1. Apolipoprotein E controls Dectin-1-dependent development of monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages upon pulmonary β-glucan-induced inflammatory adaptation
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Theobald, H., Bejarano, D. A., Katzmarski, N., Haub, J., Schulte-Schrepping, J., Yu, J., Bassler, K., Ament, A. L., Osei-Sarpong, C., Piattini, F., Vornholz, L., T’Jonck, W., Györfi, A. H., Hayer, H., Yu, X., Sheoran, S., Al Jawazneh, A., Chakarov, S., Haendler, K., Brown, G. D., Williams, D. L., Bosurgi, L., Distler, J. H. W., Ginhoux, F., Ruland, J., Beyer, M. D., Greter, M., Bain, C. C., Vazquez-Armendariz, A. I., Kopf, M., Schultze, J. L., and Schlitzer, A.
- Abstract
The lung is constantly exposed to the outside world and optimal adaptation of immune responses is crucial for efficient pathogen clearance. However, mechanisms that lead to lung-associated macrophages’ functional and developmental adaptation remain elusive. To reveal such mechanisms, we developed a reductionist model of environmental intranasal β-glucan exposure, allowing for the detailed interrogation of molecular mechanisms of pulmonary macrophage adaptation. Employing single-cell transcriptomics, high-dimensional imaging and flow cytometric characterization paired with in vivo and ex vivo challenge models, we reveal that pulmonary low-grade inflammation results in the development of apolipoprotein E (ApoE)-dependent monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages (ApoE+CD11b+AMs). ApoE+CD11b+AMs expressed high levels of CD11b, ApoE, Gpnmb and Ccl6, were glycolytic, highly phagocytic and produced large amounts of interleukin-6 upon restimulation. Functional differences were cell intrinsic, and myeloid cell-specific ApoE ablation inhibited Ly6c+monocyte to ApoE+CD11b+AM differentiation dependent on macrophage colony-stimulating factor secretion, promoting ApoE+CD11b+AM cell death and thus impeding ApoE+CD11b+AM maintenance. In vivo, β-glucan-elicited ApoE+CD11b+AMs limited the bacterial burden of Legionella pneumophiliaafter infection and improved the disease outcome in vivo and ex vivo in a murine lung fibrosis model. Collectively these data identify ApoE+CD11b+AMs generated upon environmental cues, under the control of ApoE signaling, as an essential determinant for lung adaptation enhancing tissue resilience.
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- 2024
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