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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 191, 期 4, 页码 1732-1743出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300146
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- Medical Research Council [U117584209, U117565642]
- European Research Council [294682-TB-PATH]
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
- MRC [MC_U117584209, MC_U117565642] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [U117532003, MC_U117584209, MC_U117565642] Funding Source: researchfish
Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, causing similar to 1.4 million deaths per year. Key immune components for host protection during tuberculosis include the cytokines IL-12, IL-1, and TNF-alpha, as well as IFN-gamma and CD4(+) Th1 cells. However, immune factors determining whether individuals control infection or progress to active tuberculosis are incompletely understood. Excess amounts of type I IFN have been linked to exacerbated disease during tuberculosis in mouse models and to active disease in patients, suggesting tight regulation of this family of cytokines is critical to host resistance. In addition, the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10 is known to inhibit the immune response to M. tuberculosis in murine models through the negative regulation of key proinflammatory cytokines and the subsequent Th1 response. We show in this study, using a combination of transcriptomic analysis, genetics, and pharmacological inhibitors, that the TPL-2-ERK1/2 signaling pathway is important in mediating host resistance to tuberculosis through negative regulation of type I IFN production. The TPL-2-ERK1/2 signaling pathway regulated production by macrophages of several cytokines important in the immune response to M. tuberculosis as well as regulating induction of a large number of additional genes, many in a type I IFN-dependent manner. In the absence of TPL-2 in vivo, excess type I IFN promoted IL-10 production and exacerbated disease. These findings describe an important regulatory mechanism for controlling tuberculosis and reveal mechanisms by which type I IFN may promote susceptibility to this important disease.
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