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A novel mechanism of regulation of the oncogenic transcription factor GLI3 by toll-like receptor signaling. Oncotarget 2022; 13:944-959. [PMID: 35937499 PMCID: PMC9348707 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The transcription factor GLI3 is a member of the GLI family and has been shown to be regulated by canonical hedgehog (HH) signaling through smoothened (SMO). Little is known about SMO-independent regulation of GLI3. Here, we identify TLR signaling as a novel pathway regulating GLI3 expression. We show that GLI3 expression is induced by LPS/TLR4 in human monocyte cell lines and peripheral blood CD14+ cells. Further analysis identified TRIF, but not MyD88, signaling as the adapter used by TLR4 to regulate GLI3. Using pharmacological and genetic tools, we identified IRF3 as the transcription factor regulating GLI3 downstream of TRIF. Furthermore, using additional TLR ligands that signal through TRIF such as the TLR4 ligand, MPLA and the TLR3 ligand, Poly(I:C), we confirm the role of TRIF-IRF3 in the regulation of GLI3. We found that IRF3 directly binds to the GLI3 promoter region and this binding was increased upon stimulation of TRIF-IRF3 with Poly(I:C). Furthermore, using Irf3 -/- MEFs, we found that Poly(I:C) stimulation no longer induced GLI3 expression. Finally, using macrophages from mice lacking Gli3 expression in myeloid cells (M-Gli3-/- ), we found that in the absence of Gli3, LPS stimulated macrophages secrete less CCL2 and TNF-α compared with macrophages from wild-type (WT) mice. Taken together, these results identify a novel TLR-TRIF-IRF3 pathway that regulates the expression of GLI3 that regulates inflammatory cytokines and expands our understanding of the non-canonical signaling pathways involved in the regulation of GLI transcription factors.
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Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68) is a natural rodent pathogen that has been used as a model to study the pathogenesis of human gammaherpesviruses. Like other herpesviruses, MHV68 causes acute infection and establishes life-long latency in the host. Recently, it has been shown that mice latently infected with MHV68 have resistance to unrelated pathogens in secondary infection models. We therefore hypothesized that latent MHV68 infection could modulate the host response to influenza A virus. To test this hypothesis, mice were infected intranasally with influenza virus following the establishment of MHV68 latency. Mice latently infected with MHV68 showed significantly higher survival to influenza A virus infection than did PBS mock-infected mice. Latent MHV68 infection led to lower influenza viral loads and decreased inflammatory pathology in the lungs. Alveolar macrophages of mice latently infected with MHV68 showed activated status, and adoptive transfer of those activated macrophages into mice followed the infection with influenza A virus had significantly greater survival rates than control mice, suggesting that activated alveolar macrophages are a key mechanistic component in protection from secondary infections.
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Chauhan VS, Nelson DA, Marriott I, Bost KL. Alpha beta-crystallin expression and presentation following infection with murine gammaherpesvirus 68. Autoimmunity 2013; 46:399-408. [PMID: 23586607 DOI: 10.3109/08916934.2013.785535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Alpha beta-crystallin (CRYAB) is a small heat shock protein that can function as a molecular chaperone and has protective effects for cells undergoing a variety of stressors. Surprisingly, CRYAB has been identified as one of the dominant autoantigens in multiple sclerosis. It has been suggested that autoimmune mediated destruction of this small heat shock protein may limit its protective effects, thereby exacerbating inflammation and cellular damage during multiple sclerosis. It is not altogether clear how autoimmunity against CRYAB might develop, or whether there are environmental factors which might facilitate the presentation of this autoantigen to CD4+ T lymphocytes. In the present study, we utilized an animal model of an Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)-like infection, murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (HV-68), to question whether such a virus could modulate the expression of CRYAB by antigen presenting cells. Following exposure to HV-68 and several other stimuli, in vitro secretion of CRYAB and subsequent intracellular accumulation were observed in cultured macrophages and dendritic cells. Following infection of mice with this virus, it was possible to track CRYAB expression in the spleen and in antigen presenting cell subpopulations, as well as its secretion into the blood. Mice immunized with human CRYAB mounted a significant immune response against this heat shock protein. Further, dendritic cells that were exposed to HV-68 could stimulate CD4+ T cells from CRYAB immunized mice to secrete interferon gamma. Taken together these studies are consistent with the notion of a gammaherpesvirus-induced CRYAB response in professional antigen presenting cells in this mouse model.
