Cutaneous group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) are spatially and epigenetically poised to respond to barrier compromise and associated immunological threats. ILC2, lacking rearranged antigen-specific receptors, are primarily activated by damage-associated cytokines and respond with type 2 cytokine production. To investigate ILC2 potential for direct sensing of skin pathogens and allergens, we performed RNA sequencing of ILC2 derived from in vivo challenged human skin or blood. We detected expression of and by skin and blood ILC2. Stimulation of ILC2 with TLR2 agonist alone not only induced interleukin-5 (IL-5) and IL-13 expression but also elicited IL-6 expression in combination with muramyl dipeptide (MDP). Heat-killed skin-resident bacteria provoked an IL-6 profile in ILC2 in vitro that was notably impaired in ILC2 derived from patients with mutations. In addition, we show that signaling can stimulate autophagy in ILC2, which was also impaired in patients with mutations. Here, we have identified a role for ILC2 NOD2 signaling in the differential regulation of ILC2-derived IL-6 and have reported a previously unrecognized pathway of direct ILC2 bacterial sensing.
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College of Traditional Chinese Medicine/College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, China.
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State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America.
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December 2024
Department of Immunology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Ajmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, Canada. Electronic address:
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