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Agas D, Gusmão Silva G, Laus F, Marchegiani A, Capitani M, Vullo C, Catone G, Lacava G, Concetti A, Marchetti L, Sabbieti MG. INF-γ encoding plasmid administration triggers bone loss and disrupts bone marrow microenvironment. J Endocrinol 2017; 232:309-321. [PMID: 27908965 DOI: 10.1530/joe-16-0538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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IFN-γ is a pleotropic cytokine produced in the bone microenvironment. Although IFN-γ is known to play a critical role on bone remodeling, its function is not fully elucidated. Consistently, outcomes on the effects of IFN-γ recombinant protein on bone loss are contradictory among reports. In our work we explored, for the first time, the role of IFN-γ encoding plasmid (pIFN-γ) in a mouse model of osteopenia induced by ovariectomy and in the sham-operated counterpart to estimate its effects in skeletal homeostasis. Ovariectomy produced a dramatic decrease of bone mineral density (BMD). pINF-γ injected mice showed a pathologic bone and bone marrow phenotype; the disrupted cortical and trabecular bone microarchitecture was accompanied by an increased release of pro-inflammatory cytokine by bone marrow cells. Moreover, mesenchymal stem cells' (MSCs) commitment to osteoblast was found impaired, as evidenced by the decline of osterix-positive (Osx+) cells within the mid-diaphyseal area of femurs. For instance, a reduction and redistribution of CXCL12 cells have been found, in accordance with bone marrow morphological alterations. As similar effects were observed both in sham-operated and in ovariectomized mice, our studies proved that an increased IFN-γ synthesis in bone marrow might be sufficient to induce inflammatory and catabolic responses even in the absence of pathologic predisposing substrates. In addition, the obtained data might raise questions about pIFN-γ's safety when it is used as vaccine adjuvant.
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- Dimitrios Agas
- School of Bioscience and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e ImunologiaUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- School of Bioscience and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- School of Bioscience and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- School of Bioscience and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- School of Bioscience and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- School of Bioscience and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- School of Bioscience and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- School of Bioscience and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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- School of Bioscience and Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
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Buatois V, Chatel L, Cons L, Lory S, Richard F, Guilhot F, Johnson Z, Bracaglia C, De Benedetti F, de Min C, Kosco-Vilbois MH, Ferlin WG. Use of a mouse model to identify a blood biomarker for IFNγ activity in pediatric secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Transl Res 2017; 180:37-52.e2. [PMID: 27559680 PMCID: PMC7185816 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2016.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Life-threatening cytokine release syndromes include primary (p) and secondary (s) forms of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Below detection in healthy individuals, interferon γ (IFNγ) levels are elevated to measurable concentrations in these afflictions suggesting a central role for this cytokine in the development and maintenance of HLH. Mimicking an infection-driven model of sHLH in mice, we observed that the tissue-derived levels of IFNγ are actually 500- to 2000-fold higher than those measured in the blood. To identify a blood biomarker, we postulated that the IFNγ gene products, CXCL9 and CXCL10 would correlate with disease parameters in the mouse model. To translate this into a disease relevant biomarker, we investigated whether CXCL9 and CXCL10 levels correlated with disease activity in pediatric sHLH patients. Our data demonstrate that disease control in mice correlates with neutralization of IFNγ activity in tissues and that the 2 chemokines serve as serum biomarkers to reflect disease status. Importantly, CXCL9 and CXCL10 levels in pediatric sHLH were shown to correlate with key disease parameters and severity in these patients. Thus, the translatability of the IFNγ-biomarker correlates from mouse to human, advocating the use of serum CXCL9 or CXCL10 as a means to monitor total IFNγ activity in patients with sHLH.
