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Gut inflammation and indoleamine deoxygenase inhibit IL-17 production and promote cytotoxic potential in NKp44+ mucosal NK cells during SIV infection.


ABSTRACT: Natural killer (NK) cells are classically viewed as effector cells that kill virus-infected and neoplastic cells, but recent studies have identified a rare mucosal NK- cell subpopulation secreting the TH17 cytokine IL-22. Here, we report identification of 2 distinct lineages of mucosal NK cells characterized as NKG2A(+)NFIL3(+)RORC(-) and NKp44(+)NFIL3(+)RORC(+). NKG2A(+) NK cells were systemically distributed, cytotoxic, and secreted IFN-γ, whereas NKp44(+) NK cells were mucosae-restricted, noncytotoxic, and produced IL-22 and IL-17. During SIV infection, NKp44(+) NK cells became apoptotic, were depleted, and had an altered functional profile characterized by decreased IL-17 secretion; increased IFN-γ secretion; and, surprisingly, increased potential for cytotoxicity. NKp44(+) NK cells showed no evidence of direct SIV infection; rather, depletion and altered function were associated with SIV-induced up-regulation of inflammatory mediators in the gut, including indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1. Furthermore, treatment of NKp44(+) NK cells with indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 catabolites in vitro ablated IL-17 production in a dose-dependent manner, whereas other NK-cell functions were unaffected. Thus lentiviral infection both depletes and modifies the functional repertoire of mucosal NK cells involved in the maintenance of gut integrity, a finding that highlights the plasticity of this rare mucosal NK-cell population.

SUBMITTER: Reeves RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3179400 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gut inflammation and indoleamine deoxygenase inhibit IL-17 production and promote cytotoxic potential in NKp44+ mucosal NK cells during SIV infection.

Reeves R Keith RK   Rajakumar Premeela A PA   Evans Tristan I TI   Connole Michelle M   Gillis Jacqueline J   Wong Fay E FE   Kuzmichev Yury V YV   Carville Angela A   Johnson R Paul RP  

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Natural killer (NK) cells are classically viewed as effector cells that kill virus-infected and neoplastic cells, but recent studies have identified a rare mucosal NK- cell subpopulation secreting the TH17 cytokine IL-22. Here, we report identification of 2 distinct lineages of mucosal NK cells characterized as NKG2A(+)NFIL3(+)RORC(-) and NKp44(+)NFIL3(+)RORC(+). NKG2A(+) NK cells were systemically distributed, cytotoxic, and secreted IFN-γ, whereas NKp44(+) NK cells were mucosae-restricted, non  ...[more]

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