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Fu B, Zhao M, Wang L, Patil G, Smith JA, Juncadella IJ, Zuvela-Jelaska L, Dorf ME, Li S. RNAi Screen and Proteomics Reveal NXF1 as a Novel Regulator of IRF5 Signaling. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2683. [PMID: 28578407 PMCID: PMC5457443 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02857-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) is a key transcription factor of innate immunity, which plays an important role in host restriction to viral infection and inflammation. Genome-wide association studies have implied the association of IRF5 with several autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjogren's syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis. However, the regulation of IRF5-mediated immunity is not well understood. To uncover new regulators in IRF5 pathway, we used two "omics" approaches: affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry and a high throughput RNAi screen. Proteomics identified 16 new IRF5 interactors while RNAi-mediated knockdown found 43 regulators of the TLR7-dependent IRF5 signaling pathway. NXF1 was identified in both screens. Stimulation with TLR7 ligand enhances formation of IRF5-NXF1 protein complexes. Gain or loss-of-function experiments revealed NXF1 selectively regulates TLR7-driven IRF5 transcriptional activity, suggesting a new role for NXF1 in the IRF5 signaling pathway.
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- Bishi Fu
- Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA.,College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434025, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 74078, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 74078, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 74078, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA.,ICCB-Longwood Screening Facility, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut, 06877, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Respiratory Diseases Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut, 06877, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA.
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 74078, USA.
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Han CZ, Juncadella IJ, Kinchen JM, Buckley MW, Klibanov AL, Dryden K, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Erdbrügger U, Turner SD, Shim YM, Tung KS, Ravichandran KS. Macrophages redirect phagocytosis by non-professional phagocytes and influence inflammation. Nature 2016; 539:570-574. [PMID: 27820945 DOI: 10.1038/nature20141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Professional phagocytes (such as macrophages) and non-professional phagocytes (such as epithelial cells) clear billions of apoptotic cells and particles on a daily basis. Although professional and non-professional macrophages reside in proximity in most tissues, whether they communicate with each other during cell clearance, and how this might affect inflammation, is not known. Here we show that macrophages, through the release of a soluble growth factor and microvesicles, alter the type of particles engulfed by non-professional phagocytes and influence their inflammatory response. During phagocytosis of apoptotic cells or in response to inflammation-associated cytokines, macrophages released insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). The binding of IGF-1 to its receptor on non-professional phagocytes redirected their phagocytosis, such that uptake of larger apoptotic cells was reduced whereas engulfment of microvesicles was increased. IGF-1 did not alter engulfment by macrophages. Macrophages also released microvesicles, whose uptake by epithelial cells was enhanced by IGF-1 and led to decreased inflammatory responses by epithelial cells. Consistent with these observations, deletion of IGF-1 receptor in airway epithelial cells led to exacerbated lung inflammation after allergen exposure. These genetic and functional studies reveal that IGF-1- and microvesicle-dependent communication between macrophages and epithelial cells can critically influence the magnitude of tissue inflammation in vivo.
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- Claudia Z Han
- The Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA.,Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- The Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- The Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- The Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA.,Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA.,Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA.,Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA.,Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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- The Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA.,Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA
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Buckley MW, Trampont PC, Arandjelovic S, Fond AM, Juncadella IJ, Ravichandran KS. ShcA regulates late stages of T cell development and peripheral CD4+ T cell numbers. J Immunol 2015; 194:1665-76. [PMID: 25595778 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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T cell development in the thymus is a highly regulated process that critically depends upon productive signaling via the preTCR at the β-selection stage, as well as via the TCR for selection from the CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive stage to the CD4 or CD8 single-positive stage. ShcA is an adapter protein expressed in thymocytes, and it is required for productive signaling through the preTCR, with impaired signaling via ShcA leading to a developmental block at the β-selection checkpoint. However, the role of ShcA in subsequent stages of T cell development has not been addressed. In this study, we generated transgenic mice (CD4-Cre/ShcFFF mice) that specifically express a phosphorylation-defective dominant-negative ShcA mutant (ShcFFF) in late T cell development. Thymocytes in CD4-Cre/ShcFFF mice progressed normally through the β-selection checkpoint, but displayed a significant reduction in the numbers of single-positive CD4(+) and CD8(+) thymocytes. Furthermore, CD4-Cre/ShcFFF mice, when bred with transgenic TCR mouse strains, had impaired signaling through the transgenic TCRs. Consistent with defective progression to the single-positive stage, CD4-Cre/ShcFFF mice also had significant peripheral lymphopenia. Moreover, these CD4-Cre/ShcFFF mice develop attenuated disease in CD4(+) T cell-dependent experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. Collectively, these data identify an important role for the adapter protein ShcA in later stages of thymic T cell development and in peripheral T cell-dependent events.