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Key Words
- hlh, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- phlh, primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- shlh, secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- ifnγ, interferon γ
- tlrs, toll-like receptors
- tnfα, tumor necrosis factor α
- mifnγ, mouse ifnγ
- alt, alanine transaminase
- ldh, lactate dehydrogenase
- mrna, messenger rna
- qpcr, quantitative pcr
- il-6, interleukin 6
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- Novimmune S.A., Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland
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- Novimmune S.A., Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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Bao K, Carr T, Wu J, Barclay W, Jin J, Ciofani M, Reinhardt RL. BATF Modulates the Th2 Locus Control Region and Regulates CD4+ T Cell Fate during Antihelminth Immunity. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 197:4371-4381. [PMID: 27798167 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The AP-1 factor basic leucine zipper transcription factor, ATF-like (BATF) is important for CD4+ Th17, Th9, and follicular Th cell development. However, its precise role in Th2 differentiation and function remains unclear, and the requirement for BATF in nonallergic settings of type-2 immunity has not been explored. In this article, we show that, in response to parasitic helminths, Batf-/- mice are unable to generate follicular Th and Th2 cells. As a consequence, they fail to establish productive type-2 immunity during primary and secondary infection. Batf-/- CD4+ T cells do not achieve type-2 cytokine competency, which implies that BATF plays a key role in the regulation of IL-4 and IL-13. In contrast to Th17 and Th9 cell subsets in which BATF binds directly to promoter and enhancer regions to regulate cytokine expression, our results show that BATF is significantly enriched at Rad50 hypersensitivity site (RHS)6 and RHS7 of the locus control region relative to AP-1 sites surrounding type-2 cytokine loci in Th2 cells. Indeed, Batf-/- CD4+ T cells do not obtain permissive epigenetic modifications within the Th2 locus, which were linked to RHS6 and RHS7 function. In sum, these findings reveal BATF as a central modulator of peripheral and humoral hallmarks of type-2 immunity and begin to elucidate a novel mechanism by which it regulates type-2 cytokine production through its modification of the Th2 locus control region.
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- Katherine Bao
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; and
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; and
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; and
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; and
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; and
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; and
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- Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206
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Peng M, Yin N, Chhangawala S, Xu K, Leslie CS, Li MO. Aerobic glycolysis promotes T helper 1 cell differentiation through an epigenetic mechanism. Science 2016; 354:481-484. [PMID: 27708054 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf6284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 522] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Aerobic glycolysis (the Warburg effect) is a metabolic hallmark of activated T cells and has been implicated in augmenting effector T cell responses, including expression of the proinflammatory cytokine interferon-γ (IFN-γ), via 3' untranslated region (3'UTR)-mediated mechanisms. Here, we show that lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) is induced in activated T cells to support aerobic glycolysis but promotes IFN-γ expression independently of its 3'UTR. Instead, LDHA maintains high concentrations of acetyl-coenzyme A to enhance histone acetylation and transcription of Ifng Ablation of LDHA in T cells protects mice from immunopathology triggered by excessive IFN-γ expression or deficiency of regulatory T cells. These findings reveal an epigenetic mechanism by which aerobic glycolysis promotes effector T cell differentiation and suggest that LDHA may be targeted therapeutically in autoinflammatory diseases.
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- Min Peng
- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Computational Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. Physiology Biophysics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY 10065, USA. Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Computational Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Zuber B, Rudström K, Ehrnfelt C, Ahlborg N. Epitope Mapping of Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies to Human Interferon-γ Using Human-Bovine Interferon-γ Chimeras. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2016; 36:542-51. [PMID: 27336613 PMCID: PMC5011633 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2016.0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Our aim was to identify conformational epitopes, recognized by monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) made against human (h) interferon (IFN)-γ. Based on the mAbs' (n = 12) ability to simultaneously bind hIFN-γ in ELISA, 2 epitope clusters with 5 mAbs in each were defined; 2 mAbs recognized unique epitopes. Utilizing the mAbs' lack of reactivity with bovine (b) IFN-γ, epitopes were identified using 7 h/bIFN-γ chimeras where the helical regions (A-F) or the C terminus were substituted with bIFN-γ residues. Chimeras had a N-terminal peptide tag enabling the analysis of mAb recognition of chimeras in ELISA. The 2 mAb clusters mapped to region A and E, respectively; the epitopes of several mAbs also involved additional regions. MAbs in cluster A neutralized, to various degrees, IFN-γ-mediated activation of human cells, in line with the involvement of region A in the IFN-γ receptor interaction. MAbs mapping to region E displayed a stronger neutralizing capacity although this region has not been directly implicated in the receptor interaction. The results corroborate earlier studies and provide a detailed picture of the link between the epitope specificity and neutralizing capacity of mAbs. They further demonstrate the general use of peptide-tagged chimeric proteins as a powerful and straightforward method for efficient mapping of conformational epitopes.
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- Mabtech, Nacka Strand, Sweden
- Department of Immunology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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DNA Methylation: a New Player in Multiple Sclerosis. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:4049-4059. [PMID: 27314687 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-9966-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological and chronic inflammatory disease that is mediated by demyelination and axonal degeneration in the central nervous system (CNS). Studies have shown that immune system components such as CD4+, CD8+, CD44+ T cells, B lymphatic cells, and inflammatory cytokines play a critical role in inflammatory processes and myelin damage associated with MS. Nevertheless, the pathogenesis of MS remains poorly defined. DNA methylation, a significant epigenetic modification, is reported to be extensively involved in MS pathogenesis through the regulation of gene expression. This review focuses on DNA methylation involved in MS pathogenesis. Evidence showed the hypermethylation of human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 (HLA-DRB1) in CD4+ T cells, the genome-wide DNA methylation in CD8+ T cells, the hypermethylation of interleukin-4 (IL-4)/forkhead winged helix transcription factor 3 (Foxp3), and the demethylation of interferon-γ (IFN-γ)/IL-17a in CD44+ encephalitogenic T cells. Studies also showed the hypermethylation of SH2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase-1 (SHP-1) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and methylated changes of genes regulating oligodendrocyte and neuronal function in normal-appearing white matter. Clarifying the mechanism of aberrant methylation on MS may explain part of the pathology and will lead to the development of a new therapeutic target for the treatment of MS in the future.
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Brisse E, Matthys P, Wouters CH. Understanding the spectrum of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: update on diagnostic challenges and therapeutic options. Br J Haematol 2016; 174:175-87. [PMID: 27292929 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The cytokine storm syndrome 'haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis' (HLH) is an under-recognized hyperinflammatory disorder, causing high morbidity and mortality risk in children and adults. It can be subdivided into a primary, genetic form and a secondary, acquired form that complicates diverse infections, malignancies and autoimmune or autoinflammatory disorders. Both subtypes present with the same spectrum of non-specific symptoms, making accurate diagnosis and rapid treatment initiation challenging. In the last decade, increased awareness and international collaborative efforts fuelled a marked progress in diagnostic protocols and novel treatment strategies for HLH and new diagnostic guidelines are being tailored to specific secondary HLH subtypes. Therapy is gradually shifting its focus from overall immunosuppression towards targeting specific cytokines, cell types or signalling pathways underlying pathophysiology. Nevertheless, continued research efforts remain indispensable to customize therapy to individual patient needs.
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- Ellen Brisse
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Paediatric Immunology, KU Leuven, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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Sakai S, Kauffman KD, Sallin MA, Sharpe AH, Young HA, Ganusov VV, Barber DL. CD4 T Cell-Derived IFN-γ Plays a Minimal Role in Control of Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Must Be Actively Repressed by PD-1 to Prevent Lethal Disease. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005667. [PMID: 27244558 PMCID: PMC4887085 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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IFN-γ–producing CD4 T cells are required for protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, but the extent to which IFN-γ contributes to overall CD4 T cell-mediated protection remains unclear. Furthermore, it is not known if increasing IFN-γ production by CD4 T cells is desirable in Mtb infection. Here we show that IFN-γ accounts for only ~30% of CD4 T cell-dependent cumulative bacterial control in the lungs over the first six weeks of infection, but >80% of control in the spleen. Moreover, increasing the IFN-γ–producing capacity of CD4 T cells by ~2 fold exacerbates lung infection and leads to the early death of the host, despite enhancing control in the spleen. In addition, we show that the inhibitory receptor PD-1 facilitates host resistance to Mtb by preventing the detrimental over-production of IFN-γ by CD4 T cells. Specifically, PD-1 suppressed the parenchymal accumulation of and pathogenic IFN-γ production by the CXCR3+KLRG1-CX3CR1- subset of lung-homing CD4 T cells that otherwise mediates control of Mtb infection. Therefore, the primary role for T cell-derived IFN-γ in Mtb infection is at extra-pulmonary sites, and the host-protective subset of CD4 T cells requires negative regulation of IFN-γ production by PD-1 to prevent