Bone-Marrow-Resident NK Cells Prime Monocytes for Regulatory Function during Infection.

Michael H Askenase, Seong-Ji Han, Allyson L Byrd, Denise Morais da Fonseca, Nicolas Bouladoux, Christoph Wilhelm, Joanne E Konkel, Timothy W Hand, Norinne Lacerda-Queiroz, Xin-zhuan Su, Giorgio Trinchieri, John R Grainger, Yasmine Belkaid

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    Abstract

    Tissue-infiltrating Ly6C(hi) monocytes play diverse roles in immunity, ranging from pathogen killing to immune regulation. How and where this diversity of function is imposed remains poorly understood. Here we show that during acute gastrointestinal infection, priming of monocytes for regulatory function preceded systemic inflammation and was initiated prior to bone marrow egress. Notably, natural killer (NK) cell-derived IFN-γ promoted a regulatory program in monocyte progenitors during development. Early bone marrow NK cell activation was controlled by systemic interleukin-12 (IL-12) produced by Batf3-dependent dendritic cells (DCs) in the mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). This work challenges the paradigm that monocyte function is dominantly imposed by local signals after tissue recruitment, and instead proposes a sequential model of differentiation in which monocytes are pre-emptively educated during development in the bone marrow to promote their tissue-specific function.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1130-1142
    JournalImmunity
    Volume42
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 16 Jun 2015

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