The E-Id Protein Axis Specifies Adaptive Lymphoid Cell Identity and Suppresses Thymic Innate Lymphoid Cell Development

Publication date: 16 May 2017
Source:Immunity, Volume 46, Issue 5
Author(s): Masaki Miyazaki, Kazuko Miyazaki, Kenian Chen, Yi Jin, Jacob Turner, Amanda J. Moore, Rintaro Saito, Kenichi Yoshida, Seishi Ogawa, Hans-Reimer Rodewald, Yin C. Lin, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Cornelis Murre
Innate and adaptive lymphoid development is orchestrated by the activities of E proteins and their antagonist Id proteins, but how these factors regulate early T cell progenitor (ETP) and innate lymphoid cell (ILC) development remains unclear. Using multiple genetic strategies, we demonstrated that E proteins E2A and HEB acted in synergy in the thymus to establish T cell identity and to suppress the aberrant development of ILCs, including ILC2s and lymphoid-tissue-inducer-like cells. E2A and HEB orchestrated T cell fate and suppressed the ILC transcription signature by activating the expression of genes associated with Notch receptors, T cell receptor (TCR) assembly, and TCR-mediated signaling. E2A and HEB acted in ETPs to establish and maintain a T-cell-lineage-specific enhancer repertoire, including regulatory elements associated with the Notch1, Rag1, and Rag2 loci. On the basis of these and previous observations, we propose that the E-Id protein axis specifies innate and adaptive lymphoid cell fate.

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Previous studies established that E proteins act at multiple stages to promote T-cell-lineage development. Miyazaki et al. demonstrate that E proteins establish T cell identity and suppress the development of thymic ILCs by modulating enhancer repertoires of genes associated with Notch signaling and TCRβ locus assembly.


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