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TACI Constrains TH17 Pathogenicity and Protects against Gut Inflammation.


ABSTRACT: TACI (transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor) plays critical roles in B cells by promoting immunoglobulin class switching and plasma cell survival. However, its expression and function in T cells remain controversial. We show here that TACI expression can be strongly induced in murine CD4+ T cells in vitro by cytokines responsible for TH17 but not TH1 or TH2 differentiation. Frequencies and numbers of TH17 cells were elevated in TACI-/ - compared with wild-type mice as well as among TACI-/ - versus wild-type CD4+ T cells in mixed bone marrow chimeras, arguing for a T cell-intrinsic effect in the contribution of TACI deficiency to TH17 cell accumulation. TACI-/ - mice were more susceptible to severe colitis induced by dextran sodium sulfate or adoptive T cell transfer, suggesting that TACI negatively regulates TH17 function and limits intestinal inflammation in a cell-autonomous manner. Finally, transcriptomic and biochemical analyses revealed that TACI-/ - CD4+ T cells exhibited enhanced activation of TH17-promoting transcription factors NFAT, IRF4, c-MAF, and JUNB. Taken together, these findings reveal an important role of TACI in constraining TH17 pathogenicity and protecting against gut disease.

SUBMITTER: Tan AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7653077 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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TACI (transmembrane activator and calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor) plays critical roles in B cells by promoting immunoglobulin class switching and plasma cell survival. However, its expression and function in T cells remain controversial. We show here that TACI expression can be strongly induced in murine CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells <i>in vitro</i> by cytokines responsible for T<sub>H</sub>17 but not T<sub>H</sub>1 or T<sub>H</sub>2 differentiation. Frequencies and numbers of T<s  ...[more]

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