Thymic stromal lymphopoietin

TSLP
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases TSLP
External IDs MGI: 1855696 HomoloGene: 81957 GeneCards: TSLP
Genetically Related Diseases
allergic rhinitis[1]
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

85480

53603

Ensembl

ENSG00000145777

ENSMUSG00000024379

UniProt

Q969D9

Q9JIE6

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_033035
NM_138551

NM_021367

RefSeq (protein)

NP_149024.1
NP_612561.2

NP_067342.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 111.07 – 111.08 Mb Chr 18: 32.82 – 32.82 Mb
PubMed search [2] [3]
Wikidata
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Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a protein belonging to the cytokine family. It is known to play an important role in the maturation of T cell populations through activation of antigen presenting cells.

TSLP is produced mainly by non-hematopoietic cells such as fibroblasts, epithelial cells and different types of stromal or stromal-like cells. These cells are located in regions where TSLP activity is required.

Gene ontology

TSLP production has been observed in various species, including humans and mice. In humans TSLP is encoded by the TSLP gene.[4][5] Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants.[5]

Function

It mainly impacts myeloid cells and induces the release of T cell-attracting chemokines from monocytes and enhances the maturation of myeloid (CD11c+) dendritic cells.[6] TSLP has also been shown to activate the maturation of a specific subset of dendritic cells located within the epidermis, called Langerhans cells.[7] Within the thymus TSLP activation of both myeloid and plasmacytoid (CD123+) dendritic cells results in the production of regulatory T cells.[8][9]

Signalling

TSLP signals through a heterodimeric receptor complex composed of the thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor CRLF2 and the IL-7R alpha chain. After binding STAT5 phosphorylation is induced resulting in the expression of upstream transcription factors.[10]

Disease

TSLP expression is linked to many disease states including asthma,[11] inflammatory arthritis,[12] atopic dermatitis,[7] eczema, eosinophilic esophagitis and other allergic states.[13][14] The factors inducing the activation of TSLP release are not clearly defined.

Asthma

Expression of TSLP is enhanced under asthma-like conditions (aka Airway HyperResponsiveness or AHR model in the mouse), conditioning APCs in order to orient the differentiation of T cells coming into the lungs towards a TH2 profile (T helper 2 pathway). The TH2 cells then release factors promoting an inflammatory reaction following the repeated contact with a specific antigen in the airways .

Atopic dermatitis

TSLP-activated Langerhans cells of the epidermis induce the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines like TNF-alpha by T cells potentially causing atopic dermatitis.[7] It is thought that understanding the mechanism of TSLP production and those potential substances that block the production, one may be able to prevent or treat conditions of asthma and/or eczema.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Diseases that are genetically associated with TSLP view/edit references on wikidata".
  2. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  3. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  4. ↑ Quentmeier H, Drexler HG, Fleckenstein D, Zaborski M, Armstrong A, Sims JE, Lyman SD (Aug 2001). "Cloning of human thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and signaling mechanisms leading to proliferation". Leukemia. 15 (8): 1286–92. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2402175. PMID 11480573.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: TSLP thymic stromal lymphopoietin".
  6. ↑ Reche PA, Soumelis V, Gorman DM, et al. (July 2001). "Human thymic stromal lymphopoietin preferentially stimulates myeloid cells". J. Immunol. 167 (1): 336–43. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.167.1.336. PMID 11418668.
  7. 1 2 3 Ebner S, Nguyen VA, Forstner M, Wang YH, Wolfram D, Liu YJ, Romani N (April 2007). "Thymic stromal lymphopoietin converts human epidermal Langerhans cells into antigen-presenting cells that induce proallergic T cells". J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 119 (4): 982–90. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2007.01.003. PMID 17320941.
  8. ↑ Watanabe N, Wang YH, Lee HK, Ito T, Wang YH, Cao W, Liu YJ (August 2005). "Hassall's corpuscles instruct dendritic cells to induce CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in human thymus". Nature. 436 (7054): 1181–5. doi:10.1038/nature03886. PMID 16121185.
  9. ↑ Hanabuchi S, Ito T, Park WR, Watanabe N, Shaw JL, Roman E, Arima K, Wang YH, Voo KS, Cao W, Liu YJ (March 2010). "Thymic stromal lymphopoietin-activated plasmacytoid dendritic cells induce the generation of FOXP3+ regulatory T cells in human thymus". J. Immunol. 184 (6): 2999–3007. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.0804106. PMC 3325785Freely accessible. PMID 20173030.
  10. ↑ Isaksen DE, Baumann H, Trobridge PA, Farr AG, Levin SD, Ziegler SF (December 1999). "Requirement for stat5 in thymic stromal lymphopoietin-mediated signal transduction". J. Immunol. 163 (11): 5971–7. PMID 10570284.
  11. ↑ Ying S, O'Connor B, Ratoff J, Meng Q, Mallett K, Cousins D, Robinson D, Zhang G, Zhao J, Lee TH, Corrigan C (June 2005). "Thymic stromal lymphopoietin expression is increased in asthmatic airways and correlates with expression of Th2-attracting chemokines and disease severity". J. Immunol. 174 (12): 8183–90. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.174.12.8183. PMID 15944327.
  12. ↑ Koyama K, Ozawa T, Hatsushika K, Ando T, Takano S, Wako M, Suenaga F, Ohnuma Y, Ohba T, Katoh R, Sugiyama H, Hamada Y, Ogawa H, Okumura K, Nakao A (May 2007). "A possible role for TSLP in inflammatory arthritis". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 357 (1): 99–104. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.081. PMID 17416344.
  13. ↑ Soumelis V, Liu YJ (February 2004). "Human thymic stromal lymphopoietin: a novel epithelial cell-derived cytokine and a potential key player in the induction of allergic inflammation". Springer Semin. Immunopathol. 25 (3-4): 325–33. doi:10.1007/s00281-003-0152-0. PMID 14999427.
  14. ↑ Soumelis V, Reche PA, Kanzler H, Yuan W, Edward G, Homey B, Gilliet M, Ho S, Antonenko S, Lauerma A, Smith K, Gorman D, Zurawski S, Abrams J, Menon S, McClanahan T, de Waal-Malefyt Rd R, Bazan F, Kastelein RA, Liu YJ (July 2002). "Human epithelial cells trigger dendritic cell mediated allergic inflammation by producing TSLP". Nat. Immunol. 3 (7): 673–80. doi:10.1038/ni805. PMID 12055625.
  15. ↑ Demehri S, Morimoto M, Holtzman MJ, Kopan R (May 2009). "Skin-derived TSLP triggers progression from epidermal-barrier defects to asthma". PLoS Biol. 7 (5): e1000067. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000067. PMC 2700555Freely accessible. PMID 19557146. Lay summary – BBC News.

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