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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

IFN-γ-induced Th1-Treg polarization in inflamed brains limits exacerbation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Masaaki Okamoto, Ayumi Kuratani, Daisuke Okuzaki, Naganori Kamiyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Miwa Sasai, Masahiro Yamamoto

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Masaaki OkamotoDepartment of Immunoparasitology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7689-2939
Ayumi KurataniDepartment of Immunoparasitology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Daisuke OkuzakiGenome Information Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4552-783X
Naganori KamiyamaDepartment of Infectious Disease Control, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita 879-5593, Japan.ORCID 0009-0008-4322-9346
Takashi KobayashiDepartment of Infectious Disease Control, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita 879-5593, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9069-5736
Miwa SasaiDepartment of Immunoparasitology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6440-3958
Masahiro YamamotoDepartment of Immunoparasitology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6821-2785

Funding

MEXT | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) JPMJFR206DMEXT | JST | Moonshot Research and Development Program (Moonshot) JPMJMS2025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the most widely used rodent model for multiple sclerosis. Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and regulatory T cells (Tregs) are individually well known to play beneficial roles in amelioration of EAE. However, little is known about the relationship between IFN-γ and Tregs during the disease. Here, we show that IFN-γ polarizes Tregs into T helper 1 (Th1)-type Tregs (Th1-Tregs) to recover from EAE. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis revealed that brain Tregs showed signs of IFN-γ stimulation during EAE. Loss of IFN-γ signaling in Tregs and of T cell-derived IFN-γ impaired the Th1-Treg polarization and worsened the disease. Moreover, selective ablation of Th1-Tregs using an intersectional genetic method promoted proinflammatory features of macrophages in the inflamed brains and exacerbated the EAE. Taken together, our study highlights a critical role of T cell-derived IFN-γ for Th1-Treg polarization in inflamed brain to ameliorate EAE.

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BrainEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalInterferon-gammaTh1 CellsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAnimalsFemaleMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMultiple SclerosisInterferon-gammaEAEIFN-γTh1-TregVeDTR

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PMID39560646
PMCPMC11621829

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