Infection induces tissue-resident memory NK cells that safeguard tissue health Journal Article
| Authors: | Schuster, I. S.; Sng, X. Y. X.; Lau, C. M.; Powell, D. R.; Weizman, O. E.; Fleming, P.; Neate, G. E. G.; Voigt, V.; Sheppard, S.; Maraskovsky, A. I.; Daly, S.; Koyama, M.; Hill, G. R.; Turner, S. J.; O'Sullivan, T. E.; Sun, J. C.; Andoniou, C. E.; Degli-Esposti, M. A. |
| Article Title: | Infection induces tissue-resident memory NK cells that safeguard tissue health |
| Abstract: | Tissue health is dictated by the capacity to respond to perturbations and then return to homeostasis. Mechanisms that initiate, maintain, and regulate immune responses in tissues are therefore essential. Adaptive immunity plays a key role in these responses, with memory and tissue residency being cardinal features. A corresponding role for innate cells is unknown. Here, we have identified a population of innate lymphocytes that we term tissue-resident memory-like natural killer (NKRM) cells. In response to murine cytomegalovirus infection, we show that circulating NK cells were recruited in a CX3CR1-dependent manner to the salivary glands where they formed NKRM cells, a long-lived, tissue-resident population that prevented autoimmunity via TRAIL-dependent elimination of CD4+ T cells. Thus, NK cells develop adaptive-like features, including long-term residency in non-lymphoid tissues, to modulate inflammation, restore immune equilibrium, and preserve tissue health. Modulating the functions of NKRM cells may provide additional strategies to treat inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. |
| Keywords: | t lymphocyte; t-lymphocytes; mouse; animal; animals; mice; inflammation; natural killer cell; killer cells, natural; autoimmunity; innate immunity; immunity, innate; memory; adaptive immunity; cytomegalovirus infection; cytomegalovirus; natural killer cells; cytomegalovirus infections; immune regulation; muromegalovirus; humans; human; tissue residency; sjogren's syndrome; viral infection; cd4 t cells |
| Journal Title: | Immunity |
| Volume: | 56 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1074-7613 |
| Publisher: | Cell Press |
| Date Published: | 2023-03-14 |
| Start Page: | 531 |
| End Page: | 546.e6 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.01.016 |
| PUBMED: | 36773607 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC10360410 |
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| Notes: | Article -- MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) acknowledged in PDF -- Source: Scopus |
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