Local Amplifiers of IL-4Rα-mediated Macrophage Activation Promote Repair in Lung and Liver

Overview

Journal Science

Specialty Science

Date 2017 May 13

PMID 28495878

Citations 103

Authors

Carlos M Minutti

Lucy H Jackson-Jones

Belen Garcia-Fojeda

Johanna A Knipper

Tara E Sutherland

Nicola Logan

Emma Ringqvist

Raquel Guillamat-Prats

David A Ferenbach

Antonio Artigas

Cordula Stamme

Zissis C Chroneos

Dietmar M Zaiss

Cristina Casals

Judith E Allen

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Abstract

The type 2 immune response controls helminth infection and maintains tissue homeostasis but can lead to allergy and fibrosis if not adequately regulated. We have discovered local tissue-specific amplifiers of type 2-mediated macrophage activation. In the lung, surfactant protein A (SP-A) enhanced interleukin-4 (IL-4)-dependent macrophage proliferation and activation, accelerating parasite clearance and reducing pulmonary injury after infection with a lung-migrating helminth. In the peritoneal cavity and liver, C1q enhancement of type 2 macrophage activation was required for liver repair after bacterial infection, but resulted in fibrosis after peritoneal dialysis. IL-4 drives production of these structurally related defense collagens, SP-A and C1q, and the expression of their receptor, myosin 18A. These findings reveal the existence within different tissues of an amplification system needed for local type 2 responses.

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