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- Monica W Buckley
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; and Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; and Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; and Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; and Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; and Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; and Center for Cell Clearance, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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Das S, Sarkar A, Ryan KA, Fox S, Berger AH, Juncadella IJ, Bimczok D, Smythies LE, Harris PR, Ravichandran KS, Crowe SE, Smith PD, Ernst PB. Brain angiogenesis inhibitor 1 is expressed by gastric phagocytes during infection with Helicobacter pylori and mediates the recognition and engulfment of human apoptotic gastric epithelial cells. FASEB J 2014; 28:2214-24. [PMID: 24509909 DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-243238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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After Helicobacter pylori infection in humans, gastric epithelial cells (GECs) undergo apoptosis due to stimulation by the bacteria or inflammatory cytokines. In this study, we assessed the expression and function of brain angiogenesis inhibitor 1 (BAI1) in the engulfment of apoptotic GECs using human tissue and cells. After induction of apoptosis by H. pylori or camptothecin, there was a 5-fold increase in the binding of apoptotic GECs to THP-1 cells or peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages as assayed by confocal microscopy or conventional and imaging flow cytometry. Binding was impaired 95% by pretreating apoptotic cells with annexin V, underscoring the requirement for phosphatidylserine recognition. The phosphatidylserine receptor BAI1 was expressed in human gastric biopsy specimens and gastric phagocytes. To confirm the role of BAI1 in apoptotic cell clearance, the functional domain of BAI1 was used as a competitive inhibitor or BAI1 expression was inhibited by small interfering RNA. Both approaches decreased binding and engulfment >40%. Exposing THP-1 cells to apoptotic cells inhibited IL-6 production from 1340 to <364 pg/ml; however, this decrease was independent of phagocytosis. We conclude that recognition of apoptotic cells by BAI1 contributes to their clearance in the human gastric mucosa and this is associated with anti-inflammatory effects.
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- Soumita Das
- 2Division of Comparative Pathology and Medicine, Department of Pathology, MC 0063, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0063, USA.
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Juncadella IJ, Kadl A, Sharma AK, Shim YM, Hochreiter-Hufford A, Borish L, Ravichandran KS. Apoptotic cell clearance by bronchial epithelial cells critically influences airway inflammation. Nature 2012; 493:547-51. [PMID: 23235830 DOI: 10.1038/nature11714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Lung epithelial cells can influence immune responses to airway allergens. Airway epithelial cells also undergo apoptosis after encountering environmental allergens; yet, relatively little is known about how these are cleared, and their effect on airway inflammation. Here we show that airway epithelial cells efficiently engulf apoptotic epithelial cells and secrete anti-inflammatory cytokines, dependent upon intracellular signalling by the small GTPase Rac1. Inducible deletion of Rac1 expression specifically in airway epithelial cells in a mouse model resulted in defective engulfment by epithelial cells and aberrant anti-inflammatory cytokine production. Intranasal priming and challenge of these mice with house dust mite extract or ovalbumin as allergens led to exacerbated inflammation, augmented Th2 cytokines and airway hyper-responsiveness, with decreased interleukin (IL)-10 in bronchial lavages. Rac1-deficient epithelial cells produced much higher IL-33 upon allergen or apoptotic cell encounter, with increased numbers of nuocyte-like cells. Administration of exogenous IL-10 'rescued' the airway inflammation phenotype in Rac1-deficient mice, with decreased IL-33. Collectively, these genetic and functional studies suggest a new role for Rac1-dependent engulfment by airway epithelial cells and in establishing the anti-inflammatory environment, and that defects in cell clearance in the airways could contribute to inflammatory responses towards common allergens.
