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Yamazaki S, Odanaka M, Shime H, Imai M, Hemmi H, Kaisho T, Ohkura N, Sakaguchi S, Morita A. 051 Dermal dendritic cells present neo-self antigens induced by ultraviolet B exposure to expand Foxp3+ regulatory T cells. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.03.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Daniels NJ, Hyde E, Ghosh S, Seo K, Price KM, Hoshino K, Kaisho T, Okada T, Ronchese F. Antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes target airway CD103+ and CD11b+ dendritic cells to suppress allergic inflammation. Mucosal Immunol 2016; 9:229-39. [PMID: 26104914 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2015.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Allergic airway inflammation is driven by the recognition of inhaled allergen by T helper type 2 (Th2) cells in the airway and lung. Allergen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) can strongly reduce airway inflammation, however, the mechanism of their inhibitory activity is not fully defined. We used mouse models to show that allergen-specific CTLs reduced early cytokine production by Th2 cells in lung, and their subsequent accumulation and production of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13. In addition, treatment with specific CTLs also increased the proportion of caspase(+) dendritic cells (DCs) in mediastinal lymph node (MLN), and decreased the numbers of CD103(+) and CD11b(+) DCs in the lung. This decrease required expression of the cytotoxic mediator perforin in CTLs and of the appropriate MHC-antigen ligand on DCs, suggesting that direct CTL-DC contact was necessary. Lastly, lung imaging experiments revealed that in airway-challenged mice XCR1-GFP(+) DCs, corresponding to the CD103(+) DC subset, and XCR1-GFP(-) CD11c(+) cells, which include CD11b(+) DCs and alveolar macrophages, both clustered in the areas surrounding the small airways and were closely associated with allergen-specific CTLs. Thus, allergen-specific CTLs reduce allergic airway inflammation by depleting CD103(+) and CD11b(+) DC populations in the lung, and may constitute a mechanism through which allergic immune responses are regulated.
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- N J Daniels
- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand.,University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Lab for Tissue Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Japan
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- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kita-gun, Japan
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- Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Japan.,Laboratory for Immune Regulation, World Premier International Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University Suita, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Lab for Tissue Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama, Japan.,PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan.,Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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Tanaka T, Shibazaki A, Ono R, Kaisho T. HSP70 mediates degradation of the p65 subunit of nuclear factor B to inhibit inflammatory signaling. Sci Signal 2014; 7:ra119. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2005533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Kurosaki T, Saito T, Kumanogoh A, Takeda K, Kaisho T. Dynamism of immune reactions and regulation. Int Immunol 2012; 24:473-5. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxs079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Takashima K, Matsunaga N, Yoshimatsu M, Hazeki K, Kaisho T, Uekata M, Hazeki O, Akira S, Iizawa Y, Ii M. Analysis of binding site for the novel small-molecule TLR4 signal transduction inhibitor TAK-242 and its therapeutic effect on mouse sepsis model. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 157:1250-62. [PMID: 19563534 PMCID: PMC2743844 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2008] [Revised: 02/17/2009] [Accepted: 03/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE TAK-242, a novel synthetic small-molecule, suppresses production of multiple cytokines by inhibiting Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 signalling. In this study, we investigated the target molecule of TAK-242 and examined its therapeutic effect in a mouse sepsis model. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Binding assay with [(3)H]-TAK-242 and nuclear factor-kappaB reporter assay were used to identify the target molecule and binding site of TAK-242. Bacillus calmette guerin (BCG)-primed mouse sepsis model using live Escherichia coli was used to estimate the efficacy of TAK-242 in sepsis. KEY RESULTS TAK-242 strongly bound to TLR4, but binding to TLR2, 3, 5, 9, TLR-related adaptor molecules and MD-2 was either not observed or marginal. Mutational analysis using TLR4 mutants indicated that TAK-242 inhibits TLR4 signalling by binding to Cys747 in the intracellular domain of TLR4. TAK-242 inhibited MyD88-independent pathway as well as MyD88-dependent pathway and its inhibitory effect was largely unaffected by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) concentration and types of TLR4 ligands. TAK-242 had no effect on the LPS-induced conformational change of TLR4-MD-2 and TLR4 homodimerization. In mouse sepsis model, although TAK-242 alone did not affect bacterial counts in blood, if co-administered with ceftazidime it inhibited the increases in serum cytokine levels and improved survival of mice. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS TAK-242 suppressed TLR4 signalling by binding directly to a specific amino acid Cys747 in the intracellular domain of TLR4. When co-administered with antibiotics, TAK-242 showed potent therapeutic effects in an E. coli-induced sepsis model using BCG-primed mice. Thus, TAK-242 may be a promising therapeutic agent for sepsis.
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- K Takashima
- Pharmaceutical Research Division, Pharmacology Research Laboratories I, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, 2-17-85 Jusohonmachi, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan
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Akira S, Hoshino K, Kaisho T. The role of Toll-like receptors and MyD88 in innate immune responses. J Endotoxin Res 2001; 6:383-7. [PMID: 11521059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are phylogenetically conserved receptors that recognize pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPS). We previously generated mice lacking TLR2 and TLR4 and showed the differential role of TLR2 and TLR4 in microbial recognition. TLR4 functions as the transmembrane component of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor, while TLR2 recognizes peptidoglycan from Gram-positive bacteria and lipoprotein. We also generated mice lacking MyD88, an adaptor involved in IL-1R/TLR signalings. The responses to a variety of bacterial components were completely abrogated in MyD88-deficient cells. However, unlike the signaling mediated by other bacterial components such as lipoprotein and bacterial DNA, activation of NF-kappaB and MAP kinases was induced in response to LPS even in the absence of MyD88, which indicates the existence of a MyD88-independent pathway. We have recently found that the MyD88-independent pathway is involved in LPS-induced maturation of dendritic cells (DCs).
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- S Akira
- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
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Kanamaru T, Nakano Y, Toyoda Y, Miyagawa KI, Tada M, Kaisho T, Nakao M. In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activities of TAK-083, an agent for treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:2455-9. [PMID: 11502514 PMCID: PMC90677 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.9.2455-2459.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2001] [Accepted: 06/04/2001] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The antibacterial activity of TAK-083 was tested against 54 clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori and was compared with those of amoxicillin, clarithromycin, and metronidazole. The growth-inhibitory activity of TAK-083 was more potent than that of amoxicillin, clarithromycin, or metronidazole (the MICs at which 90% of the strains are inhibited were 0.031, 0.125, 64, and 8 microg/ml, respectively). The antibacterial activity of TAK-083 was highly selective against H. pylori; there was a >30-fold difference between the concentration of TAK-083 required to inhibit the growth of H. pylori and that required to inhibit the growth of common aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Exposure of H. pylori strains to TAK-083 at the MIC or at a greater concentration resulted in an extensive loss of viability. When four H. pylori strains were successively subcultured in the medium containing subinhibitory concentrations of TAK-083, no significant change in the MICs of this compound was observed. TAK-083 strongly inhibited the formation of tryptophanyl-tRNA in H. pylori while exhibiting little effect on the same system in eukaryotes. TAK-083 was efficacious in the treatment of gastric infection caused by H. pylori in Mongolian gerbils. The results presented here indicate that TAK-083 is a promising candidate for the treatment of H. pylori infection.
