T-bet and RORα control lymph node formation by regulating embryonic innate lymphoid cell differentiation

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The generation of lymphoid tissues during embryogenesis relies on group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) displaying lymphoid tissue inducer (LTi) activity and expressing the master transcription factor RORγt. Accordingly, RORγt-deficient mice lack ILC3 and lymphoid structures, including lymph nodes (LN). Whereas T-bet affects differentiation and functions of ILC3 postnatally, the role of T-bet in regulating fetal ILC3 and LN formation remains completely unknown. Using multiple mouse models and single-cell analyses of fetal ILCs and ILC progenitors (ILCP), here we identify a key role for T-bet during embryogenesis and show that its deficiency rescues LN formation in RORγt-deficient mice. Mechanistically, T-bet deletion skews the differentiation fate of fetal ILCs and promotes the accumulation of PLZF ^hi ILCP expressing central LTi molecules in a RORα-dependent fashion. Our data unveil an unexpected role for T-bet and RORα during embryonic ILC function and highlight that RORγt is crucial in counteracting the suppressive effects of T-bet.

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Journal ID (nlm-journal-id): 100941354

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nat Immunol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Nat Immunol

Title: Nature immunology

ISSN (Print): 1529-2908

ISSN (Electronic): 1529-2916

Publication date (Print): 01 October 2021

Publication date (Electronic): 23 September 2021

Publication date Nihms-submitted: 13 June 2023

Publication date PMC-release: 14 August 2023

Volume: 22

Issue: 10

Pages: 1231-1244

Affiliations

[1 ]Innate Immunity, German Rheumatism Research Centre – a Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany

[2 ]Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

[3 ]Immune Dynamics, German Rheumatism Research Centre – a Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany

[4 ]Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Berlin, Germany

[5 ]Cell Biology, German Rheumatism Research Centre – a Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany

[6 ]Therapeutic Gene Regulation, German Rheumatism Research Centre – a Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany

[7 ]Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany

[8 ]Department of Biomedicine and University Children's Hospital of Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

[9 ]Schwiete Laboratory for Microbiota and Inflammation, German Rheumatism Research Centre – a Leibniz Institute, Berlin, Germany

[10 ]Department of Cytometry, Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

[11 ]Maurice Müller Laboratories (DBMR), Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

[12 ]Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Berlin, Germany

[13 ]Leibniz-Science Campus Chronic Inflammation