Divergent roles for STAT4 in shaping differentiation of cytotoxic ILC1 and NK cells during gut inflammation - Institut Pasteur
Journal Articles Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Year : 2023

Divergent roles for STAT4 in shaping differentiation of cytotoxic ILC1 and NK cells during gut inflammation

Yohei Mikami
James Di Santo

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Natural killer (NK) cells and type 1 innate lymphoid cells (ILC1) require signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) to elicit rapid effector responses and protect against pathogens. By combining genetic and transcriptomic approaches, we uncovered divergent roles for STAT4 in regulating effector differentiation of these functionally related cell types. Stat4 deletion in Ncr1 -expressing cells led to impaired NK cell terminal differentiation as well as to an unexpected increased generation of cytotoxic ILC1 during intestinal inflammation. Mechanistically, Stat4 -deficient ILC1 exhibited upregulation of gene modules regulated by STAT5 in vivo and an aberrant effector differentiation upon in vitro stimulation with IL-2, used as a prototypical STAT5 activator. Moreover, STAT4 expression in NCR + innate lymphocytes restrained gut inflammation in the dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis model limiting pathogenic production of IL-13 from adaptive CD4 + T cells in the large intestine. Collectively, our data shed light on shared and distinctive mechanisms of STAT4-regulated transcriptional control in NK cells and ILC1 required for intestinal inflammatory responses.
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pasteur-04632857 , version 1 (02-07-2024)

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Gianluca Scarno, Julija Mazej, Mattia Laffranchi, Chiara Di Censo, Irene Mattiola, et al.. Divergent roles for STAT4 in shaping differentiation of cytotoxic ILC1 and NK cells during gut inflammation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023, 120 (40), pp.e2306761120. ⟨10.1073/pnas.2306761120⟩. ⟨pasteur-04632857⟩
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