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A population of innate myelolymphoblastoid effector cell expanded by inactivation of mTOR complex 1 in mice

Tang, Fei and Zhang, Peng and Ye, Peiying and Lazarski, Christopher A. and Wu, Qi and Bergin, Ingrid L. and Bender, Timothy P. and Hall, Michael N. and Cui, Ya and Zhang, Liguo and Jiang, Taijiao and Liu, Yang and Zheng, Pan. (2017) A population of innate myelolymphoblastoid effector cell expanded by inactivation of mTOR complex 1 in mice. eLife, 6. e32497.

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Abstract

Adaptive autoimmunity is restrained by controlling population sizes and pathogenicity of harmful clones, while innate destruction is controlled at effector phase. We report here that deletion of Rptor in mouse hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells causes self-destructive innate immunity by massively increasing the population of previously uncharacterized innate myelolymphoblastoid effector cells (IMLECs). Mouse IMLECs are CD3-B220-NK1.1-Ter119- CD11clow/-CD115-F4/80low/-Gr-1- CD11b+, but surprisingly express high levels of PD-L1. Although they morphologically resemble lymphocytes and actively produce transcripts from Immunoglobulin loci, IMLECs have non-rearranged Ig loci, are phenotypically distinguishable from all known lymphocytes, and have a gene signature that bridges lymphoid and myeloid leukocytes. Rptor deletion unleashes differentiation of IMLECs from common myeloid progenitor cells by reducing expression of Myb. Importantly, IMLECs broadly overexpress pattern-recognition receptors and their expansion causes systemic inflammation in response to Toll-like receptor ligands in mice. Our data unveil a novel leukocyte population and an unrecognized role of Raptor/mTORC1 in innate immune tolerance.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Growth & Development > Biochemistry (Hall)
UniBasel Contributors:Hall, Michael N.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:eLife Sciences Publications
e-ISSN:2050-084X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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