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Sepulveda FE, Maschalidi S, Colisson R, Heslop L, Ghirelli C, Sakka E, Lennon-Duménil AM, Amigorena S, Cabanie L, Manoury B. Critical role for asparagine endopeptidase in endocytic Toll-like receptor signaling in dendritic cells. Immunity 2009; 31:737-48. [PMID: 19879164 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2009] [Revised: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 09/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Intracellular Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3), TLR7, and TLR9 localize in endosomes and recognize single-stranded RNA and nucleotides from viruses and bacteria. This interaction induces their conformational changes resulting in the production of proinflammatory cytokines and upregulation of cell surface molecules. TLR9 requires a proteolytic cleavage for its signaling. Here, we report that myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (DCs) deficient for the asparagine endopeptidase (AEP), a cysteine lysosomal protease, showed a decrease in the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines in response to TLR9 stimulation in vitro and in vivo. Upon stimulation, full-length TLR9 was cleaved into a 72 kDa fragment and this processing was strongly reduced in DCs lacking AEP. Processed TLR9 coeluted with the adaptor molecule MyD88 and AEP after size exclusion chromatography. When expressed in AEP-deficient DCs, the 72 kDa proteolytic fragment restored TLR9 signaling. Thus, our results identify an endocytic protease playing a critical role in TLR processing and signaling in DCs.
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Monie TP, Bryant CE, Gay NJ. Activating immunity: lessons from the TLRs and NLRs. Trends Biochem Sci 2009; 34:553-61. [PMID: 19818630 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2009.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Revised: 06/19/2009] [Accepted: 06/25/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The Toll-like receptors and NOD-like receptors are key families in the innate immune response. The specific detection of activating ligand facilitates receptor interactions, the formation of multiprotein signalling complexes and initiation of signal transduction cascades. This process can trigger the upregulation of proinflammatory mediators, apoptosis, and modulation of other immune defences. Recently, significant advances have been made in the identification of new activating ligands and the determination of the molecular basis of ligand recognition within these receptor families. Understanding these processes provides information essential to the development of new vaccine adjuvants and the treatment of infectious diseases, inflammatory disorders and, potentially, cancer.
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- Tom P Monie
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK.
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Shibata H, Yoshioka Y, Abe Y, Ohkawa A, Nomura T, Minowa K, Mukai Y, Nakagawa S, Taniai M, Ohta T, Kamada H, Tsunoda SI, Tsutsumi Y. The treatment of established murine collagen-induced arthritis with a TNFR1-selective antagonistic mutant TNF. Biomaterials 2009; 30:6638-47. [PMID: 19765818 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.08.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2009] [Accepted: 08/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Blocking the binding of TNF-alpha to TNF receptor subtype-1 (TNFR1) is an important strategy for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We recently succeeded in developing a TNFR1-selective antagonistic TNF mutant, R1antTNF. Here, we report the anti-inflammatory effects of R1antTNF in a murine collagen-induced arthritis model. To improve the in vivo stability of R1antTNF, we first engineered PEG (polyethylene glycol)-modified R1antTNF (PEG-R1antTNF). In prophylactic protocols, PEG-R1antTNF clearly improved the incidence, and the clinical score of arthritis due to its long plasma half-life. Although, the effect of PEG-R1antTNF on the incidence and production of IL1-beta was less than that of the existing TNF-blocking drug Etanercept, its effect on severity was almost as marked as Etanercept. Interestingly, in therapeutic protocols, PEG-R1antTNF showed greater therapeutic effect than Etanercept. These data suggest that the anti-inflammatory effects of PEG-R1antTNF depend on the stage of arthritis. Recently, there has been much concern over the reactivation of viral infection caused by TNF blockade. Unlike Etanercept, PEG-R1antTNF did not reactivate viral infection. Together, these results indicate that selective inhibition of TNF/TNFR1 could be effective in treating RA and that PEG-R1antTNF could serve as a promising anti-inflammatory drug for this purpose.