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- T Kanamaru
- Pharmaceutical Discovery Research Laboratories IV, Pharmaceutical Discovery Research Division, Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka 532-8686, Japan
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Recognition of pathogens is mediated by a set of germline-encoded receptors that are referred to as pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs). These receptors recognize conserved molecular patterns (pathogen-associated molecular patterns), which are shared by large groups of microorganisms. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) function as the PRRs in mammals and play an essential role in the recognition of microbial components. The TLRs may also recognize endogenous ligands induced during the inflammatory response. Similar cytoplasmic domains allow TLRs to use the same signaling molecules used by the interleukin 1 receptors (IL-1Rs): these include MyD88, IL-1R--associated protein kinase and tumor necrosis factor receptor--activated factor 6. However, evidence is accumulating that the signaling pathways associated with each TLR are not identical and may, therefore, result in different biological responses.
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- S Akira
- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Suzuki A, Yamaguchi MT, Ohteki T, Sasaki T, Kaisho T, Kimura Y, Yoshida R, Wakeham A, Higuchi T, Fukumoto M, Tsubata T, Ohashi PS, Koyasu S, Penninger JM, Nakano T, Mak TW. T cell-specific loss of Pten leads to defects in central and peripheral tolerance. Immunity 2001; 14:523-34. [PMID: 11371355 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00134-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 413] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PTEN, a tumor suppressor gene, is essential for embryogenesis. We used the Cre-loxP system to generate a T cell-specific deletion of the Pten gene (Pten(flox/-) mice). All Pten(flox/-) mice develop CD4+ T cell lymphomas by 17 weeks. Pten(flox/-) mice show increased thymic cellularity due in part to a defect in thymic negative selection. Pten(flox/-) mice exhibit elevated levels of B cells and CD4+ T cells in the periphery, spontaneous activation of CD4+ T cells, autoantibody production, and hypergammaglobulinemia. Pten(flox/-) T cells hyperproliferate, are autoreactive, secrete increased levels of Th1/Th2 cytokines, resist apoptosis, and show increased phosphorylation of PKB/Akt and ERK. Peripheral tolerance to SEB is also impaired in Pten(flox/-) mice. PTEN is thus an important regulator of T cell homeostasis and self-tolerance.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cell Division
- Cytokines/biosynthesis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Enterotoxins/immunology
- Female
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- I-kappa B Proteins
- Immune Tolerance
- Lymphatic Diseases/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- PTEN Phosphohydrolase
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/immunology
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Splenomegaly
- Staphylococcus aureus/immunology
- Superantigens/immunology
- Thymus Gland/abnormalities
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins
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Affiliation(s)
- A Suzuki
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University, 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
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In Drosophila the Toll family, a group of transmembrane proteins, plays crucial roles in the host defense against invading pathogens. Mammalian species also conserve this system as the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family, which includes more than 10 members that have been identified so far. Both the Toll and TLR families recognize various kinds of microorganisms through pathogen-associated molecular patterns. Mammalian TLRs are expressed on macrophages and dendritic cells and mediate the signal for cytokine release or upregulation of costimulatory molecules. These activities cooperatively generate host defense mechanisms. Recently, gene targeting experiments, including ours, have contributed much to clarifying not only the function but also the signaling mechanism of TLRs. TLR2 is essential for recognizing lipopeptides and lipoproteins from several microorganisms and also peptidoglycans derived from gram-positive bacteria. TLR4 recognizes lipopolysaccharides and lipoteichoic acids from gram-negative and- positive bacteria, respectively. Furthermore, TLR9 is critical for recognizing bacterial DNAs. Thus, TLRs distinguish various immunostimulatory molecular patterns. Although TLR9 can produce similar biological responses, studies with mutant mice lacking a TLR-associating protein, MyD88, showed that TLR signaling is differentially regulated among TLR family members. Here, we describe recent progress in elucidating the function and signaling mechanisms of the TLR family.
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- T Kaisho
- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita city, Japan
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LPS, a major component of the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria, can induce a variety of biological responses including cytokine production from macrophages, B cell proliferation, and endotoxin shock. All of them were completely abolished in MyD88-deficient mice, indicating the essential role of MyD88 in LPS signaling. However, MyD88-deficient cells still show activation of NF-kappaB and mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades, although the biological significance of this activation is not clear. In this study, we have examined the effects of LPS on dendritic cells (DCs) from wild-type and several mutant mice. LPS-induced cytokine production from DCs was dependent on MyD88. However, LPS could induce functional maturation of MyD88-deficient DCs, including up-regulation of costimulatory molecules and enhancement of APC activity. MyD88-deficient DCs could not mature in response to bacterial DNA, the ligand for Toll-like receptor (TLR)9, indicating that MyD88 is differentially required for TLR family signaling. MyD88-dependent and -independent pathways originate at the intracytoplasmic region of TLR4, because both cytokine induction and functional maturation were abolished in DCs from C3H/HeJ mice carrying the point mutation in the region. Finally, in vivo analysis revealed that MyD88-, but not TLR4-, deficient splenic CD11c(+) DCs could up-regulate their costimulatory molecule expression in response to LPS. Collectively, the present study provides the first evidence that the MyD88-independent pathway downstream of TLR4 can lead to functional DC maturation, which is critical for a link between innate and adaptive immunity.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/administration & dosage
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation/physiology
- B7-2 Antigen
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
- CD40 Antigens/biosynthesis
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Membrane/genetics
- Cell Membrane/immunology
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytokines/biosynthesis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Dendritic Cells/cytology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Drosophila Proteins
- Injections, Intravenous
- Lipopolysaccharides/administration & dosage
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/deficiency
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88
- Receptors, Cell Surface/deficiency
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Immunologic
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Species Specificity
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- Toll-Like Receptor 4
- Toll-Like Receptor 9
- Toll-Like Receptors
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Affiliation(s)
- T Kaisho
- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Kaisho T, Akira S. Critical roles of Toll-like receptors in host defense. Crit Rev Immunol 2001; 20:393-405. [PMID: 11145217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Drosophila Toll is involved not only in dorsoventral patterning of embryos but also in immune responses to microbial infection. Several Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have also been identified in mammals. They are expressed on macrophages or dendritic cells (DCs), which are essential sentinels for innate immunity. These cells utilize TLRs as a recognition and signal transducing receptor for microbial molecular components. The most characterized mammalian TLR, TLR4, is a receptor for lipopolysaccharides (LPS). TLR2 recognizes other components, such as peptideglycans (PGN). This recognition, called pattern recognition, is essential for the establishment of innate immunity, which is the basis for host defense. In this article, we review recent findings about this expanding receptor family.
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- T Kaisho
- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Based on recent findings in myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88)- and Toll-like receptor (TLR)-knockout mice, Tsuneyasu Kaisho and Shizuo Akira discuss the roles of TLRs and MyD88 in dendritic cell (DC) maturation and cytokine production. Lipopolysaccharide binds TLR4 and can induce DC maturation in the absence of MyD88, whereas CpG DNA binds TLR9 and induces DC maturation in a MyD88-dependent manner.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation/physiology
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/cytology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Drosophila Proteins
- Humans
- Membrane Glycoproteins/deficiency
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Knockout
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88
- Receptors, Cell Surface/deficiency
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Immunologic
- Toll-Like Receptor 4
- Toll-Like Receptor 9
- Toll-Like Receptors
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Affiliation(s)
- T Kaisho
- Dept of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-1, Suita, 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
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Hemmi H, Takeuchi O, Kawai T, Kaisho T, Sato S, Sanjo H, Matsumoto M, Hoshino K, Wagner H, Takeda K, Akira S. A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA. Nature 2001. [PMID: 11130078 DOI: 10.1385/1592593054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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DNA from bacteria has stimulatory effects on mammalian immune cells, which depend on the presence of unmethylated CpG dinucleotides in the bacterial DNA. In contrast, mammalian DNA has a low frequency of CpG dinucleotides, and these are mostly methylated; therefore, mammalian DNA does not have immuno-stimulatory activity. CpG DNA induces a strong T-helper-1-like inflammatory response. Accumulating evidence has revealed the therapeutic potential of CpG DNA as adjuvants for vaccination strategies for cancer, allergy and infectious diseases. Despite its promising clinical use, the molecular mechanism by which CpG DNA activates immune cells remains unclear. Here we show that cellular response to CpG DNA is mediated by a Toll-like receptor, TLR9. TLR9-deficient (TLR9-/-) mice did not show any response to CpG DNA, including proliferation of splenocytes, inflammatory cytokine production from macrophages and maturation of dendritic cells. TLR9-/- mice showed resistance to the lethal effect of CpG DNA without any elevation of serum pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. The in vivo CpG-DNA-mediated T-helper type-1 response was also abolished in TLR9-/- mice. Thus, vertebrate immune systems appear to have evolved a specific Toll-like receptor that distinguishes bacterial DNA from self-DNA.
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- H Hemmi
- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Suita
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Hemmi H, Takeuchi O, Kawai T, Kaisho T, Sato S, Sanjo H, Matsumoto M, Hoshino K, Wagner H, Takeda K, Akira S. A Toll-like receptor recognizes bacterial DNA. Nature 2000; 408:740-5. [PMID: 11130078 DOI: 10.1038/35047123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4695] [Impact Index Per Article: 195.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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DNA from bacteria has stimulatory effects on mammalian immune cells, which depend on the presence of unmethylated CpG dinucleotides in the bacterial DNA. In contrast, mammalian DNA has a low frequency of CpG dinucleotides, and these are mostly methylated; therefore, mammalian DNA does not have immuno-stimulatory activity. CpG DNA induces a strong T-helper-1-like inflammatory response. Accumulating evidence has revealed the therapeutic potential of CpG DNA as adjuvants for vaccination strategies for cancer, allergy and infectious diseases. Despite its promising clinical use, the molecular mechanism by which CpG DNA activates immune cells remains unclear. Here we show that cellular response to CpG DNA is mediated by a Toll-like receptor, TLR9. TLR9-deficient (TLR9-/-) mice did not show any response to CpG DNA, including proliferation of splenocytes, inflammatory cytokine production from macrophages and maturation of dendritic cells. TLR9-/- mice showed resistance to the lethal effect of CpG DNA without any elevation of serum pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. The in vivo CpG-DNA-mediated T-helper type-1 response was also abolished in TLR9-/- mice. Thus, vertebrate immune systems appear to have evolved a specific Toll-like receptor that distinguishes bacterial DNA from self-DNA.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cytokines/metabolism
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/immunology
- DNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/immunology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dinucleoside Phosphates/genetics
- Dinucleoside Phosphates/immunology
- Dinucleoside Phosphates/metabolism
- Drosophila Proteins
- Humans
- Membrane Glycoproteins/immunology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/immunology
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Immunologic
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
- Toll-Like Receptor 9
- Toll-Like Receptors
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Affiliation(s)
- H Hemmi
- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Suita
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Hashimoto A, Takeda K, Inaba M, Sekimata M, Kaisho T, Ikehara S, Homma Y, Akira S, Kurosaki T. Cutting edge: essential role of phospholipase C-gamma 2 in B cell development and function. J Immunol 2000; 165:1738-42. [PMID: 10925250 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.4.1738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cross-linking of the B cell Ag receptor (BCR) induces the tyrosine phosphorylation of multiple cellular substrates, including phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma 2, which is involved in the activation of the phosphatidylinositol pathway. To assess the importance of PLC-gamma 2 in murine lymphopoiesis, the PLC-gamma 2 gene was inducibly ablated by using IFN-regulated Cre recombinase. Mice with a neonatally induced loss of PLC-gamma 2 function displayed reduced numbers of mature conventional B cells and peritoneal B1 cells and defective responses in vitro to BCR stimulation and in vivo to immunization with thymus-independent type II Ags. In contrast, T cell development and TCR-mediated proliferation were normal. Taken together, PLC-gamma 2 is a critical component of BCR signaling pathways and is required to promote B cell development.
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- A Hashimoto
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Japan
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Kaisho T. [Critical roles of the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein family]. Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 2000; 45:1577-84. [PMID: 10879137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- T Kaisho
- Department of Host Defense, Osaka University, Japan.
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Matsumoto M, Tanaka T, Kaisho T, Sanjo H, Copeland NG, Gilbert DJ, Jenkins NA, Akira S. A novel LPS-inducible C-type lectin is a transcriptional target of NF-IL6 in macrophages. J Immunol 1999; 163:5039-48. [PMID: 10528209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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C-type lectins serve multiple functions through recognizing carbohydrate chains. Here we report a novel C-type lectin, macrophage-inducible C-type lectin (Mincle), as a downstream target of NF-IL6 in macrophages. NF-IL6 belongs to the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) of transcription factors and plays a crucial role in activated macrophages. However, what particular genes are regulated by NF-IL6 has been poorly defined in macrophages. Identification of downstream targets is required to elucidate the function of NF-IL6 in more detail. To identify downstream genes of NF-IL6, we screened a subtraction library constructed from wild-type and NF-IL6-deficient peritoneal macrophages and isolated Mincle that exhibits the highest homology to the members of group II C-type lectins. Mincle mRNA expression was strongly induced in response to several inflammatory stimuli, such as LPS, TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IFN-gamma in wild-type macrophages. In contrast, NF-IL6-deficient macrophages displayed a much lower level of Mincle mRNA induction following treatment with these inflammatory reagents. The mouse Mincle proximal promoter region contains an indispensable NF-IL6 binding element, demonstrating that Mincle is a direct target of NF-IL6. The Mincle gene locus was mapped at 0.6 centiMorgans proximal to CD4 on mouse chromosome 6.
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- M Matsumoto
- Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan
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Sakao Y, Takeda K, Tsutsui H, Kaisho T, Nomura F, Okamura H, Nakanishi K, Akira S. IL-18-deficient mice are resistant to endotoxin-induced liver injury but highly susceptible to endotoxin shock. Int Immunol 1999; 11:471-80. [PMID: 10221659 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.3.471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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IL-18 is an IL-1-related cytokine which shares biological functions with IL-12. These include the activation of NK cells, induction of IFN-gamma production and Th1 cell differentiation. In this study we analyzed the effect of IL-18 deficiency on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced liver injury and endotoxin shock in Propionibacterium acnes-primed mice. P. acnes-primed IL-18-deficient (IL-18KO) mice showed resistance to LPS-induced liver injury. Unexpectedly, P. acnes-primed IL-18KO mice were highly susceptible to LPS-induced endotoxin shock. Serum level of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha were markedly elevated (approximately 10-fold higher) within 1.5 h after LPS challenge in IL-18KO mice as compared with wild-type mice. Anti-TNF-alpha antibody administration to IL-18KO mice was significantly protective against endotoxin-induced lethality. P. acnes-primed IL-18KO macrophages produced approximately 6-fold more TNF-alpha protein than did P. acnes-primed wild-type control macrophages. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that IL-18 is responsible for the progression of endotoxin-induced liver injury as well as down-regulation of endotoxin-induced TNF-alpha production in P. acnes-primed mice.
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- Y Sakao
- Department of Biochemistry, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Tsujimura T, Hashimoto K, Kitayama H, Ikeda H, Sugahara H, Matsumura I, Kaisho T, Terada N, Kitamura Y, Kanakura Y. Activating mutation in the catalytic domain of c-kit elicits hematopoietic transformation by receptor self-association not at the ligand-induced dimerization site. Blood 1999; 93:1319-29. [PMID: 9949175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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The c-kit receptor tyrosine kinase (KIT) is constitutively activated by naturally occurring mutations in either the juxtamembrane domain or the kinase domain. Although the juxtamembrane domain mutations led to ligand-independent KIT dimerization, the kinase domain mutations (Asp814 --> Val or Tyr) did not. In an effort to determine if the kinase domain mutant could transfer oncogenic signaling without receptor dimerization, we have constructed the truncated types of c-kitWild and c-kitTyr814 cDNAs (c-kitDel-Wild and c-kitDel-Tyr814 cDNAs, respectively), in which ligand-binding and ligand-induced dimerization domains were deleted. When c-kitDel-Wild and c-kitDel-Tyr814 genes were introduced into a murine interleukin-3 (IL-3)-dependent cell line Ba/F3, KITDel-Tyr814 was constitutively phosphorylated on tyrosine and activated, whereas KITDel-Wild was not. In addition, Ba/F3 cells expressing KITDel-Tyr814 (Ba/F3(Del-Tyr814)) grew in suspension culture without the addition of exogenous growth factor, whereas Ba/F3 cells expressing KITDel-Wild (Ba/F3(Del-Wild)) required IL-3 for growth. The factor-independent growth of Ba/F3(Del-Tyr814) cells was virtually abrogated by coexpression of KITW42 that is a dominant-negative form of KIT, but not by that of KITWild, suggesting that KITDel-Tyr814 may not function as a monomer but may require receptor dimerization for inducing factor-independent growth. Furthermore, KITDel-Tyr814 was found to be coimmunoprecipitated with KITWild or KITW42 by an ACK2 monoclonal antibody directed against the extracellular domain of KIT. Moreover, KITW42 was constitutively associated with a chimeric FMS/KITTyr814 receptor containing the ligand-binding and receptor dimerization domain of c-fms receptor (FMS) fused to the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domain of KITTyr814, but not with a chimeric FMS/KITWild receptor even after stimulation with FMS-ligand. These results suggest that constitutively activating mutation of c-kit at the Asp814 codon may cause a conformation change that leads to receptor self-association not in the extracellular domain and that the receptor self-association of the Asp814 mutant may be important for activation of downstream effectors that are required for factor-independent growth and tumorigenicity.
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- T Tsujimura
- The Department of Pathology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Takeda K, Clausen BE, Kaisho T, Tsujimura T, Terada N, Förster I, Akira S. Enhanced Th1 activity and development of chronic enterocolitis in mice devoid of Stat3 in macrophages and neutrophils. Immunity 1999; 10:39-49. [PMID: 10023769 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80005-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 922] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We have generated mice with a cell type-specific disruption of the Stat3 gene in macrophages and neutrophils. The mutant mice are highly susceptible to endotoxin shock with increased production of inflammatory cytokines such as TNF alpha, IL-1, IFN gamma, and IL-6. Endotoxin-induced production of inflammatory cytokines is augmented because the suppressive effects of IL-10 on inflammatory cytokine production from macrophages and neutrophils are completely abolished. The mice show a polarized immune response toward the Th1 type and develop chronic enterocolitis with age. Taken together, Stat3 plays a critical role in deactivation of macrophages and neutrophils mainly exerted by IL-10.
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- K Takeda
- Department of Biochemistry, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Akaishi H, Takeda K, Kaisho T, Shineha R, Satomi S, Takeda J, Akira S. Defective IL-2-mediated IL-2 receptor alpha chain expression in Stat3-deficient T lymphocytes. Int Immunol 1998; 10:1747-51. [PMID: 9846704 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.11.1747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Stat3, a member of signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT), is activated by a variety of cytokines. Recently, mice lacking Stat3 specifically in T cells have been generated and shown to be defective in IL-6-induced proliferation due to the impairment in IL-6-mediated prevention of apoptosis. In the present study, we show that Stat3-deficient T cells are partially defective in IL-2-induced proliferation. Stat3-deficient T cells show impaired IL-2-mediated IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) alpha chain expression. When Stat3-deficient T cells are stimulated with high-dose IL-2, these T cells express IL-2Ralpha and proliferate to similar extents as wild-type T cells. These demonstrate that Stat3 activation is required for efficient T cell proliferation by IL-2 through IL-2Ralpha induction. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that Stat3 activation in T cells is responsible for IL-2- and IL-6-induced proliferation through distinct mechanisms.
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- H Akaishi
- Department of Biochemistry, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Takeda K, Kaisho T, Yoshida N, Takeda J, Kishimoto T, Akira S. Stat3 activation is responsible for IL-6-dependent T cell proliferation through preventing apoptosis: generation and characterization of T cell-specific Stat3-deficient mice. J Immunol 1998; 161:4652-60. [PMID: 9794394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Stat3, a member of STAT, is activated by a variety of cytokines such as IL-6 family of cytokines, granulocyte CSF, epidermal growth factor, and leptin. A recent study with mice genetically deficient in the Stat3 gene has revealed its important role in the early embryogenesis. To assess the function of Stat3 in adult tissues, we disrupted the Stat3 gene specifically in T cells by conditional gene targeting using Cre-loxP system. In Stat3-deficient T cells, IL-6-induced proliferation was severely impaired. IL-6 did not enhance cell cycle progression, but prevented apoptosis of normal T cells. In contrast, IL-6 did not prevent apoptosis of Stat3-deficient T cells. Antiapoptotic protein, Bcl-2, was normally up-regulated in response to IL-6 even in Stat3-deficient T cells. These results demonstrate that Stat3 activation is involved in IL-6-dependent T cell proliferation through prevention of apoptosis independently of Bcl-2.
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- K Takeda
- Department of Biochemistry, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Kaisho T. [Membrane-bound IgG1 is involved in in vivo immune responses through the cytoplasmic tail]. Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 1998; 43:119-26. [PMID: 9492593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- T Kaisho
- Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
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In antibody responses, B cells switch from the expression of immunoglobulin (Ig) mu and delta heavy (H) chains to that of other Ig classes (alpha, gamma, or epsilon), each with a distinct effector function. Membrane-bound forms of alpha, gamma, and epsilon, but not mu and delta, have highly conserved cytoplasmic tails. Mutant mice unable to express membrane gamma1 H chains or producing tailless gamma1 H chains failed to generate efficient IgG1 responses and IgG1 memory. H chain membrane expression after class switching is thus required for these functions, and class switching equips the B cell antigen receptor with a regulatory cytoplasmic tail that naïve B cells lack.
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- T Kaisho
- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Weyertal 121, D-50931 Cologne, Germany.
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Lee BO, Ishihara K, Denno K, Kobune Y, Itoh M, Muraoka O, Kaisho T, Sasaki T, Ochi T, Hirano T. Elevated levels of the soluble form of bone marrow stromal cell antigen 1 in the sera of patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1996; 39:629-37. [PMID: 8630113 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Bone marrow stromal cell antigen 1 (BST-1) is a novel glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-anchored ectoenzyme, which is overexpressed on bone marrow stromal and synovial cell lines derived from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To investigate the pathophysiologic roles of BST-1 in RA, we established an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system to detect the soluble form of BST-1 (sBST-1) and examined levels of sBST-1 in the sera of RA patients. METHODS Concentrations of sBST-1 in sera from healthy donors and from patients with RA, osteoarthritis, Sjögren's syndrome, and systemic lupus erythematosus were measured with the ELISA. RESULTS In 7% of the RA patient samples (10 of 143), concentrations of serum sBST-1 were higher (approximately 30-50-fold) than in non-RA samples. Serum sBST-1 concentrations showed no correlation with age, C-reactive protein level, or rheumatoid factor level. All RA patients with high concentrations of serum sBST-1 had severe disease with involvement of several large joints. CONCLUSION We believe the measurement of serum sBST-1 may have prognostic value, but further analysis is necessary to clarify the clinical significance of elevated sBST-1 in RA.
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- B O Lee
- Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Kajimoto Y, Miyagawa J, Ishihara K, Okuyama Y, Fujitani Y, Itoh M, Yoshida H, Kaisho T, Matsuoka T, Watada H, Hanafusa T, Yamasaki Y, Kamada T, Matsuzawa Y, Hirano T. Pancreatic islet cells express BST-1, a CD38-like surface molecule having ADP-ribosyl cyclase activity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1996; 219:941-6. [PMID: 8645283 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.0327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR), a well-known stimulator of ca(2+) release from the intracellular Ca(2+) pool, has recently emerged as a potential regulator of insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells. As recently described, BST-1 is a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored surface molecule that exhibits homology with CD38 and Aplysia ADP-ribosyl cyclase. Like CD38, BST-1 has both ADP-ribosyl cyclase and cADPR hydrolase activities. As a step toward elucidating the physiological role of cADPR in insulin secretion we examined whether BST-1 is expressed in pancreatic islet cells. Sensitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction detected almost as abundant expression of BST-1 mRNA in pancreatic islets as CD38 mRNA. Immunohistochemical analyses utilizing mirror image sections revealed that BST-1 protein is expressed in a majority of the cells in pancreatic islets and that at least beta cells and, to an even greater extent, alpha cells express BST-1. These observations suggest the involvement of multiple enzymes in the regulation of cADPR concentrations in pancreatic islet cells.
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- Y Kajimoto
- First Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Japan
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Sancéau J, Kaisho T, Hirano T, Wietzerbin J. Triggering of the human interleukin-6 gene by interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in monocytic cells involves cooperation between interferon regulatory factor-1, NF kappa B, and Sp1 transcription factors. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:27920-31. [PMID: 7499267 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.46.27920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We investigated the molecular basis of the synergistic induction by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)/tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) of human interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene in THP-1 monocytic cells, and compared it with the basis of this induction by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Functional studies with IL-6 promoter demonstrated that three regions are the targets of the IFN-gamma and/or TNF-alpha action, whereas only one of these regions seemed to be implicated in LPS activation. The three regions concerned are: 1) a region between -73 and -36, which is the minimal element inducible by LPS or TNF-alpha; 2) an element located between -181 and -73, which appeared to regulate the response to IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha negatively; and 3) a distal element upstream of -224, which was inducible by IFN-gamma alone. LPS signaling was found to involve NF kappa B activation by the p50/p65 heterodimers. Synergistic induction of the IL-6 gene by IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, in monocytic cells, involved cooperation between the IRF-1 and NF kappa B p65 homodimers with concomitant removal of the negative effect of the retinoblastoma control element present in the IL-6 promoter. This removal occurred by activation of the constitutive Sp1 factor, whose increased binding activity and phosphorylation were mediated by IFN-gamma.
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- J Sancéau
- INSERM, U365, Interferons et Cytokines, Institut Curie, Section de Recherches, Paris, France
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Clark EA, Grabstein KH, Gown AM, Skelly M, Kaisho T, Hirano T, Shu GL. Activation of B lymphocyte maturation by a human follicular dendritic cell line, FDC-1. J Immunol 1995; 155:545-55. [PMID: 7608535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Previously, we described the characteristics of a cell line that is derived from a low density fraction of human tonsillar cells and, on the basis of a number of criteria, is related to follicular dendritic cells (FDC). This line, FDC-1, binds B lymphocytes and not T lymphocytes, and promotes anti-Ig- or anti-CD40-induced B cell proliferation. In this work, we show that culturing B cells with small numbers of FDC-1 cells leads to significant production of IL-6 and of both IgM and IgG. As few as 50 to 100 FDC-1 augmented B cell IgM production by 10- to 100-fold. Although fixed FDC-1 cells, unlike live FDC-1 cells, do not stimulate Ig production, cell contact is not required for all FDC-dependent Ig production. Supernatants from cultured FDC-1 cells can also stimulate B cells to produce IgM, suggesting that FDC produce a soluble B cell stimulating factor(s). Augmentation of FDC-dependent IgM production by either IL-6 or IL-7 and augmentation of FDC-dependent IgG production by IL-4 does require FDC-1 cells to be in contact with B cells. When the effects of FDC-1 cells were compared with those of epithelial cell lines and human foreskin fibroblasts (HFF), both FDC-1 cells and HFF induced B cells to produce IgM. FDC-1, unlike HFF, were positive for CD40, CD54, CD73, CD74, and nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR), and unlike HFF, but like certain stromal cells, FDC-1 cells also expressed smooth muscle actin, and a novel marker for stromal cells, BST-1. The possible relationship of FDC-1 cells and FDC in general to a fibroblast/stromal cell lineage is discussed.
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- E A Clark
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA
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Clark EA, Grabstein KH, Gown AM, Skelly M, Kaisho T, Hirano T, Shu GL. Activation of B lymphocyte maturation by a human follicular dendritic cell line, FDC-1. The Journal of Immunology 1995. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.155.2.545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Previously, we described the characteristics of a cell line that is derived from a low density fraction of human tonsillar cells and, on the basis of a number of criteria, is related to follicular dendritic cells (FDC). This line, FDC-1, binds B lymphocytes and not T lymphocytes, and promotes anti-Ig- or anti-CD40-induced B cell proliferation. In this work, we show that culturing B cells with small numbers of FDC-1 cells leads to significant production of IL-6 and of both IgM and IgG. As few as 50 to 100 FDC-1 augmented B cell IgM production by 10- to 100-fold. Although fixed FDC-1 cells, unlike live FDC-1 cells, do not stimulate Ig production, cell contact is not required for all FDC-dependent Ig production. Supernatants from cultured FDC-1 cells can also stimulate B cells to produce IgM, suggesting that FDC produce a soluble B cell stimulating factor(s). Augmentation of FDC-dependent IgM production by either IL-6 or IL-7 and augmentation of FDC-dependent IgG production by IL-4 does require FDC-1 cells to be in contact with B cells. When the effects of FDC-1 cells were compared with those of epithelial cell lines and human foreskin fibroblasts (HFF), both FDC-1 cells and HFF induced B cells to produce IgM. FDC-1, unlike HFF, were positive for CD40, CD54, CD73, CD74, and nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR), and unlike HFF, but like certain stromal cells, FDC-1 cells also expressed smooth muscle actin, and a novel marker for stromal cells, BST-1. The possible relationship of FDC-1 cells and FDC in general to a fibroblast/stromal cell lineage is discussed.
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- E A Clark
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA
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Ishikawa J, Kaisho T, Tomizawa H, Lee BO, Kobune Y, Inazawa J, Oritani K, Itoh M, Ochi T, Ishihara K. Molecular cloning and chromosomal mapping of a bone marrow stromal cell surface gene, BST2, that may be involved in pre-B-cell growth. Genomics 1995; 26:527-34. [PMID: 7607676 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(95)80171-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Bone marrow stromal cells regulate B-cell growth and development through their surface molecules and cytokines. In this study, we generated a mAb, RS38, that recognized a novel human membrane protein, BST-2, expressed on bone marrow stromal cell lines and synovial cell lines. We cloned a cDNA encoding BST-2 from a rheumatoid arthritis-derived synovial cell line. BST-2 is a 30- to 36-kDa type II transmembrane protein, consisting of 180 amino acids. The BST-2 gene (HGMW-approved symbol BST2) is located on chromosome 19p13.2. BST-2 is expressed not only on certain bone marrow stromal cell lines but also on various normal tissues, although its expression pattern is different from that of another bone marrow stromal cell surface molecule, BST-1. BST-2 surface expression on fibroblast cell lines facilitated the stromal cell-dependent growth of a murine bone marrow-derived pre-B-cell line, DW34. The results suggest that BST-2 may be involved in pre-B-cell growth.
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- J Ishikawa
- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Hirata Y, Kimura N, Sato K, Ohsugi Y, Takasawa S, Okamoto H, Ishikawa J, Kaisho T, Ishihara K, Hirano T. ADP ribosyl cyclase activity of a novel bone marrow stromal cell surface molecule, BST-1. FEBS Lett 1994; 356:244-8. [PMID: 7805847 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)01279-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Human BST-1, a bone marrow stromal cell surface molecule, is a GPI-anchored protein that facilitates the growth of pre-B cells. The deduced amino acid sequences of human and mouse BST-1 show around 30% homology with those of CD38 and Aplysia ADP ribosyl cyclase. Therefore, like CD38, BST-1 might possess ADP ribosyl cyclase activity. Here, we report the establishment of a stable transformant CHO cell line, which secretes truncated human soluble BST-1, and show that purified soluble BST-1 displays both ADP ribosyl cyclase and cADPR hydrolase activities.
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- Y Hirata
- Fuji Gotemba Research Labs. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan
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Itoh M, Ishihara K, Tomizawa H, Tanaka H, Kobune Y, Ishikawa J, Kaisho T, Hirano T. Molecular cloning of murine BST-1 having homology with CD38 and Aplysia ADP-ribosyl cyclase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1994; 203:1309-17. [PMID: 7916574 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1994.2325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Human BST-1, a bone marrow stromal cell surface antigen, is a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-anchored protein that facilitates the growth of pre-B cells. We report here the molecular cloning of murine BST-1 cDNA. The deduced amino acid sequence of murine BST-1 had 71% similarity with human BST-1 and 30 and 25% similarity with CD38 and Aplysia adenosine diphosphate-ribosyl cyclase, respectively. Murine BST-1 mRNA was expressed in the bone marrow, spleen and thymus in lymphoid organs, and the lung, kidney and heart in non-lymphoid organs. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) was shown in BALB/c, DBA/2 and NZB vs C57BL/6, A/J, CBA/N, NZW, BXSB and MRL/lpr. RFLP was mapped to the 5' portion of the murine BST-1 gene.
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- M Itoh
- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Kaisho T, Ishikawa J, Oritani K, Inazawa J, Tomizawa H, Muraoka O, Ochi T, Hirano T. BST-1, a surface molecule of bone marrow stromal cell lines that facilitates pre-B-cell growth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:5325-9. [PMID: 8202488 PMCID: PMC43987 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.12.5325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Bone marrow stromal cells are essential for B-lymphocyte development. However, how stromal cells regulate B lymphopoiesis is not clear. In this paper, we report the molecular cloning of a stromal cell line-derived glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-anchored molecule, BST-1, that facilitates pre-B-cell growth. The deduced amino acid sequence of BST-1 exhibited 33% identity with CD38. BST-1 was expressed in a wide range of tissues and in umbilical vein endothelial cells, whereas it was scarcely expressed in a variety of hematopoietic cell lines. The gene for BST-1 was assigned to chromosome 14q32.3, where immunoglobulin heavy-chain genes are clustered. BST-1 expression was enhanced in rheumatoid arthritis patient-derived bone marrow stromal cell lines that were previously shown to have an enhanced ability to support the growth of a pre-B-cell line as compared with stromal cell lines derived from healthy donors.
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- T Kaisho
- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Nagasawa T, Kaisho T, Kishimoto T, Kikutani H. Generation and characterization of a monoclonal antibody that inhibits stromal cell-dependent B lymphopoiesis. The Journal of Immunology 1994. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.152.6.2788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We generated a mAb, R4, against a stromal cell line, ST2, which is one of several stromal cell lines that can support in vitro B lymphopoiesis. Flow cytometry studies using R4 revealed that R4 reacted with several stromal, fibroblast, and some B cell lines, but not with freshly isolated bone marrow cells, splenocytes, thymocytes, or T cell lines. R4 could immunoprecipitate a M(r) = 24-kDa protein (p24) and a M(r) = 55-kDa protein (p55) from a stromal cell line and a B cell line, respectively. R4 inhibited the development of B cell progenitors from bone marrow cells in cultures supported by stromal cell lines, ST2, or op/op fibroblast line, but did not inhibit myelopoiesis supported by ST2. R4 also inhibited the growth of a stromal cell-dependent pre-B cell line, DW8, but not of two stromal cell-independent B cell lines, 70Z/3 and M12, despite the fact that R4 reacted all three of these lines. Because R4 inhibited B lymphopoiesis in the transwell culture where stromal cells are not allowed to contact pre-B cells, R4 Ag may not directly affect cellular contact. In vivo treatment of pregnant mice with R4 caused a reduction in the number of B cell progenitors in the bone marrows of some of the newborn offspring.
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- T Nagasawa
- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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Nagasawa T, Kaisho T, Kishimoto T, Kikutani H. Generation and characterization of a monoclonal antibody that inhibits stromal cell-dependent B lymphopoiesis. J Immunol 1994; 152:2788-97. [PMID: 8144882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We generated a mAb, R4, against a stromal cell line, ST2, which is one of several stromal cell lines that can support in vitro B lymphopoiesis. Flow cytometry studies using R4 revealed that R4 reacted with several stromal, fibroblast, and some B cell lines, but not with freshly isolated bone marrow cells, splenocytes, thymocytes, or T cell lines. R4 could immunoprecipitate a M(r) = 24-kDa protein (p24) and a M(r) = 55-kDa protein (p55) from a stromal cell line and a B cell line, respectively. R4 inhibited the development of B cell progenitors from bone marrow cells in cultures supported by stromal cell lines, ST2, or op/op fibroblast line, but did not inhibit myelopoiesis supported by ST2. R4 also inhibited the growth of a stromal cell-dependent pre-B cell line, DW8, but not of two stromal cell-independent B cell lines, 70Z/3 and M12, despite the fact that R4 reacted all three of these lines. Because R4 inhibited B lymphopoiesis in the transwell culture where stromal cells are not allowed to contact pre-B cells, R4 Ag may not directly affect cellular contact. In vivo treatment of pregnant mice with R4 caused a reduction in the number of B cell progenitors in the bone marrows of some of the newborn offspring.
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- T Nagasawa
- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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Muraoka O, Kaisho T, Tanabe M, Hirano T. Transcriptional activation of the interleukin-6 gene by HTLV-1 p40tax through an NF-kappa B-like binding site. Immunol Lett 1993; 37:159-65. [PMID: 8258457 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(93)90026-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene is expressed by various stimuli including cytokines or viral infections, such as human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1). However, it has not been well established how HTLV-1 induces the expression of the IL-6 gene. In the present study, we demonstrated that HTLV-1-derived transactivator protein, p40tax, could stimulate endogenous IL-6 gene expression. Furthermore, we showed that the NF-kappa B binding site (IL-6 kappa B site) located between -74 and -62 upstream of the cap site of the IL-6 gene was an essential cis-acting element for p40tax-mediated transactivation of the IL-6 gene expression by utilizing a series of 5' deletion mutants of the IL-6 5' flanking region as well as a construct with a mutated IL-6 kappa B site. We identified the presence of two nuclear factor complexes that bound to the IL-6 kappa B site. One was constitutively expressed, and the other was inducible by p40tax. Taken together, HTLV-1 p40tax directly induces IL-6 gene expression through the IL-6 kappa B site, indicating the close association between IL-6 overproduction and HTLV-1 infection.
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- O Muraoka
- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Brach MA, Gruss HJ, Kaisho T, Asano Y, Hirano T, Herrmann F. Ionizing radiation induces expression of interleukin 6 by human fibroblasts involving activation of nuclear factor-kappa B. J Biol Chem 1993; 268:8466-72. [PMID: 8473290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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We here report that human lung fibroblasts respond to x-ray treatment (XRT) with release of interleukin (IL)-6. Synthesis of IL-6 upon ionizing radiation is preceded by an increase of IL-6 transcript levels resulting from transcriptional activation of the IL-6 gene. Analysis of deleted fragments of the IL-6 promoter indicated that transcriptional activation of the IL-6 promoter was due to enhanced binding activity of the transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B. Although AP-1 did not participate in the rapid induction of the IL-6 promoter, its binding activity was also enhanced by XRT. In contrast to binding kinetics observed with NF-kappa B, AP-1 binding following XRT was biphasic with the second peak being dependent on de novo protein synthesis. In contrast, however, NF-IL-6 activity was not enhanced by XRT in fibroblasts. The introduction of both the NF-kappa B- and the AP-1 recognition sequence conferred inducibility by XRT to a heterologous promoter, with reporter gene activity being maximal 24 or 48 h following XRT, respectively. Sequential activation of two distinct transcription factors might thus contribute to synchronize transcriptional activation of different genes participating in the x-ray response.
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- M A Brach
- Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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Brach M, Gruss H, Kaisho T, Asano Y, Hirano T, Herrmann F. Ionizing radiation induces expression of interleukin 6 by human fibroblasts involving activation of nuclear factor-kappa B. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)52898-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Kaisho T, Oritani K, Ishikawa J, Tanabe M, Muraoka O, Ochi T, Hirano T. Human bone marrow stromal cell lines from myeloma and rheumatoid arthritis that can support murine pre-B cell growth. The Journal of Immunology 1992. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.149.12.4088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In order to elucidate the pathologic significance of the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment in multiple myeloma (MM) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we established patient- or healthy donor (HD)-derived BM stromal cell lines by transfecting the plasmid for expression of SV40 large T Ag and examined their ability to support the stromal cell-dependent growth of a pre-B cell line, DW34. The means of recovered cell numbers of DW34 co-cultured with MM- and RA-derived BM stromal cell lines ranged from 6- to 10-fold more than those with HD-derived ones. Their enhanced ability to support DW34 cell growth was not caused by cytokines, including IL-6, IL-7, and c-kit ligand, although exogenous IL-7 could augment the growth-supporting ability. DW34 cell growth on the stromal cell lines was abolished by inhibiting cell-to-cell interaction with a membrane filter. FACS analysis revealed that the stromal cell lines did not express LFA-1 alpha, beta, NCAM, or ELAM-1. Both patient and HD BM stromal cell lines variably expressed ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and CD44. However, surface expression levels of these molecules did not correlate with the ability of the stromal cell lines to support DW34 cell growth. Taken together, these results suggested that BM microenvironment might play important roles in the pathogenesis of MM and RA.
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- T Kaisho
- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Kaisho T, Oritani K, Ishikawa J, Tanabe M, Muraoka O, Ochi T, Hirano T. Human bone marrow stromal cell lines from myeloma and rheumatoid arthritis that can support murine pre-B cell growth. J Immunol 1992; 149:4088-95. [PMID: 1281201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In order to elucidate the pathologic significance of the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment in multiple myeloma (MM) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we established patient- or healthy donor (HD)-derived BM stromal cell lines by transfecting the plasmid for expression of SV40 large T Ag and examined their ability to support the stromal cell-dependent growth of a pre-B cell line, DW34. The means of recovered cell numbers of DW34 co-cultured with MM- and RA-derived BM stromal cell lines ranged from 6- to 10-fold more than those with HD-derived ones. Their enhanced ability to support DW34 cell growth was not caused by cytokines, including IL-6, IL-7, and c-kit ligand, although exogenous IL-7 could augment the growth-supporting ability. DW34 cell growth on the stromal cell lines was abolished by inhibiting cell-to-cell interaction with a membrane filter. FACS analysis revealed that the stromal cell lines did not express LFA-1 alpha, beta, NCAM, or ELAM-1. Both patient and HD BM stromal cell lines variably expressed ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and CD44. However, surface expression levels of these molecules did not correlate with the ability of the stromal cell lines to support DW34 cell growth. Taken together, these results suggested that BM microenvironment might play important roles in the pathogenesis of MM and RA.
