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Interleukin-10 Signaling in Regulatory T Cells Is Required for Suppression of Th17 Cell-Mediated Inflammation

  • Ashutosh Chaudhry
  • , Robert M. Samstein
  • , Piper Treuting
  • , Yuqiong Liang
  • , Marina C. Pils
  • , Jan Michael Heinrich
  • , Robert S. Jack
  • , F. Thomas Wunderlich
  • , Jens C. Brüning
  • , Werner Müller
  • , Alexander Y. Rudensky

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Abstract

Effector CD4+ T cell subsets, whose differentiation is facilitated by distinct cytokine cues, amplify the corresponding type of inflammatory response. Regulatory T (Treg) cells integrate environmental cues to suppress particular types of inflammation. In this regard, STAT3, a transcription factor essential for T helper 17 (Th17) cell differentiation, is necessary for Treg cell-mediated control of Th17 cell responses. Here, we showed that anti-inflammatory interleukin-10 (IL-10), and not proinflammatory IL-6 and IL-23 cytokine signaling, endowed Treg cells with the ability to suppress pathogenic Th17 cell responses. Ablation of the IL-10 receptor in Treg cells resulted in selective dysregulation of Th17 cell responses and colitis similar to that observed in mice harboring STAT3-deficient Treg cells. Thus, Treg cells limit Th17 cell inflammation by serving as principal amplifiers of negative regulatory circuits operating in immune effector cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)566-578
Number of pages13
JournalImmunity
Volume34
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Apr 2011
Externally publishedYes

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