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Allergens abrogate antiinflammatory DNA effects and unmask macrophage-driven neutrophilic asthma via ILC2/STING/TNF-α signaling
Anand Sripada, Divya Verma, Rangati Varma, Kapil Sirohi, Carolyn Kwiat, Mohini Pathria, Mukesh Verma, Anita Sahu, Vamsi Guntur, Laurie Manka, Brian Vestal, Camille Moore, Richard J. Martin, Magdalena M. Gorska, John Cambier, Andrew Getahun, Rafeul Alam
Anand Sripada, Divya Verma, Rangati Varma, Kapil Sirohi, Carolyn Kwiat, Mohini Pathria, Mukesh Verma, Anita Sahu, Vamsi Guntur, Laurie Manka, Brian Vestal, Camille Moore, Richard J. Martin, Magdalena M. Gorska, John Cambier, Andrew Getahun, Rafeul Alam
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Research Article Immunology Inflammation Pulmonology

Allergens abrogate antiinflammatory DNA effects and unmask macrophage-driven neutrophilic asthma via ILC2/STING/TNF-α signaling

Abstract

The mechanisms of neutrophilic and mixed neutrophilic-eosinophilic asthma are poorly understood. We found that extracellular DNA and nucleosomes (Nucs) were elevated in the airways of patients with neutrophilic-eosinophilic asthma and correlated with bronchoalveolar lavage neutrophils. Bronchial tissue from neutrophilic-eosinophilic asthma had more DNA sensor–positive cells. Intranasally administered DNA did not induce airway hyperreactivity (AHR) or any pathology but induced AHR and neutrophilic-eosinophilic inflammation when coadministered with the allergen Alternaria (Alt). Nuc alone induced antiinflammatory/defensive genes, whereas the Nuc-Alt combination increased levels of TNF-α and innate cytokines. The Alt-Nuc phenotype was abolished in Cgas–/–, ALR–/–, Sting–/–, LysMCre:Stingfl/fl, IL7RCre:Rorαfl/fl, and Tnfr2–/– mice. Alt, unexpectedly, played an essential role in the Nuc-induced phenotype. It abrogated Nuc induction of antiinflammatory genes, facilitated Nuc uptake, induced type 2 innate lymphoid cells, which, in the presence of Nuc, produced high levels of TNF-α, and promoted neutrophilic infiltration. We established a paradigm whereby allergens inhibit the antiinflammatory effects of DNA/Nuc and facilitate STING-TNF-α–driven neutrophilic-eosinophilic inflammation in asthma.

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Anand Sripada, Divya Verma, Rangati Varma, Kapil Sirohi, Carolyn Kwiat, Mohini Pathria, Mukesh Verma, Anita Sahu, Vamsi Guntur, Laurie Manka, Brian Vestal, Camille Moore, Richard J. Martin, Magdalena M. Gorska, John Cambier, Andrew Getahun, Rafeul Alam

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