A tissue injury repair pathway distinct but parallel to host pathogen defense
Liu, S.; Hur, Y. H.; Cai, X.; Cong, Q.; Yang, Y.; Xu, C.; Bilate, A. M.; Gonzales, K. A. U.; Cowley, C. J.; Hurwitz, B.; Luo, J.-D.; Tseng, T.; Gur-Cohen, S.; Sribour, M.; Omelchenko, T.; Levorse, J.; Pasolli, H. A.; Thompson, C. B.; Mucida, D.; Fuchs, E.
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Pathogen infection and tissue injury are universal insults that disrupt homeostasis. Innate immunity senses microbial infections and induces interferons (IFNs) to activate resistance mechanisms. Applying unbiased phylogenetic analysis, we show that interleukin-24 (IL24) is among the closest evolutionary homologs to the IFN family and shares a common ancestral origin. However, in contrast to IFNs, IL24 induction occurs specifically in barrier epithelial progenitors after injury and is independent of microbiome or adaptive immunity. Surprisingly, Il24 ablation impedes not only epidermal proliferation and re-epithelialization, but also capillary and fibroblast regeneration within the dermal wound bed. Conversely, ectopic Il24 induction in homeostatic epidermis triggers global epithelial-mesenchymal tissue repair responses. Mechanistically, sustained Il24 expression depends upon both IL24 receptor/STAT3 signaling and also hypoxia-stabilized HIF1, which converge following injury. Thus, parallel to the IFN-mediated innate immune sensing of pathogens to resolve infections, epithelial stem cells sense injury signals to orchestrate IL24-mediated tissue repair.
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