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- Hiroko Shibata
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Proteomics, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (NIBIO), Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
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Podgorski I, Linebaugh BE, Koblinski JE, Rudy DL, Herroon MK, Olive MB, Sloane BF. Bone marrow-derived cathepsin K cleaves SPARC in bone metastasis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2009; 175:1255-69. [PMID: 19700761 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.080906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bone metastasis is a hallmark of advanced prostate and breast cancers, yet the critical factors behind attraction of tumors to the skeleton have not been validated. Here, we investigated the involvement of cathepsin K in the progression of prostate tumors in the bone, which occurs both by direct degradation of bone matrix collagen I and by cleavage of other factors in the bone microenvironment. Our results demonstrated that bone marrow-derived cathepsin K is capable of processing and thereby modulating SPARC, a protein implicated in bone metastasis and inflammation. The coincident up-regulation of SPARC and cathepsin K occurred both in vivo in experimental prostate bone tumors, and in vitro in co-cultures of bone marrow stromal cells with PC3 prostate carcinoma cells. PC3-bone marrow stromal cell interaction increased secretion and processing of SPARC, as did co-cultures of bone marrow stromal cells with two other cancer cell lines. In addition, bone marrow stromal cells that were either deficient in cathepsin K or treated with cathepsin K inhibitors had significantly reduced secretion and cleavage of SPARC. Increases in secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines (ie, interleukin-6, -8) coincident with overexpression of cathepsin K suggest possible mechanisms by which this enzyme contributes to tumor progression in the bone. This is the first study implicating bone marrow cathepsin K in regulation of biological activity of SPARC in bone metastasis.
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- Izabela Podgorski
- Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 540 E. Canfield, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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A single nucleotide polymorphism in the porcine cathepsin K (CTSK) gene is associated with back fat thickness and production traits in Italian Duroc pigs. Mol Biol Rep 2009; 37:491-5. [PMID: 19662513 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9678-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2008] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cathepsin K (CTSK) was selected as a candidate gene for fat deposition in pigs because recently, in human and mouse, it was shown that this lysosomal proteinase is an obesity marker. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was identified in intron 4 of the porcine CTSK gene (g.15G>A; FM209043). Allele frequencies of this polymorphism were analysed in seven pig breeds. Radiation hybrid mapping confirmed the localization of CTSK to porcine chromosome 4, close to the FAT1 QTL region. Three populations of pigs (one Italian Large White and two Italian Duroc groups of pigs) were selected for association analysis. In the Italian Large White breed the g.15G>A SNP was not informative. Association analysis including all Italian Duroc pigs showed that the CTSK marker was associated with back fat thickness and lean cuts (P < 0.01), and average daily gain and feed:gain ratio (P < 0.05) estimated breeding values.
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Takahashi D, Iwasaki N, Kon S, Matsui Y, Majima T, Minami A, Uede T. Down-regulation of cathepsin K in synovium leads to progression of osteoarthritis in rabbits. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 60:2372-80. [DOI: 10.1002/art.24718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The discovery of molecular sensors that enable eukaryotes to recognize microbial pathogens and their products has been a key advance in our understanding of innate immunity. A tripartite sensing apparatus has developed to detect danger signals from infectious agents and damaged tissues, resulting in an immediate but short-lived defense response. This apparatus includes Toll-like receptors, retinoid acid-inducible gene-I-like receptors and other cytosolic nucleic acid sensors, and nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain-like receptors; adaptors, kinases and other signaling molecules are required to elicit effective responses. Although this sensing is beneficial to the host, excessive activation and/or engagement by self molecules might induce autoimmune and other inflammatory disorders.
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Osteoimmunology: crosstalk between the immune and bone systems. J Clin Immunol 2009; 29:555-67. [PMID: 19585227 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-009-9316-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2009] [Accepted: 06/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The interaction between the immune and skeletal systems has long been acknowledged, but investigation into rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as well as the various bone phenotypes found in immunocompromised gene-deficient mice has highlighted the importance of the dynamic interplay between the two systems. This has led to the recent emergence and subsequent rapid evolution of the field of osteoimmunology. BONE DESTRUCTION WITH ARTHRITIS AS A RANKL DISEASE: In the bone destruction associated with RA, IL-17-producing helper T cells (T(H)17) play a major role by inducing receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL). RANKL stimulates osteoclastogenesis through nuclear factor of activated T cells cytoplasmic 1 (NFATc1), which is well known as a crucial regulator of immunity. NEW PLAYERS IN OSTEOIMMUNOLOGY In addition to cellular interactions via cytokines, the immune and skeletal systems share various molecules, including transcription factors, signaling molecules, and membrane receptors. CONCLUSION The scope of osteoimmunology has grown to encompass a wide range of molecular and cellular interactions, the elucidation of which will provide a scientific basis for future therapeutic approaches to diseases of both the immune and skeletal systems.
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Barton GM, Kagan JC. A cell biological view of Toll-like receptor function: regulation through compartmentalization. Nat Rev Immunol 2009; 9:535-42. [PMID: 19556980 DOI: 10.1038/nri2587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 492] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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An emerging paradigm in innate immune signalling is that cell biological context can influence the outcome of a ligand-receptor interaction. In this Review we discuss how Toll-like receptor (TLR) activation and signal transduction are regulated by subcellular compartmentalization of receptors and downstream signalling components. In particular, we focus on the functional specialization of TLRs in the endosomal system. We discuss recent studies that illustrate how basic aspects of the cellular machinery contribute to TLR function and regulation. This emerging area of research will provide important information on how immune signal transduction networks depend on (and in some cases influence) the generic regulators that organize eukaryotic cells.
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- Gregory M Barton
- Division of Immunology and Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA.
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Hazama R, Qu X, Yokoyama K, Tanaka C, Kinoshita E, He J, Takahashi S, Tohyama K, Yamamura H, Tohyama Y. ATP-induced osteoclast function: the formation of sealing-zone like structure and the secretion of lytic granules via microtubule-deacetylation under the control of Syk. Genes Cells 2009; 14:871-84. [PMID: 19549171 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2009.01317.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Osteoclasts are bone-resorbing cells which play an exclusive role in bone remodeling, but the molecular mechanisms of osteolysis, how osteoclasts are activated and how the lytic granules are finally released towards the bone matrix are poorly understood. Here we show that an energy molecule ATP induces osteolysis via P2X(7)-nucleotide receptor and that deacetylation of alpha-tubulin is essential for the whole process of osteolysis under the control of a tyrosine kinase Syk. By developing a traceable and reproducible in vitro analyzing system for osteoclast function, we found that ATP-signaling gives rise to two events simultaneously (i) cytoskeletal reorganization for the formation of sealing zones, ring-like adhesion structures which delimit the contact surface, and (ii) the delivery and secretion of lytic granules towards the delimited site on the matrix. We further found that deacetylation of alpha-tubulin is a critical reaction for osteoclast function. Pharmacological inhibition of alpha-tubulin deacetylation resulted in (i) failure of the sealing-zone like structure formation and (ii) ceased secretion of lytic granules. Additionally, kinetics of deacetylation was found to be regulated by Syk. These data suggest a novel P2X(7) microtubular regulation pathway related to Syk for a therapeutic target in osteolytic diseases.
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- Ryoichi Hazama
- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Fukui R, Saitoh SI, Matsumoto F, Kozuka-Hata H, Oyama M, Tabeta K, Beutler B, Miyake K. Unc93B1 biases Toll-like receptor responses to nucleic acid in dendritic cells toward DNA- but against RNA-sensing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 206:1339-50. [PMID: 19451267 PMCID: PMC2715051 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20082316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 3, 7, and 9 recognize microbial nucleic acids in endolysosomes and initiate innate and adaptive immune responses. TLR7/9 in dendritic cells (DCs) also respond to self-derived RNA/DNA, respectively, and drive autoantibody production. Remarkably, TLR7 and 9 appear to have mutually opposing, pathogenic or protective, impacts on lupus nephritis in MRL/lpr mice. Little is known, however, about the contrasting relationship between TLR7 and 9. We show that TLR7 and 9 are inversely linked by Unc93B1, a multiple membrane-spanning endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein. Complementation cloning with a TLR7-unresponsive but TLR9-responsive cell line revealed that amino acid D34 in Unc93B1 repressed TLR7-mediated responses. D34A mutation rendered Unc93B1-deficient DCs hyperresponsive to TLR7 ligand but hyporesponsive to TLR9 ligand, with TLR3 responses unaltered. Unc93B1 associates with and delivers TLR7/9 from the ER to endolysosomes for ligand recognition. The D34A mutation up-regulates Unc93B1 association with endogenous TLR7 in DCs, whereas Unc93B1 association with TLR9 was down-regulated by the D34A mutation. Consistently, the D34A mutation up-regulated ligand-induced trafficking of TLR7 but down-regulated that of TLR9. Collectively, TLR response to nucleic acids in DCs is biased toward DNA-sensing by Unc93B1.
