Decreased GATA3 levels cause changed mouse cutaneous innate lymphoid cell fate, facilitating hair follicle recycling.

ABSTRACT: In mice, skin-resident type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) exhibit some ILC3-like characteristics. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here, we observed lower expression of the ILC2 master regulator GATA3 specifically in cutaneous ILC2s (cILC2s) compared with canonical ILC2s, in line with its functionally divergent role in transcriptional control in cILC2s. Decreased levels of GATA3 enabled the expansion of RORγt fate-mapped (RORγt^fm+) cILC2s after postnatal days, displaying certain similarities to ILC3s. Single-cell trajectory analysis showed a sequential promotion of the RORγt^fm+ cILC2 divergency by RORγt and GATA3. Notably, during hair follicle recycling, these RORγt^fm+ cILC2s accumulated around the hair follicle dermal papilla (DP) regio

SUBMITTER: Ren G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11265981 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature