Tianjin Institute of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease of the Ministry of Education, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Institute of Human Virology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; Provincial Key Laboratory of Immune Regulation and Immunotherapy, School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Key Laboratory of Growth Regulation and Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China; Center for Infectious Disease Research, Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou 310024, China.
Immunity. 2023 Feb 14;56(2):320-335.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2022.12.017. Epub 2023 Jan 23.
Neuronal signals have emerged as pivotal regulators of group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) that regulate tissue homeostasis and allergic inflammation. The molecular pathways underlying the neuronal regulation of ILC2 responses in lungs remain to be fully elucidated. Here, we found that the abundance of neurotransmitter dopamine was negatively correlated with circulating ILC2 numbers and positively associated with pulmonary function in humans. Dopamine potently suppressed lung ILC2 responses in a DRD1-receptor-dependent manner. Genetic deletion of Drd1 or local ablation of dopaminergic neurons augmented ILC2 responses and allergic lung inflammation. Transcriptome and metabolic analyses revealed that dopamine impaired the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) pathway in ILC2s. Augmentation of OXPHOS activity with oltipraz antagonized the inhibitory effect of dopamine. Local administration of dopamine alleviated allergen-induced ILC2 responses and airway inflammation. These findings demonstrate that dopamine represents an inhibitory regulator of ILC2 responses in allergic airway inflammation.
神经元信号已成为调节 2 型固有淋巴细胞 (ILC2) 的关键调节因子,它们调节组织稳态和过敏炎症。神经元调节肺中 ILC2 反应的分子途径仍有待充分阐明。在这里,我们发现神经递质多巴胺的丰度与循环 ILC2 数量呈负相关,与人类的肺功能呈正相关。多巴胺以 DRD1 受体依赖性方式强烈抑制肺 ILC2 反应。Drd1 基因缺失或多巴胺能神经元的局部消融增强了 ILC2 反应和过敏性肺炎症。转录组和代谢分析表明,多巴胺损害了 ILC2 中的线粒体氧化磷酸化 (OXPHOS) 途径。用奥替普拉增强 OXPHOS 活性拮抗了多巴胺的抑制作用。多巴胺的局部给药减轻了变应原诱导的 ILC2 反应和气道炎症。这些发现表明,多巴胺是过敏性气道炎症中 ILC2 反应的抑制性调节因子。
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