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Cho W, Oh H, Abd El-Aty AM, Özten Ö, Jeong JH, Jung TW. Interleukin-27 as a novel player in alleviating hepatic steatosis: Mechanistic insights from an in vitro analysis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2024; 703:149671. [PMID: 38367515 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.149671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 02/04/2024] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
Abstract
Interleukin-27 (IL-27) is a recently discovered cytokine that has been implicated in inflammatory and metabolic conditions, such as atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. However, the mechanisms by which IL-27 attenuates hepatic lipid accumulation in hyperlipidemic conditions and counteracts endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, a known risk factor for impaired hepatic lipid metabolism, have not been elucidated. This in vitro study was designed to examine the effect of IL-27 on hepatic lipid metabolism. The study included the evaluation of lipogenesis-associated proteins and ER stress markers by Western blotting, the determination of hepatic lipid accumulation by Oil Red O staining, and the examination of autophagosome formation by MDC staining. The results showed that IL-27 treatment reduced lipogenic lipid deposition and the expression of ER stress markers in cultured hepatocytes exposed to palmitate. Moreover, treatment with IL-27 suppressed CD36 expression and enhanced fatty acid oxidation in palmitate-treated hepatocytes. The effects of IL-27 on hyperlipidemic hepatocytes were attenuated when adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) or 3-methyladenine (3 MA) were inhibited by small interfering RNA (siRNA). These results suggest that IL-27 attenuates hepatic ER stress and fatty acid uptake and stimulates fatty acid oxidation via AMPK/autophagy signaling, thereby alleviating hepatic steatosis. In conclusion, this study identified IL-27 as a promising therapeutic target for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
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- Wonjun Cho
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, 12211, Giza, Egypt; Department of Medical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey.
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- Department of Pharmacy Services, Vocational School of Health Services, Bayburt University, Bayburt, 69010, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Global Innovative Drugs, Graduate School of Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Zhang X, Ma S, Huebner JL, Naz SI, Alnemer N, Soderblom EJ, Aliferis C, Kraus VB. Immune system-related plasma extracellular vesicles in healthy aging. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1355380. [PMID: 38633262 PMCID: PMC11021711 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1355380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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Objectives To identify age-related plasma extracellular vehicle (EVs) phenotypes in healthy adults. Methods EV proteomics by high-resolution mass spectrometry to evaluate EV protein stability and discover age-associated EV proteins (n=4 with 4 serial freeze-thaws each); validation by high-resolution flow cytometry and EV cytokine quantification by multiplex ELISA (n=28 healthy donors, aged 18-83 years); quantification of WI-38 fibroblast cell proliferation response to co-culture with PKH67-labeled young and old plasma EVs. The EV samples from these plasma specimens were previously characterized for bilayer structure, intra-vesicle mitochondria and cytokines, and hematopoietic cell-related surface markers. Results Compared with matched exo-EVs (EV-depleted supernatants), endo-EVs (EV-associated) had higher mean TNF-α and IL-27, lower mean IL-6, IL-11, IFN-γ, and IL-17A/F, and similar mean IL-1β, IL-21, and IL-22 concentrations. Some endo-EV and exo-EV cytokine concentrations were correlated, including TNF-α, IL-27, IL-6, IL-1β, and IFN-γ, but not IL-11, IL-17A/F, IL-21 or IL-22. Endo-EV IFN-γ and exo-EV IL-17A/F and IL-21 declined with age. By proteomics and confirmed by flow cytometry, we identified age-associated decline of fibrinogen (FGA, FGB and FGG) in EVs. Age-related EV proteins indicated predominant origins in the liver and innate immune system. WI-38 cells (>95%) internalized similar amounts of young and old plasma EVs, but cells that internalized PKH67-EVs, particularly young EVs, underwent significantly greater cell proliferation. Conclusion Endo-EV and exo-EV cytokines function as different biomarkers. The observed healthy aging EV phenotype reflected a downregulation of EV fibrinogen subpopulations consistent with the absence of a pro-coagulant and pro-inflammatory condition common with age-related disease.
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- Xin Zhang
- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Duke Proteomics and Metabolomics Core Facility, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, United States
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Martin E, Winter S, Garcin C, Tanita K, Hoshino A, Lenoir C, Fournier B, Migaud M, Boutboul D, Simonin M, Fernandes A, Bastard P, Le Voyer T, Roupie AL, Ben Ahmed Y, Leruez-Ville M, Burgard M, Rao G, Ma CS, Masson C, Soudais C, Picard C, Bustamante J, Tangye SG, Cheikh N, Seppänen M, Puel A, Daly M, Casanova JL, Neven B, Fischer A, Latour S. Role of IL-27 in Epstein-Barr virus infection revealed by IL-27RA deficiency. Nature 2024; 628:620-629. [PMID: 38509369 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07213-6] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection can engender severe B cell lymphoproliferative diseases1,2. The primary infection is often asymptomatic or causes infectious mononucleosis (IM), a self-limiting lymphoproliferative disorder3. Selective vulnerability to EBV has been reported in association with inherited mutations impairing T cell immunity to EBV4. Here we report biallelic loss-of-function variants in IL27RA that underlie an acute and severe primary EBV infection with a nevertheless favourable outcome requiring a minimal treatment. One mutant allele (rs201107107) was enriched in the Finnish population (minor allele frequency = 0.0068) and carried a high risk of severe infectious mononucleosis when homozygous. IL27RA encodes the IL-27 receptor alpha subunit5,6. In the absence of IL-27RA, phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT3 by IL-27 is abolished in T cells. In in vitro studies, IL-27 exerts a synergistic effect on T-cell-receptor-dependent T cell proliferation7 that is deficient in cells from the patients, leading to impaired expansion of potent anti-EBV effector cytotoxic CD8+ T cells. IL-27 is produced by EBV-infected B lymphocytes and an IL-27RA-IL-27 autocrine loop is required for the maintenance of EBV-transformed B cells. This potentially explains the eventual favourable outcome of the EBV-induced viral disease in patients with IL-27RA deficiency. Furthermore, we identified neutralizing anti-IL-27 autoantibodies in most individuals who developed sporadic infectious mononucleosis and chronic EBV infection. These results demonstrate the critical role of IL-27RA-IL-27 in immunity to EBV, but also the hijacking of this defence by EBV to promote the expansion of infected transformed B cells.
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- Emmanuel Martin
- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Department of Hematology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Plateforme Vecteurs Viraux et Transfert de Gènes, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Service de Bactériologie, Virologie, Parasitologie et Hygiène, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France
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- Service de Bactériologie, Virologie, Parasitologie et Hygiène, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Plateforme de Bioinformatique, INSERM UMR1163, Université de Paris, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Study Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- Study Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Hôpital Jean Minjoz, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France
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- Pediatric Research Center and Rare Disease Center, New Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Institut for Molecular Medecine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France
- St Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France
- Collège de France, Paris, France
- Imagine Institute, INSERM UMR 1163, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV infection, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.
- Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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Hernández-Sarmiento LJ, Tamayo-Molina YS, Valdés-López JF, Urcuqui-Inchima S. Mayaro virus infection elicits a robust pro-inflammatory and antiviral response in human macrophages. Acta Trop 2024; 252:107146. [PMID: 38342287 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
Abstract
Mayaro virus (MAYV), the etiological agent of Mayaro fever (MAYF), is an emergent arbovirus pathogen belonging to Togaviridae family. MAYF is characterized by high inflammatory component that can cause long-lasting arthralgia that persists for months. Macrophages are viral targets and reservoirs, key components of innate immunity and host response. Given the importance of this pathogen, our aim was to determine the inflammatory and antiviral response of human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) infected with MAYV. First, we established the replication kinetics of the virus. Thereafter, we determined the expression of pattern recognition receptors, NF-ĸB complex, interferons (IFNs), two interleukin 27 (IL27) subunits, IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs), and the production of cytokines/chemokines. We found that human MDMs are susceptible to MAYV infection in vitro, with a peak of viral particles released between 24- and 48-hours post-infection (h.p.i) at MOI 0.5, and between 12 and 24 h.p.i at MOI 1. Interestingly, we observed a significant decline in the production of infectious viral particles at 72 h.p.i that was associated with the induction of antiviral response and high cytotoxic effect of MAYV infection in MDMs. We observed modulation of several genes after MAYV infection, as well, we noted the activation of antiviral detection and response pathways (Toll-like receptors, RIG-I/MDA5, and PKR) at 48 h.p.i but not at 6 h.p.i. Furthermore, MAYV-infected macrophages express high levels of the three types of IFNs and the two IL27 subunits at 48 h.p.i. Moreover, we found higher production of IL6, IL1β, CXCL8/IL8, CCL2, and CCL5 at 48 h.p.i as compared to 6 h.p.i. A robust antiviral response (ISG15, APOBEC3A, IFITM1, and MX2) was observed at 48 but not at 6 h.p.i. The innate and antiviral responses of MAYV-infected MDMs differ at 6 and 48 h.p.i. We conclude that MAYV infection induces robust pro-inflammatory and antiviral responses in human primary macrophages.
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- Grupo Inmunovirología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo Inmunovirología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo Inmunovirología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia.
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Aldridge DL, Moodley D, Park J, Phan AT, Rausch M, White KF, Ren Y, Golin K, Radaelli E, Kedl R, Holland PM, Hill J, Hunter CA. Endogenous IL-27 during toxoplasmosis limits early monocyte responses and their inflammatory activation by pathological T cells. mBio 2024; 15:e0008324. [PMID: 38376210 PMCID: PMC10936422 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00083-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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Mice that lack the genes for IL-27, or the IL-27 receptor, and infected with Toxoplasma gondii develop T cell-mediated pathology. Here, studies were performed to determine the impact of endogenous IL-27 on the immune response to T. gondii in wild-type (WT) mice. Analysis of infected mice revealed the early production of IL-27p28 by a subset of Ly6Chi, inflammatory monocytes, and sustained IL-27p28 production at sites of acute and chronic infection. Administration of anti-IL-27p28 prior to infection resulted in an early (day 5) increase in levels of macrophage and granulocyte activation, as well as enhanced effector T cell responses, as measured by both cellularity, cytokine production, and transcriptional profiling. This enhanced acute response led to immune pathology, while blockade during the chronic phase of infection resulted in enhanced T cell responses but no systemic pathology. In the absence of IL-27, the enhanced monocyte responses observed at day 10 were a secondary consequence of activated CD4+ T cells. Thus, in WT mice, IL-27 has distinct suppressive effects that impact innate and adaptive immunity during different phases of this infection. IMPORTANCE The molecule IL-27 is critical in limiting the immune response to the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. In the absence of IL-27, a lethal, overactive immune response develops during infection. However, when exactly in the course of infection this molecule is needed was unclear. By selectively inhibiting IL-27 during this parasitic infection, we discovered that IL-27 was only needed during, but not prior to, infection. Additionally, IL-27 is only needed in the active areas in which the parasite is replicating. Finally, our work found that a previously unstudied cell type, monocytes, was regulated by IL-27, which contributes further to our understanding of the regulatory networks established by this molecule.
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- Daniel L. Aldridge
- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Kangwon National University College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Chuncheon, South Korea
- Multidimensional Genomics Research Center, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Surface Oncology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Surface Oncology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Comparative Pathology Core, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Surface Oncology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- University of Colorado, Anschuitz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kamii Y, Hayashizaki K, Kanno T, Chiba A, Ikegami T, Saito M, Akeda Y, Ohteki T, Kubo M, Yoshida K, Kawakami K, Oishi K, Araya J, Kuwano K, Kronenberg M, Endo Y, Kinjo Y. IL-27 regulates the differentiation of follicular helper NKT cells via metabolic adaptation of mitochondria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2313964121. [PMID: 38394242 PMCID: PMC10907256 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313964121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are innate-like T lymphocytes that express an invariant T cell receptor α chain and contribute to bridging innate and acquired immunity with rapid production of large amounts of cytokines after stimulation. Among effecter subsets of iNKT cells, follicular helper NKT (NKTFH) cells are specialized to help B cells. However, the mechanisms of NKTFH cell differentiation remain to be elucidated. In this report, we studied the mechanism of NKTFH cell differentiation induced by pneumococcal surface protein A and α-galactosylceramide (P/A) vaccination. We found that Gr-1+ cells helped iNKT cell proliferation and NKTFH cell differentiation in the spleen by producing interleukin-27 (IL-27) in the early phase after vaccination. The neutralization of IL-27 impaired NKTFH cell differentiation, which resulted in compromised antibody production and diminished protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection by the P/A vaccine. Our data indicated that Gr-1+ cell-derived IL-27 stimulated mitochondrial metabolism, meeting the energic demand required for iNKT cells to differentiate into NKTFH cells. Interestingly, Gr-1+ cell-derived IL-27 was induced by iNKT cells via interferon-γ production. Collectively, our findings suggest that optimizing the metabolism of iNKT cells was essential for acquiring specific effector functions, and they provide beneficial knowledge on iNKT cell-mediated vaccination-mediated therapeutic strategies.
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- Yasuhiro Kamii
- Department of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
- Jikei Center for Biofilm Science and Technology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Research and Development, Laboratory of Medical Omics Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba292-0818, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
- Jikei Center for Biofilm Science and Technology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Biodefense Research, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo113-8510, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba278-0022, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi980-8575, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
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- La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA92037
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA92093
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- Department of Frontier Research and Development, Laboratory of Medical Omics Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba292-0818, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
- Jikei Center for Biofilm Science and Technology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo105-8461, Japan
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Vasquez Ayala A, Hsu CY, Oles RE, Matsuo K, Loomis LR, Buzun E, Carrillo Terrazas M, Gerner RR, Lu HH, Kim S, Zhang Z, Park JH, Rivaud P, Thomson M, Lu LF, Min B, Chu H. Commensal bacteria promote type I interferon signaling to maintain immune tolerance in mice. J Exp Med 2024; 221:e20230063. [PMID: 38085267 PMCID: PMC10716256 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20230063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Type I interferons (IFNs) exert a broad range of biological effects important in coordinating immune responses, which have classically been studied in the context of pathogen clearance. Yet, whether immunomodulatory bacteria operate through IFN pathways to support intestinal immune tolerance remains elusive. Here, we reveal that the commensal bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, utilizes canonical antiviral pathways to modulate intestinal dendritic cells (DCs) and regulatory T cell (Treg) responses. Specifically, IFN signaling is required for commensal-induced tolerance as IFNAR1-deficient DCs display blunted IL-10 and IL-27 production in response to B. fragilis. We further establish that IFN-driven IL-27 in DCs is critical in shaping the ensuing Foxp3+ Treg via IL-27Rα signaling. Consistent with these findings, single-cell RNA sequencing of gut Tregs demonstrated that colonization with B. fragilis promotes a distinct IFN gene signature in Foxp3+ Tregs during intestinal inflammation. Altogether, our findings demonstrate a critical role of commensal-mediated immune tolerance via tonic type I IFN signaling.
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Division of Chemotherapy, Kindai University Faculty of Pharmacy, Higashi-osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, ZIEL Institute for Food & Health, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Chiba University-UC San Diego Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy and Vaccines, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Humans and the Microbiome Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Canada
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Maślanka T, Jasiecka-Mikołajczyk A. Teriflunomide induces Foxp3 expression in murine CD8 + T cells while IL-27 and retinoic acid exert a synergistic effect on the induction of CD39 expression on these cells. Pol J Vet Sci 2023; 26:591-609. [PMID: 38088303 DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2023.148279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to verify the possibility of pharmacological induction of Foxp3 +CD25 +CD8 + and Foxp3 -CD103 +CD8 + T regulatory cells 'armed' with immunosuppressive molecules, i.e. CD39 and IL-10. To achieve this purpose, stimulated and unstimulated murine lymphocytes were exposed to IL-27, teriflunomide (TER) and all trans retinoic acid (ATRA). The study found that: (a) IL-27 induced CD39 expression on Foxp3 +CD25 +CD8 + T cells and the ability of CD103+Foxp3-CD8+ T cells to produce IL-10 as well as increasing the absolute number of IL-10 +CD103 +Foxp3 -CD8 + T cells; (b) TER induced Foxp3 expression in CD25+CD8+ T cells and CD103 expression on Foxp3 -CD8 + T cells as well as increasing the absolute number of Foxp3 +CD25 +CD8 + T cells; (c) ATRA induced the capacity of Foxp3 +CD25 +CD8 + T cells to produce IL-10. The following desired interactions were demonstrated between IL-27 and ATRA: (a) a strong synergistic effect with respect to increasing CD39 expression and the ability to produce IL-10 by Foxp3 +CD25 +CD8 + T cells; (b) a synergistic effect with respect to increasing the absolute count of CD39 +Foxp3 +CD25 +CD8 + T cells. The study revealed that TER abolished all these effects. Therefore, a combination of the tested agents did not induce the generation of Foxp3 +CD25 +CD8 + and Foxp3 -CD103+CD8+ T cells characterized by extensive CD39 expression and IL-10 production. Thus, in the context of the pharmacological induction of IL-10 +CD39 +Foxp3 +CD25 +CD8 + and IL-10 +CD103 +Foxp3 -CD8 + T cells, these findings strongly suggest that a combination of TER with IL-27 and/or ATRA does not provide any benefits over TER alone; moreover, such a combination may result in abolishing the desired effects exerted by IL-27 and/or ATRA.
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- T Maślanka
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 13, 10-718 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 13, 10-718 Olsztyn, Poland
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Scaffidi C, Srdic A, Konrad D, Wueest S. IL-27 increases energy storage in white adipocytes by enhancing glucose uptake and fatty acid esterification. Adipocyte 2023; 12:2276346. [PMID: 37948192 PMCID: PMC10773535 DOI: 10.1080/21623945.2023.2276346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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The cytokine interleukin (IL)-27 has been reported to induce thermogenesis in white adipocytes. However, it remains unknown whether IL-27-mediated adipocyte energy dissipation is paralleled by an elevated energy supply from lipids and/or carbohydrates. We hypothesized that IL-27 increases lipolysis and glucose uptake in white adipocytes, thereby providing substrates for thermogenesis. Unexpectedly, we found that treatment of 3T3-L1 adipocytes with IL-27 reduced intra- and extracellular free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations and that phosphorylation of hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) was not affected by IL-27. These results were confirmed in subcutaneous white adipocytes. Further, application of IL-27 to 3T3-L1 adipocytes increased intracellular triglyceride (TG) content but not mitochondrial ATP production nor expression of enzymes involved in beta-oxidation indicating that elevated esterification rather than oxidation causes FFA disappearance. In addition, IL-27 significantly increased GLUT1 protein levels, basal glucose uptake as well as glycolytic ATP production, suggesting that increased glycolytic flux due to IL-27 provides the glycerol backbone for TG synthesis. In conclusion, our findings suggest IL-27 increases glucose uptake and TG deposition in white adipocytes.
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- Chiara Scaffidi
- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children’s Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Children’s Research Center, University Children’s Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children’s Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children’s Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Children’s Research Center, University Children’s Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Children’s Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Children’s Research Center, University Children’s Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Nie M, Huang D, Chen G, Zhao Y, Sun L. Bioadhesive Microcarriers Encapsulated with IL-27 High Expressive MSC Extracellular Vesicles for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2303349. [PMID: 37759399 PMCID: PMC10646269 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202303349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy is a promising candidate for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment, while overcoming the limitations of naive seeding cells function and realizing efficient intestinal targeting remains a challenge. Here, a bioadhesive microparticle carrying interleukin-27 (IL-27) MSC-derived extracellular vesicles (MSCIL-27 EVs) is developed to treat IBD. The MSCIL-27 EVs prepared through lentivirus-mediated gene transfection technology show ideal anti-inflammatory and damage repair function. By encapsulating MSCIL-27 EVs into dopamine methacrylamide-modified hydrogel, a bioadhesive EVs microcarrier via microfluidic technology is fabricated. The resultant microcarriers exhibit ideal MSCIL-27 EVs sustained release effect and effective wet adhesion property. Furthermore, the therapeutic potential of MSCIL-27 EVs-loaded microcarriers in treating IBD is demonstrated. Through giving IBD rats a rectal administration, it is found that the microcarriers can firmly anchor to the surface of colon, reduce the inflammatory response, and repair the damaged barrier. Therefore, the bioadhesive MSCIL-27 EVs-loaded microcarriers provide a promising strategy for the biomedical application of MSC-derived EVs, and broaden the clinical potential of MSC therapy.
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- Min Nie
- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyNanjing Drum Tower HospitalAffiliated Hospital of Medical SchoolNanjing UniversityNanjing210002China
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- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyNanjing Drum Tower HospitalAffiliated Hospital of Medical SchoolNanjing UniversityNanjing210002China
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- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyNanjing Drum Tower HospitalAffiliated Hospital of Medical SchoolNanjing UniversityNanjing210002China
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- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyNanjing Drum Tower HospitalAffiliated Hospital of Medical SchoolNanjing UniversityNanjing210002China
- State Key Laboratory of BioelectronicsSchool of Biological Science and Medical EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyNanjing Drum Tower HospitalAffiliated Hospital of Medical SchoolNanjing UniversityNanjing210002China
- Department of Rheumatology and ImmunologyThe First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical UniversityHefei230000China
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Ma L, Liu Y, Xu F, Shen R, Wang M, Zhang Y, Liu C, Zheng G. IL-27-induced, MSC-derived Exosomes Promote MMP3 Expression Through the miR-206/L3MBTL4 Axis in Synovial Fibroblasts. Altern Ther Health Med 2023; 29:680-688. [PMID: 37678876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Context In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), hyperproliferative fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) can secrete a variety of tissue hydrolases, such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), causing the destruction of chondrocytes. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can directly affect FLS through extracellular vesicles (EVs). Interleukin-27 (IL-27) is a pleiotropic immune regulator frequently overexpressed in RA. Objective The study intended to examine the effects of IL-27-induced exosomes from bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) and to determine if they promote the secretion of MMP3 in synovial cells. Design The research team performed a genetic study. Setting The study took place at the First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University in Haikou City, Hainan, China. Outcome Measures The research team: (1) determined if IL-27 expression had occurred in the synovial fluid; (2) co-cultured IL-27-induced MSCs with FLS to detect the expression of MMP3 in the FLS; (3) Under IL-27 induction, MSC-derived exosomes with IL-27R knockdown were collected to detect the expression of microRNAs(miRNAs) associated with RA; (4) screened the miRNAs to determine the most significant differences in expression; (5) determined the miRNA target genes in arthritis, using Western blot (WB) and qRT-PCR; and (6) Dual luciferase and ChIP experiments confirm regulation of MMP3 by L3MBTL4. Results IL-27 was highly expressed in RA, and the IL-27-induced, MSC-derived exosomes promoted the expression of MMP3 in FLS. The IL-27-induced MSC-derived exosomes significantly upregulated the expression of miR-206-3p, and the miR-206-3p target, miR-206/ lethal(3) malignant brain tumor-like protein 4 (L3MBTL4), regulated the MMP3 transcription. The IL-27-induced, MSC-derived exosomes promoted MMP3 expression in the FLS through the miR-206-3p/L3MBTL4 axis, thereby promoting chondrocyte degradation and aggravating RA. Conclusions IL-27 can induce the expression of miR-206 in MSCs, and miR-206 can be transported into FLS through MSC-EVs to promote FLS migration and MMP3 expression and aggravate articular cartilage damage. Patients with RA who have a high IL-27 expression may not be suitable to receive treatment with MSCs, and clinicians can use MSCs that knock down or delete IL-27R to treat RA patients who have a high IL-27 expression.
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Brownlie RJ, Kennedy R, Wilson EB, Milanovic M, Taylor CF, Wang D, Davies JR, Owston H, Adams EJ, Stephenson S, Caeser R, Gewurz BE, Giannoudis PV, Scuoppo C, McGonagle D, Hodson DJ, Tooze RM, Doody GM, Cook G, Westhead DR, Klein U. Cytokine receptor IL27RA is an NF-κB-responsive gene involved in CD38 upregulation in multiple myeloma. Blood Adv 2023; 7:3874-3890. [PMID: 36867577 PMCID: PMC10405202 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009044] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Multiple myeloma (MM) shows constitutive activation of canonical and noncanonical nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling via genetic mutations or tumor microenvironment (TME) stimulations. A subset of MM cell lines showed dependency for cell growth and survival on the canonical NF-κB transcription factor RELA alone, suggesting a critical role for a RELA-mediated biological program in MM pathogenesis. Here, we determined the RELA-dependent transcriptional program in MM cell lines and found the expression of the cell surface molecules interleukin-27 receptor-α (IL-27Rα) and the adhesion molecule JAM2 to be responsive to RELA at the messenger RNA and protein levels. IL-27Rα and JAM2 were expressed on primary MM cells at higher levels than on healthy long-lived plasma cells (PCs) in the bone marrow. IL-27 activated STAT1, and to a lesser extent STAT3, in MM cell lines and in PCs generated from memory B cells in an IL-21-dependent in vitro PC differentiation assay. Concomitant activity of IL-21 and IL-27 enhanced differentiation into PCs and increased the cell-surface expression of the known STAT target gene CD38. In accordance, a subset of MM cell lines and primary MM cells cultured with IL-27 upregulated CD38 cell-surface expression, a finding with potential implications for enhancing the efficacy of CD38-directed monoclonal antibody therapies by increasing CD38 expression on tumor cells. The elevated expression of IL-27Rα and JAM2 on MM cells compared with that on healthy PCs may be exploited for the development of targeted therapeutic strategies that modulate the interaction of MM cells with the TME.
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- Rebecca J. Brownlie
- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Leeds Omics, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Bioinformatics Group, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Leeds Orthopaedic & Trauma Sciences, Leeds General Infirmary, and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Health Research, Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- CRUK Clinical Trials Unit, Leeds Institute of Clinical Trial Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Bioinformatics Group, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Haematology & Immunology, Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James’s Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Harker JA, Greene TT, Barnett BE, Bao P, Dolgoter A, Zuniga EI. IL-6 and IL-27 play both distinct and redundant roles in regulating CD4 T-cell responses during chronic viral infection. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1221562. [PMID: 37583704 PMCID: PMC10424726 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1221562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023] Open
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The IL-6 cytokine family signals through the common signal transduction molecule gp130 combined with a cytokine-specific receptor. Gp130 signaling on CD4 T cells is vital in controlling chronic infection of mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus clone 13 (LCMV Cl13), but the precise role of individual members of the IL-6 cytokine family is not fully understood. Transcriptional analysis highlighted the importance of gp130 signaling in promoting key processes in CD4 T cells after LCMV Cl13 infection, particularly genes associated with T follicular helper (Tfh) cell differentiation and IL-21 production. Further, Il27r-/-Il6ra-/- mice failed to generate antibody or CD8 T-cell immunity and to control LCMV Cl13. Transcriptomics and phenotypic analyses of Il27r-/-Il6ra-/- Tfh cells revealed that IL-6R and IL-27R signaling was required to activate key pathways within CD4 T cells. IL-6 and IL-27 signaling has distinct and overlapping roles, with IL-6 regulating Tfh differentiation, IL-27 regulating CD4 T cell survival, and both redundantly promoting IL-21.
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- James A. Harker
- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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Gerhardt L, Hong MMY, Yousefi Y, Figueredo R, Maleki Vareki S. IL-12 and IL-27 Promote CD39 Expression on CD8+ T Cells and Differentially Regulate the CD39+CD8+ T Cell Phenotype. J Immunol 2023; 210:1598-1606. [PMID: 37000461 PMCID: PMC10152038 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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Tumor-specific CD8+ T cells are critical components of antitumor immunity; however, factors that modulate their phenotype and function have not been completely elucidated. Cytokines IL-12 and IL-27 have recognized roles in promoting CD8+ T cells' effector function and mediated antitumor responses. Tumor-specific CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) can be identified based on surface expression of CD39, whereas bystander CD8+ TILs do not express this enzyme. It is currently unclear how and why tumor-specific CD8+ T cells uniquely express CD39. Given the important roles of IL-12 and IL-27 in promoting CD8+ T cell functionality, we investigated whether these cytokines could modulate CD39 expression on these cells. Using in vitro stimulation assays, we identified that murine splenic CD8+ T cells differentially upregulate CD39 in the presence of IL-12 and IL-27. Subsequently, we assessed the exhaustion profile of IL-12- and IL-27-induced CD39+CD8+ T cells. Despite the greatest frequency of exhausted CD39+CD8+ T cells after activation with IL-12, as demonstrated by the coexpression of TIM-3+PD-1+LAG-3+ and reduced degranulation capacity, these cells retained the ability to produce IFN-γ. IL-27-induced CD39+CD8+ T cells expressed PD-1 but did not exhibit a terminally exhausted phenotype. IL-27 was able to attenuate IL-12-mediated inhibitory receptor expression on CD39+CD8+ T cells but did not rescue degranulation ability. Using an immunogenic neuro-2a mouse model, inhibiting IL-12 activity reduced CD39+CD8+ TIL frequency compared with controls without changing the overall CD8+ TIL frequency. These results provide insight into immune regulators of CD39 expression on CD8+ T cells and further highlight the differential impact of CD39-inducing factors on the phenotype and effector functions of CD8+ T cells.
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- Lara Gerhardt
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- London Regional Cancer Program, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- London Regional Cancer Program, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Oncology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Cui X, Chen F, Zhao J, Li D, Hu M, Chen X, Zhang Y, Han L. Involvement of JNK signaling in Aspergillus fumigatus-induced inflammatory factors release in bronchial epithelial cells. Sci Rep 2023; 13:1293. [PMID: 36690696 PMCID: PMC9871034 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28567-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) is an important fungal pathogen and its conidia can be inhaled and interact with airway epithelial cells; however, the release of inflammatory factors from bronchial epithelial cells upon A. fumigatus infection and its regulation remained unclear. Here it was demonstrated that the release of IL-27, MCP-1 and TNF-α from BEAS-2B cells were upregulated upon stimulation by conidia, while mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway was activated. Further, the inhibition of JNK, but not p38 and ERK, could inhibit inflammatory factors release and the LC3II formation in BEAS-2B cells induced by A. fumigatus conidia. In addition, an inhibitor of autophagy, bafilomycin A1 was able to significantly down-regulate the release of inflammatory factors in BEAS-2B cells upon A. fumigatus conidia, while rapamycin could reverse the effect of JNK inhibitor on IL-27 and TNF-α release. Taken together, these data demonstrated that JNK signal might play an important role in inflammatory factor release regulated by autophagy in bronchial epithelial cells against A. fumigatus infection.
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- Xiao Cui
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department for Disinfection and Infection Control, Chinese PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Department for Disinfection and Infection Control, Chinese PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Department for Disinfection and Infection Control, Chinese PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center of Biomedical Analysis, 27 Taiping Lu, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China.
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- Department for Disinfection and Infection Control, Chinese PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
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Maślanka T. Effect of IL-27, Teriflunomide and Retinoic Acid and Their Combinations on CD4 + T Regulatory T Cells-An In Vitro Study. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27238471. [PMID: 36500570 PMCID: PMC9739213 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The principal goal of the study was to verify the concept of pharmacological induction of Foxp3+CD25+CD4+ T regulatory (Treg) cells which will additionally be characterized by a highly suppressive phenotype, i.e., by extensive CD25 and CD39 expression and IL-10 and TGF-β production. Stimulated and unstimulated murine lymphocytes were exposed to IL-27, teriflunomide (TER), and all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) alone and to their combinations. The study demonstrated that: (a) IL-27 alone induced CD39 expression on Treg cells and the generation of Tr1 cells; (b) TER alone induced Foxp3-expressing CD4+ T cells and up-regulated density of CD25 on these cells; TER also induced the ability of Treg cells to TGF-β production; (c) ATRA alone induced CD39 expression on Treg cells. The experiments revealed a strong superadditive effect between IL-27 and ATRA with respect to increasing CD39 expression on Treg cells. Moreover, IL-27 and ATRA in combination, but not alone, induced the ability of Treg cells to IL-10 production. However, the combination of IL-27, TER, and ATRA did not induce the generation of Treg cell subset with all described above features. This was due to the fact that TER abolished all listed above desired effects induced by IL-27 alone, ATRA alone, and their combination. IL-27 alone, ATRA alone, and their combination affected TER-induced effects to a lesser extent. Therefore, it can be concluded that in the aspect of pharmacological induction of Treg cells with a highly suppressive phenotype, the triple combination treatment with TER, IL-27, and ATRA does not provide any benefits over TER alone or dual combination including IL-27 and ATRA.
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- Tomasz Maślanka
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego Street 13, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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Sjaastad FV, Huggins MA, Lucas ED, Skon-Hegg C, Swanson W, Martin MD, Salgado OC, Xu J, Pierson M, Dileepan T, Kucaba TA, Hamilton SE, Griffith TS. Reduced T Cell Priming in Microbially Experienced "Dirty" Mice Results from Limited IL-27 Production by XCR1+ Dendritic Cells. J Immunol 2022; 209:2149-2159. [PMID: 36426978 PMCID: PMC10065988 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Successful vaccination strategies offer the potential for lifelong immunity against infectious diseases and cancer. There has been increased attention regarding the limited translation of some preclinical findings generated using specific pathogen-free (SPF) laboratory mice to humans. One potential reason for the difference between preclinical and clinical findings lies in maturation status of the immune system at the time of challenge. In this study, we used a "dirty" mouse model, where SPF laboratory mice were cohoused (CoH) with pet store mice to permit microbe transfer and immune system maturation, to investigate the priming of a naive T cell response after vaccination with a peptide subunit mixed with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid and agonistic anti-CD40 mAb. Although this vaccination platform induced robust antitumor immunity in SPF mice, it failed to do so in microbially experienced CoH mice. Subsequent investigation revealed that despite similar numbers of Ag-specific naive CD4 and CD8 T cell precursors, the expansion, differentiation, and recall responses of these CD4 and CD8 T cell populations in CoH mice were significantly reduced compared with SPF mice after vaccination. Evaluation of the dendritic cell compartment revealed reduced IL-27p28 expression by XCR1+ dendritic cells from CoH mice after vaccination, correlating with reduced T cell expansion. Importantly, administration of recombinant IL-27:EBI3 complex to CoH mice shortly after vaccination significantly boosted Ag-specific CD8 and CD4 T cell expansion, further implicating the defect to be T cell extrinsic. Collectively, our data show the potential limitation of exclusive use of SPF mice when testing vaccine efficacy.
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- Frances V Sjaastad
- Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and
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- Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
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Lu J, Ji X, Wang L, Sun F, Huang C, Peng H, Jiang Y, Guo Z, Liu X, Ji Y, Lu D. Interleukin‑27 ameliorates allergic asthma by alleviating the lung Th2 inflammatory environment. Int J Mol Med 2022; 49:86. [PMID: 35514302 PMCID: PMC9106376 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2022.5142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Interleukin (IL)‑27 can inhibit the differentiation of Th2 cells and plays a role in the development of asthma. However, whether the therapeutic administration of IL‑27 in a mouse model of asthma can inhibit allergic responses remains a matter of debate. Additionally, the mechanisms through which IL‑27 ameliorates inflammatory responses in asthma are not yet fully understood. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine the effects of IL‑27 on asthma using a mouse model and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. For this purpose, mice received an intranasal administration of IL‑27 and the total and differential cell counts, levels of cytokines and type 1 regulatory T (Tr1) cells in the lungs were detected. The protein and mRNA levels of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)1 and STAT3 were analyzed and airway remodeling was assessed. The results indicated that IL‑27 did not ameliorate airway inflammation, airway hyperresponsiveness, and airway remolding when administrated therapeutically. Preventatively, the administration of IL‑27 decreased the concentrations of Th2 cytokines and increased the number of Tr1 cells. The protein and mRNA levels of STAT1 and STAT3 were increased. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the prophylactic administration of IL‑27 ameliorates asthma by alleviating the lung Th2 inflammatory environment through the restoration of both the STAT1 and STAT3 pathways. IL‑27 may thus prove to be useful as a novel agent for the prevention of asthma.
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- Jiameng Lu
- School of Microelectronics, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, P.R. China
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- Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China
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- Division of Disinfectant and Supply, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong 252000, P.R. China
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- Graduate School of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250000, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shandong Institute of Anesthesia and Respiratory Critical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China
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- Graduate School of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250000, P.R. China
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- Graduate School of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250000, P.R. China
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- Graduate School of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250000, P.R. China
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- Graduate School of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250000, P.R. China
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- Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shandong Institute of Anesthesia and Respiratory Critical Medicine, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China
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In tuberculosis (TB), protective inflammatory immune responses and the pathological sequelae of chronic inflammation significantly depend on a timely balance of cytokine expression. In contrast to other anti-inflammatory cytokines, interleukin (IL)-27 has fundamental effects in experimental Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection: the absence of IL-27-mediated signalling promotes a better control of mycobacterial growth on the one hand side but also leads to a chronic hyperinflammation and immunopathology later during infection. Hence, in the context of novel host-directed therapeutic approaches and vaccination strategies for the management of TB, the timely restricted blockade of IL-27 signalling may represent an advanced treatment option. In contrast, administration of IL-27 itself may allow to treat the immunopathological consequences of chronic TB. In both cases, a better knowledge of the cell type-specific and kinetic effects of IL-27 after Mtb infection is essential. This review summarizes IL-27-mediated mechanisms affecting protection and immunopathology in TB and discusses possible therapeutic applications.
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- Kristina Ritter
- Infection Immunology, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- Infection Immunology, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- Infection Immunology, Research Centre Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Borstel-Lübeck-Riems, Borstel, Germany
- *Correspondence: Christoph Hölscher,
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Pratumchai I, Zak J, Huang Z, Min B, Oldstone MBA, Teijaro JR. B cell-derived IL-27 promotes control of persistent LCMV infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2116741119. [PMID: 35022243 PMCID: PMC8784116 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116741119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recent studies have identified a critical role for B cell-produced cytokines in regulating both humoral and cellular immunity. Here, we show that B cells are an essential source of interleukin-27 (IL-27) during persistent lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) clone 13 (Cl-13) infection. By using conditional knockout mouse models with specific IL-27p28 deletion in B cells, we observed that B cell-derived IL-27 promotes survival of virus-specific CD4 T cells and supports functions of T follicular helper (Tfh) cells. Mechanistically, B cell-derived IL-27 promotes CD4 T cell function, antibody class switch, and the ability to control persistent LCMV infection. Deletion of IL-27ra in T cells demonstrated that T cell-intrinsic IL-27R signaling is essential for viral control, optimal CD4 T cell responses, and antibody class switch during persistent LCMV infection. Collectively, our findings identify a cellular mechanism whereby B cell-derived IL-27 drives antiviral immunity and antibody responses through IL-27 signaling on T cells to promote control of LCMV Cl-13 infection.
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- Isaraphorn Pratumchai
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
- Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2333 ZA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037;
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037;
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Valencia JC, Erwin-Cohen RA, Clavijo PE, Allen C, Sanford ME, Day CP, Hess MM, Johnson M, Yin J, Fenimore JM, Bettencourt IA, Tsuneyama K, Romero ME, Klarmann KD, Jiang P, Bae HR, McVicar DW, Merlino G, Edmondson EF, Anandasabapathy N, Young HA. Myeloid-Derived Suppressive Cell Expansion Promotes Melanoma Growth and Autoimmunity by Inhibiting CD40/IL27 Regulation in Macrophages. Cancer Res 2021; 81:5977-5990. [PMID: 34642183 PMCID: PMC8639618 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-21-1148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [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: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The relationship between cancer and autoimmunity is complex. However, the incidence of solid tumors such as melanoma has increased significantly among patients with previous or newly diagnosed systemic autoimmune disease (AID). At the same time, immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy of cancer induces de novo autoinflammation and exacerbates underlying AID, even without evident antitumor responses. Recently, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) activity was found to drive myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) formation in patients, a known barrier to healthy immune surveillance and successful cancer immunotherapy. Cross-talk between MDSCs and macrophages generally drives immune suppressive activity in the tumor microenvironment. However, it remains unclear how peripheral pregenerated MDSC under chronic inflammatory conditions modulates global macrophage immune functions and the impact it could have on existing tumors and underlying lupus nephritis. Here we show that pathogenic expansion of SLE-generated MDSCs by melanoma drives global macrophage polarization and simultaneously impacts the severity of lupus nephritis and tumor progression in SLE-prone mice. Molecular and functional data showed that MDSCs interact with autoimmune macrophages and inhibit cell surface expression of CD40 and the production of IL27. Moreover, low CD40/IL27 signaling in tumors correlated with high tumor-associated macrophage infiltration and ICB therapy resistance both in murine and human melanoma exhibiting active IFNγ signatures. These results suggest that preventing global macrophage reprogramming induced by MDSC-mediated inhibition of CD40/IL27 signaling provides a precision melanoma immunotherapy strategy, supporting an original and advantageous approach to treat solid tumors within established autoimmune landscapes. SIGNIFICANCE: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells induce macrophage reprogramming by suppressing CD40/IL27 signaling to drive melanoma progression, simultaneously affecting underlying autoimmune disease and facilitating resistance to immunotherapy within preexisting autoimmune landscapes.
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- Julio C Valencia
- Laboratory of Cancer Immunometabolism, CCR, NCI, Frederick Maryland.
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- Head and Neck Surgery Branch, National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Head and Neck Surgery Branch, National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, CCR, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunometabolism, CCR, NCI, Frederick Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunometabolism, CCR, NCI, Frederick Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunometabolism, CCR, NCI, Frederick Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunometabolism, CCR, NCI, Frederick Maryland
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- Cancer Data Science laboratory, CCR, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunometabolism, CCR, NCI, Frederick Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunometabolism, CCR, NCI, Frederick Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, CCR, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cancer Immunometabolism, CCR, NCI, Frederick Maryland
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Zou X, Zhang Y, Wang S, Wang X, Yang W, Li Y. Attenuate ICOSL and IL-27 in Aire-overexpressing DC2.4 cells suppress TFH cell differentiation. Immunobiology 2021; 226:152147. [PMID: 34710738 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2021.152147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 01/17/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Autoimmune regulator (Aire) is a transcription factor that plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of immune tolerance. However, little is known about its roles in peripheral immune tolerance. Aire is predominantly expressed in dendritic cells (DCs) in the periphery. DCs with higher inducible costimulatory ligand (ICOSL) expression and interleukin (IL)-27 production have been reported highly suggesting its roles in inducing follicular helper T cells (TFH). Here we use Aire-overexpressing DC2.4 cells in a coculture system composed of naïve CD4+ T cells to test whether Aire in DCs affects TFH cell differentiation. We found that the frequency of TFH cells and its specific cytokine IL-21 were decreased in CD4+ T lymphocytes after cocultured with Aire overexpressed DC2.4 cells. In activated DCs, ICOSL expression and IL-27 production were significantly suppressed by Aire. Furthermore, addition of recombinant ICOSL or IL-27 in the coculture system enhanced TFH cell differentiation and IL-21 expression. These results revealed that Aire plays an indispensable role in the repression of dendritic cells on the differentiation and function of TFH cells by inhibiting ICOSL and IL-27 expression.
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- Xueyang Zou
- Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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- Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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Valdés-López JF, Fernandez GJ, Urcuqui-Inchima S. Interleukin 27 as an inducer of antiviral response against chikungunya virus infection in human macrophages. Cell Immunol 2021; 367:104411. [PMID: 34325085 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2021.104411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is known to have a wide range of tropism in human cell types throughout infection, including keratinocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, monocytes, and macrophages. We reported that human monocytes-derived macrophages (MDMs) are permissive to CHIKV infection in vitro. We found that the peak of CHIKV replication was at 24 hpi; however, at 48 hpi, a significant reduction in viral titer was observed that correlated with high expression levels of genes encoding antiviral proteins (AVPs) in an IFN-independent manner. To explore the molecular mechanisms involved in the induction of antiviral response in CHIKV-infected MDMs, we performed transcriptomic analysis by RNA-sequencing. Differential expression of genes at 24 hpi showed that CHIKV infection abrogated the expression of all types of IFNs in MDMs. However, we observed that CHIKV-infected MDMs activated the JAK-STAT signaling and induced a robust antiviral response associated with control of CHIKV replication. We identified that the IL27 pathway is activated in CHIKV-infected MDMs and that kinetics of IL27p28 mRNA expression and IL27 protein production correlated with the expression of AVPs in CHIKV-infected MDMs. Furthermore, we showed that stimulation of THP-1-derived macrophages with recombinant-human IL27 induced the activation of the JAK-STAT signaling and induced a robust pro-inflammatory and antiviral response, comparable to CHIKV-infected MDMs. Furthermore, pre-treatment of MDMs with recombinant-human IL27 inhibits CHIKV replication in a dose-dependently manner (IC50 = 1.83 ng/mL). Altogether, results show that IL27 is highly expressed in CHIKV-infected MDMs, leading to activation of JAK-STAT signaling and stimulation of pro-inflammatory and antiviral response to control CHIKV replication in an IFN-independent manner.
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- Juan Felipe Valdés-López
- Grupo Inmunovirología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia.
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- Grupo Inmunovirología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia.
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- Grupo Inmunovirología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia.
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Wu S, Ma R, Zhong Y, Chen Z, Zhou H, Zhou M, Chong W, Chen J. Deficiency of IL-27 Signaling Exacerbates Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis with Elevated Uveitogenic Th1 and Th17 Responses. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147517. [PMID: 34299138 PMCID: PMC8305313 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Human uveitis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that is characterized by ocular inflammation with the involvement of uveitogenic Th1 and Th17 responses. In experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU), the animal model for human uveitis, both responses are proven to be critical in disease development. Therefore, targeting both Th1 and Th17 cells has therapeutic implication for disease resolution. IL-27 is a multifunctional cytokine that can either promote or inhibit T cell responses and is implicated in both autoimmune and infectious diseases. The aim of this study is to characterize the role of IL-27/IL-27R signaling in regulating uveitogenic Th1/Th17 responses in EAU. By immunizing IL-27Rα-/- mice and their wild-type (WT) littermates for EAU, we demonstrated that IL-27 signaling deficiency exacerbated EAU with severe ocular inflammation and impairment of visual function. Furthermore, there was a significant increase in the eye-infiltrating Th1 and Th17 cells in IL-27Rα-/- EAU mice compared to WT. Their retinal antigen-specific Th1 and Th17 responses were also significantly increased, as represented by the elevation of their signature cytokines, IFN-γ and IL-17A, respectively. We also observed the upregulation of another pathogenic cytokine, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), from effector T cells in IL-27Rα-/- EAU mice. Mechanistic studies confirmed that IL-27 inhibited GM-CSF production from Th17 cells. In addition, the induction of IL-10 producing type 1 regulatory T (Tr1) cells was impaired in IL-27Rα-/- EAU mice. These results identified that IL-27 signaling plays a suppressive role in EAU by regulating multiple CD4+ cell subsets, including the effector Th1 and Th17 cells and the regulatory Tr1 cells. Our findings provide new insights for therapeutic potential in controlling uveitis by enhancing IL-27 signaling.
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Zhang H, Madi A, Yosef N, Chihara N, Awasthi A, Pot C, Lambden C, Srivastava A, Burkett PR, Nyman J, Christian E, Etminan Y, Lee A, Stroh H, Xia J, Karwacz K, Thakore PI, Acharya N, Schnell A, Wang C, Apetoh L, Rozenblatt-Rosen O, Anderson AC, Regev A, Kuchroo VK. An IL-27-Driven Transcriptional Network Identifies Regulators of IL-10 Expression across T Helper Cell Subsets. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108433. [PMID: 33238123 PMCID: PMC7771052 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Interleukin-27 (IL-27) is an immunoregulatory cytokine that suppresses inflammation through multiple mechanisms, including induction of IL-10, but the transcriptional network mediating its diverse functions remains unclear. Combining temporal RNA profiling with computational algorithms, we predict 79 transcription factors induced by IL-27 in T cells. We validate 11 known and discover 5 positive (Cebpb, Fosl2, Tbx21, Hlx, and Atf3) and 2 negative (Irf9 and Irf8) Il10 regulators, generating an experimentally refined regulatory network for Il10. We report two central regulators, Prdm1 and Maf, that cooperatively drive the expression of signature genes induced by IL-27 in type 1 regulatory T cells, mediate IL-10 expression in all T helper cells, and determine the regulatory phenotype of colonic Foxp3+ regulatory T cells. Prdm1/Maf double-knockout mice develop spontaneous colitis, phenocopying ll10-deficient mice. Our work provides insights into IL-27-driven transcriptional networks and identifies two shared Il10 regulators that orchestrate immunoregulatory programs across T helper cell subsets. Zhang et al. construct a transcriptional network for IL-27-mediated Il10 production in CD4 T cells, characterize the function of 16 Il10 regulators, and uncover the role of two transcription factors, Prdm1 and Maf, in driving Il10 production in all T helper cells and in maintaining immune homeostasis in the colon.
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- Huiyuan Zhang
- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Pathology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Center for Computational Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Neurology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Center for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute(an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India), NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Laboratories of Neuroimmunology, Division of Neurology and Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Biogen, 300 Binney St., Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY, USA
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; INSERM, U1231, Dijon, France
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Koch Institute and Ludwig Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA; Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases and Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Majumder D, Debnath R, Maiti D. IL-27 along with IL-28B ameliorates the pulmonary redox impairment, inflammation and immunosuppression in benzo(a)pyrene induced lung cancer bearing mice. Life Sci 2020; 260:118384. [PMID: 32898529 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS The major cause behind lung cancer development is exposure to various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons like benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) present in tobacco smoke, motor vehicle, and industrial exhaust. BaP is reported to induce the expression of various pro-inflammatory cytokines and matrix remodeling proteins. It is also responsible for dysfunction and exhaustion of the killing capacity of CD8+ T lymphocytes, one of the important components of the immune system which can kill tumor cells. We tried to evaluate the synergistic role of IL-27 and IL-28B in modulation of BaP-induced lung carcinogenesis associated with various hallmarks like pulmonary redox imbalance, angiogenesis, inflammation and cell proliferation in lung tissue. MAIN METHOD BaP was treated to Swiss albino mice to develop lung tumor. After the confirmation of lung tumor development Swiss albino mice were treated with IL-27 and IL-28B alone or in combination intraperitoneally. Histological analysis, immunohistochemistry, biochemical assay, western blot analysis, cell cytotoxicity assay, real-time PCR assay etc. were performed to evaluate the modulatory role of IL-27 and IL-28B. KEY FINDINGS We observed that IL-27 and IL-28B were able to suppress the expression of lung cancer-associated NFkB, COX-2, and iNOS. The expression of TNF-α, PCNA and some matrix remodeling enzymes were also modulated upon IL-27 and IL-28B treatment. Although the population of lung residing CD8+ T cells in tumor bearing lung tissue were unresponsive but the activity of systemic CD8+ cells was increased. SIGNIFICANCE Results hinted that IL-27 along with IL-28B were able to ameliorate various hallmarks ranging from angiogenesis to inflammation associated with the BaP-induced lung carcinogenesis. From this study, we propose that IL-27 and IL28B can be used as immunotherapeutic agent to regulate lung cancer.
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- Debabrata Majumder
- Immunology & Microbiology Lab, Department of Human Physiology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar 799022, India.
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- Immunology & Microbiology Lab, Department of Human Physiology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar 799022, India.
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- Immunology & Microbiology Lab, Department of Human Physiology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar 799022, India.
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Facciuolo A, Lee AH, Gonzalez Cano P, Townsend HGG, Falsafi R, Gerdts V, Potter A, Napper S, Hancock REW, Mutharia LM, Griebel PJ. Regional Dichotomy in Enteric Mucosal Immune Responses to a Persistent Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis Infection. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1020. [PMID: 32547548 PMCID: PMC7272674 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Chronic enteric Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infections are endemic in ruminants globally resulting in significant production losses. The mucosal immune responses occurring at the site of infection, specifically in Peyer's patches (PP), are not well-understood. The ruminant small intestine possesses two functionally distinct PPs. Discrete PPs function as mucosal immune induction sites and a single continuous PP, in the terminal small intestine, functions as a primary lymphoid tissue for B cell repertoire diversification. We investigated whether MAP infection of discrete vs. continuous PPs resulted in the induction of significantly different pathogen-specific immune responses and persistence of MAP infection. Surgically isolated intestinal segments in neonatal calves were used to target MAP infection to individual PPs. At 12 months post-infection, MAP persisted in continuous PP (n = 4), but was significantly reduced (p = 0.046) in discrete PP (n = 5). RNA-seq analysis revealed control of MAP infection in discrete PP was associated with extensive transcriptomic changes (1,707 differentially expressed genes) but MAP persistent in continuous PP elicited few host responses (4 differentially expressed genes). Cytokine gene expression in tissue and MAP-specific recall responses by mucosal immune cells isolated from PP, lamina propria and mesenteric lymph node revealed interleukin (IL)22 and IL27 as unique correlates of protection associated with decreased MAP infection in discrete PP. This study provides the first description of mucosal immune responses occurring in bovine discrete jejunal PPs and reveals that a significant reduction in MAP infection is associated with specific cytokine responses. Conversely, MAP infection persists in the continuous ileal PP with minimal perturbation of host immune responses. These data reveal a marked dichotomy in host-MAP interactions within the two functionally distinct PPs of the small intestine and identifies mucosal immune responses associated with the control of a mycobacterial infection in the natural host.
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- Antonio Facciuolo
- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization—International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization—International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization—International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization—International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization—International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization—International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Figueiredo Neto M, Liu S, Salameh JW, Yokota H, Figueiredo ML. Interleukin-27 Gene Delivery Targeting IL-6Rα-Expressing Cells as a Stress Response Therapy. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E1108. [PMID: 32046108 PMCID: PMC7038084 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21031108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Interleukin-27 (IL-27) has shown promise in halting tumor growth and mediating tumor regression in several models, including prostate cancer. We describe our findings on the effects of IL-27 on the gene expression changes of TC2R prostate adenocarcinoma cells. We utilized RNAseq to assess profile differences between empty vector control, vector delivering IL-27 modified at its C-terminus with a non-specific peptide, and IL-27 modified at the C-terminus with a peptide targeting the IL-6-Rα. The targeted IL-27 had higher bioactivity and activity in vivo in a recent study by our group, but the mechanisms underlying this effect had not been characterized in detail at the gene expression level on tumor cells. In the present work, we sought to examine potential mechanisms for targeted IL-27 enhanced activity directly on tumor cells. The targeted IL-27 appeared to modulate several changes that would be consistent with an anti-tumor effect, including upregulation in the Interferon (IFN) and Interferon regulatory factor (IRF), oxidative phosphorylation, Janus kinase/Signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK/STAT), and eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (EIF2) signaling. Of these signaling changes predicted by ingenuity pathway analyses (IPA), the novel form also with the highest significance (-log(Benjamini-Hochberg (B-H)) p-value) was the EIF2 signaling upregulation. We validated this predicted change by assaying for eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2α), or phosphorylated eIF2α (p-eIF2α), and caspase-3 levels. We detected an increase in the phosphorylated form of eIF2α and in the cleaved caspase-3 fraction, indicating that the EIF2 signaling pathway was upregulated in these prostate tumor cells following targeted IL-27 gene delivery. This approach of targeting cytokines to enhance their activity against cancer cells is a novel approach to help augment IL-27's bioactivity and efficacy against prostate tumors and could be extended to other conditions where it could help interfere with the EIF2α pathway and promote caspase-3 activation.
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- Manoel Figueiredo Neto
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, LYNN 2177, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (M.F.N.); (J.W.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (S.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, LYNN 2177, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (M.F.N.); (J.W.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (S.L.); (H.Y.)
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Program, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, LYNN 2177, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (M.F.N.); (J.W.S.)
- Purdue Center for Cancer Research and Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Peshkova IO, Aghayev T, Fatkhullina AR, Makhov P, Titerina EK, Eguchi S, Tan YF, Kossenkov AV, Khoreva MV, Gankovskaya LV, Sykes SM, Koltsova EK. IL-27 receptor-regulated stress myelopoiesis drives abdominal aortic aneurysm development. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5046. [PMID: 31695038 PMCID: PMC6834661 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13017-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a prevalent life-threatening disease, where aortic wall degradation is mediated by accumulated immune cells. Although cytokines regulate inflammation within the aorta, their contribution to AAA via distant alterations, particularly in the control of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) differentiation, remains poorly defined. Here we report a pathogenic role for the interleukin-27 receptor (IL-27R) in AAA, as genetic ablation of IL-27R protects mice from the disease development. Mitigation of AAA is associated with a blunted accumulation of myeloid cells in the aorta due to the attenuation of Angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced HSC expansion. IL-27R signaling is required to induce transcriptional programming to overcome HSC quiescence and increase differentiation and output of mature myeloid cells in response to stress stimuli to promote their accumulation in the diseased aorta. Overall, our studies illuminate how a prominent vascular disease can be distantly driven by a cytokine-dependent regulation of bone marrow precursors.
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- Iuliia O Peshkova
- Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, USA
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, USA
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, USA
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- Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, USA
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University Cardiovascular Research Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140, USA
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- Genomics Facility, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, USA
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- Bioinformatics Facility, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, USA
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- Blood Cell Development and Function Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19111, USA.
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Lei G, Chen L, Peng M, Zeng B, Yang Q, Zhai H, Xu G. Stat3-mTOR signaling mediates the stimulation of GLP-1 production induced by IL-27. J Mol Endocrinol 2019; 63:215-226. [PMID: 31426028 DOI: 10.1530/jme-19-0124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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GLP-1 is a potent glucose-dependent insulinotropic hormone derived from intestinal L cells. Inflammatory Interleukin-27 (IL-27), a pleiotropic two-chain cytokine, is composed of EBI3 and IL-27 p28 subunits. IL-27 has a protective effect on pancreatic β-cell function. The relationship between IL-27 and GLP-1 is still unexplored. Here we showed interleukin-27-stimulated GLP-1 production via the Stat3-mTOR-dependent mechanism. Interleukin 27 receptor subunit alpha (IL-27 Rα) was detected in ileum and STC-1 cells. Co-localization of EBI3 and GLP-1 was observed not only in mouse ileums but also in human ileums and colons. Third-ventricular infusion of IL-27 increased ileal and plasma GLP-1 in both lean C57BL/6J mice and diet-induced obese and diabetic mice. These changes were associated with a significant increase in Stat3-mTOR activity. Treatment of STC-1 cells with IL-27 contributed to the increments of Stat3-mTOR signaling and GLP-1. Interference of mTOR activity by mTOR siRNA or rapamycin abolished the stimulation of GLP-1 production induced by IL-27 in STC-1 cells. Stat3 siRNA also blocked the stimulus effect of IL-27 on GLP-1. IL-27 increased the interaction of mTOR and Stat3 in STC-1 cells. Our results identify Stat3-mTOR as a critical signaling pathway for the stimulation of GLP-1 induced by IL-27.
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- Guoqing Lei
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Bechara R, Nabhan M, Antonios D, Azouri H, Pallardy M. IL-27 Production and Regulation in Human Dendritic Cells Treated with the Chemical Sensitizer NiSO 4. Chem Res Toxicol 2018; 31:1323-1331. [PMID: 30421605 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is a major cause of occupational skin disease, and nickel is among the most prevalent contact allergens. Dendritic cells (DC) play an important role in ACD and in the type of the ensuing immune response through differential phenotypes and cytokine production. The interleukin (IL)-12 cytokine family is composed of heterodimeric cytokines sharing homology at the subunit, receptors and signaling levels. We previously showed that nickel can upregulate the production of IL-12p40 and IL-23, both known to be pro-inflammatory. In this work, we aimed to extend our knowledge on nickel regulation of the IL-12 cytokine family by focusing on IL-27, a recently identified immunomodulatory cytokine from this family. We showed that nickel induced the production of IL-27 in human monocyte-derived DC (MoDC), regulating IL-22 production by human CD4+ T cells. We also showed that nickel was able to induce the expression of the two subunits of IL-27: il-27p28 and ebi3. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the production of IL-27 was dependent on the TLR4, p38 MAPK, NF-κB, and Jak-STAT signaling. However, IL-27 subunits were differentially regulated by these pathways. Indeed, both subunits were positively regulated by the TLR4 and NF-κB pathways, but only il-27p28 was also dependent on p38 MAPK and Jak-STAT pathways. Our results contribute to a better understanding of nickel-induced ACD by focusing on the IL-12 cytokine family and elucidating the mechanism of IL-27 regulation in human dendritic cells.
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- Rami Bechara
- Inflammation Chimiokines et Immunopathologie, INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie , Université Paris-Saclay , 92290 Châtenay-Malabry , France
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy , Saint Joseph University , Beirut 11-5076 , Lebanon
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- Inflammation Chimiokines et Immunopathologie, INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie , Université Paris-Saclay , 92290 Châtenay-Malabry , France
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy , Saint Joseph University , Beirut 11-5076 , Lebanon
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy , Saint Joseph University , Beirut 11-5076 , Lebanon
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- Inflammation Chimiokines et Immunopathologie, INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie , Université Paris-Saclay , 92290 Châtenay-Malabry , France
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Yánez DC, Sahni H, Ross S, Solanki A, Lau C, Papaioannou E, Barbarulo A, Powell R, Lange UC, Adams DJ, Barenco M, Ono M, D'Acquisto F, Furmanski AL, Crompton T. IFITM proteins drive type 2 T helper cell differentiation and exacerbate allergic airway inflammation. Eur J Immunol 2018; 49:66-78. [PMID: 30365177 PMCID: PMC6396086 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201847692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The interferon‐inducible transmembrane (Ifitm/Fragilis) genes encode homologous proteins that are induced by IFNs. Here, we show that IFITM proteins regulate murine CD4+ Th cell differentiation. Ifitm2 and Ifitm3 are expressed in wild‐type (WT) CD4+ T cells. On activation, Ifitm3 was downregulated and Ifitm2 was upregulated. Resting Ifitm‐family‐deficient CD4+ T cells had higher expression of Th1‐associated genes than WT and purified naive Ifitm‐family‐deficient CD4+ T cells differentiated more efficiently to Th1, whereas Th2 differentiation was inhibited. Ifitm‐family‐deficient mice, but not Ifitm3‐deficient mice, were less susceptible than WT to induction of allergic airways disease, with a weaker Th2 response and less severe disease and lower Il4 but higher Ifng expression and IL‐27 secretion. Thus, the Ifitm family is important in adaptive immunity, influencing Th1/Th2 polarization, and Th2 immunopathology.
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- Diana C. Yánez
- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
- School of MedicineUniversidad San Francisco de QuitoQuitoEcuador
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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- Department of AnesthesiologyUniversity Medical Center Hamburg‐EppendorfHamburgGermany
- The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon InstituteCambridgeUK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteWellcome Trust Genome CampusCambridgeUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
- Department of Life Sciences, Sir Alexander Fleming BuildingImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
- School of Life SciencesUniversity of BedfordshireLutonUK
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- UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthLondonUK
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The aim of the study was to characterize and quantify tissue gene and protein expression of IL-27 in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) patients. This is an observational and cross-sectional study. Fifty-four patients with IBD were studied: 27 active UC, 12 inactive UC, 10 active CD, and 5 inactive CD. All patients belonged to the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición. We found that IL-27 gene expression was significantly higher in active UC versus inactive UC group (P = 0.015). The IL-27 mRNA expression was increased in patients with active CD compared with inactive CD disease (P = 0.035). The percentage of IL-27 immunoreactive cells was higher in active UC versus active CD patients and non-inflamed tissue controls. The IL-27 was significantly elevated in active UC and CD patients, and it was associated with disease severity.
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- Janette Furuzawa Carballeda
- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga #15, Col. Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, 14080, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga #15, Col. Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, 14080, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga #15, Col. Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, 14080, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Gregersen I, Sandanger Ø, Askevold ET, Sagen EL, Yang K, Holm S, Pedersen TM, Skjelland M, Krohg-Sørensen K, Hansen TV, Dahl TB, Otterdal K, Espevik T, Aukrust P, Yndestad A, Halvorsen B. Interleukin 27 is increased in carotid atherosclerosis and promotes NLRP3 inflammasome activation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188387. [PMID: 29176764 PMCID: PMC5703457 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aim Interleukin-27 (IL-27) is involved in different inflammatory diseases; however, its role in atherosclerosis is unclear. In this study we investigated the expression of IL-27 and its receptor in patients with carotid atherosclerosis and if IL-27 could modulate the inflammatory effects of the NLRP3 inflammasome in vitro. Methods Plasma IL-27 was measured by enzyme immunoassay in patients with carotid stenosis (n = 140) and in healthy controls (n = 19). Expression of IL-27 and IL-27R was analyzed by quantitative PCR and immunohistochemistry in plaques from patients and in non-atherosclerotic vessels. THP-1 monocytes, primary monocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were used to study effects of IL-27 in vitro. Results Our main findings were: (i) Plasma levels of IL-27 were significantly elevated in patients with carotid atherosclerotic disease compared to healthy controls. (ii) Gene expression of IL-27 and IL-27R was significantly elevated in plaques compared to control vessels, and co-localized to macrophages. (iii) In vitro, IL-27 increased NLRP3 inflammasome activation in monocytes with enhanced release of IL-1 β. Conclusions We demonstrate increased levels of IL-27 and IL-27R in patients with carotid atherosclerosis. Our in vitro findings suggest an inflammatory role for IL-27, which can possibly be linked to atherosclerotic disease development.
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- Ida Gregersen
- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Inflammatory Research Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
- Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Neurology Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
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- Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Inflammatory Research Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Inflammatory Research Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet,Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Inflammatory Research Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a major lipid mediator abundant at inflammatory sites, acts as a proinflammatory agent in models of inflammatory/autoimmune diseases by promoting CD4 Th1/Th17 differentiation. Regulatory T cells, including the IL-10 producing Tr1 cells counterbalance the proinflammatory activity of effector Th1/Th17 cells. Tr1 cell differentiation and function are induced by IL-27, and depend primarily on sustained expression of c-Maf in addition to AhR and Blimp-1. In agreement with the in vivo proinflammatory role of PGE2, here we report for the first time that PGE2 inhibits IL-27-induced differentiation and IL-10 production of murine CD4+CD49b+LAG-3+Foxp3- Tr1 cells. The inhibitory effect of PGE2 was mediated through EP4 receptors and induction of cAMP, leading to a significant reduction in c-Maf expression. Although PGE2 reduced IL-21 production in differentiating Tr1 cells, its inhibitory effect on Tr1 differentiation and c-Maf expression also occurred independent of IL-21 signaling. PGE2 did not affect STAT1/3 activation, AhR expression and only marginally reduced Egr-2/Blimp-1 expression. The effect of PGE2 on CD4+CD49b+LAG-3+ Tr1 differentiation was not associated with either induction of Foxp3 or IL-17 production, suggesting a lack of transdifferentiation into Foxp3+ Treg or effector Th17 cells. We recently reported that PGE2 inhibits the expression and production of IL-27 from activated conventional dendritic cells (cDC) in vivo and in vitro. The present study indicates that PGE2 also reduces murine Tr1 differentiation and function directly by acting on IL-27-differentiating Tr1 cells. Together, the ability of PGE2 to inhibit IL-27 production by cDC, and the direct inhibitory effect on Tr1 differentiation mediated through reduction in c-Maf expression, represent a new mechanistic perspective for the proinflammatory activity of PGE2.
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- Kirsten Mary Hooper
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Zhu H, Song R, Wang X, Hu H, Zhang Z. Peritoneal bacterial infection repressed the expression of IL17D in Siberia sturgeon a chondrostean fish in the early immune response. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2017; 64:39-48. [PMID: 28279790 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2017.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 02/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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IL17s are pro-inflammatory cytokines that play important roles in host fighting against extracellular bacteria and auto-immune and allergic diseases. IL17D is believed to be the most ancient IL17 member and its functions are far from clarity. Although it has been found in invertebrates, jawless fish, teleosts, and tetrapods, it has not been described in chondrostean fish. Moreover, there are discrepancies concerning its expression pattern in these animals. In this study, we cloned and characterized the cDNA of il17d in Siberia sturgeon (Acipenser baerii), a chondrostean fish and commercially important species in aquaculture. The sturgeon il17d cDNA encodes a deduced protein of 210aa. The classical characteristics of IL17, such as IL17 domain, cysteine and serine residues importantly for cystine-knot formation, and signal peptide, were observed in sturgeon IL17D. Phylogenetic analysis and multiple alignment suggest it is a counterpart of mammalian IL17D. However, in vivo studies demonstrated that the expression pattern of sturgeon il17d mRNA is different from that of other teleosts and jawless fish, and in most cases its expression was down-regulated at the early time points and gradually increasing at late time points when sturgeon were challenged with bacteria (Aernomas hydrophila or Staphylococcus aureus). The In vitro study by using primary spleen cells stimulated with polyI:C revealed a similar expression pattern to that in vivo studies, while the stimulation with β-glucan or LPS, which normally induced expression of il17d mRNA in target cells in vitro in other animals, did not show apparent changes in the expression of il17d mRNA. The results of present study indicated sturgeon IL17D may possess some different characteristics from its counterparts of other fish and invertebrates in the immune response, and may contribute to the understanding of IL17D functions in evolution as well as the potential use in sturgeon aquaculture.
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- Hua Zhu
- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fishery Biotechnology, Beijing 100068, China.
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi Province, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fishery Biotechnology, Beijing 100068, China
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- Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Fishery Biotechnology, Beijing 100068, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi Province, China.
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Fabbi M, Carbotti G, Ferrini S. Dual Roles of IL-27 in Cancer Biology and Immunotherapy. Mediators Inflamm 2017; 2017:3958069. [PMID: 28255204 PMCID: PMC5309407 DOI: 10.1155/2017/3958069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Revised: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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IL-27 is a pleiotropic two-chain cytokine, composed of EBI3 and IL-27p28 subunits, which is structurally related to both IL-12 and IL-6 cytokine families. IL-27 acts through a heterodimer receptor consisting of IL-27Rα (WSX1) and gp130 chains, which mediate signaling predominantly through STAT1 and STAT3. IL-27 was initially reported as an immune-enhancing cytokine that supports CD4+ T cell proliferation, T helper (Th)1 cell differentiation, and IFN-γ production, acting in concert with IL-12. However, subsequent studies demonstrated that IL-27 displays complex immune-regulatory functions, which may result in either proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory effects in relationship to the biological context and experimental models considered. Several pieces of evidence, obtained in preclinical tumor models, indicated that IL-27 has a potent antitumor activity, related not only to the induction of tumor-specific Th1 and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses but also to direct inhibitory effects on tumor cell proliferation, survival, invasiveness, and angiogenic potential. Nonetheless, given its immune-regulatory functions, the effects of IL-27 on cancer may be dual and protumor effects may also occur. Here, we will summarize IL-27 biological activities and its functional overlaps with the IFNs and discuss its dual role in tumors in the light of potential applications to cancer immunotherapy.
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- Marina Fabbi
- Laboratory of Biotherapy, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Biotherapy, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Biotherapy, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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Yang B, Suwanpradid J, Sanchez-Lagunes R, Choi HW, Hoang P, Wang D, Abraham SN, MacLeod AS. IL-27 Facilitates Skin Wound Healing through Induction of Epidermal Proliferation and Host Defense. J Invest Dermatol 2017; 137:1166-1175. [PMID: 28132857 PMCID: PMC5552041 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Revised: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Skin wound repair requires a coordinated program of epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation as well as resistance to invading microbes. However, the factors that trigger epithelial cell proliferation in this inflammatory process are incompletely understood. In this study, we demonstrate that IL-27 is rapidly and transiently produced by CD301b+ cells in the skin after injury. The functional role of IL-27 and CD301b+ cells is demonstrated by the finding that CD301b-depleted mice exhibit delayed wound closure in vivo, which could be rescued by topical IL-27 treatment. Furthermore, genetic ablation of the IL-27 receptor (Il27Ra−/−) attenuates wound healing, suggesting an essential role for IL-27 signaling in skin regeneration in vivo. Mechanistically, IL-27 feeds back on keratinocytes to stimulate cell proliferation and re-epithelialization in the skin, whereas IL-27 leads to suppression of keratinocyte terminal differentiation. Finally, we identify that IL-27 potently increases expression of the antiviral oligoadenylate synthetase 2, but does not affect expression of antibacterial human beta defensin 2 or regenerating islet-derived protein 3-alpha. Together, our data suggest a previously unrecognized role for IL-27 in regulating epithelial cell proliferation and antiviral host defense during the normal wound healing response.
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- Bin Yang
- Department of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Department of Dermatology, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Command, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Department of Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Department of Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Department of Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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Diaz JAR, Kim WH, Fernandez CP, Jeong J, Afrin F, Lillehoj HS, Kim S, Kim S, Dalloul RA, Min W. Identification and expression analysis of duck interleukin-17D in Riemerella anatipestifer infection. Dev Comp Immunol 2016; 61:190-197. [PMID: 27060655 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2016.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Interleukin (IL)-17D is a proinflammatory cytokine with currently largely unknown biological functions. Here we provide the description of the sequence, bioactivity, and mRNA expression profile of duck IL-17D homologue. A full-length duck IL-17D (duIL-17D) cDNA with a 624-bp coding region was identified from the large intestine. duIL-17D shares approximately 94.7% identity with its chicken counterpart, which is also identified in this work. duIL-17D exhibits 62.6-68.4% and 52.1-53.1% identity with mammalian and piscine homologues. Recombinant duIL-17D promoted the expression of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-6, IL-8, and IL-1β in duck embryo fibroblast cells. Very low levels of duIL-17D transcript were observed in healthy lymphoid tissues, including bursa, thymus, and spleen, while duIL-17D expression was relatively high in the heart. The duIL-17D expression profiles were examined in mitogen-stimulated splenic lymphocytes, as well as tissues affected by Riemerella anatipestifer infection. The levels of duIL-17D were mostly upregulated in mitogen-activated splenic lymphocytes but downregulated in the liver and spleen of R. anatipestifer-infected ducks. These results provide new insights into the roles of IL-17D in host protective immune responses to Riemerella infection, which can therefore lead to further studies of its biological functions in different disease models of ducks and other avian species.
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- Joyce Anne R Diaz
- College of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Animal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Animal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Animal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Health Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon, 22689, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Animal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Animal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Avian Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Avian Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Animal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea.
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Yeruva L, Spencer NE, Saraf MK, Hennings L, Bowlin AK, Cleves MA, Mercer K, Chintapalli SV, Shankar K, Rank RG, Badger TM, Ronis MJJ. Formula diet alters small intestine morphology, microbial abundance and reduces VE-cadherin and IL-10 expression in neonatal porcine model. BMC Gastroenterol 2016; 16:40. [PMID: 27005303 PMCID: PMC4804644 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-016-0456-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is associated with a variety of positive health outcomes in children and is recommended exclusively for the first 6 months of life; however, 50-70 % of infants in the US are formula-fed. To test the hypothesis that immune system development and function in neonates and infants are significantly influenced by diet, 2-day old piglets were fed soy or milk formula (n = 6/group/gender) until day 21 and compared to a sow-fed group (n = 6/gender). METHODS Histomorphometric analyses of ileum, jejunum and Peyer's patches were carried out, to determine the inflammation status, mRNA and protein expression of pro-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory and growth-related chemokines and cytokines. RESULTS In formula-fed animals, increases in ileum and jejunum villus height and crypt depth were observed in comparison to sow-fed animals (jejunum, p < 0.01 villus height, p < 0.04 crypt depth; ileum p < 0.001 villus height, p < 0.002 crypt depth). In formula-fed the lymphoid follicle size (p < 0.01) and germinal centers (p < 0.01) with in the Peyer's patch were significantly decreased in comparison to sow-fed, indicating less immune education. In ileum, formula diet induced significant up-regulation of AMCFII, IL-8, IL-15, VEGFA, LIF, FASL, CXCL11, CCL4, CCL25 and down-regulation of IL-6, IL-9, IL-10, IL-27, IFNA4, CSF3, LOC100152038, and LOC100736831 at the transcript level. We have confirmed some of the mRNA data by measuring protein, and significant down-regulation of anti-inflammatory molecule IL-10 in comparison to sow-fed piglets was observed. To further determine the membrane protein expression in the ileum, VE-cadherin, occludin, and claudin-3, Western blot analyses were conducted. Sow fed piglets showed significantly more VE-Cadherin, which associated with levels of calcium, and putrescine measured. It is possible that differences in GI tract and immune development are related to shifts in the microbiome; notably, there were 5-fold higher amounts of Lactobacillaceae spp and 3 fold higher Clostridia spp in the sow fed group in comparison to milk formula-fed piglets, whereas in milk formula-fed pigs Enterobacteriaceae spp was 5-fold higher. CONCLUSION In conclusion, formula diet alters GI morphology, microbial abundance, intestinal barrier protein VE-cadherin and anti-inflammatory molecule IL-10 expression. Further characterization of formula effects could lead to modification of infant formula to improve immune function, reduce inflammation and prevent conditions such as allergies and infections.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Cadherins/genetics
- Cadherins/metabolism
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cytokines/drug effects
- Cytokines/genetics
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Diet
- Down-Regulation
- Fas Ligand Protein/drug effects
- Fas Ligand Protein/genetics
- Fas Ligand Protein/metabolism
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome/drug effects
- Humans
- Ileum/drug effects
- Ileum/metabolism
- Ileum/microbiology
- Ileum/pathology
- Infant Formula/pharmacology
- Infant, Newborn
- Interferon-alpha/drug effects
- Interferon-alpha/genetics
- Interferon-alpha/metabolism
- Interleukin-10/genetics
- Interleukin-10/metabolism
- Interleukin-15/genetics
- Interleukin-15/metabolism
- Interleukin-27/genetics
- Interleukin-27/metabolism
- Interleukin-6/genetics
- Interleukin-6/metabolism
- Interleukin-8/drug effects
- Interleukin-8/genetics
- Interleukin-8/metabolism
- Interleukin-9/genetics
- Interleukin-9/metabolism
- Intestine, Small/drug effects
- Intestine, Small/metabolism
- Intestine, Small/microbiology
- Intestine, Small/pathology
- Jejunum/drug effects
- Jejunum/metabolism
- Jejunum/microbiology
- Jejunum/pathology
- Leukemia Inhibitory Factor/drug effects
- Leukemia Inhibitory Factor/genetics
- Leukemia Inhibitory Factor/metabolism
- Milk
- Peyer's Patches/drug effects
- Peyer's Patches/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Soy Foods
- Swine
- Up-Regulation
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/drug effects
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism
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- Laxmi Yeruva
- />Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, 15 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
- />Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, USA
- />Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, 15 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
- />Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, 15 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
- />Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, 15 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
- />Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, 15 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
- />Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, 15 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
- />Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, 15 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
- />Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, 15 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
- />Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, 15 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
- />Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- />Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA USA
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Chi H, Bøgwald J, Dalmo RA, Zhang W, Hu YH. Th17 master transcription factors RORα and RORγ regulate the expression of IL-17C, IL-17D and IL-17F in Cynoglossus semilaevis. Dev Comp Immunol 2016; 55:169-178. [PMID: 26547017 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2015.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Revised: 11/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The RAR-related orphan receptors (RORs) are members of the nuclear receptor family of intracellular transcription factors. In this study, we examined the regulatory properties of RORα (CsRORα) and RORγ (CsRORγ) in tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis). CsRORα and CsRORγ expression was detected in major lymphoid organs and altered to significant extents after bacterial and viral infection. CsRORα enhanced the activities of CsIL-17C, CsIL-17D, and CsIL-17F promoters, which contain CsRORα and CsRORγ binding sites. CsRORγ also upregulated the promoter activities of CsIL-17D and CsIL-17F but not CsIL-17C. CsRORα and CsRORγ proteins were detected in the nucleus, and overexpression of CsRORα in tongue sole significantly increased the expression of CsIL-17C, CsIL-17D, and CsIL-17F, whereas overexpression of CsRORγ significantly increased the expression of CsIL-17C and CsIL-17F but no CsIL-17D. These results indicate that RORα and RORγ in teleost regulate the expression of IL-17 members in different manners.
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- Heng Chi
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromsø, Tromsø N-9037, Norway
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- Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromsø, Tromsø N-9037, Norway
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China.
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Iwasaki Y, Fujio K, Okamura T, Yamamoto K. Interleukin-27 in T cell immunity. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:2851-63. [PMID: 25633106 PMCID: PMC4346869 DOI: 10.3390/ijms16022851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Interleukin (IL)-27, a member of IL-12/IL-23 heterodimeric family of cytokines, has pleiotropic properties that can enhance or limit immune responses. IL-27 acts on various cell types, including T cells, B cells, macrophages, dendritic cells, natural killer (NK) cells and non-hematopoietic cells. Intensive studies have been conducted especially on T cells, revealing that various subsets of T cells respond uniquely to IL-27. IL-27 induces expansion of Th1 cells by activating signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 1-mediated T-bet signaling pathway. On the other hand, IL-27 suppresses immune responses through inhibition of the development of T helper (Th) 17 cells and induction of IL-10 production in a STAT1- and STAT3-dependent manner. IL-27 is a potentially promising cytokine for therapeutic approaches on various human diseases. Here, we provide an overview of the biology of IL-27 related to T cell subsets, its structure, and production mechanism.
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- Yukiko Iwasaki
- Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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- Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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- Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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- Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Mathie SA, Dixon KL, Walker SA, Tyrrell V, Mondhe M, O'Donnell VB, Gregory LG, Lloyd CM. Alveolar macrophages are sentinels of murine pulmonary homeostasis following inhaled antigen challenge. Allergy 2015; 70:80-9. [PMID: 25331546 PMCID: PMC4283732 DOI: 10.1111/all.12536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alveolar macrophages are sentinels of the pulmonary mucosa and central to maintaining immunological homeostasis. However, their role in governing the response to allergen is not fully understood. Inappropriate responses to the inhaled environment manifest as asthma. METHODS We utilized a mechanistic IL-13-driven model and a house dust mite allergen mucosal sensitization model of allergic airway disease to investigate the role of alveolar macrophages in regulating pulmonary inflammation. RESULTS IL-13-dependent eosinophilic and Th2 inflammation was enhanced in mice depleted of alveolar macrophages using clodronate liposomes. Similarly, depletion of alveolar macrophages during house dust mite sensitization or established disease resulted in augmented Th2 immunity and increased allergen-specific IgG1 and IgE. Clodronate treatment also delayed the resolution of tissue inflammation following cessation of allergen challenge. Strikingly, tissue interstitial macrophages were elevated in alveolar macrophage-deficient mice identifying a new homeostatic relationship between different macrophage subtypes. A novel role for the macrophage-derived immunoregulatory cytokine IL-27 was identified in modulating Th2 inflammation following mucosal allergen exposure. CONCLUSIONS In summary, alveolar macrophages are critical regulators of Th2 immunity and their dysregulation promotes an inflammatory environment with exacerbation of allergen-induced airway pathology. Manipulating IL-27 may provide a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of asthma.
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- S A Mathie
- Leukocyte Biology, NHLI, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College LondonLondon, UK
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- Leukocyte Biology, NHLI, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College LondonLondon, UK
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine, Cardiff UniversityCardiff, UK
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine, Cardiff UniversityCardiff, UK
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine, Cardiff UniversityCardiff, UK
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- Leukocyte Biology, NHLI, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College LondonLondon, UK
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- Leukocyte Biology, NHLI, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College LondonLondon, UK
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Barreto-de-Souza V, Ferreira PLC, Vivarini ADC, Calegari-Silva T, Soares DC, Regis EG, Pereira RMS, Silva AM, Saraiva EM, Lopes UG, Bou-Habib DC. IL-27 enhances Leishmania amazonensis infection via ds-RNA dependent kinase (PKR) and IL-10 signaling. Immunobiology 2014; 220:437-44. [PMID: 25466588 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2014.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The protozoan parasite Leishmania infects and replicates in macrophages, causing a spectrum of diseases in the human host, varying from cutaneous to visceral clinical forms. It is known that cytokines modulate the immunological response against Leishmania and are relevant for infection resolution. Here, we report that Interleukin (IL)-27 increases Leishmania amazonensis replication in human and murine macrophages and that the blockage of the IL-10 receptor on the surface of infected cells abolished the IL-27-mediated enhancement of Leishmania growth. IL-27 induced the activation/phosphorylation of protein kinase R (PKR) in macrophages, and PKR blockage or PKR gene deletion abrogated the enhancement of the parasite growth driven by IL-27, as well as the L. amazonensis-induced macrophage production of IL-27. We also observed that L. amazonensis-induced expression of IL-27 depends on type I interferon signaling and the engagement of Toll-like receptor 2. Treatment of Leishmania-infected mice with IL-27 increased lesion size and parasite loads in the footpad and lymph nodes of infected animals, indicating that this cytokine exerts a local and a systemic effect on parasite growth and propagation. In conclusion, we show that IL-27 is a L. amazonensis-enhancing factor and that the PKR/IFN1 axis and IL-10 are critical mediators of this IL-27 induced effect.