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- Ryutaro Fukui
- Division of Infectious Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Shirokanedai, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Chang YC, Kao WC, Wang WY, Wang WY, Yang RB, Peck K. Identification and characterization of oligonucleotides that inhibit Toll-like receptor 2-associated immune responses. FASEB J 2009; 23:3078-88. [PMID: 19406842 DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-129312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play important roles in the immune responses against invading microorganisms. Development of TLR antagonists is recognized as a promising direction in suppressing the associated inflammatory reactions of the TLRs. Aptamers are single-stranded RNA or DNA molecules isolated through an in vitro selection process. Using a novel molecular evolution strategy that combines immunoprecipitation (IP) with systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX), we developed an IP-SELEX selection method to facilitate the screening of high-affinity aptamers for the Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). Also, human TLR2 functional aptamers were identified and characterized using NF-kappaB reporter assays. Among the functional aptamers, the most effective, AP177, with a dissociation constant of 73 pM, was characterized with TLR2-expressing cells challenged with bacterial cells and purified ligands. The aptamer could effectively antagonize TLR2, significantly inhibit NF-kappaB activity, and suppress the secretion of the cytokines by >80%. In addition, the precise region within the functional aptamer that specifically bound TLR2 was resolved using aptamer microarray analysis. The results of functional assays showed that AP177 acted as a TLR2 antagonist and may hold therapeutic potential in the treatment of diseases related to dysregulated TLR2 immune responses.
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- Yi-Chung Chang
- Department of Microbiology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Immunity against microbial pathogens primarily depends on the recognition of pathogen components by innate receptors expressed on immune and non-immune cells. Innate receptors are evolutionarily conserved germ-line-encoded proteins and include TLRs (Toll-like receptors), RLRs [RIG-I (retinoic acid-inducible gene-I)-like receptors] and NLRs (Nod-like receptors). These receptors recognize pathogens or pathogen-derived products in different cellular compartments, such as the plasma membrane, the endosomes or the cytoplasm, and induce the expression of cytokines, chemokines and co-stimulatory molecules to eliminate pathogens and instruct pathogen-specific adaptive immune responses. In the present review, we will discuss the recent progress in the study of pathogen recognition by TLRs, RLRs and NLRs and their signalling pathways.
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- Himanshu Kumar
- Laboratory of Host Defense, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Inhibition of cathepsin K reduces bone erosion, cartilage degradation and inflammation evoked by collagen-induced arthritis in mice. Eur J Pharmacol 2009; 613:155-62. [PMID: 19358841 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.03.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2009] [Revised: 03/18/2009] [Accepted: 03/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cathepsin K (EC 3.4.22.38) is expressed by osteoclasts and synovial fibroblasts and its proteolytic activity is hypothesized to play a role in the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis. This study explored the effects of the cathepsin K inhibitor N-(1-{[(Cyanomethyl)amino]carbonyl}cyclohexyl)-4-[2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]benzamide (L-006235) in murine collagen-induced arthritis. L-006235 is a potent inhibitor of recombinant human and murine cathepsin K, enzymes (K(i):0.073 nM and IC(50): 2.4 nM, respectively) and at the cellular level in human osteoclasts (IC(50): 28 nM) with ~1000-fold selectivity against cathepsin S. L-006235 did not result in splenic invariant chain p10 accumulation, a specific marker of cathepsin S inhibition. L-006235 was dosed daily (25 mg/kg, p.o.), either prophylactically (days 0-42) or therapeutically (14 days post onset of disease) to DBA/1J mice subjected to collagen-induced arthritis. Disease severity was scored during the course of the study. Histological evaluation of cartilage and bone degradation together with related biomarkers namely, deoxypyridinoline, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and C-terminal telopeptide degradation product of type I collagen (CTX-I) were analyzed after the study. After prophylactic or therapeutic administration, L-006235 significantly reduced biomarkers reflecting bone and cartilage degradation. Pathological changes at the histological level were significantly reduced after prophylactic treatment (P<0.01), but not after therapeutic treatment. Prophylactic treatment with L-006235 delayed disease onset (P<0.01) and reduced the disease severity score (P<0.05). Inhibition of cathepsin K activity exerts beneficial effects on collagen-induced arthritis in mice and thus warrants further investigation as a therapeutic intervention in human rheumatoid arthritis.
