Pulmonary environmental cues drive group 2 innate lymphoid cell dynamics in mice and humans
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are enriched in mucosal tissues (e.g., lung) and respond to epithelial cell–derived cytokines initiating type 2 inflammation. During inflammation, ILC2 numbers are increased in the lung. However, the mechanisms controlling ILC2 trafficking and motility within inflamed lungs remain unclear and are crucial for understanding ILC2 function in pulmonary immunity. Using several approaches, including lung intravital microscopy, we demonstrate that pulmonary ILC2s are highly dynamic, exhibit amoeboid-like movement, and aggregate in the lung peribronchial and perivascular spaces. They express distinct chemokine receptors, including CCR8, and actively home to CCL8 deposits located around the airway epithelium. Within lung tissue, ILC2s were particularly motile in extracellular matrix–enriched regions. We show that collagen-I drives ILC2 to markedly change their morphology by remodeling their actin cytoskeleton to promote environmental exploration critical for regulating eosinophilic inflammation. Our study provides previously unappreciated insights into ILC2 migratory patterns during inflammation and highlights the importance of environmental guidance cues in the lung in controlling ILC2 dynamics.
Date Issued
2019-06-07
Date Acceptance
2019-04-09
Citation
Science Immunology, 2019, 4 (36)
ISSN
2470-9468
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Journal / Book Title
Science Immunology
Volume
4
Issue
36
Copyright Statement
© 2019 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works http://www.sciencemag.org/about/science-licenses-journal-article-reuseThis is an article distributed under the terms of the Science Journals Default License.
Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Grant Number
107059/Z/15/Z
MR/M01245X/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Immunology
AIRWAY HYPERRESPONSIVENESS
LUNG INFLAMMATION
PERIPHERAL-BLOOD
T(H)2
PROMOTES
COLLAGEN
LEUKOCYTE
MIGRATION
TRAFFICKING
HOMEOSTASIS
Animals
Cell Movement
Collagen
Eosinophils
Extracellular Matrix
Female
Fibronectins
Humans
Immunity, Innate
Inflammation
Interleukin-33
Lung
Lymphocytes
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Transgenic
Recombinant Proteins
Lung
Eosinophils
Lymphocytes
Extracellular Matrix
Animals
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Transgenic
Humans
Inflammation
Collagen
Fibronectins
Recombinant Proteins
Cell Movement
Female
Immunity, Innate
Interleukin-33
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
eaav7638