The University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Commun Biol. 2022 May 4;5(1):415. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03367-z.
IL-25 is implicated in the pathogenesis of viral asthma exacerbations. However, the effect of IL-25 on antiviral immunity has yet to be elucidated. We observed abundant expression and colocalization of IL-25 and IL-25 receptor at the apical surface of uninfected airway epithelial cells and rhinovirus infection increased IL-25 expression. Analysis of immune transcriptome of rhinovirus-infected differentiated asthmatic bronchial epithelial cells (BECs) treated with an anti-IL-25 monoclonal antibody (LNR125) revealed a re-calibrated response defined by increased type I/III IFN and reduced expression of type-2 immune genes CCL26, IL1RL1 and IL-25 receptor. LNR125 treatment also increased type I/III IFN expression by coronavirus infected BECs. Exogenous IL-25 treatment increased viral load with suppressed innate immunity. In vivo LNR125 treatment reduced IL-25/type 2 cytokine expression and increased IFN-β expression and reduced lung viral load. We define a new immune-regulatory role for IL-25 that directly inhibits virus induced airway epithelial cell innate anti-viral immunity.
IL-25 参与病毒诱发的哮喘恶化发病机制。然而,IL-25 对抗病毒免疫的影响仍有待阐明。我们观察到未感染的气道上皮细胞顶表面有大量的 IL-25 和 IL-25 受体表达,鼻病毒感染增加了 IL-25 的表达。对用抗 IL-25 单克隆抗体(LNR125)处理的感染鼻病毒的分化哮喘支气管上皮细胞(BEC)的免疫转录组进行分析,揭示了一种由 I 型/III 型 IFN 增加和 2 型免疫基因 CCL26、IL1RL1 和 IL-25 受体表达减少定义的重新校准反应。LNR125 治疗还增加了受冠状病毒感染的 BEC 中 I 型/III 型 IFN 的表达。外源性 IL-25 处理增加了病毒载量,同时抑制了先天免疫。体内 LNR125 治疗减少了 IL-25/2 型细胞因子的表达,增加了 IFN-β 的表达,并减少了肺部病毒载量。我们定义了 IL-25 的一个新的免疫调节作用,它直接抑制病毒诱导的气道上皮细胞先天抗病毒免疫。