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- Ignacio J Juncadella
- Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Juncadella IJ, Bates TC, Suleiman R, Monteagudo-Mera A, Olson CM, Navasa N, Olivera ER, Osborne BA, Anguita J. The tick saliva immunosuppressor, Salp15, contributes to Th17-induced pathology during Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 402:105-9. [PMID: 20920474 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.09.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2010] [Accepted: 09/29/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Salp15 is a tick saliva protein that inhibits CD4(+) T cell differentiation through its interaction with CD4. The protein inhibits early signaling events during T cell activation and IL-2 production. Because murine Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis development is mediated by central nervous system-infiltrating CD4(+) T cells that are specific for myelin-associated proteins, we sought to determine whether the treatment of mice with Salp15 during EAE induction would prevent the generation of proinflammatory T cell responses and the development of the disease. Surprisingly, Salp15-treated mice developed more severe EAE than control animals. The treatment of EAE-induced mice with the tick saliva protein did not result in increased infiltration of T cells to the central nervous system, indicating that Salp15 had not affected the permeability of the blood-brain barrier. Salp15 treatment did not affect the development of antibody responses against the eliciting peptide or the presence of IFNγ in the sera. The treatment with Salp15 resulted, however, in the increased differentiation of Th17 cells in vivo, as evidenced by higher IL-17 production from PLP(139-151)-specific CD4(+) T cells isolated from the central nervous system and the periphery. In vitro, Salp15 was able to induce the differentiation of Th17 cells in the presence of IL-6 and the absence of TGFβ These results suggest that a conductive milieu for the differentiation of Th17 cells can be achieved by restriction of the production of IL-2 during T cell differentiation, a role that may be performed by TGFβ and other immunosuppressive agents.
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- Ignacio J Juncadella
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
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The interaction between Ixodid ticks and their mammalian hosts is a complex relationship. While the mammalian host tries to avoid the completion of the feeding process, the tick has devised strategies to counteract these attempts. Tick saliva contains a vast array of pharmacological activities that presumably aid the tick to evade host responses, including anticomplement, oxidative and innate and adaptive immune responses. The characterization of these activities has gained momentum in the last several years. One of the best studied activities present in tick saliva corresponds to the antigen known as Salp15, which binds specifically to the T-cell coreceptor CD4 resulting in the specific repression of CD4+ T-cell activation. We discuss here the current state of our knowledge of the mode of action of this salivary protein.
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- Ignacio J Juncadella
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Ashish, Juncadella IJ, Garg R, Boone CD, Anguita J, Krueger JK. Conformational Rearrangement within the Soluble Domains of the CD4 Receptor Is Ligand-specific. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:2761-72. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708325200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Juncadella IJ, Garg R, Bates TC, Olivera ER, Anguita J. The Ixodes scapularis salivary protein, salp15, prevents the association of HIV-1 gp120 and CD4. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 367:41-6. [PMID: 18162176 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.12.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2007] [Accepted: 12/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ixodes scapularis salivary protein, Salp15, inhibits CD4(+) T cell activation by binding to the most-extracellular domains of the CD4 molecule, potentially overlapping with the gp120-binding region. We now show that Salp15 inhibits the interaction of gp120 and CD4. Furthermore, Salp15 prevents syncytia formation between HL2/3 (a stable HeLa cell line expressing the envelope protein) and CD4-expressing cells. Salp15 prevented gp120-CD4 interaction at least partially through its direct interaction with the envelope glycoprotein. A phage display library screen provided the interacting residues in the C1 domain of gp120. These results provide a potential basis to define exposed gp120 epitopes for the generation of neutralizing vaccines.
