Repression of SMAD3 by STAT3 and c-Ski induces conventional dendritic cell differentiation

  • Jeong Hwan Yoon
  • , Eunjin Bae
  • , Yasuo Nagafuchi
  • , Katsuko Sudo
  • , Jin Soo Han
  • , Seok Hee Park
  • , Susumu Nakae
  • , Tadashi Yamashita
  • , Ji Hyeon Ju
  • , Isao Matsumoto
  • , Takayuki Sumida
  • , Keiji Miyazawa
  • , Mitsuyasu Kato
  • , Masahiko Kuroda
  • , In Kyu Lee
  • , Keishi Fujio
  • , Mizuko Mamura

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Abstract

A pleiotropic immunoregulatory cytokine, TGF-β, signals via the receptor-regulated SMADs: SMAD2 and SMAD3, which are con-stitutively expressed in normal cells. Here, we show that selective repression of SMAD3 induces cDC differentiation from the CD115+ common DC progenitor (CDP). SMAD3 was expressed in haema-topoietic cells including the macrophage DC progenitor. However, SMAD3 was specifically down-regulated in CD115+ CDPs, SiglecH-pre-DCs, and cDCs, whereas SMAD2 remained constitutive. SMAD3-deficient mice showed a significant increase in cDCs, SiglecH2 pre-DCs, and CD115+ CDPs compared with the littermate control. SMAD3 repressed the mRNA expression of FLT3 and the cDC-related genes: IRF4 and ID2. We found that one of the SMAD transcriptional corepressors, c-SKI, cooperated with phosphor-ylated STAT3 at Y705 and S727 to repress the transcription of SMAD3 to induce cDC differentiation. These data indicate that STAT3 and c-Ski induce cDC differentiation by repressing SMAD3: the repressor of the cDC-related genes during the developmental stage between the macrophage DC progenitor and CD115+ CDP.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere201900581
JournalLife Science Alliance
Volume7
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2024

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