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- Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology of Leishmaniasis, Paulo de Goes Institute of Microbiology, Department of Immunology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Inflammatory Genes, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology of Leishmaniasis, Paulo de Goes Institute of Microbiology, Department of Immunology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology, Translational Research in Health and Environment in the Amazon Region (INCT-IMPeTAM), Brazil.
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Jafarzadeh A, Mohammadi-Kordkhayli M, Ahangar-Parvin R, Azizi V, Khoramdel-Azad H, Shamsizadeh A, Ayoobi A, Nemati M, Hassan ZM, Moazeni SM, Khaksari M. Ginger extracts influence the expression of IL-27 and IL-33 in the central nervous system in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and ameliorates the clinical symptoms of disease. J Neuroimmunol 2014; 276:80-8. [PMID: 25175065 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.08.614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 03/08/2014] [Revised: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The immunomodulatory effects of the IL-27 and IL-33 and the anti-inflammatory effects of ginger have been reported in some studies. The aim was to evaluate the effects of the ginger extract on the expression of IL-27 and IL-33 in a model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). In PBS-treated EAE mice the expression of IL-27 P28 was significantly lower whereas the expression of IL-33 was significantly higher than unimmunized control mice. In 200 and 300 mg/kg ginger-treated EAE groups the expression of IL-27 P28 and IL-27 EBI3 was significantly higher whereas the expression of IL-33 was significantly lower than PBS-treated EAE mice. The EAE clinical symptoms and the pathological scores were significantly lower in ginger-treated EAE groups. These results showed that the ginger extract modulates the expression of the IL-27 and IL-33 in the spinal cord of EAE mice and ameliorates the clinical symptoms of disease.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Body Weight/drug effects
- Central Nervous System/drug effects
- Central Nervous System/metabolism
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/drug effects
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/blood
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/chemically induced
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/drug therapy
- Female
- Freund's Adjuvant/toxicity
- Zingiber officinale/chemistry
- Interferon-gamma/blood
- Interleukin-27/genetics
- Interleukin-27/metabolism
- Interleukin-33
- Interleukin-7/blood
- Interleukins/genetics
- Interleukins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein/toxicity
- Peptide Fragments/toxicity
- Phytotherapy
- Plant Extracts/therapeutic use
- Time Factors
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- A Jafarzadeh
- Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Neurology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Immunology, Medical School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Immunology, Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
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- Department of Immunology, Medical School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Medical School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Medical School, Tarbiat Moddares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Medical School, Tarbiat Moddares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Neurology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Physiology, Medical School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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BACKGROUND Systemic hypertension and the associated increased myocardial load/mechanical stress are common in patients with coronary heart disease. Thus, unraveling of mechanosensitive molecular mechanisms that determine cell fate in the setting of cardiac tissue injury is of scientific and clinical relevance. We tested the hypothesis that the prosurvival, mechanosensitive, serum glucocorticoid-regulated kinase-1 (SGK-1) is a pivotal determinant of pressure-related inflammatory response and cell fate in the ischemic-reperfused heart. METHODS Langendorff-perfused rat hearts were subjected to an ischemia reperfusion (IR) insult, at 80 or 160cm water, with perfusate lacking or containing the SGK-1 inhibitor GSK650394A (1 μM); normoxic hearts served as controls. Thereafter, hearts tissues were used for Western blotting or cardiac cells were prepared for flow cytometry and immunofluorescent studies. RESULTS An IR insult (i) reduced phosphoSGK-1 (active and protective) in association with disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential (ψm) and increased apoptosis and necrosis and (ii) increased expressions of growth-arrest and DNA damage-associated protein 153 (GADD153; a determinant of inflammation and cell death) and the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL) 17; these effects were greater at high pressure. On the other hand, the anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 and IL-27 increased more in ischemic-reperfused hearts subjected to low pressure. SGK-1 inhibition further reduced phosphoSGK-1, increased GADD153 and IL-17, and reduced IL-10 and IL-27 in association with augmented disruption of ψm and exacerbated cell death; these effects were greater at low pressure. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate a major pressure-related role for SGK-1 in regulating inflammation and cell fate in the ischemic-reperfused heart.
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- Babak Baban
- Department of Oral Biology, College of Dental Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, USA
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Kong Q, Gao M, Xue Y, Pan X, Lai W, Wu W. [Interleukin-17 contributes to the macrophage secretion of interleukin-27 in a murine model of viral myocarditis]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2014; 42:428-432. [PMID: 25042924] [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: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Interleukin-27 (IL-27) has been reported to reduce the levels of interleukin-17 (IL-17) and alleviate the severity of experimental autoimmune myocarditis. IL-17, an important tissue-protective cytokine in viral myocarditis (VMC), has been reported to increase synovial expression of IL-27 in rheumatoid arthritis. However, the influence of IL-17 on IL-27 expression in murine model of VMC remains unknown. METHODS Wild-type (WT) and IL-17A-deficient (IL-17A(-/-)) mice on the BALB/c background were intraperitoneally (i.p) injected with coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) for establishing VMC models. Cardiac tissue was obtained on day 7 after CVB3 injection. Myocardial histopathologic changes were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) stained myocardial sections.Expression of IL-27 in heart and serum was measured by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. Furthermore, splenic lymphocytes and peritoneal macrophages were purified 1 week after injection from WT mice.Isolated lymphocytes were cultured in the presence of different concentrations (0 and 25 ng/ml) of recombinant IL-17 (rIL-17) for 24 h. Macrophages were cultured with different concentrations of rIL-17 (0 and 10 ng/ml) for 48 h.IL-27 mRNA expression of cultured cells was assayed by RT-PCR, and their protein level in the culture supernatant was measured by ELISA. RESULTS Compared with WT mice, significantly less cardiac inflammation was evidenced in the heart of IL-17A-/- mice (0.9 ± 0.3 vs.1.9 ± 0.5) , relative cardiac IL-27 p28 mRNA expressions (1.11 ± 0.24 vs.3.1 ± 0.8) and serum IL-27 protein[(72 ± 18) pg/ml vs.(95 ± 25) pg/ml] were also significantly lower in IL-17A-/- mice (all P < 0.05).In the culture lymphocytes, the relative mRNA (1.02 ± 0.13 vs.1.32 ± 0.21) and protein [(49 ± 9) pg/ml vs.(52 ± 11) pg/ml]expressions of IL-27 p28 and were similar post treatment with 0 and 25 ng/ml rIL-17 (all P > 0.05). Compared with 0 ng/ml rIL-17 culture with macrophages, higher relative mRNA (8.5 ± 3.1 vs.2.2 ± 0.7) and protein [(368 ± 95) pg/ml vs.(150 ± 38) pg/ml] expressions of IL-27 p28 were detected in 10 ng/ml rIL-17 group (all P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Our data indicates that cytokine IL-17 may contribute to the secretion of IL-27 in VMC mice.Furthermore, macrophages but not lymphocytes may be the important IL-27-producing immune cells and major target cells for IL-17. Thus,IL-27 and IL-17 might be actively involved in the pathogenesis of VMC.
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- Qing Kong
- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Cardiovascular Institute, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Cardiovascular Institute, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Cardiovascular Institute, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Cardiovascular Institute, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Cardiovascular Institute, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi Cardiovascular Institute, Nanning 530021, China.
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Visperas A, Do J, Bulek K, Li X, Min B. IL-27, targeting antigen-presenting cells, promotes Th17 differentiation and colitis in mice. Mucosal Immunol 2014; 7:625-33. [PMID: 24129161 PMCID: PMC3989480 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2013.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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T helper type 17 (Th17) cells have been implicated in autoimmunity and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Antigen-presenting cell (APC) -derived cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6 are key mediators supporting Th17 differentiation, yet how these factors are induced in vivo remains unclear. Here, we show that IL-27 acting on APCs enhances IL-6 and IL-1β production and Th17 differentiation. IL-27Rα-/- T-cell receptor (TCR)β-/- recipients fail to develop gut inflammation following naive CD4 T-cell transfer, whereas IL-27Rα+/+ TCRβ-/- recipients develop severe colitis. Investigation of T-cell responses exhibits that IL-27Rα-/- TCRβ-/- mice do not support Th17 differentiation with significantly decreased levels of IL-6 and IL-1β by APCs. Our study has identified a novel proinflammatory role for IL-27 in vivo that promotes Th17 differentiation by inducing Th17-supporting cytokines in APCs.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
- Antigens/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation
- Colitis/genetics
- Colitis/immunology
- Colitis/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Interleukin-27/genetics
- Interleukin-27/metabolism
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Interleukin/genetics
- Receptors, Interleukin/metabolism
- Th17 Cells/cytology
- Th17 Cells/immunology
- Th17 Cells/metabolism
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- Anabelle Visperas
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44195
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- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195
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- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195
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- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195
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- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44195
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Interleukin-12 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine which promotes Th1 and cytotoxic T lymphocyte activities, such as Interferon- secretion. For this reason Interleukin-12 could be a powerful therapeutic agent for cancer treatment. However, Interleukin-12 is also excessively toxic. Interleukin-27 is an immunoregulatory cytokine from the Interleukin-12 family, but it is not as toxic as Interleukin-12. In recent years, Interleukin-27 has been considered as a potential anti-tumor agent. Recent experiments in vitro and in vivo have shown that cancer cells transfected with IL-27 activate CD8+ T cells to promote the secretion of anti-tumor cytokines Interleukin-10, although, at the same time, IL-27 inhibits the secretion of Interferon- by CD8+ T cells. In the present paper we develop a mathematical model based on these experimental results. The model involves a dynamic network which includes tumor cells, CD8+ T cells and cytokines Interleukin-27, Interleukin-10 and Interferon-. Simulations of the model show how Interleukin-27 promotes CD8+ T cells to secrete Interleukin-10 to inhibit tumor growth. On the other hand Interleukin-27 inhibits the secretion of Interferon- by CD8+ T cells which somewhat diminishes the inhibition of tumor growth. Our numerical results are in qualitative agreement with experimental data. We use the model to design protocols of IL-27 injections for the treatment of cancer and find that, for some special types of cancer, with a fixed total amount of drug, within a certain range, continuous injection has better efficacy than intermittent injections in reducing the tumor load while the treatment is ongoing, although the decrease in tumor load is only temporary.
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- Kang-Ling Liao
- Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Gonin J, Carlotti A, Dietrich C, Audebourg A, Radenen-Bussière B, Caignard A, Avril MF, Vacher-Lavenu MC, Larousserie F, Devergne O. Expression of IL-27 by tumor cells in invasive cutaneous and metastatic melanomas [corrected].. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75694. [PMID: 24130734 PMCID: PMC3794994 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Interleukin (IL)-27 is a cytokine of the IL-12 family that displays either immunostimulatory or immunosuppressive functions depending on the context. In various murine tumor models including melanoma models, ectopic expression of IL-27 has been shown to play an anti-tumoral role and to favor tumor regression. In this study, we investigated whether IL-27 might play a role in the development of melanoma in humans. We analyzed the in situ expression of IL-27 in melanocytic lesions (n = 82) representative of different stages of tumor progression. IL-27 expression was not observed in nevus (n = 8) nor in in situ melanoma (n = 9), but was detected in 28/46 (61%) cases of invasive cutaneous melanoma, notably in advanced stages (19/23 cases of stages 3 and 4). In most cases, the main source of IL-27 was tumor cells. Of note, when IL-27 was detected in primary cutaneous melanomas, its expression was maintained in metastatic lesions. These in situ data suggested that the immunosuppressive functions of IL-27 may dominate in human melanoma. Consistent with this hypothesis, we found that IL-27 could induce suppressive molecules such as PD-L1, and to a lesser extent IL-10, in melanoma cells, and that the in situ expression of IL-27 in melanoma correlated with those of PD-L1 and IL-10.
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- Julie Gonin
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8147, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Service d’Anatomie Pathologique and Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Service d’Anatomie Pathologique and Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8147, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Service d’Anatomie Pathologique and Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Service d’Anatomie Pathologique and Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1016, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8104, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Service de Dermatologie, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Service d’Anatomie Pathologique and Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8147, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Service d’Anatomie Pathologique and Université Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8147, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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