Th17-to-Tfh plasticity during periodontitis limits disease pathology.

Autor: McClure FA; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., Wemyss K; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., Cox JR; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., Bridgeman HM; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., Prise IE; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., King JI; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., Jaigirdar S; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., Whelan A; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., Jones GW; Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol , Bristol, UK., Grainger JR; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., Hepworth MR; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK., Konkel JE; Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester , Manchester, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of experimental medicine [J Exp Med] 2024 Aug 05; Vol. 221 (8). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 31.
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20232015
Abstrakt: Th17 cell plasticity is crucial for development of autoinflammatory disease pathology. Periodontitis is a prevalent inflammatory disease where Th17 cells mediate key pathological roles, yet whether they exhibit any functional plasticity remains unexplored. We found that during periodontitis, gingival IL-17 fate-mapped T cells still predominantly produce IL-17A, with little diversification of cytokine production. However, plasticity of IL-17 fate-mapped cells did occur during periodontitis, but in the gingiva draining lymph node. Here, some Th17 cells acquired features of Tfh cells, a functional plasticity that was dependent on IL-6. Notably, Th17-to-Tfh diversification was important to limit periodontitis pathology. Preventing Th17-to-Tfh plasticity resulted in elevated periodontal bone loss that was not simply due to increased proportions of conventional Th17 cells. Instead, loss of Th17-to-Tfh cells resulted in reduced IgG levels within the oral cavity and a failure to restrict the biomass of the oral commensal community. Thus, our data identify a novel protective function for a subset of otherwise pathogenic Th17 cells during periodontitis.
(© 2024 McClure et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE