Comment[ArrayExpressAccession] E-GEOD-58765 MAGE-TAB Version 1.1 Public Release Date 2014-06-25 Investigation Title DOCK8 regulates protective immunity by controlling the function and survival of RORγt+ ILCs Comment[Submitted Name] DOCK8 regulates protective immunity by controlling the function and survival of RORγt+ ILCs Experiment Description Retinoic-acid receptor-related orphan receptor-γt-positive (RORγt+) innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) produce interleukin (IL)-22 and IL-17, which are critical for protective immunity against enteric pathogens. The molecular mechanism underlying the development and survival of RORγt+ ILCs is not thoroughly understood. Here we show that Dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8), a scaffolding protein involved in cytoskeletal rearrangement and cell migration, is essential for the protective immunity against Citrobacter rodentium. A comparative RNA sequencing-based analysis reveals an impaired induction of antimicrobial peptides in the colon of DOCK8-deficient mice, which correlates with high susceptibility to infection and a very low number of IL-22-producing RORγt+ ILCs in their GI tract. Furthermore, DOCK8-deficient RORγt+ ILCs are less responsive to IL-7 mediated signaling, more prone to apoptosis and produce less IL-22 due to a defect in IL-23-mediated STAT3 phosphorylation. Our studies reveal an unsuspected role of DOCK8 for the function, generation and survival of RORγt+ ILCs. Control and DOCK8 KO mice were infected with 2X109 CFU of Citrobacter rodentium and day 8 post infection mice were sacrificed and their colons were harvested (n=5) . Total RNA was purified from the infected colons with RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen). RNA sequencing was performed (pooled RNA sample from five mice in each group) at Genomic Core Facility Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas. Term Source Name ArrayExpress EFO Term Source File http://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/ http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/efo.owl Person Last Name Singh Singh Oukka Person First Name Akhilesh Akhilesh Mohamed Person Mid Initials K K Person Email geo@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Person Affiliation Seattle Childrens Research Institute Person Address Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Childrens Research Institute, 1900, 9th AVE, Seattle, WA, USA Person Roles submitter Protocol Name P-GSE58765-4 P-GSE58765-1 P-GSE58765-3 P-GSE58765-2 Protocol Description base-calling - Illumina OLB version 1.9.3 demultipexing- Python custom program alignment-CLCBIO- version 6.5 Genome_build: mm8 Supplementary_files_format_and_content: RPKM- Genes - tab-delimited file Mice Infected with C. rodentium C. rodentium infected mice colons were harvested at day and cleaned with ice cold PBS. Colon samples were homogenized and total RNA was purified by using RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen) Libraries were prepared for sequencing using Illumina's instructions accompanying the TrueSeq RNA sample preparation V2. N/A Protocol Type normalization data transformation protocol sample treatment protocol nucleic acid library construction protocol growth protocol Experimental Factor Name PHENOTYPE Experimental Factor Type phenotype PubMed ID 25091235 Comment[SecondaryAccession] GSE58765 Comment[GEOReleaseDate] 2014-06-25 Comment[ArrayExpressSubmissionDate] 2014-06-24 Comment[GEOLastUpdateDate] 2014-08-08 Comment[AEExperimentType] RNA-seq of coding RNA Comment[AdditionalFile:Data1] GSE58765_DOCK8_RNA-SEQ_RPKM.txt Comment[SecondaryAccession] SRP043526 Comment[SequenceDataURI] http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/SRR1449899-SRR1449900 SDRF File E-GEOD-58765.sdrf.txt