Excel · study · 2026
Slc44a2 deficiency unveils an IFN-I–dependent feedback control of pDC egress II
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are a specialized subset of innate immune cells capable of sensing viral nucleic acids and rapidly producing large amounts of type I interferons (IFN-I).
Description
However, excessive IFN-I production can cause various immunopathogenic conditions. The capacity for IFN-I production by pDCs is tightly regulated, yet the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood.
Here, we describe two levels of negative regulatory mechanisms controlling IFN-I production by pDCs. First, we identified SLC44A2 as a negative regulator of IFN-I production. SLC44A2 was highly expressed in resting pDCs but significantly downregulated upon activation.
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Deficiency of SLC44A2 led to excessive IFN-I production. Mechanistically, SLC44A2 may restrict IFN-I production by exporting threonine, asparagine, and glutamine, amino acids that we found to be essential for IFN-I production in pDCs. Second, we uncovered an IFN-I-dependent negative feedback mechanism controlling pDC egress.
Excessive IFN-I restrained pDC migration by downregulating CCR2 and CCR5. This feedback was generally observed during viral infections, autoimmune diseases, and in Slc44a2-deficient mice. Taken together, these two regulatory mechanisms are essential for maintaining pDC homeostasis and preventing systemic overactivation of IFN-I responses.
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- GEO FTP directory ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/series/GSE326nnn/GSE326463 ↗
download · from NCBI GEO
Where it is published
- GEO accession page ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE326463 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- PRJNA1445318 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1445318 ↗
project · from NCBI GEO
- PubMed 42360155 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42360155 ↗
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Topics
- Stated by source
- Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing · Mus musculus
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCBI GEO | GSE326463 | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[method].geo_series_type:expression-profiling-by-high-throughput-sequencing | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /gdstype |
| concepts[organism].NCBITaxon:10090 | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /taxon |
| description | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /summary |
| publication_date | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · NCBI GEO | connector:ncbi_geo@1.0.0 | /title |