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ArticleRespiratory research2023

Group 3 innate lymphoid cells secret neutrophil chemoattractants and are insensitive to glucocorticoid via aberrant GR phosphorylation.

Li Xiu He, Ling Yang, Ting Liu, Yi Na Li, Ting Xuan Huang, Lan Lan Zhang, Jian Luo, Chun Tao Liu

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Article in Respiratory research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Li Xiu He *Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Ling Yang *Clinical Trial Center, National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory for Clinical Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drugs, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Ting LiuDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, Anhui, China.
Yi Na LiDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Ting Xuan HuangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Lan Lan ZhangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Jian LuoRespiratory Medicine Unit and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Experimental Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. jian.luo@ndm.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9009-065X
Chun Tao LiuDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. taosen666999@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2241-2474
Sichuan University · CNGuiyang Medical University · CNNational Medical Products Administration · CNUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CN

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the National Natural Science Foundation of China 8770035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with neutrophil-mediated asthma have poor response to glucocorticoids. The roles and mechanisms of group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) in inducing neutrophilic airway inflammation and glucocorticoid resistance in asthma have not been fully clarified.

methodsILC3s in peripheral blood were measured by flow cytometry in patients with eosinophilic asthma (EA) and non-eosinophilic asthma (NEA). ILC3s were sorted and cultured in vitro for RNA sequencing. Cytokines production and signaling pathways in ILC3s after IL-1β stimulation and dexamethasone treatment were determined by real-time PCR, flow cytometry, ELISA and western blot.

resultsThe percentage and numbers of ILC3s in peripheral blood was higher in patients with NEA compared with EA, and negatively correlated with blood eosinophils. IL-1β stimulation significantly enhanced CXCL8 and CXCL1 production in ILC3s via activation of p65 NF-κB and p38/JNK MAPK signaling pathways. The expression of neutrophil chemoattractants from ILC3s was insensitive to dexamethasone treatment. Dexamethasone significantly increased phosphorylation of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) at Ser226 but only with a weak induction at Ser211 residues in ILC3s. Compared to human bronchial epithelial cell line (16HBE cells), the ratio of p-GR S226 to p-GR S211 (p-GR S226/S211) was significantly higher in ILC3s at baseline and after dexamethasone treatment. In addition, IL-1β could induce Ser226 phosphorylation and had a crosstalk effect to dexamethasone via NF-κB pathway.

conclusionsILC3s were elevated in patients with NEA, and associated with neutrophil inflammation by release of neutrophil chemoattractants and were glucocorticoid (GC) resistant. This paper provides a novel cellular and molecular mechanisms of neutrophil inflammation and GC-resistance in asthma. Trial registration The study has been prospectively registered in the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ChiCTR1900027125).

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AsthmaGlucocorticoidsBronchiDexamethasoneHumansImmunity, InnateInflammationLymphocytesMetabolism, Inborn ErrorsNeutrophilsNF-kappa BPhosphorylationReceptors, GlucocorticoidDexamethasoneGlucocorticoidsNF-kappa BReceptors, GlucocorticoidAsthmaGlucocorticoid resistantGroup 3 innate lymphoid cellsNeutrophil chemoattractantNeutrophilic inflammation

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PMID36949482
PMCPMC10033286
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