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T1 - Loss of T cell and B cell quiescence precedes the onset of microbial flora-dependent wasting disease and intestinal inflammation in Gimap5-deficient mice
AU - Barnes, Michael J
AU - Aksoylar, Halil
AU - Krebs, Philippe
AU - Bourdeau, Tristan
AU - Arnold, Carrie N
AU - Xia, Yu
AU - Khovananth, Kevin
AU - Engel, Isaac
AU - Sovath, Sosathya
AU - Lampe, Kristin
AU - Laws, Eleana
AU - Saunders, Amy
AU - Butcher, Geoffrey W
AU - Kronenberg, Mitchell
AU - Steinbrecher, Kris
AU - Hildeman, David
AU - Grimes, H Leighton
AU - Beutler, Bruce
AU - Hoebe, Kasper
PY - 2010/4/1
Y1 - 2010/4/1
N2 - Homeostatic control of the immune system involves mechanisms that ensure the self-tolerance, survival and quiescence of hematopoietic-derived cells. In this study, we demonstrate that the GTPase of immunity associated protein (Gimap)5 regulates these processes in lymphocytes and hematopoietic progenitor cells. As a consequence of a recessive N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-induced germline mutation in the P-loop of Gimap5, lymphopenia, hepatic extramedullary hematopoiesis, weight loss, and intestinal inflammation occur in homozygous mutant mice. Irradiated fetal liver chimeric mice reconstituted with Gimap5-deficient cells lose weight and become lymphopenic, demonstrating a hematopoietic cell-intrinsic function for Gimap5. Although Gimap5-deficient CD4(+) T cells and B cells appear to undergo normal development, they fail to proliferate upon Ag-receptor stimulation although NF-kappaB, MAP kinase and Akt activation occur normally. In addition, in Gimap5-deficient mice, CD4(+) T cells adopt a CD44(high)CD62L(low)CD69(low) phenotype and show reduced IL-7ralpha expression, and T-dependent and T-independent B cell responses are abrogated. Thus, Gimap5-deficiency affects a noncanonical signaling pathway required for Ag-receptor-induced proliferation and lymphocyte quiescence. Antibiotic-treatment or the adoptive transfer of Rag-sufficient splenocytes ameliorates intestinal inflammation and weight loss, suggesting that immune responses triggered by microbial flora causes the morbidity in Gimap5-deficient mice. These data establish Gimap5 as a key regulator of hematopoietic integrity and lymphocyte homeostasis.
AB - Homeostatic control of the immune system involves mechanisms that ensure the self-tolerance, survival and quiescence of hematopoietic-derived cells. In this study, we demonstrate that the GTPase of immunity associated protein (Gimap)5 regulates these processes in lymphocytes and hematopoietic progenitor cells. As a consequence of a recessive N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-induced germline mutation in the P-loop of Gimap5, lymphopenia, hepatic extramedullary hematopoiesis, weight loss, and intestinal inflammation occur in homozygous mutant mice. Irradiated fetal liver chimeric mice reconstituted with Gimap5-deficient cells lose weight and become lymphopenic, demonstrating a hematopoietic cell-intrinsic function for Gimap5. Although Gimap5-deficient CD4(+) T cells and B cells appear to undergo normal development, they fail to proliferate upon Ag-receptor stimulation although NF-kappaB, MAP kinase and Akt activation occur normally. In addition, in Gimap5-deficient mice, CD4(+) T cells adopt a CD44(high)CD62L(low)CD69(low) phenotype and show reduced IL-7ralpha expression, and T-dependent and T-independent B cell responses are abrogated. Thus, Gimap5-deficiency affects a noncanonical signaling pathway required for Ag-receptor-induced proliferation and lymphocyte quiescence. Antibiotic-treatment or the adoptive transfer of Rag-sufficient splenocytes ameliorates intestinal inflammation and weight loss, suggesting that immune responses triggered by microbial flora causes the morbidity in Gimap5-deficient mice. These data establish Gimap5 as a key regulator of hematopoietic integrity and lymphocyte homeostasis.
KW - Animals
KW - B-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
KW - B-Lymphocytes/immunology
KW - Colitis/genetics
KW - Female
KW - GTP Phosphohydrolases/genetics
KW - GTP-Binding Proteins
KW - Hematopoiesis/genetics
KW - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/immunology
KW - Homeostasis/genetics
KW - Immunoblotting
KW - Inflammation/genetics
KW - Intestines/immunology
KW - Liver Diseases/genetics
KW - Male
KW - Mice
KW - Mice, Inbred C57BL
KW - Mice, Mutant Strains
KW - Self Tolerance/immunology
KW - Signal Transduction/genetics
KW - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
KW - T-Lymphocytes/immunology
KW - Wasting Syndrome/genetics
U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.0903164
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.0903164
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20190135
VL - 184
SP - 3743
EP - 3754
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
SN - 0022-1767
IS - 7
ER -