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Kawai T, Akira S. The roles of TLRs, RLRs and NLRs in pathogen recognition. Int Immunol 2009; 21:317-37. [PMID: 19246554 PMCID: PMC2721684 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxp017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1131] [Impact Index Per Article: 75.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2009] [Accepted: 01/30/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The mammalian innate immune system detects the presence of microbial infection through germ line-encoded pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). Toll-like receptors, retinoic acid-inducible gene-I-like receptors and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptors serve as PRRs that recognize different but overlapping microbial components. They are expressed in different cellular compartments such as the cell surface, endosome, lysosome or cytoplasm and activate specific signaling pathways that lead to expression of genes that tailor immune responses to particular microbes. This review summarizes recent insights into pathogen sensing by these PRRs and their signaling pathways.
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- Taro Kawai
- Laboratory of Host Defense, World Premier International Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka , Japan
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Morko J, Kiviranta R, Mulari MTK, Ivaska KK, Väänänen HK, Vuorio E, Laitala-Leinonen T. Overexpression of cathepsin K accelerates the resorption cycle and osteoblast differentiation in vitro. Bone 2009; 44:717-28. [PMID: 19118660 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2008] [Revised: 10/15/2008] [Accepted: 11/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bone resorption is a multistep process including osteoclast attachment, cytoskeletal reorganization, formation of four distinct plasma membrane domains, and matrix demineralization and degradation followed by cell detachment. The present study describes the intracellular mechanisms by which overexpression of cathepsin K in osteoclasts results in enhanced bone resorption. Osteoclasts and bone marrow-derived osteoclast and osteoblast precursors were isolated from mice homozygous (UTU17(+/+)) and negative for the transgene locus. Cells cultured on bovine cortical bone slices were analyzed by fluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy, and bone resorption was studied by measurements of biochemical resorption markers, morphometry, and FESEM. Excessive cathepsin K protein and enzyme activity were microscopically observed in various intracellular vesicles and in the resorption lacunae of cathepsin K-overexpressing osteoclasts. The number of cathepsin K-containing vesicles in UTU17(+/+) osteoclasts was highly increased, and co-localization with markers for the biosynthetic and transcytotic pathways was observed throughout the cytoplasm. As a functional consequence of cathepsin K overexpression, biochemical resorption markers were increased in culture media of UTU17(+/+) osteoclasts. Detailed morphometrical analysis of the erosion in bone slices indicated that the increased biosynthesis of cathepsin K was sufficient to accelerate the osteoclastic bone resorption cycle. Cathepsin K overexpression also enhanced osteogenesis and induced the formation of exceptionally small, actively resorbing osteoclasts from their bone marrow precursors in vitro. The present study describes for the first time how enhancement in one phase of the osteoclastic resorption cycle also stimulates its other phases and further demonstrate that tight control and temporal coupling of mesenchymal and hematopoietic bone cells in this multistep process.
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- Jukka Morko
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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Endocytic sequestration of the B cell antigen receptor and toll-like receptor 9 in anergic cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:6262-7. [PMID: 19332776 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812922106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In autoimmune prone murine strains, sequential engagement of the B cell antigen receptor (BCR) on the cell surface and toll-like receptors (TLRs) in late endosomes is necessary and sufficient for secretion of autoantibodies. However, ubiquitous nucleoprotein self-antigens fail to elicit productive TLR activation, and break self-tolerance in anergic DNA-reactive B cells. The mechanisms limiting TLR activation in these cells are largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that in anergic 3H9/Vkappa8 and Ars/A1 B cells the normal endocytic transit of both the ligated BCR and TLR9 into late endosomes is abrogated. The BCR and TLR9 arrest together just outside late endosomes, indicating that they enter this compartment along a single, regulated endocytic route. Access to late endosomes could be restored by reversing anergy through several methods, including conferring genetic susceptibility to autoimmunity, complementing proximal BCR signaling or by preventing BCR binding to self-antigen. Downstream of the BCR, JNK, which is activated in naive but not anergic B cells, regulated entry into late endosomes. Restoration of BCR and TLR9 endocytic trafficking rescued TLR9 activation by BCR-captured ligands. These results indicate that B cell anergy is reinforced by the exclusion of both TLRs and their BCR captured ligands from subcellular environments necessary for TLR activation.
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Morishita H, Saito F, Kayama H, Atarashi K, Kuwata H, Yamamoto M, Takeda K. Fra-1 negatively regulates lipopolysaccharide-mediated inflammatory responses. Int Immunol 2009; 21:457-65. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxp015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Abe K, Klaften M, Narita A, Kimura T, Imai K, Kimura M, Rubio-Aliaga I, Wagner S, Jakob T, Hrabé de Angelis M. Genome-wide search for genes that modulate inflammatory arthritis caused by Ali18 mutation in mice. Mamm Genome 2009; 20:152-61. [PMID: 19238339 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-009-9170-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2008] [Accepted: 12/30/2008] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Many of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory arthritis, are multifactorial bases. The Ali18 semidominant mutation induced by N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea in the C3HeB/FeJ (C3H) genome causes spontaneous inflammation of peripheral limbs and elevated immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels in mice. Although the Ali18 locus was mapped to a single locus on chromosome 4, the arthritic phenotype of Ali18/+ mice was completely suppressed in F1 hybrid genetic backgrounds. To determine the chromosomal locations of the modifier loci affecting the severity of arthritis, an autosomal genome scan of 22 affected Ali18/+ F2 mice was conducted using C57BL/6J as a partner strain. Interestingly, regions on chromosomes 1 and 3 in C3H showed significant genetic interactions. Moreover, 174 N2 (backcross to Ali18/Ali18) and 267 F2 animals were used for measurement of arthritis scores and plasma IgE levels, and also for genotyping with 153 genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. In N2 populations, two significant trait loci for arthritis scores on chromosomes 1 and 15 were detected. Although no significant scores were detected in F2 mice besides chromosome 4, a suggestive score was detected on chromosome 3. In addition, a two-dimensional genome scan using F2 identified five suggestive scores of chromosomal combinations, chromosomes 1 x 10, 2 x 6, 3 x 4, 4 x 9, and 6 x 15. No significant trait loci affecting IgE levels were detected in both N2 and F2 populations. Identification of the Ali18 modifier genes by further detailed analyses such as congenic strains and expression profiling may dissect molecular complexity in inflammatory diseases.
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- Koichiro Abe
- Division of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Shimokasuya 143, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan.
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Kozloff KM, Quinti L, Patntirapong S, Hauschka PV, Tung CH, Weissleder R, Mahmood U. Non-invasive optical detection of cathepsin K-mediated fluorescence reveals osteoclast activity in vitro and in vivo. Bone 2009; 44:190-8. [PMID: 19007918 PMCID: PMC2656637 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2008] [Revised: 09/22/2008] [Accepted: 10/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Osteoclasts degrade bone matrix by demineralization followed by degradation of type I collagen through secretion of the cysteine protease, cathepsin K. Current imaging modalities are insufficient for sensitive observation of osteoclast activity, and in vivo live imaging of osteoclast resorption of bone has yet to be demonstrated. Here, we describe a near-infrared fluorescence reporter probe whose activation by cathepsin K is shown in live osteoclast cells and in mouse models of development and osteoclast upregulation. Cathepsin K probe activity was monitored in live osteoclast cultures and correlates with cathepsin K gene expression. In ovariectomized mice, cathepsin K probe upregulation precedes detection of bone loss by micro-computed tomography. These results are the first to demonstrate non-invasive visualization of bone degrading enzymes in models of accelerated bone loss, and may provide a means for early diagnosis of upregulated resorption and rapid feedback on efficacy of treatment protocols prior to significant loss of bone in the patient.
