Title |
Differential Requirement for Nfil3 during NK Cell Development
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Published in |
The Journal of Immunology, March 2014
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DOI | 10.4049/jimmunol.1302605 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Cyril Seillet, Nicholas D. Huntington, Pradnya Gangatirkar, Elin Axelsson, Martina Minnich, Hugh J. M. Brady, Meinrad Busslinger, Mark J. Smyth, Gabrielle T. Belz, Sebastian Carotta |
Abstract |
NK cells can be grouped into distinct subsets that are localized to different organs and exhibit a different capacity to secrete cytokines and mediate cytotoxicity. Despite these hallmarks that reflect tissue-specific specialization in NK cells, little is known about the factors that control the development of these distinct subsets. The basic leucine zipper transcription factor Nfil3 (E4bp4) is essential for bone marrow-derived NK cell development, but it is not clear whether Nfil3 is equally important for all NK cell subsets or how it induces NK lineage commitment. In this article, we show that Nfil3 is required for the formation of Eomes-expressing NK cells, including conventional medullary and thymic NK cells, whereas TRAIL(+) Eomes(-) NK cells develop independently of Nfil3. Loss of Nfil3 during the development of bone marrow-derived NK cells resulted in reduced expression of Eomes and, conversely, restoration of Eomes expression in Nfil3(-/-) progenitors rescued NK cell development and maturation. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that Nfil3 drives the formation of mature NK cells by inducing Eomes expression and reveal the differential requirements of NK cell subsets for Nfil3. |
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