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IMMUNITY
卷 53, 期 3, 页码 614-+出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.07.012
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFC0906200, 2016YFC130390, 2020YFA0707800]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31630022, 31991173, 31821003, 91642201]
- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology [Z181100001318007, Z181100006318015, Z171100000417005]
ROR gamma t is the lineage-specific transcription factor for T helper 17 (Th17) cells whose upregulation in developing Th17 cells is critically regulated by interleukin-6 (IL-6) and TGF-beta, the molecular mechanisms of which remain largely unknown. Here we identified conserved non-coding sequences (CNSs) 6 and 9 at the Rorc gene, essential for its expression during Th17 cell differentiation but not required for ROR gamma t expression in innate lymphocytes and gamma delta T cells. Mechanistically, the IL-6-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) axis appeared to be largely dependent on CNS9 and only partially on CNS6 in controlling ROR gamma t expression and epigenetic activation of the Rorc locus. TGF-beta alone was sufficient to induce ROR gamma t expression in a CNS6- but not CNS9-dependent manner through CNS6 binding by SMAD proteins. Our study reveals an important synergistic mechanism downstream of IL-6 and TGF-beta in regulation of ROR gamma t expression and Th17 cell commitment via distinct cis-regulatory elements.
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