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IL7
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases IL7, IL-7, interleukin 7
External IDs OMIM: 146660 MGI: 96561 HomoloGene: 680 GeneCards: IL7
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3574

16196

Ensembl

ENSG00000104432

ENSMUSG00000040329

UniProt

P13232

P10168

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000880
NM_001199886
NM_001199887
NM_001199888

NM_008371
NM_001313888
NM_001313889
NM_001313890

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000871
NP_001186815
NP_001186816
NP_001186817

NP_001300817
NP_001300818
NP_001300819
NP_032397

Location (UCSC) Chr 8: 78.68 – 78.81 Mb Chr 3: 7.64 – 7.68 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
Wikidata
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Interleukin 7 (IL-7) is a protein [5] that in humans is encoded by the IL7 gene. [6] [7] [8]

IL-7 is a hematopoietic growth factor secreted by stromal cells in the bone marrow and thymus. It is also produced by keratinocytes, [9] dendritic cells, [10] hepatocytes, [11] neurons, and epithelial cells, [12] but is not produced by normal lymphocytes. [13] A study also demonstrated how the autocrine production of the IL-7 cytokine mediated by T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) can be involved in the oncogenic development of T-ALL and offer novel insights into T-ALL spreading. [14]

Structure

The three-dimensional structure of IL-7 in complex with the ectodomain of IL-7 receptor has been determined using X-ray diffraction. [15]

Function

Lymphocyte maturation

IL-7 stimulates the differentiation of multipotent (pluripotent) hematopoietic stem cells into lymphoid progenitor cells (as opposed to myeloid progenitor cells where differentiation is stimulated by IL-3).[ citation needed] It also stimulates proliferation of all cells in the lymphoid lineage ( B cells, T cells and NK cells).[ citation needed] It is important for proliferation during certain stages of B-cell maturation, T and NK cell survival, development and homeostasis.[ citation needed]

IL-7 is a cytokine important for B and T cell development. This cytokine and the hepatocyte growth factor ( HGF) form a heterodimer that functions as a pre-pro-B cell growth-stimulating factor. This cytokine is found to be a cofactor for V(D)J rearrangement of the T cell receptor beta (TCRß) during early T cell development. [16] This cytokine can be produced locally by intestinal epithelial and epithelial goblet cells, and may serve as a regulatory factor for intestinal mucosal lymphocytes.[ citation needed] Knockout studies in mice suggested that this cytokine plays an essential role in lymphoid cell survival. [17]

IL-7 signaling

IL-7 receptor and signaling, common γ chain (blue) and IL-7 receptor-α (green)

IL-7 binds to the IL-7 receptor, a heterodimer consisting of Interleukin-7 receptor alpha and common gamma chain receptor. [18] Binding results in a cascade of signals important for T-cell development within the thymus and survival within the periphery. Knockout mice which genetically lack IL-7 receptor exhibit thymic atrophy, arrest of T-cell development at the double positive stage, and severe lymphopenia. Administration of IL-7 to mice results in an increase in recent thymic emigrants, increases in B and T cells, and increased recovery of T cells after cyclophosphamide administration or after bone marrow transplantation.

Disease

Cancer

IL-7 promotes hematological malignancies (acute lymphoblastic leukemia, T cell lymphoma). [19]

Viral Infections

Elevated levels of IL-7 have also been detected in the plasma of HIV-infected patients. [20]

Clinical application

IL-7 as an immunotherapy agent has been examined in many pre-clinical animal studies and more recently in human clinical trials for various malignancies and during HIV infection. [13] [21]

Cancer

Recombinant IL-7 has been safely administered to patients in several phase I and II clinical trials. A human study of IL-7 in patients with cancer demonstrated that administration of this cytokine can transiently disrupt the homeostasis of both CD8+ and CD4+ T cells with a commensurate decrease in the percentage of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T regulatory cells. [22] No objective cancer regression was observed, however a dose limiting toxicity (DLT) was not reached in this study due to the development of neutralizing antibodies against the recombinant cytokine.

HIV infection

Associated with antiretroviral therapy, IL-7 administration decreased local and systemic inflammations in patients that had incomplete T-cell reconstitution. These results suggest that IL-7 therapy can possibly improve the quality of life of those patients. [23]

Transplantation

IL-7 could also be beneficial in improving immune recovery after allogenic stem cell transplant. [24]

References

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Further reading

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