Abstract / Description of output
Macrophages are a heterogeneous cell population involved in tissue homeostasis, inflammation, and various pathologies. Although the major tissue-resident macrophage populations have been extensively studied, interstitial macrophages (IMs) residing within the tissue parenchyma remain poorly defined. Here we studied IMs from murine lung, fat, heart, and dermis. We identified two independent IM subpopulations that are conserved across tissues: Lyve1loMHCIIhiCX3CR1hi (Lyve1loMHCIIhi) and Lyve1hiMHCIIloCX3CR1lo (Lyve1hiMHCIIlo) monocyte-derived IMs, with distinct gene expression profiles, phenotypes, functions, and localizations. Using a new mouse model of inducible macrophage depletion (Slco2b1flox/DTR), we found that the absence of Lyve1hiMHCIIlo IMs exacerbated experimental lung fibrosis. Thus, we demonstrate that two independent populations of IMs coexist across tissues and exhibit conserved niche-dependent functional programming.
Original language | English |
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Article number | eaau0964 |
Journal | Science |
Volume | 363 |
Issue number | 6432 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2019 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Animals
- Antigens, Ly
- CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1/genetics
- Cell Lineage
- Dermis/immunology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Fibrosis
- Glycoproteins/analysis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics
- Lung/immunology
- Macrophages/immunology
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Monocytes/immunology
- Myocardium/immunology
- Organic Anion Transporters/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, RNA/methods
- Single-Cell Analysis/methods
- Transcriptome
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Rebecca Gentek
- Deanery of Clinical Sciences - Chancellors Research Fellow (PI)
- Centre for Inflammation Research
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