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Sedlmayr P, Blaschitz A. Placental expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Wien Med Wochenschr 2012; 162:214-9. [PMID: 22717876 DOI: 10.1007/s10354-012-0082-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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This review focuses on the placental expression of the tryptophan-degrading enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) and its potential roles, which may not only encompass immunosuppression and antimicrobial activity, but also vasodilation based on the endothelial expression on both sides of the feto-maternal interface.
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- Peter Sedlmayr
- Center for Molecular Medicine, Institute for Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
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Clark DA, Chaouat G. Regulatory T cells and reproduction: how do they do it? J Reprod Immunol 2012; 96:1-7. [PMID: 23021867 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2012.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Revised: 07/04/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) identified by expression of Foxp3 play an important role in successful implantation and gestation. Various mechanisms have been proposed to explain their actions, and the more credible and less credible are set out in this review. Induction of Treg cells is believed to occur in response to paternal antigens in seminal plasma at the time of mating, and these Treg cells home to the uterus prior to implantation. Tolerogenic dendritic cells are proposed to play an important role in the generation of Treg cells in the draining lymph nodes and in maintaining Treg activity in the uterus. Recent data indicate that abortion in the CBAxDBA/2 model may be prevented by seminal plasma antigens from DBA/2 and BALB/c males, but H-2(d) restriction suggests that presentation to Treg cells might occur via a novel mechanism. The relevance of findings in mice to human pregnancy problems is also discussed.
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- David A Clark
- Departments of Medicine, Molecular Medicine and Pathology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Health Sciences Centre Rm 3H1E, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1.
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Johnson TS, Munn DH. Host Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase: Contribution to Systemic Acquired Tumor Tolerance. Immunol Invest 2012; 41:765-97. [DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2012.689405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Schwarcz R, Bruno JP, Muchowski PJ, Wu HQ. Kynurenines in the mammalian brain: when physiology meets pathology. Nat Rev Neurosci 2012; 13:465-77. [PMID: 22678511 DOI: 10.1038/nrn3257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1033] [Impact Index Per Article: 86.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The essential amino acid tryptophan is not only a precursor of serotonin but is also degraded to several other neuroactive compounds, including kynurenic acid, 3-hydroxykynurenine and quinolinic acid. The synthesis of these metabolites is regulated by an enzymatic cascade, known as the kynurenine pathway, that is tightly controlled by the immune system. Dysregulation of this pathway, resulting in hyper-or hypofunction of active metabolites, is associated with neurodegenerative and other neurological disorders, as well as with psychiatric diseases such as depression and schizophrenia. With recently developed pharmacological agents, it is now possible to restore metabolic equilibrium and envisage novel therapeutic interventions.
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- Robert Schwarcz
- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21228, USA. rschwarc@mprc. umaryland.edu
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Schumacher A, Wafula PO, Teles A, El-Mousleh T, Linzke N, Zenclussen ML, Langwisch S, Heinze K, Wollenberg I, Casalis PA, Volk HD, Fest S, Zenclussen AC. Blockage of heme oxygenase-1 abrogates the protective effect of regulatory T cells on murine pregnancy and promotes the maturation of dendritic cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e42301. [PMID: 22900010 PMCID: PMC3416808 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Regulatory T cells (Treg) play an important role in fetal protection. They expand during normal pregnancy and protect fetal antigens from maternal effector cells. Their effect is associated with the up-regulation of tolerance-associated molecules at the fetal-maternal interface. Among these, Heme Oxygenase-1 (HO-1, coded by Hmox1) is of special importance as its blockage correlates with increased abortion rates and its up-regulation positively affects pregnancy outcome. Here, we aimed to investigate whether the protective effect of Treg is mediated by HO-1 in a mouse model. HO-1 blockage by Zinc Protoporhyrin (ZnPPIX) abrogated the protective effect of Treg transfer. We found that HO-1 is important in maintaining maternal dendritic cells (DCs) in an immature state, which contributes to the expansion of the peripheral Treg population. This brings to light one essential pathway through which Treg mediates the semi-allogeneic fetus tolerance.
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- Anne Schumacher
- Department of Experimental Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité, Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité, Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité, Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité, Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Paediatric Oncology, Hematology and Haemostaseology, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, Otto-von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité, Medical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Smith C, Chang MY, Parker K, Beury D, DuHadaway JB, Flick HE, Boulden J, Sutanto-Ward E, Soler AP, Laury-Kleintop LD, Mandik-Nayak L, Metz R, Ostrand-Rosenberg S, Prendergast GC, Muller AJ. IDO is a nodal pathogenic driver of lung cancer and metastasis development. Cancer Discov 2012; 2:722-35. [PMID: 22822050 PMCID: PMC3677576 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-12-0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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UNLABELLED Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) enzyme inhibitors have entered clinical trials for cancer treatment based on preclinical studies, indicating that they can defeat immune escape and broadly enhance other therapeutic modalities. However, clear genetic evidence of the impact of IDO on tumorigenesis in physiologic models of primary or metastatic disease is lacking. Investigating the impact of Ido1 gene disruption in mouse models of oncogenic KRAS-induced lung carcinoma and breast carcinoma-derived pulmonary metastasis, we have found that IDO deficiency resulted in reduced lung tumor burden and improved survival in both models. Micro-computed tomographic (CT) imaging further revealed that the density of the underlying pulmonary blood vessels was significantly reduced in Ido1-nullizygous mice. During lung tumor and metastasis outgrowth, interleukin (IL)-6 induction was greatly attenuated in conjunction with the loss of IDO. Biologically, this resulted in a consequential impairment of protumorigenic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC), as restoration of IL-6 recovered both MDSC suppressor function and metastasis susceptibility in Ido1-nullizygous mice. Together, our findings define IDO as a prototypical integrative modifier that bridges inflammation, vascularization, and immune escape to license primary and metastatic tumor outgrowth. SIGNIFICANCE This study provides preclinical, genetic proof-of-concept that the immunoregulatory enzyme IDO contributes to autochthonous carcinoma progression and to the creation of a metastatic niche. IDO deficiency in vivo negatively impacted both vascularization and IL-6–dependent, MDSC-driven immune escape, establishing IDO as an overarching factor directing the establishment of a protumorigenic environment.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma/blood supply
- Adenocarcinoma/enzymology
- Adenocarcinoma/genetics
- Adenocarcinoma/pathology
- Adenocarcinoma of Lung
- Animals
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology
- Disease Progression
- Genes, ras
- HL-60 Cells
- Humans
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/antagonists & inhibitors
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/deficiency
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/genetics
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/metabolism
- Inflammation/drug therapy
- Inflammation/enzymology
- Interleukin-6/biosynthesis
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Lung Neoplasms/blood supply
- Lung Neoplasms/enzymology
- Lung Neoplasms/genetics
- Lung Neoplasms/pathology
- Lung Neoplasms/secondary
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/enzymology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Neovascularization, Pathologic/enzymology
- Survival Analysis
- U937 Cells
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- Courtney Smith
- Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood PA USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD USA
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- Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood PA USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia PA USA
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- Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood PA USA
- Richfield Laboratory of Dermatopathology, Cincinnati OH USA
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- Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood PA USA
- Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA USA
- Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA USA
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- Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood PA USA
- Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia PA USA
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Cerejo M, Andrade G, Roca C, Sousa J, Rodrigues C, Pinheiro R, Chatterjee S, Vieira H, Calado P. A Powerful Yeast-Based Screening Assay for the Identification of Inhibitors of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 17:1362-71. [DOI: 10.1177/1087057112452595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Activation of the enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) underlies the course of several human pathological conditions and, to date, no efficacious therapeutic IDO inhibitors are available. We proposed to develop a robust screening system based on the use of yeast cells to identify new lead compounds for the pharmacological inhibition of IDO—the BLOCKADE platform. Yeast combines the advantages of a relevant surrogate model for eukaryotic cell processes with the amenity to miniaturization and automation. We brought added value to the system by increasing the stringency of our assay, as the BLOCKADE strain was not deleted for any efflux pump, thus creating additional challenges for test compounds to be identified as hits. Screening of a library of 50 080 small molecules led to the identification of 101 potential IDO inhibitors, a low hit rate of 0.2%, reflecting the stringent assay conditions imposed. Most important, secondary pharmacology assays in mammalian cells confirmed activity for 76% of the hits, whereas hepatotoxicity testing indicated that 87% of them displayed a safe profile. The high predictivity rates obtained using the BLOCKADE platform clearly validate our system as a powerful tool for drug discovery.
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- Marta Cerejo
- BIOALVO, Serviços Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Biotecnologia S.A., Edificio ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
- MIT-PT BioE PhD Program, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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- BIOALVO, Serviços Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Biotecnologia S.A., Edificio ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte da Caparica, Portugal
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- INTERFACE—Equipamento e Técnica, Lda, Portugal
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- BIOALVO, Serviços Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Biotecnologia S.A., Edificio ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- BIOALVO, Serviços Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Biotecnologia S.A., Edificio ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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- BIOALVO, Serviços Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Biotecnologia S.A., Edificio ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
- Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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- BIOALVO, Serviços Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Biotecnologia S.A., Edificio ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
- DEIO and BIOFig Center, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal
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- BIOALVO, Serviços Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Biotecnologia S.A., Edificio ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal
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Sheipouri D, Braidy N, Guillemin GJ. Kynurenine Pathway in Skin Cells: Implications for UV-Induced Skin Damage. Int J Tryptophan Res 2012; 5:15-25. [PMID: 22837645 PMCID: PMC3399400 DOI: 10.4137/ijtr.s9835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The kynurenine pathway (KP) is the principle route of catabolism of the essential amino acid tryptophan, leading to the production of several neuroactive and immunoregulatory metabolites. Alterations in the KP have been implicated in various neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, immunological disorders, and many other diseased states. Although the role of the KP in the skin has been evaluated in small niche fields, limited studies are available regarding the effect of acute ultra violet exposure and the induction of the KP in human skin-derived fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Since UV exposure can illicit an inflammatory component in skin cells, it is highly likely that the KP may be induced in these cells in response to UV exposure. It is also possible that some KP metabolites may act as pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory mediators, since the KP is important in immunomodulation.
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- Diba Sheipouri
- University of New South Wales, School of Medical Sciences, Dept of Pharmacology, Sydney, Australia
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Woudwyk MA, Monteavaro CE, Jensen F, Soto P, Barbeito CG, Zenclussen AC. Study of the uterine local immune response in a murine model of embryonic death due to Tritrichomonas foetus. Am J Reprod Immunol 2012; 68:128-37. [PMID: 22672658 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01159.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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PROBLEM Bovine tritrichomonosis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Tritrichomonas foetus, characterized by conceptus loss. We developed a mouse model of tritrichomonosis to study the mechanisms involved in the embryonic death. We hypothesized that embryonic death may be due to an exacerbated maternal response to the pathogen that then affects embryo development. METHOD OF STUDY We infected BALB/c mice with Tritrichomonas foetus and paired them after confirming active infection. We studied the expression of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, markers for T regulatory and T helper 17 cells as well as haem-oxygenase-1 expression in uterine tissue by real-time RT-PCR. RESULTS As expected, TNF-α was augmented in infected animals. IL-10 and IL-4 were also up-regulated. Treg-associated genes were higher expressed in uteri of infected group. In mice that have lost their conceptus after the infection, haem-oxygenase-1 (HO-1) mRNA levels were strongly decreased, while RORγt mRNA, a reliable marker for Th17, was augmented in uterus. CONCLUSION A T effector response of type 1 and 17 may be involved in tritrichomonosis-related embryonic death. This alters protective mechanisms as HO-1. Increased regulatory T cells may facilitate embryonic death by promoting the persistence of infection.
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- Mariana A Woudwyk
- Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Blumenthal A, Nagalingam G, Huch JH, Walker L, Guillemin GJ, Smythe GA, Ehrt S, Britton WJ, Saunders BM. M. tuberculosis induces potent activation of IDO-1, but this is not essential for the immunological control of infection. PLoS One 2012; 7:e37314. [PMID: 22649518 PMCID: PMC3359358 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenesae-1 (IDO-1) catalyses the initial, rate-limiting step in tryptophan metabolism, thereby regulating tryptophan availability and the formation of downstream metabolites, including picolinic and quinolinic acid. We found that Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection induced marked upregulation of IDO-1 expression in both human and murine macrophages in vitro and in the lungs of mice following aerosol challenge with M. tuberculosis. The absence of IDO-1 in dendritic cells enhanced the activation of mycobacteria-specific T cells in vitro. Interestingly, IDO-1-deficiency during M. tuberculosis infection in mice was not associated with altered mycobacteria-specific T cell responses in vivo. The bacterial burden of infected organs, pulmonary inflammatory responses, and survival were also comparable in M. tuberculosis-infected IDO-1 deficient and wild type animals. Tryptophan is metabolised into either picolinic acid or quinolinic acid, but only picolinic acid inhibited the growth of M. tuberculosis in vitro. By contrast macrophages infected with pathogenic mycobacteria, produced quinolinic, rather than picolinic acid, which did not reduce M. tuberculosis growth in vitro. Therefore, although M. tuberculosis induces robust expression of IDO-1 and activation of tryptophan metabolism, IDO-1-deficiency fails to impact on the immune control and the outcome of the infection in the mouse model of tuberculosis.
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- Antje Blumenthal
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Mycobacterial Research Program, Centenary Institute Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Mycobacterial Research Program, Centenary Institute Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Mycobacterial Research Program, Centenary Institute Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- Program in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- * E-mail: (AB); (BMS)
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Iken K, Liu K, Liu H, Bizargity P, Wang L, Hancock WW, Visner GA. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and metabolites protect murine lung allografts and impair the calcium mobilization of T cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2012; 47:405-16. [PMID: 22517796 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0438oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) converts tryptophan into kynurenine metabolites that suppress effector T-cell function. In this study, we investigated IDO and its metabolite, 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3HAA), in regulating lung allograft rejection, using a murine orthotopic lung transplant model with a major mismatch (BALB/c donor and C57BL6 recipient). IDO was overexpressed in murine donor lungs, using an established nonviral (polyethylenimine carrier)-based gene transfer approach, whereas 3HAA was delivered daily via intraperitoneal injection. Increased IDO expression or its metabolite, 3HAA, resulted in a remarkable therapeutic effect with near normal lung function and little acute rejection, approximately A1, compared with A3 in untreated allografts (grading based on International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation guidelines). We found that a high IDO environment for 7 days in lung allografts resulted in impaired T-cell activation, the production of multiple effector cytokines (IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-12, and IL-13), and the generation of effector memory T cells (CD62L(lo)CD44(hi) phenotype). In isolated murine splenocytes, we observed that IDO/3HAA impaired T-cell receptor (TCR)-mediated T-cell activation, and more importantly, a decrease of intracellular calcium, phospholipase C-γ1 phosphorylation, and mitochondrial mass was evident. This work further illustrates the potential role of a high IDO environment in lung transplantation, and that the high IDO environment directly impairs TCR activation via the disruption of calcium signaling.
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- Khadija Iken
- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Huang L, Lemos HP, Li L, Li M, Chandler PR, Baban B, McGaha TL, Ravishankar B, Lee JR, Munn DH, Mellor AL. Engineering DNA nanoparticles as immunomodulatory reagents that activate regulatory T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 188:4913-20. [PMID: 22516958 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1103668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nanoparticles containing DNA complexed with the cationic polymer polyethylenimine are efficient vehicles to transduce DNA into cells and organisms. DNA/polyethylenimine nanoparticles (DNPs) also elicit rapid and systemic release of proinflammatory cytokines that promote antitumor immunity. In this study, we report that DNPs possess previously unrecognized immunomodulatory attributes due to rapid upregulation of IDO enzyme activity in lymphoid tissues of mice. IDO induction in response to DNP treatment caused dendritic cells and regulatory T cells (Tregs) to acquire potent regulatory phenotypes. As expected, DNP treatment stimulated rapid increase in serum levels of IFN type I (IFN-αβ) and II (IFN-γ), which are both potent IDO inducers. IDO-mediated Treg activation was dependent on IFN type I receptor signaling, whereas IFN-γ receptor signaling was not essential for this response. Moreover, systemic IFN-γ release was caused by TLR9-dependent activation of NK cells, whereas TLR9 signaling was not required for IFN-αβ release. Accordingly, DNPs lacking immunostimulatory TLR9 ligands in DNA stimulated IFN-αβ production, induced IDO, and promoted regulatory outcomes, but did not stimulate potentially toxic, systemic release of IFN-γ. DNP treatment to induce IDO and activate Tregs blocked Ag-specific T cell responses elicited in vivo following immunization and suppressed joint pathology in a model of immune-mediated arthritis. Thus, DNPs lacking TLR9 ligands may be safe and effective reagents to protect healthy tissues from immune-mediated destruction in clinical hyperimmune syndromes.
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- Lei Huang
- Immunotherapy Center, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Tolerance to apoptotic cells is regulated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:3909-14. [PMID: 22355111 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117736109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Tolerance to self-antigens present in apoptotic cells is critical to maintain immune-homeostasis and prevent systemic autoimmunity. However, mechanisms that sustain self-tolerance are poorly understood. Here we show that systemic administration of apoptotic cells to mice induced splenic expression of the tryptophan catabolizing enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). IDO expression was confined to the splenic marginal zone and was abrogated by depletion of CD169(+) cells. Pharmacologic inhibition of IDO skewed the immune response to apoptotic cells, resulting in increased proinflammatory cytokine production and increased effector T-cell responses toward apoptotic cell-associated antigens. Presymptomatic lupus-prone MRL(lpr/lpr) mice exhibited abnormal elevated IDO expression in the marginal zone and red pulp and inhibition of IDO markedly accelerated disease progression. Moreover, chronic exposure of IDO-deficient mice to apoptotic cells induced a lupus-like disease with serum autoreactivity to double-stranded DNA associated with renal pathology and increased mortality. Thus, IDO limits innate and adaptive immunity to apoptotic self-antigens and IDO-mediated regulation inhibits inflammatory pathology caused by systemic autoimmune disease.
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Modulation of tumor tolerance in primary central nervous system malignancies. Clin Dev Immunol 2012; 2012:937253. [PMID: 22312408 PMCID: PMC3270544 DOI: 10.1155/2012/937253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2011] [Revised: 09/29/2011] [Accepted: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Central nervous system tumors take advantage of the unique immunology of the CNS and develop exquisitely complex stromal networks that promote growth despite the presence of antigen-presenting cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes. It is precisely this immunological paradox that is essential to the survival of the tumor. We review the evidence for functional CNS immune privilege and the impact it has on tumor tolerance. In this paper, we place an emphasis on the role of tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells in maintaining stromal and vascular quiescence, and we underscore the importance of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity as a myeloid-driven tumor tolerance mechanism. Much remains to be discovered regarding the tolerogenic mechanisms by which CNS tumors avoid immune clearance. Thus, it is an open question whether tumor tolerance in the brain is fundamentally different from that of peripheral sites of tumorigenesis or whether it simply stands as a particularly strong example of such tolerance.
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Chang MY, Smith C, DuHadaway JB, Pyle JR, Boulden J, Soler AP, Muller AJ, Laury-Kleintop LD, Prendergast GC. Cardiac and gastrointestinal liabilities caused by deficiency in the immune modulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Cancer Biol Ther 2011; 12:1050-8. [PMID: 22157149 DOI: 10.4161/cbt.12.12.18142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) modifies adaptive immunity, in part by determining the character of inflammatory responses in the tissue microenvironment. Small molecule inhibitors of IDO are being developed to treat cancer, chronic infections and other diseases, so the systemic effects of IDO disruption on inflammatory phenomena may influence the design and conduct of early phase clinical investigations of this new class of therapeutic agents. Here, we report cardiac and gastrointestinal phenotypes observed in IDO deficient mice that warrant consideration in planned assessments of the safety risks involved in clinical development of IDO inhibitors. Calcification of the cardiac endometrium proximal to the right ventricle was a sexually dimorphic strain-specific phenotype with ~30% penetrance in BALB/c mice lacking IDO. Administration of complete Freund's adjuvant containing Toll-like receptor ligands known to induce IDO caused acute pancreatitis in IDO deficient mice, with implications for the design of planned combination studies of IDO inhibitors with cancer vaccines. In an established model of hyperlipidemia, IDO deficiency caused a dramatic elevation in levels of serum triglycerides. In the large intestine, IDO loss only slightly increased sensitivity to induction of acute colitis, but it markedly elevated tumor incidence, multiplicity and staging during inflammatory colon carcinogenesis. Together, our findings suggest potential cardiac and gastrointestinal risks of IDO inhibitors that should be monitored in patients as this new class of drugs enter early clinical development.
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von Bubnoff D, Wilms H, Scheler M, Brenk M, Koch S, Bieber T. Human myeloid dendritic cells are refractory to tryptophan metabolites. Hum Immunol 2011; 72:791-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Vacca P, Moretta L, Moretta A, Mingari MC. Origin, phenotype and function of human natural killer cells in pregnancy. Trends Immunol 2011; 32:517-23. [PMID: 21889405 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2011.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2011] [Revised: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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During the early phases of pregnancy, natural killer (NK) cells are the predominant lymphoid cells in the human decidua. Here, rather than act as killers and/or drivers of inflammation, NK cells contribute to tissue building and remodeling and formation of new vessels due to the release of interleukin-8, vascular endothelial growth factor, stromal cell-derived factor-1 and interferon gamma-inducible protein-10. Here, we propose that the interaction of NK cells with CD14(+) myelomonocytic cells to promote induction of T regulatory cells plays a pivotal role in immunosuppression and tolerance towards the fetus allograft. Importantly, CD34(+) hematopoietic precursors are present in human decidua and may give rise to decidual NK cells. Defects in decidual NK cell generation, or in appropriate functional interactions with other cell types, could have major consequences for successful pregnancy.
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- Paola Vacca
- National Institute for Cancer Research, Largo R. Benzi, 16132 Genova, Italy
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Baban B, Chandler PR, Johnson BA, Huang L, Li M, Sharpe ML, Francisco LM, Sharpe AH, Blazar BR, Munn DH, Mellor AL. Physiologic control of IDO competence in splenic dendritic cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:2329-35. [PMID: 21813777 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) competent to express the regulatory enzyme IDO in mice are a small but distinctive subset of DCs. Previously, we reported that a high-dose systemic CpG treatment to ligate TLR9 in vivo induced functional IDO exclusively in splenic CD19(+) DCs, which stimulated resting Foxp3-lineage regulatory T cells (Tregs) to rapidly acquire potent suppressor activity. In this paper, we show that IDO was induced in spleen and peripheral lymph nodes after CpG treatment in a dose-dependent manner. Induced IDO suppressed local T cell responses to exogenous Ags and inhibited proinflammatory cytokine expression in response to TLR9 ligation. IDO induction did not occur in T cell-deficient mice or in mice with defective B7 or programmed death (PD)-1 costimulatory pathways. Consistent with these findings, CTLA4 or PD-1/PD-ligand costimulatory blockade abrogated IDO induction and prevented Treg activation via IDO following high-dose CpG treatment. Consequently, CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells uniformly expressed IL-17 shortly after TLR9 ligation. These data support the hypothesis that constitutive interactions from activated T cells or Tregs and IDO-competent DCs via concomitant CTLA4→B7 and PD-1→PD-ligand signals maintain the default potential to regulate T cell responsiveness via IDO. Acute disruption of these nonredundant interactions abrogated regulation via IDO, providing novel perspectives on the proinflammatory effects of costimulatory blockade therapies. Moreover, interactions between IDO-competent DCs and activated T cells in lymphoid tissues may attenuate proinflammatory responses to adjuvants such as TLR ligands.
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- Babak Baban
- Department of Oral Biology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Antigen-presenting molecules vary between individuals of the same species, making it more difficult for pathogens to evade immune recognition and spread through the whole population. As a result of this genetic diversity, transplants between individuals are recognized as foreign and are rejected. This alloreactivity turns placental viviparity into a major immunological challenge. The maternal immune system has to balance the opposing needs of maintaining robust immune reactivity to protect both mother and fetus from invading pathogens, while at the same time tolerating highly immunogenic paternal alloantigens in order to sustain fetal integrity. Regulatory T cells are responsible for the establishment of tolerance by modulating the immune response, and uterine natural killer cells direct placentation by controlling trophoblast invasion. A variety of other cell types, including decidual stromal cells, dendritic cells, and immunomodulatory multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells, are found at the fetal-maternal interface. These cells conspire to establish a suitable environment for fetal development without compromising systemic immunity. Defects in any of these components can lead to gestational failure despite successful fertilization.
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- Alba Munoz-Suano
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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Mándi Y, Vécsei L. The kynurenine system and immunoregulation. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2011; 119:197-209. [PMID: 21744051 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-011-0681-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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There is developing interest in the role of the kynurenines in the immune function. A considerable amount of evidence has accumulated as concerns interactions between the kynurenine pathway, cytokines and the nervous system. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) occupies a key position connecting the immune system and the kynurenine pathway. There are evidences of the immunosuppressive effect of IDO. Following the interferon (IFN)-mediated activation of antigen presenting cells, the induction of IDO and the kynurenine system exerts a counter-regulating effect, maintaining the homeostasis. Inhibition of T cell functions, activation of the regulatory T cells, and the inhibition of Natural Killer cells are among the important factors in the immunosuppressive effects of IDO and kynurenines. There is a close connection between cytokines (IFN-α, IFN-γ, TNF-α, TGF-β, IL-4 and IL-23) and the kynurenine system, and an imbalance in the TH1/TH2 cytokine profile may possibly lead to neurologic or psychiatric disorders. As the tryptophan metabolic pathway is activated by pro-inflammatory stimuli, the anti-inflammatory effect of kynurenic acid provides a further feedback mechanism in modulating the immune responses.
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- Yvette Mándi
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 10, 6720, Szeged, Hungary.
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Funakoshi H, Kanai M, Nakamura T. Modulation of Tryptophan Metabolism, Promotion of Neurogenesis and Alteration of Anxiety-Related Behavior in Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase-Deficient Mice. Int J Tryptophan Res 2011. [PMCID: PMC3195223 DOI: 10.4137/ijtr.s5783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although tryptophan (Trp) and its metabolites, such as serotonin (5-HT) and kynurenines (KYNs), are strong modulators of emotional behavior, the metabolic pathway(s) responsible for this physiological modulation is not fully understood. Two of the initial rate-limiting enzymes of the kynurenine pathway for Trp metabolism are known: tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Based on our comparison of tdo-deficient (Tdo−/−) mice with their wild-type littermates, we report that TDO is the physiological modulator of systemic Trp, brain Trp and serotonin (5-HT), and, therefore, anxiety-related behavior. Tdo−/− mice showed increased plasma concentrations of Trp (about 10-fold) and its metabolites 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and kynurenine, as well as increased levels of Trp (about 20-fold), 5-HT and 5-HIAA in the hippocampus and midbrain. The Tdo−/− mice also showed anxiolytic modulation in the elevated plus maze and open field tests, and increased neurogenesis during adulthood, as evidenced by double staining with 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (BrdU) and neural progenitor/neuronal markers. TDO also plays a role in the maintenance of brain morphology in adult animals by regulating neurogenesis in the hippocampus and subventricular zone. Collectively, our results in Tdo−/− mice indicate a direct molecular link between Trp metabolism and mental status in mice. Tdo−/− mice will likely prove useful both in identifying the physiological role of Trp metabolism in normal brain function and in psychiatric disorders and in developing new therapeutic interventions for mental disorders. In addition, the potential role(s) and molecular mechanisms of TDO in metabolic mental disease(s) and in emotional behavior are discussed.
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- Hiroshi Funakoshi
- Division of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Research Center for Brain Function and Medical Engineering, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Research Center for Brain Function and Medical Engineering, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan
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- Kringle Pharma Joint Research Division for Regenerative Drug Discovery, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Johnson BA, Baban B, Mellor AL. Targeting the immunoregulatory indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase pathway in immunotherapy. Immunotherapy 2011; 1:645-61. [PMID: 20161103 DOI: 10.2217/imt.09.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Natural immune tolerance is a formidable barrier to successful immunotherapy to treat established cancers and chronic infections. Conversely, creating robust immune tolerance via immunotherapy is the major goal in treating autoimmune and allergic diseases, and enhancing survival of transplanted organs and tissues. In this review, we focus on a natural mechanism that creates local T-cell tolerance in many clinically relevant settings of chronic inflammation involving expression of the cytosolic enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) by specialized subsets of dendritic cells. IDO-expressing dendritic cells suppress antigen-specific T-cell responses directly, and induce bystander suppression by activating regulatory T cells. Thus, manipulating IDO is a promising strategy to treat a range of chronic inflammatory diseases.
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- Burles A Johnson
- Immunotherapy Center & Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
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Makala LHC, Baban B, Lemos H, El-Awady AR, Chandler PR, Hou DY, Munn DH, Mellor AL. Leishmania major attenuates host immunity by stimulating local indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase expression. J Infect Dis 2011; 203:715-25. [PMID: 21282196 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiq095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Inflammation stimulates immunity but can create immune privilege in some settings. Here, we show that cutaneous Leishmania major infection stimulated expression of the immune regulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (IDO) in local lymph nodes. Induced IDO attenuated the T cell stimulatory functions of dendritic cells and suppressed local T cell responses to exogenous and nominal parasite antigens. IDO ablation reduced local inflammation and parasite burdens, as did pharmacologic inhibition of IDO in mice with established infections. IDO ablation also enhanced local expression of proinflammatory cytokines and induced some CD4(+) T cells to express interleukin (IL) 17. These findings showed that IDO induced by L. major infection attenuated innate and adaptive immune responses. Thus, IDO acts as a molecular switch regulating host responses, and IDO inhibitor drugs are a potential new approach to enhance host immunity to established leishmania infections.
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- Levi H C Makala
- Immunotherapy Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Doherty LF, Kwon HE, Taylor HS. Regulation of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase by HOXA10 enhances embryo viability through serotonin signaling. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2011; 300:E86-93. [PMID: 20959529 PMCID: PMC3023205 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00439.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) is expressed in endometrium and catabolizes tryptophan, a precursor in the biosynthesis of serotonin. Tryptophan metabolism is an important mechanism for regulation of serotonin levels. Preimplantation mouse embryos are known to express serotonin receptors, specifically the 5-HT1D and 5-HT7 serotonin receptor subtypes. Here we demonstrate that Hoxa10 regulates endometrial TDO expression and improves embryo viability through increased serotonin production. Transfection of pcDNA-Hoxa10 to the murine uterus increased total TDO expression. In vitro, epithelial cell TDO expression was decreased after transfection with Hoxa10. Decreased glandular TDO in response to HOXA10 may augment serotonin production by increasing tryptophan availability. Conversely, stromal TDO expression increased with constitutive Hoxa10 expression. In mice, epithelial serotonin was increased in response to constitutive expression of Hoxa10. Embryo quality was impaired after treatment with Hoxa10 antisense. Blockade of serotonin receptors 1D and 7 also resulted in impaired embryo development, indicating an essential role for Hoxa10 induction of TDO and subsequent serotonin production in embryo development. Transfection of pcDNA-TDO also decreased the number of T cells in the endometrial stroma. We have shown a novel mechanism by which HOXA10 regulates endometrial TDO expression. In the endometrial stroma, HOXA10 increases TDO mRNA, which may increase tryptophan catabolism, allowing for immune tolerance at the time of embryo implantation. In endometrial glands, HOXA10 decreases TDO mRNA leading to increased serotonin that in turn acts to promote normal embryo development.
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- Leo F Doherty
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Jrad-Lamine A, Henry-Berger J, Gourbeyre P, Damon-Soubeyrand C, Lenoir A, Combaret L, Saez F, Kocer A, Tone S, Fuchs D, Zhu W, Oefner PJ, Munn DH, Mellor AL, Gharbi N, Cadet R, Aitken RJ, Drevet JR. Deficient tryptophan catabolism along the kynurenine pathway reveals that the epididymis is in a unique tolerogenic state. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:8030-8042. [PMID: 21189261 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.172114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme of tryptophan catabolism through the kynurenine pathway. Intriguingly, IDO is constitutively and highly expressed in the mammalian epididymis in contrast to most other tissues where IDO is induced by proinflammatory cytokines, such as interferons. To gain insight into the role of IDO in the physiology of the mammalian epididymis, we studied both wild type and Ido1(-/-)-deficient mice. In the caput epididymis of Ido1(-/-) animals, the lack of IDO activity was not compensated by other tryptophan-catabolizing enzymes and led to the loss of kynurenine production. The absence of IDO generated an inflammatory state in the caput epididymis as revealed by an increased accumulation of various inflammation markers. The absence of IDO also increased the tryptophan content of the caput epididymis and generated a parallel increase in caput epididymal protein content as a consequence of deficient proteasomal activity. Surprisingly, the lack of IDO expression had no noticeable impact on overall male fertility but did induce highly significant increases in both the number and the percentage of abnormal spermatozoa. These changes coincided with a significant decrease in white blood cell count in epididymal fluid compared with wild type mice. These data provide support for IDO playing a hitherto unsuspected role in sperm quality control in the epididymis involving the ubiquitination of defective spermatozoa and their subsequent removal.
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- Aicha Jrad-Lamine
- From the GReD, CNRS UMR 6247/INSERM U931, Clermont Université, 24 Avenue des Landais, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France
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- From the GReD, CNRS UMR 6247/INSERM U931, Clermont Université, 24 Avenue des Landais, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France
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- Institut National de Le Recherche Agronomique-Biopolymères, Interactions, Assemblages, 44316 Nantes Cedex, France
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- From the GReD, CNRS UMR 6247/INSERM U931, Clermont Université, 24 Avenue des Landais, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France
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- From the GReD, CNRS UMR 6247/INSERM U931, Clermont Université, 24 Avenue des Landais, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France
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- Institut National de Le Recherche Agronomique, UMR 1019, UNH, CRNH Auvergne and Clermont Université, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, BP10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- From the GReD, CNRS UMR 6247/INSERM U931, Clermont Université, 24 Avenue des Landais, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France
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- From the GReD, CNRS UMR 6247/INSERM U931, Clermont Université, 24 Avenue des Landais, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama 701-0192, Japan
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- Division of Biological Chemistry, Biocentre, Innsbruck Medical University, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- the Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- the Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- the Immunotherapy Center and; Departments of Pediatrics and
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- the Immunotherapy Center and; Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912
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- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Département de Biologie, Université de Tunis El Manar, Mutuelleville, 1060 Tunis, Tunesia, and
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- From the GReD, CNRS UMR 6247/INSERM U931, Clermont Université, 24 Avenue des Landais, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France
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- the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- From the GReD, CNRS UMR 6247/INSERM U931, Clermont Université, 24 Avenue des Landais, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France,.
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Moldenhauer LM, Hayball JD, Robertson SA. Utilising T cell receptor transgenic mice to define mechanisms of maternal T cell tolerance in pregnancy. J Reprod Immunol 2010; 87:1-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2010] [Revised: 05/19/2010] [Accepted: 05/31/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Lahdou I, Sadeghi M, Daniel V, Schenk M, Renner F, Weimer R, Löb S, Schmidt J, Mehrabi A, Schnitzler P, Königsrainer A, Döhler B, Opelz G, Terness P. Increased pretransplantation plasma kynurenine levels do not protect from but predict acute kidney allograft rejection. Hum Immunol 2010; 71:1067-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2010] [Revised: 07/29/2010] [Accepted: 08/16/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kynurenine metabolism in health and disease. Amino Acids 2010; 41:1173-83. [PMID: 20972599 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0787-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Kynurenine is a small molecule derived from tryptophan when this amino acid is metabolised via the kynurenine pathway. The biological activity of kynurenine and its metabolites (kynurenines) is well recognised. Therefore, understanding the regulation of the subsequent biochemical reactions is essential for the design of therapeutic strategies which aim to interfere with the kynurenine pathway. However, kynurenine concentration in the body may not only be determined by the efficiency of kynurenine synthesis but also by the rate of kynurenine clearance. In this review, current knowledge about the mechanisms of kynurenine production and routes of its clearance is presented. In addition, the involvement of kynurenine and its metabolites in the biology of different T cell subsets (including Th17 cells and regulatory T cells) and neuronal cells is discussed.
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Lanz TV, Opitz CA, Ho PP, Agrawal A, Lutz C, Weller M, Mellor AL, Steinman L, Wick W, Platten M. Mouse mesenchymal stem cells suppress antigen-specific TH cell immunity independent of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1). Stem Cells Dev 2010; 19:657-68. [PMID: 19886804 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2009.0385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Due to their immunosuppressive properties, human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) represent a promising tool for cell-based therapies of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Mouse MSC (mMSC) have been used extensively to characterize and optimize route of administration, motility, cellular targets, and immunosuppressive mechanisms in mouse models of autoimmune diseases, such as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Tryptophan (trp) catabolism by indolamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is a chief endogenous metabolic pathway that tightly regulates unwanted immune responses through depletion of trp and generation of immunosuppressive kynurenines (kyn). IDO1 activity contributes to the immunosuppressive phenotype of hMSC. Here, we demonstrate that although IDO1 is inducible in bone marrow-derived mMSC by proinflammatory stimuli such as interferon-g (IFN-g) and ligands of toll-like receptors (TLR), it does not lead to catabolism of trp in vitro. This failure to catabolize trp is not due to defective TLR signaling as demonstrated by induction of interleukin 6 (IL-6) by TLR activation. While mMSC suppressed the activation of antigen-specific myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-reactive T-cell receptor (TCR) transgenic T-helper (TH) cells in co-culture, neither pharmacologic inhibition nor genetic ablation of IDO1 reversed this suppressive effect. Finally, systemic administration of both, IDO1-proficient and phenotypically identical IDO1-deficient mMSC, equally resulted in amelioration of EAE. mMSC, unlike hMSC, do not display IDO1-mediated suppression of antigen-specific T-cell responses.
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- Tobias V Lanz
- Department of Neurooncology, University Hospital of Heidelberg , German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Huang L, Baban B, Johnson BA, Mellor AL. Dendritic cells, indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase and acquired immune privilege. Int Rev Immunol 2010; 29:133-55. [PMID: 20367139 DOI: 10.3109/08830180903349669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are specialized to stimulate T cell immunity. Paradoxically, some DCs suppress T cell responses and activate regulatory T cells. In this review, we focus on a potent counter-regulatory pathway mediated by plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) expressing the immunosuppressive enzyme indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (IDO). IDO-expressing pDCs inhibit effector T cell responses, activate regulatory T cells, and attenuate pro-inflammatory responses in settings of chronic inflammation that manifest in clinical syndromes, such as infectious, allergic, and autoimmune diseases; cancer; and transplantation. Thus, IDO-expressing pDCs create immune privilege and provide novel opportunities to improve immunotherapy in multiple disease syndromes.
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- Lei Huang
- Immunotherapy Center and Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
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Heller MC, Drew CP, Jackson KA, Griffey S, Watson JL. A potential role for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) in Rhodococcus equi infection. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2010; 138:174-82. [PMID: 20739070 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2009] [Revised: 07/06/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Rhodococcus equi is a facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen of foals and immunocompromised humans that infects and proliferates within host macrophages and dendritic cells (DC). Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), the initial enzyme in the tryptophan catabolism pathway, is upregulated in R. equi infected equine monocyte-derived DC and alveolar macrophages. Tryptophan requirement of R. equi for extracellular and intracellular growth was assessed. Growth of R. equi in minimal media did not require tryptophan and pharmacologic inhibition of IDO had no effect on intracellular proliferation of R. equi in equine alveolar macrophages. To investigate an immune-regulatory role for INDO in R. equi infection, IDO(-/-) (B6.129-(Indotm1Alm)/J) (n=22) and strain matched control (C57BL/6J) (n=20) mice were infected with R. equi by intraperitoneal injection, for 3 and 6 days. There was no difference in bacterial counts in liver or spleen between the two groups. Histological sections of liver and spleen were assigned inflammation scores and RT-PCR for interferon-gamma (IFNγ), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα), IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, IL-23, forkhead box P3 (FoxP3), and transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ) was performed on liver and spleen. Liver tissue of IDO(-/-) had higher inflammation scores at 6 days post-infection (PI) (P=0.05) and had decreased expression of TGFβ at 3 days PI (P=0.01), and FOXP3 at 3 days (P=0.02) and 6 days (P=0.03) compared to control mice. Immunostaining for FOXP3 showed lower numbers of FOXP3+ regulatory T cells in liver of IDO(-/-) mice 6 days PI. Prolonged inflammation in the liver tissue of IDO(-/-) mice corresponded with lower expression of FOXP3 and TGFβ in that tissue, and also with lower numbers of FOXP3+ regulatory T cells. We conclude that IDO expression by activated macrophages and DC plays a role in dampening the inflammatory response to R. equi infection in mice.
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MESH Headings
- Actinomycetales Infections/enzymology
- Actinomycetales Infections/immunology
- Actinomycetales Infections/veterinary
- Animals
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/enzymology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Female
- Horse Diseases/enzymology
- Horse Diseases/immunology
- Horses
- In Vitro Techniques
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/deficiency
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/genetics
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/immunology
- Liver/immunology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/enzymology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Rhodococcus equi
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
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- M C Heller
- Dept. of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, University of California Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Erlebacher A. Immune surveillance of the maternal/fetal interface: controversies and implications. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2010; 21:428-34. [PMID: 20304670 PMCID: PMC2892024 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2009] [Revised: 02/04/2010] [Accepted: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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How the fetal 'allograft' avoids rejection during pregnancy remains a major unresolved immunological paradox. Recent work has suggested that fetomaternal tolerance is in fact maintained by a number of redundant mechanisms, but their relative importance has remained poorly defined. In this paper, I discuss an emerging controversy regarding the ability of maternal T cells to mediate fetal rejection at a time when they appear to be ignorant of fetal and placental antigens. This paradox within a paradox highlights two major research directions in the field of reproductive immunology that, when ultimately reconciled, promise to give significant insight into mechanisms of impaired fertility and compromised fetal and maternal health.
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Defective reaction toward fetal alloantigens could result in both recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSAs) and recurrent early pregnancy failures (REPFs), the latter existing in couples with unexplained infertility and multiple failures of implantation after in vitro fertilization embryo transfer. Immunological mechanisms leading to RSA and REPF seem to be different, although both syndromes probably have a genetic background that has not been identified so far. Despite the fact that antiphospholipid syndrome is a well-established cause of repeated pregnancy loss, the role of different autoantibodies existing in RSA and REPF patients needs to be elucidated. Immunotherapy is believed to correct the detrimental immune reactions; however, its real effectiveness and safety for the treatment of distinct forms of pregnancy loss need to be reconsidered.
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- Jacek R Wilczynski
- Polish Mother's Health Center Research Institute, Department of Gynecological Surgery, 281/289 Rzgowska Street, 93-338 Lódz, Poland.
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Mincheva-Nilsson L. Immune cells and molecules in pregnancy: friends or foes to the fetus? Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2010; 2:457-70. [PMID: 20476916 DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.2.3.457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Considering allograft rejection as a basic feature of the immune system, the mammalian pregnancy is an immunological paradox where the semi-allogeneic fetus is not rejected. How are the demands of pregnancy solved in the context of maternal immunity? Medawar's original proposal of maternal immune inertness during pregnancy should be revised to active materno-placental tolerance. Multiple mechanisms are involved in peripheral and local tolerance induction that prevents fetal rejection while maintaining competent immune surveillance and protection. The goal of this review is to discuss the major cellular and molecular components of the immune system that control and promote fetal survival.
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Metz R, Duhadaway JB, Rust S, Munn DH, Muller AJ, Mautino M, Prendergast GC. Zinc protoporphyrin IX stimulates tumor immunity by disrupting the immunosuppressive enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Mol Cancer Ther 2010; 9:1864-71. [PMID: 20530717 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-10-0185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The tryptophan catabolic enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) has emerged as an important driver of immune escape in a growing number of cancers and cancer-associated chronic infections. In this study, we define novel immunotherapeutic applications for the heme precursor compound zinc protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP) based on our discovery that it is a potent small-molecule inhibitor of IDO. Inhibitory activity was determined using in vitro and in-cell enzyme assays as well as a novel in vivo pharmacodynamic system. An irreversible mechanism of inhibition was documented, consistent with competition for heme binding in newly synthesized cellular protein. siRNA methodology and an IDO-deficient mouse strain were used to verify the specificity of ZnPP as an IDO inhibitor. In a preclinical model of melanoma, ZnPP displayed antitumor properties that relied on T-cell function and IDO integrity. ZnPP also phenocopied the known antitumor properties of IDO inhibitors in preclinical models of skin and breast carcinoma. Our results suggest clinical evaluation of ZnPP as an adjuvant immunochemotherapy in chronic infections and cancers in which there is emerging recognition of a pathophysiologic role for IDO dysregulation.
