IL-3 induces basophil expansion in vivo by directing granulocyte-monocyte progenitors to differentiate into basophil lineage-restricted progenitors in the bone marrow and by increasing the number of basophil/mast cell progenitors in the spleen. J Immunol 2009 Mar 01;182(5):2835-41
Date
02/24/2009Pubmed ID
19234178Pubmed Central ID
PMC2756103DOI
10.4049/jimmunol.0802870Scopus ID
2-s2.0-64849086165 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 107 CitationsAbstract
Recent work has established important roles for basophils in regulating immune responses. To exert their biological functions, basophils need to be expanded to critical numbers. However, the mechanisms underlying basophil expansion remain unclear. In this study, we established that IL-3 played an important role in the rapid and specific expansion of basophils. We found that the IL-3 complex (IL-3 plus anti-IL-3 Ab) greatly facilitated the differentiation of GMPs into basophil lineage-restricted progenitors (BaPs) but not into eosinophil lineage-restricted progenitors or mast cells in the bone marrow. We also found that the IL-3 complex treatment resulted in approximately 4-fold increase in the number of basophil/mast cell progenitors (BMCPs) in the spleen. IL-3-driven basophil expansion depended on STAT5 signaling. We showed that GMPs but not common myeloid progenitors expressed low levels of IL-3 receptor. IL-3 receptor expression was dramatically up-regulated in BaPs but not eosinophil lineage-restricted progenitors. Approximately 38% of BMCPs expressed the IL-3R alpha-chain. The up-regulated IL-3 receptor expression was not affected by IL-3 or STAT5. Our findings demonstrate that IL-3 induced specific expansion of basophils by directing GMPs to differentiate into BaPs in the bone marrow and by increasing the number of BMCPs in the spleen.
Author List
Ohmori K, Luo Y, Jia Y, Nishida J, Wang Z, Bunting KD, Wang D, Huang HAuthor
Demin Wang PhD Professor in the Microbiology and Immunology department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsBasophils
Cell Differentiation
Cell Lineage
Gene Expression Regulation
Granulocyte Precursor Cells
Granulocyte-Macrophage Progenitor Cells
Interleukin-3
Leukocyte Count
Mast Cells
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Mice, Transgenic
Myeloid Progenitor Cells
Receptors, Interleukin-3
Spleen
Up-Regulation
