Innate immunodeficiency following genetic ablation of Mcl1 in natural killer cells

Priyanka Sathe, Rebecca B. Delconte, Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Cyril Seillet, Michael Chopin, Cassandra J. Vandenberg, Lucille C. Rankin, Lisa A. Mielke, Ingela Vikstrom, Tatiana B. Kolesnik, Sandra E. Nicholson, Eric Vivier, Mark J. Smyth, Stephen L. Nutt, Stefan P. Glaser, Andreas Strasser, Gabrielle T. Belz, Sebastian Carotta and Nicholas D. Huntington ()
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Priyanka Sathe: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Rebecca B. Delconte: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Cyril Seillet: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Michael Chopin: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Cassandra J. Vandenberg: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Lucille C. Rankin: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Lisa A. Mielke: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Ingela Vikstrom: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Tatiana B. Kolesnik: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Sandra E. Nicholson: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Eric Vivier: Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, INSERM
Mark J. Smyth: QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Stephen L. Nutt: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Stefan P. Glaser: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Andreas Strasser: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Gabrielle T. Belz: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Sebastian Carotta: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Nicholas D. Huntington: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract The cytokine IL-15 is required for natural killer (NK) cell homeostasis; however, the intrinsic mechanism governing this requirement remains unexplored. Here we identify the absolute requirement for myeloid cell leukaemia sequence-1 (Mcl1) in the sustained survival of NK cells in vivo. Mcl1 is highly expressed in NK cells and regulated by IL-15 in a dose-dependent manner via STAT5 phosphorylation and subsequent binding to the 3′-UTR of Mcl1. Specific deletion of Mcl1 in NK cells results in the absolute loss of NK cells from all tissues owing to a failure to antagonize pro-apoptotic proteins in the outer mitochondrial membrane. This NK lymphopenia results in mice succumbing to multiorgan melanoma metastases, being permissive to allogeneic transplantation and being resistant to toxic shock following polymicrobial sepsis challenge. These results clearly demonstrate a non-redundant pathway linking IL-15 to Mcl1 in the maintenance of NK cells and innate immune responses in vivo.

Date: 2014
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