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Pregnancy and the postpartum period have a profound effect on autoimmune thyroid disease. Graves disease ameliorates during pregnancy, only to relapse postpartum, whereas postpartum thyroiditis is caused by destructive thyroiditis during the first few months after delivery. The immunology of pregnancy underlies these changes: the mother must maintain tolerance of the fetal semi-allograft while not suppressing her own immune system and exposing herself and the fetus to infection. Nonspecific factors, including hormonal changes, trophoblast expression of key immunomodulatory molecules and a switch to a predominantly T-helper-2-type pattern of cytokines, play some part in the maintenance of transient tolerance to paternal antigens in pregnancy; however, the generation of specific regulatory T (T(REG)) cells is key to this maintenance. T(REG) cells preferentially accumulate in the decidua but may also be present in the mother's circulation and are thus capable of regulating coincidental autoimmune responses through the phenomenon of linked suppression. In turn, this suppression may explain why thyroid autoantibody levels decline during pregnancy, which leads to remission of Graves disease. Postpartum exacerbation of autoimmunity may reflect an imbalance in T(REG) cells, which is caused by the rapid fall in the numbers of these cells after delivery.
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- Anthony P Weetman
- Department of Human Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, The Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK.
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Muller AJ, Mandik-Nayak L, Prendergast GC. Beyond immunosuppression: reconsidering indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase as a pathogenic element of chronic inflammation. Immunotherapy 2010; 2:293-7. [PMID: 20635895 PMCID: PMC4096238 DOI: 10.2217/imt.10.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
MESH Headings
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/enzymology
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/metabolism
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/pathology
- Autoimmunity/immunology
- Chronic Disease
- Humans
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/immunology
- Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase/metabolism
- Inflammation/enzymology
- Inflammation/metabolism
- Inflammation/pathology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/enzymology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/metabolism
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/pathology
- Tryptophan/metabolism
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Petroff MG, Perchellet A. B7 family molecules as regulators of the maternal immune system in pregnancy. Am J Reprod Immunol 2010; 63:506-19. [PMID: 20384620 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00841.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Placental and fetal growth and development are associated with chronic exposure of the maternal immune system to fetally derived, paternally inherited antigens. Because maternal lymphocytes are aware of fetal antigens, active tolerance mechanisms are required to ensure unperturbed progression of pregnancy and delivery of a healthy newborn. These mechanisms of tolerance may include deletion, receptor downregulation, and anergy of fetal antigen-specific cells in lymphoid tissues, as well as regulation at the maternal-fetal interface by a variety of locally expressed immunoregulatory molecules. The B7 family of costimulatory molecules comprises one group of immunoregulatory molecules present in the decidua and placenta. B7 family members mediate both inhibitory and stimulatory effects on T-cell activation and effector functions and may play a critical role in maintaining tolerance to the fetus. Here, we review the known functions of the B7 family proteins in pregnancy.
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- Margaret G Petroff
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
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Baban B, Penberthy WT, Mozaffari MS. The potential role of indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (IDO) as a predictive and therapeutic target for diabetes treatment: a mythical truth. EPMA J 2010. [PMID: 23199040 PMCID: PMC3405305 DOI: 10.1007/s13167-010-0009-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which a T-cell-mediated reaction demolishes insulin-producing cells of pancreatic islets. Inadequacy of insulin therapy has motivated research focused on mechanisms by which autoimmune reactions can be suppressed. In recent years, the role of indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (IDO) in regulation of immune system has been extensively investigated. Initially, IDO was recognized as a host defense mechanism. However, recent studies have suggested an immunomodulatory role for IDO which may contribute to the induction of immune tolerance. In this review, we concentrate on the role of IDO in several pathologic conditions with a focus on T1D to rationalize our hypothesis regarding the potential for inclusion of IDO in certain therapeutic strategies aimed at early detection, treatment or ideally cure of chronic and autoimmune diseases such as T1D.
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- Babak Baban
- Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia Augusta, Georgia, 30912 USA
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Muller AJ, DuHadaway JB, Jaller D, Curtis P, Metz R, Prendergast GC. Immunotherapeutic suppression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and tumor growth with ethyl pyruvate. Cancer Res 2010; 70:1845-53. [PMID: 20160032 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-3613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Efforts to improve cancer care in the developing world will benefit from the identification of simple, inexpensive, and broadly applicable medical modalities based on emergent innovations in treatment, such as targeting mechanisms of tumoral immune tolerance. In this report, we offer preclinical evidence that the low-cost, anti-inflammatory agent ethyl pyruvate elicits a potent immune-based antitumor response through inhibition of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), a key tolerogenic enzyme for many human tumors. Consistent with its reported ability to interfere with NF-kappaB function, ethyl pyruvate blocks IDO induction both in vitro and in vivo. Antitumor activity was achieved in mice with a noncytotoxic dosing regimen of ethyl pyruvate shown previously to protect against lethality from sepsis. Similar outcomes were obtained with the functional ethyl pyruvate analogue 2-acetamidoacrylate. Ethyl pyruvate was ineffective at suppressing tumor outgrowth in both athymic and Ido1-deficient mice, providing in vivo corroboration of the importance of T-cell-dependent immunity and IDO targeting for ethyl pyruvate to achieve antitumor efficacy. Although ethyl pyruvate has undergone early-phase clinical testing, this was done without consideration of its possible applicability to cancer. Our findings that IDO is effectively blocked by ethyl pyruvate treatment deepen emerging links between IDO and inflammatory processes. Further, these findings rationalize oncologic applications for this agent by providing a compelling basis to reposition ethyl pyruvate as a low-cost immunochemotherapy for clinical evaluation in cancer patients.
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- Alexander J Muller
- Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 19096, USA
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Pucchio TD, Danese S, Cristofaro RD, Rutella S. Inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase: a review of novel patented lead compounds. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2010; 20:229-50. [DOI: 10.1517/13543770903512974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nagamatsu T, Schust DJ. The immunomodulatory roles of macrophages at the maternal-fetal interface. Reprod Sci 2010; 17:209-18. [PMID: 20065301 DOI: 10.1177/1933719109349962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Macrophages are versatile cells that play a central role in innate and adaptive immunity and participate in a wide variety of biological processes. In the uterine decidua, macrophages represent a major leukocyte subset throughout pregnancy. Here, decidual macrophages exert an immunosuppressive phenotype characterized by abundant production of interleukin (IL)-10 and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity. Their polarized cytokine secretion pattern has recently been classified as an M2 phenotype. These features of decidual macrophages favor maternal immune tolerance to semiallogenic fetus. In addition, macrophages cooperate with trophoblast cells during the early stages of human pregnancy to support uterine vasculature remodeling by removing apoptotic cells and through the production of proteases that degrade the extracellular matrix. In the peripartum period, macrophages also participate in the regulation of cervical ripening and the initiation of parturition through the production of proinflammatory cytokines and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)). Aberrant activity of uterine macrophages is linked to the pathogenesis of preeclampsia and preterm delivery. Here, we review the immunomodulatory roles of decidual macrophages during pregnancy.
