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Inhibition of LTβR signalling activates WNT-induced regeneration in lung.

ABSTRACT: Lymphotoxin β-receptor (LTβR) signalling promotes lymphoid neogenesis and the development of tertiary lymphoid structures^1,2, which are associated with severe chronic inflammatory diseases that span several organ systems^3-6. How LTβR signalling drives chronic tissue damage particularly in the lung, the mechanism(s) that regulate this process, and whether LTβR blockade might be of therapeutic value have remained unclear. Here we demonstrate increased expression of LTβR ligands in adaptive and innate immune cells, enhanced non-canonical NF-κB signalling, and enriched LTβR target gene expression in lung epithelial cells from patients with smoking-associated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and from mice chronically exposed to cigarette smoke. Therapeutic inhibition of LTβR signalling in young and aged mice disrupted smoking-related inducible bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue, induced regeneration of lung tissue, and reverted airway fibrosis and systemic muscle wasting. Mechanistically, blockade of LTβR signalling dampened epithelial non-canonical activation of NF-κB, reduced TGFβ signalling in airways, and induced regeneration by preventing epithelial cell death and activating WNT/β-catenin signalling in alveolar epithelial progenitor cells. These findings suggest that inhibition of LTβR signalling represents a viable therapeutic option that combines prevention of tertiary lymphoid structures¹ and inhibition of apoptosis with tissue-regenerative strategies.

SUBMITTER: Conlon TM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7718297 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inhibition of LTβR signalling activates WNT-induced regeneration in lung.

Conlon Thomas M TM John-Schuster Gerrit G Heide Danijela D Pfister Dominik D Lehmann Mareike M Hu Yan Y Ertüz Zeynep Z Lopez Martin A MA Ansari Meshal M Strunz Maximilian M Mayr Christoph C Angelidis Ilias I Ciminieri Chiara C Costa Rita R Kohlhepp Marlene Sophia MS Guillot Adrien A Günes Gizem G Jeridi Aicha A Funk Maja C MC Beroshvili Giorgi G Prokosch Sandra S Hetzer Jenny J Verleden Stijn E SE Alsafadi Hani H Lindner Michael M Burgstaller Gerald G Becker Lore L Irmler Martin M Dudek Michael M Janzen Jakob J Goffin Eric E Gosens Reinoud R Knolle Percy P Pirotte Bernard B Stoeger Tobias T Beckers Johannes J Wagner Darcy D Singh Indrabahadur I Theis Fabian J FJ de Angelis Martin Hrabé MH O'Connor Tracy T Tacke Frank F Boutros Michael M Dejardin Emmanuel E Eickelberg Oliver O Schiller Herbert B HB Königshoff Melanie M Heikenwalder Mathias M Yildirim Ali Önder AÖ

Nature 20201104 7836

Lymphotoxin β-receptor (LTβR) signalling promotes lymphoid neogenesis and the development of tertiary lymphoid structures<sup>1,2</sup>, which are associated with severe chronic inflammatory diseases that span several organ systems<sup>3-6</sup>. How LTβR signalling drives chronic tissue damage particularly in the lung, the mechanism(s) that regulate this process, and whether LTβR blockade might be of therapeutic value have remained unclear. Here we demonstrate increased expression of LTβR ligan ...[more]

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