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- T Kaisho
- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Oritani K, Kaisho T, Nakajima K, Hirano T. Retinoic acid inhibits interleukin-6-induced macrophage differentiation and apoptosis in a murine hematopoietic cell line, Y6. Blood 1992; 80:2298-305. [PMID: 1384800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We established a radiation-induced murine hematopoietic cell line, Y6, that could be induced to differentiate into macrophages by interleukin-6 (IL-6). IL-6 also induced growth inhibition and apoptosis in Y6 cells. Retinoic acid (RA) inhibited such effects of IL-6 on Y6 cells. The inhibitory effect of RA on the effects of IL-6 was not caused by the downregulation of the IL-6 receptor, because RA neither affected the expression of IL-6 receptor mRNA nor the expression of IL-6 receptor molecule on the cell surface. Furthermore, RA did not inhibit the IL-6-induced expression of junB mRNA, indicating that the expression of functionally active IL-6 receptor and the signal transduction pathway activating the junB gene are not inhibited by RA. IL-6-induced macrophage differentiation of Y6 cells was preceded by the downregulation of the c-myc gene, which was also prevented by RA. Because the inhibitory effect of RA on Y6 cells was reversible and seemed not to require de novo protein synthesis, the RA receptor by itself might be directly involved in the inhibition of the IL-6 signal transduction pathway. The results indicated that the IL-6 signal transduction pathways leading to the induction of macrophage differentiation and junB gene expression can be dissected by RA.
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- K Oritani
- Division of Molecular Oncology, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Kaisho T, Nagasawa T, Kishimoto T, Kikutani H. A stromal cell-specific monoclonal antibody augments the stromal cell-dependent B lymphopoiesis. The Journal of Immunology 1992. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.148.4.989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We produced the mAb R25 against the stromal cell line ST2, which could support B lymphopoiesis in vitro. R25 enhanced the ability of ST2 to support B lymphopoiesis and precipitated molecules of 110 and 120 kDa (p110/120) from ST2 cell lysates. p110/120 were also expressed on other stromal and fibroblast cell lines but not on freshly isolated bone marrow hematopoietic cells, spleen cells, and lymphoid cell lines. However, R25 had no or weak effect on the stromal cell-dependent myelopoiesis. Even under conditions in which bone marrow cells were separated from stromal cells with a membrane filter, R25 could augment the stromal cell-dependent B lymphopoiesis. However, R25 did not induce the increase of IL-7 mRNA of ST2 cells. Taken together, these findings suggest that the stromal cell surface molecules p110/120 are involved in the stromal cell-dependent B lymphopoiesis and that certain soluble factors distinct from IL-7 may contribute to the p110/120-mediated B cell generation.
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- T Kaisho
- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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Kaisho T, Nagasawa T, Kishimoto T, Kikutani H. A stromal cell-specific monoclonal antibody augments the stromal cell-dependent B lymphopoiesis. J Immunol 1992; 148:989-95. [PMID: 1737941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We produced the mAb R25 against the stromal cell line ST2, which could support B lymphopoiesis in vitro. R25 enhanced the ability of ST2 to support B lymphopoiesis and precipitated molecules of 110 and 120 kDa (p110/120) from ST2 cell lysates. p110/120 were also expressed on other stromal and fibroblast cell lines but not on freshly isolated bone marrow hematopoietic cells, spleen cells, and lymphoid cell lines. However, R25 had no or weak effect on the stromal cell-dependent myelopoiesis. Even under conditions in which bone marrow cells were separated from stromal cells with a membrane filter, R25 could augment the stromal cell-dependent B lymphopoiesis. However, R25 did not induce the increase of IL-7 mRNA of ST2 cells. Taken together, these findings suggest that the stromal cell surface molecules p110/120 are involved in the stromal cell-dependent B lymphopoiesis and that certain soluble factors distinct from IL-7 may contribute to the p110/120-mediated B cell generation.
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- T Kaisho
- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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Inui S, Kaisho T, Kikutani H, Stamenkovic I, Seed B, Clark EA, Kishimoto T. Identification of the intracytoplasmic region essential for signal transduction through a B cell activation molecule, CD40. Eur J Immunol 1990; 20:1747-53. [PMID: 1698631 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830200819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 12/28/2022]
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CD40 is a 45-kDa glycoprotein expressed on human B lineage cells. Anti-CD40 induces the proliferation of B cells and the extracellular region of CD40 is related to those of a certain kind of growth factor receptors. Therefore, it has been proposed that CD40 might be a receptor for a molecule involved in the growth regulation of B cells. The cDNA coding for CD40 was transfected into the murine B lymphoma cell line M12 and the murine thymoma cell line EL4. The growth of both M12 and EL4 transfectants expressing human CD40 was inhibited by anti-CD40. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) augmented the growth inhibitory effects of anti-CD40 on transfectants. The CD40 molecule was constitutively phosphorylated not only in human tonsil B cells but also in transfectants expressing CD40. PMA augmented the phosphorylation of CD40 in these cells. These results indicate that in spite of the growth inhibitory effect of anti-CD40, the augmentative effect of PMA is conserved in CD40+ transfectants and suggest that the transfectant might be useful for the study of signal transduction mechanism through CD40. To investigate which part of the CD40 molecule is important for signal transduction, transfectants expressing mutant CD40 cDNA were established and their growth response to anti-CD40 was evaluated. The mutant molecule, which had an Ala for Thr substitution at position 234, and the deletion mutants lacking Thr234 were inactive in growth signal transduction, indicating that Thr234 itself or the region around Thr234 is essential for signal transduction through CD40.
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- S Inui
- Division of Immunology, Osaka University, Japan
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Kikutani H, Inui S, Sato R, Barsumian EL, Owaki H, Yamasaki K, Kaisho T, Uchibayashi N, Hardy RR, Hirano T. Molecular structure of human lymphocyte receptor for immunoglobulin E. Cell 1986; 47:657-65. [PMID: 2877743 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(86)90508-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We have isolated and sequenced a cDNA clone encoding the human lymphocyte receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon R). The deduced protein sequence reveals that Fc epsilon R consists of 321 amino acids, without any signal sequence, and is oriented with its N-terminus on the cytoplasmic side and its C-terminus on the outside of the cell. This molecule shows striking sequence homology with chicken asialoglycoprotein receptor (hepatic lectin), suggesting a possible role for Fc epsilon R in endocytosis. Fc epsilon R mRNA is expressed in B cells, B cell lines, and macrophage cell lines. It is not expressed in T cells or T cell lines, with the exception of an HTLV-transformed T cell line. mRNAs expressed in a macrophage line and in the latter T cell line differ in size from mRNA expressed in B cells. Human BSF-1 (or IL-4) induces the expression of Fc epsilon R mRNA in B cells, but not in T cells.
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