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- Takeshi Nagamatsu
- Division of Perinatal Research, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri 65201, USA
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Löb S, Königsrainer A. Role of IDO in organ transplantation: promises and difficulties. Int Rev Immunol 2009; 28:185-206. [PMID: 19811321 DOI: 10.1080/08830180902989119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Induction of donor-antigen-specific immunological tolerance still remains the "holy grail" in organ transplantation. Recently, Indoleamine-2,3 Dioxygenase (IDO)--a tryptophan degrading enzyme--has been shown to be implicated in one of nature's most impressive examples of tolerance, which is maternal acceptance of the semi-allogeneic foetus. Although many experimental findings propose IDO as a key player in induction and maintenance of peripheral tolerance, scepticism exists as to whether IDO represents a promising therapeutic target with clinical relevance. In this review article we will discuss the role of IDO in transplantation and take a critical look at IDO-based therapeutic strategies.
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- Stefan Löb
- Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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Makrigiannakis A, Karamouti M, Drakakis P, Loutradis D, Antsaklis A. Fetomaternal immunotolerance. Am J Reprod Immunol 2009; 60:482-96. [PMID: 19032609 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00655.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Implantation of mammalian conceptus in uterine cavity is the result of evolutionary adaptation, through high level of physiological procedures to ensure its success. However the majority of pregnancy losses occur before or during implantation. It is expected that exploring and defining the molecular and physiological road map during the crucial time of implantation will enable us to decode and effectively treat fertility defects. Immunological, hormonal and molecular factors participate in the feto-maternal cross talk during implantation and designate the effectiveness of the process. The atypical expression of major histocompatibility complex and other protein-antigens, such as Fas/FasL and petformin in human trophoblast, the modified function of cellular constituents of the feto-maternal interface, as well as the specific role of some hormones and cytokines, represent substantive parameters of feto-maternal immunotolerance during implantation.
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- Antonis Makrigiannakis
- Laboratory of Human Reproduction, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
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Inducing the tryptophan catabolic pathway, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), for suppression of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) lethality. Blood 2009; 114:5062-70. [PMID: 19828695 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-06-227587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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During graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), donor T cells become activated and migrate to tissue sites. Previously, we demonstrated a crucial role for the immunosuppressive enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) in GVHD regulation. Here, we show that upon arrival in the colon, activated donor T cells produced interferon-gamma that up-regulated IDO, causing T-cell anergy and apoptosis. IDO induces GCN2 kinase, up-regulating a T-cell stress response implicated in IDO immunosuppression. Donor T cells did not require GCN2 kinase to respond to IDO, suggesting toxic IDO metabolites, and not tryptophan depletion, were responsible for suppression. When exogenous metabolites were administered, GVHD lethality was reduced. To determine whether IDO could be induced before transplantation for enhanced GVHD suppression, we first determined whether antigen-presenting cells (APCs) or epithelial cells were primarily responsible for IDO expression and subsequent GVHD suppression. Recipients with wild-type versus IDO(-/-) APCs had increased survival, regardless of epithelial-cell expression of IDO, suggesting that APCs were suitable targets for inducing IDO. Administration of an agonist to toll-like receptor-7/8, a receptor expressed primarily on APCs, induced IDO and reduced injury in the colon and ameliorated lethality. We conclude that IDO up-regulation may have therapeutic potential for preventing GVHD in the clinic.
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Baban B, Chandler PR, Sharma MD, Pihkala J, Koni PA, Munn DH, Mellor AL. IDO activates regulatory T cells and blocks their conversion into Th17-like T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:2475-83. [PMID: 19635913 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 386] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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TLR ligands are effective vaccine adjuvants because they stimulate robust proinflammatory and immune effector responses and they abrogate suppression mediated by regulatory T cells (Tregs). Paradoxically, systemic administration of high doses of CpGs that bind to TLR9 ligands stimulated Tregs in mouse spleen to acquire potent suppressor activity dependent on interactions between programmed death-1 and its ligands. This response to CpG treatment manifested 8-12 h and was mediated by a rare population of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (CD19(+) pDC) induced to express the immunosuppressive enzyme IDO after TLR9 ligation. When IDO was blocked, CpG treatment did not activate Tregs, but instead stimulated pDCs to uniformly express the proinflammatory cytokine IL-6, which in turn reprogrammed Foxp3-lineage Tregs to express IL-17. Thus, CpG-induced IDO activity in pDCs acted as a pivotal molecular switch that induced Tregs to acquire a stable suppressor phenotype, while simultaneously blocking CpG-induced IL-6 expression required to reprogram Tregs to become Th17-like effector T cells. These findings support the hypothesis that IDO dominantly controls the functional status of Tregs in response to inflammatory stimuli in physiological settings.
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- Babak Baban
- Immunotherapy and Cancer Centers, Department of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Scott GN, DuHadaway J, Pigott E, Ridge N, Prendergast GC, Muller AJ, Mandik-Nayak L. The immunoregulatory enzyme IDO paradoxically drives B cell-mediated autoimmunity. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:7509-17. [PMID: 19494274 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0804328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and debilitating inflammatory autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. As with a variety of autoimmune disorders, evidence of elevated tryptophan catabolism has been detected in RA patients indicative of activation of the immunomodulatory enzyme IDO. However, the role that IDO plays in the disease process is not well understood. The conceptualization that IDO acts solely to suppress effector T cell activation has led to the general assumption that inhibition of IDO activity should exacerbate autoimmune disorders. Recent results in cancer models, however, suggest a more complex role for IDO as an integral component of the inflammatory microenvironment necessary for supporting tumor outgrowth. This has led us to investigate the involvement of IDO in the pathological inflammation associated with RA. Using the K/BxN murine RA model and IDO inhibitor 1-methyl-tryptophan, we found that inhibiting IDO activity had the unexpected consequence of ameliorating, rather than exacerbating arthritis symptoms. 1-Methyl tryptophan treatment led to decreased autoantibody titers, reduced levels of inflammatory cytokines, and an attenuated disease course. This alleviation of arthritis was not due to an altered T cell response, but rather resulted from a diminished autoreactive B cell response, thus demonstrating a previously unappreciated role for IDO in stimulating B cell responses. Our findings raise the question of how an immunosuppressive enzyme can paradoxically drive autoimmunity. We suggest that IDO is not simply immunosuppressive, but rather plays a more complex role in modulating inflammatory responses, in particular those that are driven by autoreactive B cells.
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- Grant N Scott
- The Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA
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Löb S, Königsrainer A, Rammensee HG, Opelz G, Terness P. Inhibitors of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase for cancer therapy: can we see the wood for the trees? Nat Rev Cancer 2009; 9:445-52. [PMID: 19461669 DOI: 10.1038/nrc2639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 338] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is an immunosuppressive enzyme capable of inhibiting a destructive maternal T cell response against allogeneic fetuses. Expression of IDO is evident in tumours and is thought to enable escape from immunologically mediated rejection. Consequently, clinical trials using an inhibitor of IDO, 1-methyltryptophan (1MT), have been initiated. However, a review of the current literature indicates that we are far from understanding the biological relevance of IDO expression during tumorigenesis. A better understanding of IDO biology is needed to comprehend the effect of IDO inhibitors and to provide a rationale for their therapeutic application in cancer.
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- Stefan Löb
- Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital of Tubingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, Tubingen, Germany
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Characterization and evolution of vertebrate indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenases. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2009; 153:137-144. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2008] [Revised: 02/01/2009] [Accepted: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Criado G, Šimelyte E, Inglis JJ, Essex D, Williams RO. Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase-mediated tryptophan catabolism regulates accumulation of Th1/Th17 cells in the joint in collagen-induced arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 60:1342-51. [DOI: 10.1002/art.24446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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