Published June 8, 2021 | Version v2

NCoR1 and SMRT fine-tune inflammatory versus tolerogenic balance in dendritic cells by differentially regulating STAT3 signaling

  • 1. Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India
  • 2. Department of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, India
  • 3. Department of Biochemistry CIIL, University of Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1066,Epalinges, Switzerland

Description

Dendritic cell (DC) fine-tunes inflammatory versus tolerogenic responses to protect from immune-pathology. However, the role of co-regulators in maintaining this balance is unexplored. NCoR1-mediated repression of DC immune-tolerance has been recently reported. Here we found that depletion of NCoR1 paralog SMRT enhanced cDC141 activation and expression of IL-6, IL-12 and IL-23 while concomitantly decreasing IL-10 expression/secretion. Consequently, co-cultured CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells depicted enhanced Th1/Th17 frequency and cytotoxicity, respectively. Comparative genomic analysis demonstrated differential regulation of IL-10 by SMRT and NCoR1. SMRT depletion repressed mTOR-STAT3-IL10 signaling in cDC1 by down-regulating NR4A1. Besides, NFkBIA and SOCS3 were down-regulated in SMRT knockdown cDC1, supporting increased production of inflammatory cytokines. Moreover, adoptive transfer of SMRT knockdown cDC1 in OVA-DTH induced footpad inflammation led to increased Th1/Th17 and reduced tumor burden after B16 melanoma injection by enhancing oncolytic CD8+ T-cell frequency, respectively. We also depicted decreased Smrt expression in Rheumatoid Arthritis, a Th1/Th17 disease.

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