Coordinate regulation of tissue macrophage and dendritic cell population dynamics by CSF-1 Journal Article


Authors: Tagliani, E.; Shi, C.; Nancy, P.; Tay, C. S.; Pamer, E. G.; Erlebacher, A.
Article Title: Coordinate regulation of tissue macrophage and dendritic cell population dynamics by CSF-1
Abstract: Tissue macrophages (M phi s) and dendritic cells (DCs) play essential roles in tissue homeostasis and immunity. How these cells are maintained at their characteristic densities in different tissues has remained unclear. Aided by a novel flow cytometric technique for assessing relative rates of blood-borne precursor recruitment, we examined M phi and DC population dynamics in the pregnant mouse uterus, where rapid tissue growth facilitated a dissection of underlying regulatory mechanisms. We demonstrate how M phi dynamics, and thus M phi tissue densities, are locally controlled by CSF-1, a pleiotropic growth factor whose in situ level of activity varied widely between uterine tissue layers. CSF-1 acted in part by inducing M phi proliferation and in part by stimulating the extravasation of Ly6C(hi) monocytes (Mos) that served as M phi precursors. Mo recruitment was dependent on the production of CCR2 chemokine receptor ligands by uterine M phi s in response to CSF-1. Unexpectedly, a parallel CSF-1-regulated, but CCR2-independent pathway influenced uterine DC tissue densities by controlling local pre-DC extravasation rates. Together, these data provide cellular and molecular insight into the regulation of M phi tissue densities under noninflammatory conditions and reveal a central role for CSF-1 in the coordination of M phi and DC homeostasis.
Keywords: monocyte; growth-factor; colony-stimulating factor; bone-marrow; mononuclear phagocytes; renal-allograft rejection; factor-i csf-1; placental development; basal plate; maternal/fetal interface; emigration
Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Medicine
Volume: 208
Issue: 9
ISSN: 0022-1007
Publisher: Rockefeller University Press  
Date Published: 2011-08-29
Start Page: 1901
End Page: 1916
Language: English
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20110866
ACCESSION: WOS:000294329600015
PROVIDER: wos
PMCID: PMC3171096
PUBMED: 21825019
Notes: --- - Article - "Source: Wos"
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