Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Immunity. 2012 Sep 21;37(3):511-23. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.06.014. Epub 2012 Sep 13.
Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) promotes a population of T-bet(+) CXCR3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells that limit T helper 1 (Th1) cell-mediated pathology. Our studies demonstrate that interleukin-27 (IL-27) also promoted expression of T-bet and CXCR3 in Treg cells. During infection with Toxoplasma gondii, a similar population emerged that limited T cell responses and was dependent on IFN-γ in the periphery but on IL-27 at mucosal sites. Transfer of Treg cells ameliorated the infection-induced pathology observed in Il27(-/-) mice, and this was dependent on their ability to produce IL-10. Microarray analysis revealed that Treg cells exposed to either IFN-γ or IL-27 have distinct transcriptional profiles. Thus, IFN-γ and IL-27 have different roles in Treg cell biology and IL-27 is a key cytokine that promotes the development of Treg cells specialized to control Th1 cell-mediated immunity at local sites of inflammation.
干扰素-γ(IFN-γ)促进 T 细胞特异性转录因子(T-bet)+ CXCR3+调节性 T(Treg)细胞的产生,从而限制 T 辅助 1(Th1)细胞介导的病理。我们的研究表明,白细胞介素-27(IL-27)也促进了 Treg 细胞中 T-bet 和 CXCR3 的表达。在感染刚地弓形虫时,出现了一种类似的细胞群,它限制了 T 细胞的反应,在外周依赖于 IFN-γ,但在黏膜部位依赖于 IL-27。Treg 细胞的转移改善了在 Il27(-/-)小鼠中观察到的感染诱导的病理,这依赖于它们产生 IL-10 的能力。微阵列分析显示,暴露于 IFN-γ或 IL-27 的 Treg 细胞具有不同的转录谱。因此,IFN-γ 和 IL-27 在 Treg 细胞生物学中具有不同的作用,IL-27 是一种关键细胞因子,它促进了专门在炎症局部部位控制 Th1 细胞介导免疫的 Treg 细胞的发育。