PMID- 24097110 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131213 LR - 20211021 IS - 1529-2916 (Electronic) IS - 1529-2908 (Print) IS - 1529-2908 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 11 DP - 2013 Nov TI - Steady-state production of IL-4 modulates immunity in mouse strains and is determined by lineage diversity of iNKT cells. PG - 1146-54 LID - 10.1038/ni.2731 [doi] AB - Invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells) can produce copious amounts of interleukin 4 (IL-4) early during infection. However, indirect evidence suggests they may produce this immunomodulatory cytokine in the steady state. Through intracellular staining for transcription factors, we have defined three subsets of iNKT cells (NKT1, NKT2 and NKT17) that produced distinct cytokines; these represented diverse lineages and not developmental stages, as previously thought. These subsets exhibited substantial interstrain variation in numbers. In several mouse strains, including BALB/c, NKT2 cells were abundant and were stimulated by self ligands to produce IL-4. In those strains, steady-state IL-4 conditioned CD8(+) T cells to become 'memory-like', increased serum concentrations of immunoglobulin E (IgE) and caused dendritic cells to produce chemokines. Thus, iNKT cell-derived IL-4 altered immunological properties under normal steady-state conditions. FAU - Lee, You Jeong AU - Lee YJ AD - The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. FAU - Holzapfel, Keli L AU - Holzapfel KL FAU - Zhu, Jinfang AU - Zhu J FAU - Jameson, Stephen C AU - Jameson SC FAU - Hogquist, Kristin A AU - Hogquist KA LA - eng GR - T32 HD060536/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - ZIA AI001169-02/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI075168/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R37-AI39560/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-AI075168/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 AI039560/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131006 PL - United States TA - Nat Immunol JT - Nature immunology JID - 100941354 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (GATA3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Gata3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein) RN - 0 (T-Box Domain Proteins) RN - 0 (T-box transcription factor TBX21) RN - 0 (Zbtb16 protein, mouse) RN - 207137-56-2 (Interleukin-4) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM EIN - Nat Immunol. 2014 Mar;15(3):305 CIN - Nat Immunol. 2013 Nov;14(11):1110-1. PMID: 24145782 MH - Age Factors MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/genetics/immunology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology/immunology MH - Cell Lineage/*immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/immunology MH - GATA3 Transcription Factor/genetics/immunology MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Genetic Variation/immunology MH - *Immunity, Innate MH - Immunoglobulin E/genetics/immunology MH - Immunologic Memory MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Interleukin-4/*biosynthesis/immunology MH - Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/genetics/immunology MH - Mice MH - Natural Killer T-Cells/cytology/*immunology MH - Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein MH - Species Specificity MH - T-Box Domain Proteins/genetics/immunology PMC - PMC3824254 MID - NIHMS535711 COIS- Competing financial interests The authors declare no competing financial interests. EDAT- 2013/10/08 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/18 06:00 PMCR- 2014/05/01 CRDT- 2013/10/08 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ni.2731 [pii] AID - 10.1038/ni.2731 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Immunol. 2013 Nov;14(11):1146-54. doi: 10.1038/ni.2731. Epub 2013 Oct 6.