lethal immune-mediated pathology. The development of novel tuberculosis vaccines has been hindered by the poor understanding of the mechanisms of host-protection. It has been long-held that IFN-γ is the principle effector of CD4 T cell-mediated resistance to Mtb infection, but Mtb-specific CD4 T cells produce low amounts of IFN-γ in vivo, leading to the possibility that increasing IFN-γ production by Th1 cells might enhance control of Mtb infection. However, the precise contribution of IFN-γ to CD4 T cell-dependent protection and the outcome of increasing IFN-γ production by CD4 T cells have not been evaluated. Here we show that IFN-γ accounts for only ~30% of the cumulative CD4 T cell-mediated reduction in lung bacterial loads over the first 1.5 months of infection. Moreover, we find that increasing the per capita production of IFN-γ by CD4 T cells leads to the early death of the host. Lastly, we show that suppression of CD4 T cell-derived IFN-γ by the inhibitory receptor PD-1 is essential to prevent lethal disease. Therefore, poor control Mtb infection does not result from defective production of IFN-γ, and strategies to selectively boost it are unwarranted. Furthermore, identifying the primary mechanisms of CD4 T cell-dependent control of Mtb infection should be a priority.
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- Shunsuke Sakai
- T lymphocyte Biology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- T lymphocyte Biology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- T lymphocyte Biology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, and Evergrande Center for Immunological Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- T lymphocyte Biology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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The roles of interferons in osteoclasts and osteoclastogenesis. Joint Bone Spine 2016; 83:276-81. [PMID: 26832190 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2015.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Interferons (IFNs) play essential roles in regulating osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption. Over the last decade, we have seen tremendous developments in our understanding of the mechanisms by which interferons regulate osteoclastogenesis. Of the type I interferons, IFN-β inhibits osteoclastogenesis via autoregulatory or exogenous regulatory mechanisms, while IFN-α was recently shown to participate in regulating osteoclast formation. And the only member of type II interferons, IFN-γ, has biphasic effects on osteoclastogenesis. Type III interferons have also been shown to be involved in osteoclast bone resorption, although no direct regulatory mechanism has been demonstrated. In this review, we provide an update account of the current knowledge on these recently revealed novel roles of interferons in the regulation of a variety of signaling pathways in osteoclast differentiation and function. The potential clinical applications are also discussed.
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Molofsky AB, Van Gool F, Liang HE, Van Dyken SJ, Nussbaum JC, Lee J, Bluestone JA, Locksley RM. Interleukin-33 and Interferon-γ Counter-Regulate Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cell Activation during Immune Perturbation. Immunity 2015; 43:161-74. [PMID: 26092469 PMCID: PMC4512852 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 343] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) and regulatory T (Treg) cells are systemically induced by helminth infection but also sustain metabolic homeostasis in adipose tissue and contribute to tissue repair during injury. Here we show that interleukin-33 (IL-33) mediates activation of ILC2s and Treg cells in resting adipose tissue, but also after helminth infection or treatment with IL-2. Unexpectedly, ILC2-intrinsic IL-33 activation was required for Treg cell accumulation in vivo and was independent of ILC2 type 2 cytokines but partially dependent on direct co-stimulatory interactions via ICOSL-ICOS. IFN-γ inhibited ILC2 activation and Treg cell accumulation by IL-33 in infected tissue, as well as adipose tissue, where repression increased with aging and high-fat diet-induced obesity. IL-33 and ILC2s are central mediators of type 2 immune responses that promote tissue and metabolic homeostasis, and IFN-γ suppresses this pathway, likely to promote inflammatory responses and divert metabolic resources necessary to protect the host.
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- Ari B Molofsky
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA
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- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA
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- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA.
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Hoekstra ME, Dijkgraaf FE, Schumacher TN, Rohr JC. Assessing T lymphocyte function and differentiation by genetically encoded reporter systems. Trends Immunol 2015; 36:392-400. [DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2015.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Revised: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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