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- Vinita S Chauhan
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Nelson DA, Chauhan VS, Tolbert MD, Bost KL. An expanded myeloid derived suppressor cell population does not play a role in gammaherpesvirus-exacerbated breast cancer metastases. Infect Agent Cancer 2012; 7:22. [PMID: 22946998 PMCID: PMC3464903 DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-7-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Mice latently infected with murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (HV-68) and transplanted with 4 T1 breast cancer cells developed exacerbated metastatic lesions when compared to controls. The mechanisms responsible for this viral-exacerbated disease were not clear. The ability of HV-68 infection to induce S100A8 and S100A9 production and to expand a population of CD11b+Gr-1+ cells suggested that increased numbers, or activity, of viral-expanded myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) might contribute to HV-68-associated metastatic breast cancer in this model. We questioned whether mock or HV-68 infected mice with significant breast cancer might have differences in the number and/or activity of MDSCs. Methods Myeloid-derived macrophages and dendritic cells were isolated from normal mice and cultured in vitro with HV-68 to assess S100A8 and S100A9 mRNA and protein expression. In vivo studies were performed using groups of mice that were mock treated or infected with HV-68. After viral latency was established, 4 T1 breast cancer cells were transplanted in mice. When primary breast tumors were present mice were euthanized and cells isolated for phenotyping of myeloid cell populations using FACS, and for ex vivo analysis of suppressor activity. Serum from these animals was also collected to quantify S100A8 and S100A9 levels. Results In vitro studies demonstrated that direct exposure of myeloid cells to HV-68 did not induce increased expression of S100A8 or S100A9 mRNAs or secreted protein. HV-68 infected mice with metastatic breast cancer disease had no increases in S100A8/A9 levels and no significant increases in the numbers or activation of CD11b+Gr-1+MDSCs when compared to mock treated mice with breast cancer. Conclusions Together these studies are consistent with the notion that expanded myeloid derived suppressor cells do not play a role in gammaherpesvirus-exacerbated breast cancer metastases. The mechanisms responsible for HV-68 induced exacerbation of metastatic breast cancer remain unclear.
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- Daniel A Nelson
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
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Cai MS, Li ML, Zheng CF. Herpesviral infection and Toll-like receptor 2. Protein Cell 2012; 3:590-601. [PMID: 22865347 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-012-2059-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In the last decade, substantial progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the initial host responses to viral infections. Herpesviral infections can provoke an inflammatory cytokine response, however, the innate pathogen-sensing mechanisms that transduce the signal for this response are poorly understood. In recent years, it has become increasingly evident that the Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which are germline-encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), function as potent sensors for infection. TLRs can induce the activation of the innate immunity by recruiting specific intracellular adaptor proteins to initiate signaling pathways, which then culminating in activation of the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and interferon-regulatory factors (IRFs) that control the transcription of genes encoding type I interferon (IFN I) and other inflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, activation of innate immunity is critical for mounting adaptive immune responses. In parallel, common mechanisms used by viruses to counteract TLR-mediated responses or to actively subvert these pathways that block recognition and signaling through TLRs for their own benefit are emerging. Recent findings have demonstrated that TLR2 plays a crucial role in initiating the inflammatory process, and surprisingly that the response TLR2 triggers might be overzealous in its attempt to counter the attack by the virus. In this review, we summarize and discuss the recent advances about the specific role of TLR2 in triggering inflammatory responses in herpesvirus infection and the consequences of the alarms raised in the host that they are assigned to protect.
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- Ming-sheng Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Chauhan VS, Nelson DA, Roy LD, Mukherjee P, Bost KL. Exacerbated metastatic disease in a mouse mammary tumor model following latent gammaherpesvirus infection. Infect Agent Cancer 2012; 7:11. [PMID: 22642913 PMCID: PMC3565933 DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-7-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Controversy exists as to the ability of human gammaherpesviruses to cause or exacerbate breast cancer disease in patients. The difficulty in conducting definitive human studies can be overcome by investigating developing breast cancer in a mouse model. In this study, we utilized mice latently infected with murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (HV-68) to question whether such a viral burden could exacerbate metastatic breast cancer disease using a mouse mammary tumor model. Results Mice latently infected with HV-68 had a similar primary tumor burden, but much greater metastatic disease, when compared to mock treated mice given the transplantable tumor, 4 T1. This was true for lung lesions, as well as secondary tumor masses. Increased expression of pan-cytokeratin and VEGF-A in tumors from HV-68 infected mice was consistent with increased metastatic disease in these animals. Surprisingly, no viral particles could be cultured from tumor tissues, and the presence of viral DNA or RNA transcripts could not be detected in primary or secondary tumor tissues. Conclusions Latent HV-68 infection had no significant effect on the size of primary 4 T1 mammary tumors, but exacerbated the number of metastatic lung lesions and secondary tumors when compared to mock treated mice. Increased expression of the tumor marker, pan-cytokeratin, and VEGF-A in tumors of mice harboring latent virus was consistent with an exacerbated metastatic disease. Mechanisms responsible for this exacerbation are indirect, since no virus could be detected in cancerous tissues.
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- Vinita S Chauhan
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Nelson DA, Chauhan VS, Tolbert MD, Bost KL. Murine gammaherpesvirus-68 expands, but does not activate, CD11b+ gr-1+ splenocytes in vivo. JOURNAL OF INFLAMMATION-LONDON 2012; 9:14. [PMID: 22507226 PMCID: PMC3431986 DOI: 10.1186/1476-9255-9-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 02/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Background Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (HV-68) is an efficient pathogen, capable of infecting and establishing lifelong latency in rodents. While many studies have demonstrated the ability of this viral infection to modulate immune responses, a unifying mechanism for HV-68-induced subversion of a protective host response remains elusive. We questioned whether infection with HV-68 could expand a population of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) as one mechanism for altering protective immunity. Methods Mice were infected with HV-68, with viral latency being established in these animals. At varying times post-infection, cells were isolated for detection of viral genomes, phenotyping of myeloid cell populations, and ex vivo analysis of suppressor activity of myeloid cells. Results CD11b + Gr-1+ myeloid cells accumulated in the spleens, but not the bone marrow, of HV-68 infected mice. These cells were predominantly Gr-1+ Ly-6 G+, and could be found to contain viral genomes. Increased levels of serum S100A8/A9 produced during viral infection were consistent with the expansion of these CD11b + Gr-1+ myeloid cells. Despite their expansion, these cells exhibited no increased arginase 1 or iNOS activity, and did not have the ability to suppress anti-CD3 antibody activated T lymphocyte responses. Conclusions We concluded that HV-68 infection was capable of expanding a population of myeloid cells which were phenotypically similar to MDSC. However these cells were not sufficiently activated during the establishment of viral latency to actively suppress T cell responses.
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- Daniel A Nelson
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd,, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
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Nelson DA, Singh SJ, Young AB, Tolbert MD, Bost KL. 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) alters acute gammaherpesvirus burden and limits interleukin 27 responses in a mouse model of viral infection. Drug Alcohol Depend 2011; 116:211-21. [PMID: 21269783 PMCID: PMC3105168 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2010] [Revised: 10/12/2010] [Accepted: 12/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To test whether 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "Ecstasy") abuse might increase the susceptibility, or alter the immune response, to murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (HV-68) and/or bacterial lipopolysaccharide. METHODS Groups of experimental and control mice were subjected to three day binges of MDMA, and the effect of this drug abuse on acute and latent HV-68 viral burden were assessed. In vitro and in vivo studies were also performed to assess the MDMA effect on IL-27 expression in virally infected or LPS-exposed macrophages and dendritic cells, and latently infected animals, exposed to this drug of abuse. RESULTS Acute viral burden was significantly increased in MDMA-treated mice when compared to controls. However the latent viral burden, and physiological and behavioral responses were not altered in infected mice despite repeated bingeing with MDMA. MDMA could limit the IL-27 response of HV-68 infected or LPS-exposed macrophages and dendritic cells in vitro and in vivo, demonstrating the ability of this drug to alter normal cytokine responses in the context of a viral infection and/or a TLR4 agonist. CONCLUSION MDMA bingeing could alter the host's immune response resulting in greater acute viral replication and reductions in the production of the cytokine, IL-27 during immune responses.
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- Daniel A. Nelson
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA,Corresponding author at: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. Tel: +1 704 687 8677; fax +1 704 687 3128
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Pezda AC, Penn A, Barton GM, Coscoy L. Suppression of TLR9 immunostimulatory motifs in the genome of a gammaherpesvirus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:887-96. [PMID: 21666062 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Multiple receptors within the innate immune system have evolved to recognize nucleic acids as signatures of viral infection. It is believed that this specificity is essential for viral detection, as viruses often lack other invariant features that can serve as suitable targets for innate receptors. One such innate receptor, TLR9, has been implicated in the detection of many dsDNA viruses. In this study, we investigate the detection of murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68) by TLR9. We find that the genomic DNA of the murine CMV, a very potent inducer of innate responses. Genome-wide analysis of the number of stimulatory versus nonstimulatory CpG motifs present in the genome of each virus reveals that the MHV68 genome contains only a fraction of the number of immunostimulatory motifs present in murine CMV. Notably, MHV68 appears to have selectively suppressed the number of stimulatory motifs through cytosine to thymine conversion. These data suggest that certain viruses may have evolved and modified their genomic content to avoid recognition by nucleic acid-sensing receptors of the innate immune system.
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- Andrea C Pezda
- Division of Immunology and Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Michaud F, Coulombe F, Gaudreault É, Kriz J, Gosselin J. Involvement of TLR2 in recognition of acute gammaherpesvirus-68 infection. PLoS One 2010; 5:e13742. [PMID: 21060793 PMCID: PMC2966425 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Accepted: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a crucial role in the activation of innate immunity in response to many viruses. We previously reported the implication of TLR2 in the recognition of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) by human monocytes. Because murine gammaherpesvirus-68 (MHV-68) is a useful model to study human gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis in vivo, we evaluated the importance of mouse TLR2 in the recognition of MHV-68. Methodology/Principal Findings In studies using transfected HEK293 cells, MHV-68 lead to the activation of NF-κB reporter through TLR2. In addition, production of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interferon-α (IFN-α) upon MHV-68 stimulation was reduced in murine embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) derived from TLR2−/− and MyD88−/− mice as compared to their wild type (WT) counterpart. In transgenic mice expressing a luciferase reporter gene under the control of the mTLR2 promoter, MHV-68 challenge activated TLR2 transcription. Increased expression levels of TLR2 on blood granulocytes (CD115−Gr1+) and inflammatory monocytes (CD115+Gr1+), which mobilized to the lungs upon infection with MHV-68, was also confirmed by flow cytometry. Finally, TLR2 or MyD88 deficiency was associated with decreased IL-6 and type 1 IFN production as well as increased viral burden during short-term challenges with MHV-68. Conclusions/Significance TLR2 contributes to the production of inflammatory cytokines and type 1 IFN as well as to the control of viral burden during infection with MHV-68. Taken together, our results suggest that the TLR2 pathway has a relevant role in the recognition of this virus and in the subsequent activation of the innate immune response.
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- François Michaud
- Laboratory of Innate Immunology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval) and Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Innate Immunology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval) and Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Innate Immunology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval) and Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval) and Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Innate Immunology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval) and Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Infection with murine gammaherpesvirus 68 exacerbates inflammatory bowel disease in IL-10-deficient mice. Inflamm Res 2009; 58:881-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00011-009-0059-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2008] [Revised: 04/29/2009] [Accepted: 06/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Bowman CC, Bost KL. [Not Available]. Open Microbiol J 2009; 3:23-8. [PMID: 19543553 PMCID: PMC2698426 DOI: 10.2174/1874285800903010023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Revised: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Production of IL-12 and IFN-γ secretion are important components of the protective host response against the intracellular bacterial pathogen, Salmonella typhimurium. While infection with Salmonella does elicit this T helper type 1 response, its magnitude does not appear to be sufficient to prevent infection or limit pathogenesis. Therefore we have investigated factors which might limit a T helper type 1 response following infection. Previously we found that infection of antigen presenting cells with Salmonella dramatically increases cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) activity, resulting in high levels of prostaglandin E₂ (PGE₂). Since PGE₂ production can have profound effects on initiation of T helper type 1 responses, we questioned whether this mediator might limit antigen-specific T cell activation. Here we show that blockage of COX-2 activity with the selective inhibitor celecoxib leads to enhancement of the T helper type 1 components stimulated by Salmonella infection. In vitro studies demonstrate the induction of IL-12 and IFN-γ upon Salmonella exposure, which are further increased following COX-2 inhibition. Taken together these in vitro studies suggest that COX-2 activity can limit a salmonella-initiated T helper type 1 response.
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- C C Bowman
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223
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Nelson DA, Nirmaier JL, Singh SJ, Tolbert MD, Bost KL. Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) limits murine gammaherpesvirus-68 induced monokine expression. Brain Behav Immun 2008; 22:912-22. [PMID: 18280699 PMCID: PMC4275657 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2007] [Revised: 01/07/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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While Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA) has been shown to modulate immune responses, no studies have addressed drug-induced alterations to viral infection. In this study, bone marrow-derived macrophages were exposed to MDMA, then infected with murine gammaherpesvirus-68, and the expression of monokines assessed. MDMA-induced reductions in virus-stimulated monokine mRNA expression were observed in a dose-dependent manner. In particular, IL-6 mRNA expression and secretion was significantly decreased in gammaherpesvirus-infected macrophages exposed to MDMA. Concentrations of MDMA capable of reducing monokine production did not induce significant cell death and allowed normal viral gene expression. These studies represent the first to demonstrate the ability of this drug of abuse to alter a viral-induced macrophage response.
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- Daniel A Nelson
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
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Guggemoos S, Hangel D, Hamm S, Heit A, Bauer S, Adler H. TLR9 contributes to antiviral immunity during gammaherpesvirus infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:438-43. [PMID: 18097045 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.1.438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The human gammaherpesviruses Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and EBV cause important infections. As pathogenetic studies of the human infections are restricted, murine gammaherpesvirus 68 serves as a model to study gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis. TLRs are a conserved family of receptors detecting microbial molecular patterns. Among the TLRs, TLR9 recognizes unmethylated CpG DNA motifs present in bacterial and viral DNA. The aim of this study was to assess the role of TLR9 in gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis. Upon stimulation with murine gammaherpesvirus 68, Flt3L-cultured bone marrow cells (dendritic cells) from TLR9-/- mice secreted reduced levels of IL-12, IFN-alpha, and IL-6, when compared with dendritic cells from wild-type mice. Intranasal infection of TLR9-/- and wild-type mice did not reveal any differences during lytic and latent infection. In contrast, when infected i.p., TLR9-/- mice showed markedly higher viral loads both during lytic and latent infection. Thus, we show for the first time that TLR9 is involved in gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis and contributes to organ-specific immunity.
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- Simone Guggemoos
- Institute of Molecular Immunology, Clinical Cooperation Group Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich, Germany
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Roach JD, Aguinaldo GT, Jonnalagadda K, Hughes FM, Spangelo BL. Gamma-aminobutyric acid inhibits synergistic interleukin-6 release but not transcriptional activation in astrocytoma cells. Neuroimmunomodulation 2008; 15:117-24. [PMID: 18679050 PMCID: PMC2859952 DOI: 10.1159/000148194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2007] [Accepted: 03/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE A decline in the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) may enhance cytokine release in Alzheimer's disease (AD) resulting in neuroinflammation. We investigated the GABA-mediated suppression of the synergistic release of interleukin (IL)-6 due to interleukin 1-beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). METHODS Rat C6 astrocytoma cells were treated with IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha in the absence and presence of GABA. Activation of p38, degradation of I kappaB-alpha and total cellular IL-6 were determined by Western blot analysis. IL-6 release and gene expression were measured by ELISA and RT-PCR, respectively. RESULTS Although p38 and nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB are essential for the synergistic release of IL-6, GABA did not affect either p38 phosphorylation or I kappaB-alpha degradation. Additionally, GABA suppressed IL-6 release but did not alter cytokine-driven synergistic increases in IL-6 gene expression. Western blot analysis revealed that co-treatments with IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha resulted in an increase in intracellular IL-6 that was prevented by GABA. CONCLUSION GABA-induced inhibition of IL-6 release appears to coincide with a reduction in cellular IL-6. The GABA-induced suppression of IL-6 release may include inhibition of IL-6 gene translation.
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- Joseph D. Roach
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89154
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89154
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- Department of Biology University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28223
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- Department of Biology University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28223
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89154
- To whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at: Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003, 702.895.3797 telephone; 702.895.3171 telefax,
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Reading PC, Whitney PG, Barr DP, Wojtasiak M, Mintern JD, Waithman J, Brooks AG. IL-18, but not IL-12, regulates NK cell activity following intranasal herpes simplex virus type 1 infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:3214-21. [PMID: 17709537 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.5.3214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Infection of the respiratory tract with HSV type 1 (HSV-1) can have severe clinical complications, yet little is known of the immune mechanisms that control the replication and spread of HSV-1 in this site. The present study investigated the protective role of IL-12 and IL-18 in host defense against intranasal HSV-1 infection. Both IL-12 and IL-18 were detected in lung fluids following intranasal infection of C57BL/6 (B6) mice. IL-18-deficient (B6.IL-18(-/-)) mice were more susceptible to HSV-1 infection than wild-type B6 mice as evidenced by exacerbated weight loss and enhanced virus growth in the lung. IL-12-deficient (B6.IL-12(-/-)) mice behaved similarly to B6 controls. Enhanced susceptibility of B6.IL-18(-/-) mice to HSV-1 infection correlated with a profound impairment in the ability of NK cells recovered from the lungs to produce IFN-gamma or to mediate cytotoxic activity ex vivo. The weak cytotoxic capacity of NK cells from the lungs of B6.IL-18(-/-) mice correlated with reduced expression of the cytolytic effector molecule granzyme B. Moreover, depletion of NK cells from B6 or B6.IL-12(-/-) mice led to enhanced viral growth in lungs by day 3 postinfection; however, this treatment had no effect on viral titers in lungs of B6.IL-18(-/-) mice. Together these studies demonstrate that IL-18, but not IL-12, plays a key role in the rapid activation of NK cells and therefore in control of early HSV-1 replication in the lung.
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- Patrick C Reading
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Nelson DA, Tolbert MD, Singh SJ, Bost KL. Expression of neuronal trace amine-associated receptor (Taar) mRNAs in leukocytes. J Neuroimmunol 2007; 192:21-30. [PMID: 17900709 PMCID: PMC2189554 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2007.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2007] [Revised: 08/23/2007] [Accepted: 08/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Trace amines such as tyramine, octopamine and beta-phenylethylamine bind with high affinity to the mammalian trace amine-associated receptor 1 (Taar1), potentially activating G-proteins in the synaptic membranes of target neurons. Recently there has been significant interest in Taar1, since this receptor can bind certain psychoactive drugs of abuse such as Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). Surprisingly, Ecstasy has been shown to alter responses of immune cells, and we questioned whether Taar receptors might be responsible for this effect. Using sensitive and quantitative RT-PCR assays, we found no detectable expression of Taar mRNA in bone marrow, or in primary cultures of mouse macrophages and dendritic cells whether quiescent or activated by exposure to lipopolysaccharide or the mouse gamma herpesvirus-68 (gammaHV-68). Mouse B cells and NK cells isolated from spleen, however, showed expression of several Taar mRNA species. Taar mRNA expression was also upregulated in human peripheral blood lymphocytes following in vitro stimulation with PHA. These studies represent the first to define expression of the mRNAs encoding these trace amine receptors in leukocytes.
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- Daniel A Nelson
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
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Gasper-Smith N, Marriott I, Bost KL. Murine γ-Herpesvirus 68 Limits Naturally Occurring CD4+CD25+T Regulatory Cell Activity following Infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:4670-8. [PMID: 16982906 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.7.4670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During microbial infections, naturally occurring CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells can suppress protective host responses or they can limit pathogen-induced inflammatory responses. The particular role played by these cells seems to depend upon the infectious agent being investigated. Gamma-herpesviruses are efficacious pathogens which are well-known for their ability to induce lymphoproliferative disease and to establish latency in the host. However, no studies have investigated the importance of naturally occurring CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells during infection with these viruses. Using the murine model of gamma-herpesvirus infection, murine gamma-herpesvirus 68 (gammaHV-68), we were surprised to find that levels of the CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cell transcript, FoxP3, continued to decrease as viral latency increased and as the leukocytosis phase of the disease progressed. Consistent with these results, the decrease in FoxP3 protein expression followed similar kinetics. Along with the reduced expression of this regulatory T cell marker, we also observed diminished CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cell activity in these cells isolated from gammaHV-68-infected animals. Dendritic cells infected in vitro with gammaHV-68 did not alter the ability of normal CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells to limit the proliferation of CD4+ Th cells following stimulation. Taken together, these studies demonstrate a decreased presence and activity of CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells during the mononucleosis-like phase of this viral infection. These alterations in naturally occurring T regulatory cell function may help to explain the dysregulation of the host's immune response which allows the uncontrolled expansion of leukocytes as viral latency is established.
