IL-15 sustains IL-7R-independent ILC2 and ILC3 development.

ABSTRACT: The signals that maintain tissue-resident innate lymphoid cells (ILC) in different microenvironments are incompletely understood. Here we show that IL-7 receptor (IL-7R) is not strictly required for the development of any ILC subset, as residual cells persist in the small intestinal lamina propria (siLP) of adult and neonatal Il7ra^-/- mice. Il7ra^-/- ILC2 primarily express an ST2^- phenotype, but are not inflammatory ILC2. CCR6⁺ ILC3, which express higher Bcl-2 than other ILC3, are the most abundant subset in Il7ra^-/- siLP. All ILC subsets are functionally competent in vitro, and are sufficient to provide enhanced protection to infection with C. rodentium. IL-15 equally sustains wild-type and Il7ra^-/- ILC survival in vitro and

SUBMITTER: Robinette ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5380969 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature