ERBIN deficiency links STAT3 and TGF-β pathway defects with atopy in humans.
ERBIN deficiency links STAT3 and TGF-β pathway defects with atopy in humans.
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10.1084/jem.20161435
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2017-03-06
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Milner JD
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Lyons JJ;Liu Y;Ma CA;Yu X;O'Connell MP;Lawrence MG;Zhang Y;Karpe K;Zhao M;Siegel AM;Stone KD;Nelson C;Jones N;DiMaggio T;Darnell DN;Mendoza-Caamal E;Orozco L;Hughes JD;McElwee J;Hohman RJ;Frischmeyer-Guerrerio PA;Rothenberg ME;Freeman AF;Holland SM;Milner JD
Lyons et al. show that STAT3 negatively regulates TGF-β signaling via ERBIN and that cell-intrinsic deregulation of TGF-β pathway activation promotes the IL-4/IL-4Rα/GATA3 axis to support atopic phenotypes in humans. Nonimmunological connective tissue phenotypes in humans are common among some congenital and acquired allergic diseases. Several of these congenital disorders have been associated with either increased TGF-β activity or impaired STAT3 activation, suggesting that these pathways might intersect and that their disruption may contribute to atopy. In this study, we show that STAT3 negatively regulates TGF-β signaling via ERBB2-interacting protein (ERBIN), a SMAD anchor for receptor activation and SMAD2/3 binding protein. Individuals with dominant-negative STAT3 mutations (STAT3mut) or a loss-of-function mutation in ERBB2IP (ERBB2IPmut) have evidence of deregulated TGF-β signaling with increased regulatory T cells and total FOXP3 expression. These naturally occurring mutations, recapitulated in vitro, impair STAT3–ERBIN–SMAD2/3 complex formation and fail to constrain nuclear pSMAD2/3 in response to TGF-β. In turn, cell-intrinsic deregulation of TGF-β signaling is associated with increased functional IL-4Rα expression on naive lymphocytes and can induce expression and activation of the IL-4/IL-4Rα/GATA3 axis in vitro. These findings link increased TGF-β pathway activation in ERBB2IPmut and STAT3mut patient lymphocytes with increased T helper type 2 cytokine expression and elevated IgE.