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- Nancy Gasper-Smith
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Gasper-Smith N, Singh S, Bost KL. Limited IL-6 production following infection with murine gammaherpesvirus 68. Arch Virol 2006; 151:1423-9. [PMID: 16489506 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0725-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2005] [Accepted: 01/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (gammaHV-68) was found to induce IL-6 secretion following in vitro infection of macrophages, but not cultured dendritic or epithelial cells. A detectable, but very limited IL-6 response was observed in the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes following intranasal infection. Surprisingly, no detectable in vivo IL-6 production was observed in the spleen or sera of infected mice despite observable systemic leukocytosis. These studies demonstrate that endogenous IL-6 production contributes little to the host response, or to the viral-induced mononucleosis-like disease, due to the fact that limiting amounts of this cytokine are produced in vivo during gammaHV-68 infection.
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- N Gasper-Smith
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA
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IL-12, IL-23 and IFN-γ form a loop and have been thought to play a crucial role against infectious viruses, which are the prototype of “intracellular” pathogens. In the last 10 years, the generation of knock-out (KO) mice for genes that control IL-12/IL-23-dependent IFN-γ-dependent mediated immunity (STAT1, IFN-γR1, IFNγR2, IL-12p40 and IL-12Rβ1) and the identification of patients with spontaneous germline mutations in these genes has led to a re-examination of the role of these cytokines in anti-viral immunity. We here review viral infections in mice and humans with genetic defects in the IL-12/IL-23-IFN-γ axis. A comparison of the phenotypes observed in KO mice and deficient patients suggests that the human IL-12/IL-23-IFN-γ axis plays a redundant role in immunity to most viruses, whereas its mouse counterparts play a more important role against several viruses.
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- Francesco Novelli
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Medical School, René Descartes University of Paris, INSERM U550, 156 Rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France.
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Gasper-Smith N, Bost KL. Initiation of the Host Response Against Murine Gammaherpesvirus Infection in Immunocompetent Mice. Viral Immunol 2004; 17:473-80. [PMID: 15671745 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2004.17.473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (gammaHV-68) provides a useful model for understanding the initiation of the host response against the gammaherpesviruses. Its value as a model for such studies lies in large part with the inherent difficulties in investigating human responses against EBV and HHV-8 during the first few days following infection. While studies aimed at defining the initiation of gammaHV-68 infection are far from complete, an unexpected trend in this early host response has already emerged. Despite viral replication and the beginnings of viral latency at the site of infection during the first few days following infection, the early host response seems surprisingly inadequate. For example, the pro-inflammatory response is quite limited, and with the exception of the type I interferons, it is not at all clear what innate responses are necessary to provide protection from acute infection. This confusion results from the lack of any significant effect on acute viral replication in several strains of mice which have been made genetically deficient in the expression of particular pro-inflammatory molecules. It is likely that these unexpected results reflect the ability of gammaherpesviruses to carefully control the initial response so that they are efficacious pathogens even in immunocompetent hosts.
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- Nancy Gasper-Smith
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA
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Nelson DA, Marriott I, Bost KL. Expression of hemokinin 1 mRNA by murine dendritic cells. J Neuroimmunol 2004; 155:94-102. [PMID: 15342200 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2004.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2004] [Revised: 05/27/2004] [Accepted: 06/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hemokinin 1 is encoded by preprotachykinin C (PPT-C) mRNA, and has been proposed as a regulator of B and T cell lymphopoiesis. Here we demonstrate the expression of mouse PPT-C mRNA by CD11b+ macrophages, CD11c+ dendritic cells and in the microglial cell line EOC 13.31. Expression was detected in freshly isolated CD11b+CD11c+ bone marrow cells, as well as in M-CSF expanded bone marrow-derived macrophages and GM-CSF expanded bone marrow-derived dendritic cells. There was preferential expression of PPT-C mRNA in dendritic cell subpopulations that were CD11b+, but not B220+ or GR-1+. These studies are the first to demonstrate PPT-C mRNA expression by cells of the myeloid lineage.
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- Daniel A Nelson
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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