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- Ignacio J Juncadella
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 103 Paige Laboratory, 161 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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The Ixodes scapularis salivary protein Salp15 inhibits the activation of T cells through its interaction with the coreceptor CD4. Salp15 prevents the activation of Lck upon TCR engagement and the formation of lipid rafts. We have now analyzed the signaling pathways that are inhibited by the tick salivary protein in CD4(+) T cells. Salp15 affects tyrosine phosphorylation of several early signal components downstream of Lck, including LAT and Vav1, which results in improper actin polymerization. The effect of Salp15 is due to its interaction with CD4, as no effect was observed in CD4-negative T cells. Finally, we demonstrate that the peptide that mediates the interaction of Salp15 with CD4, P11, is able to recapitulate the immunosuppressive activity of the whole protein. These results clarify the molecular mechanisms of action of Salp15 on T cells and suggest that binding to CD4 is sufficient to elicit its immunosuppressive effect.
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- Ignacio J Juncadella
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachussets Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Garg R, Juncadella IJ, Ramamoorthi N, Ashish, Ananthanarayanan SK, Thomas V, Rincón M, Krueger JK, Fikrig E, Yengo CM, Anguita J. Cutting edge: CD4 is the receptor for the tick saliva immunosuppressor, Salp15. J Immunol 2007; 177:6579-83. [PMID: 17082567 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.10.6579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Salp15 is an Ixodes scapularis salivary protein that inhibits CD4+ T cell activation through the repression of TCR ligation-triggered calcium fluxes and IL-2 production. We show in this study that Salp15 binds specifically to the CD4 coreceptor on mammalian host T cells. Salp15 specifically associates through its C-terminal residues with the outermost two extracellular domains of CD4. Upon binding to CD4, Salp15 inhibits the subsequent TCR ligation-induced T cell signaling at the earliest steps including tyrosine phosphorylation of the Src kinase Lck, downstream effector proteins, and lipid raft reorganization. These results provide a molecular basis to understanding the immunosuppressive activity of Salp15 and its specificity for CD4+ T cells.
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- Renu Garg
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Motameni ART, Bates TC, Juncadella IJ, Petty C, Hedrick MN, Anguita J. Distinct bacterial dissemination and disease outcome in mice subcutaneously infected withBorrelia burgdorferiin the midline of the back and the footpad. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 45:279-84. [PMID: 15949929 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2005.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2004] [Revised: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 05/03/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Subcutaneous inoculation of mice with Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, results in established infection and the development of acute arthritis and carditis, hallmarks of human disease. Because conflicting results may originate from the site of subcutaneous inoculation, we addressed the dissemination capacity of spirochetes injected in the shoulder region versus the footpad. Spirochetes inoculated in the footpad disseminated to a lesser extent to distant organs, such as the ear and the heart. This resulted in distinct degrees of joint and cardiac inflammation at the peak of the disease. The differences eventually leveled out. These results suggest that caution must be exercised in the interpretation of results obtained with routes of inoculation that do not closely represent the natural site of infection.
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- Amir-Reza T Motameni
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Motameni ART, Juncadella IJ, Ananthanarayanan SK, Hedrick MN, Huet-Hudson Y, Anguita J. Delivery of the immunosuppressive antigen Salp15 to antigen-presenting cells by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium aroA mutants. Infect Immun 2004; 72:3638-42. [PMID: 15155675 PMCID: PMC415690 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.6.3638-3642.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium aroA-deficient delivery system was used to target the immunosuppressive protein Salp15 to antigen-presenting cells. In vitro and in vivo infections with Salp15-containing Salmonella resulted in an impaired CD4(+)-T-cell activation, suggesting that the protein was produced by antigen-presenting cells in a physiologically active form.
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- Amir-Reza T Motameni
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA
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