Stephen-Victor E, Crestani E, Benamar M, Massoud A, Cui Y, Charbonnier LM, Arbag S, Baris S, Cunnigham A, Leyva-Castillo JM, Geha RS, Mousavi AJ, Guennewig B, Schmitz-Abe K, Sioutas C, Phipatanakul W, Chatila TA. Author Correction: A regulatory T cell Notch4-GDF15 axis licenses tissue inflammation in asthma. Nat Immunol 2021; 22:794-795. [PMID: 33903767 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-021-00929-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-021-00929-x.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hani Harb
- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angles, CA, USA
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- Brain and Mind Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angles, CA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. .,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Harb H, Stephen-Victor E, Crestani E, Benamar M, Massoud A, Cui Y, Charbonnier LM, Arbag S, Baris S, Cunnigham A, Leyva-Castillo JM, Geha RS, Mousavi AJ, Guennewig B, Schmitz-Abe K, Sioutas C, Phipatanakul W, Chatila TA. Author Correction: A regulatory T cell Notch4-GDF15 axis licenses tissue inflammation in asthma. Nat Immunol 2020; 22:100. [PMID: 33214720 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-020-00841-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hani Harb
- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angles, CA, USA
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- Brain and Mind Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angles, CA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. .,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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