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- Kenneth M. Kozloff
- Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital; 149 13th Street, Room 5406, Charlestown MA 02129-2060
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- Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital; 149 13th Street, Room 5406, Charlestown MA 02129-2060
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- Children’s Hospital Boston, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 300 Longwood Avenue, Enders 1007, Boston MA 02215
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- Children’s Hospital Boston, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 300 Longwood Avenue, Enders 1007, Boston MA 02215
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- Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital; 149 13th Street, Room 5406, Charlestown MA 02129-2060
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- Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital; 149 13th Street, Room 5406, Charlestown MA 02129-2060
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- Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital; 149 13th Street, Room 5406, Charlestown MA 02129-2060
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Investigation of ketone warheads as alternatives to the nitrile for preparation of potent and selective cathepsin K inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2009; 19:675-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.12.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Revised: 12/09/2008] [Accepted: 12/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Hiroharu Kataoka
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Saitoh SI, Miyake K. Regulatory molecules required for nucleotide-sensing Toll-like receptors. Immunol Rev 2009; 227:32-43. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2008.00729.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gober HJ, Takayanagi H. The interactions and shared mechanisms of T cells and osteoclasts. Inflamm Regen 2009. [DOI: 10.2492/inflammregen.29.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The unexpected link between osteoclasts and the immune system. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2009; 658:61-8. [PMID: 19950016 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1050-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Osteoimmunology is an interdisciplinary research field focused on the molecular understanding of the interplay of the skeletal and immune systems. In particular, the interaction between immune cells and osteoclasts is a current major topic of critical interest in this field. The macrophage-osteoclast interaction has long been studied, and the T-cellosteoclast interaction also attracted much attention in the study of arthritis. However, recent reports have revealed a hitherto unknown link between osteoclasts and other immune cells, including B cells and dendritic cells, suggesting a larger number of molecules are in fact shared by osteoclasts and immune cells. These findings will lead to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of diseases affecting both systems and may/will provide a molecular basis for novel therapeutic strategies.
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The innate immune system is essential for the initial detection of invading viruses and subsequent activation of adaptive immunity. Three classes of receptors, designated retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptors (RLRs), Toll-like receptors (TLRs), and nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs), sense viral components, such as double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), single-stranded RNA, and DNA. RLRs and TLRs play essential roles in the production of type I interferons (IFNs) and proinflammatory cytokines in cell type-specific manners. While the RLRs play essential roles in the recognition of RNA viruses in various cells, plasmacytoid dendritic cells utilize TLRs for detecting virus invasion. NLRs play a role in the production of mature interleukin-1 beta to dsRNA stimulation. Activation of innate immune cells is critical for mounting adaptive immune responses. In this review, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of viral RNA recognition by these different types of receptors and its relation to acquired immune responses.
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- Osamu Takeuchi
- Laboratory of Host Defense, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) promiscuously binds self- and microbial DNA, but only microbial DNA elicits an inflammatory response. How TLR9 discriminates between self- and foreign DNA is unclear, but inappropriate localization of TLR9 permits response to self-DNA, suggesting that TLR9 localization and trafficking are critical components. The molecular mechanisms controlling the movement of TLR9 may provide new insight into the recognition of DNA in normal and in pathological conditions such as autoimmune systemic lupus erythematosus. We have shown earlier that TLR9 is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and it moves to endolysosomes to recognize CpG DNA. Other studies have suggested that TLR9 bypasses the Golgi complex to access endolysosomes. Here, we show that TLR9 translocates from ER to endolysosomes through the Golgi complex and that Golgi export is required for optimal TLR9 signaling. In all, 6-13% of TLR9 constitutively exits the ER, moves through the Golgi complex and resides in lysosomal-associated membrane protein-1-positive vesicles. TLR9 bound to CpG DNA had glycan modifications indicative of Golgi processing confirming that TLR9 travels through the Golgi complex to access CpG DNA in endolysosomes. Together, these data support a model where TLR9 uses traditional secretory pathways and does not bypass the Golgi complex.
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Georges S, Ruiz Velasco C, Trichet V, Fortun Y, Heymann D, Padrines M. Proteases and bone remodelling. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2008; 20:29-41. [PMID: 19041277 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2008.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bone remodelling is regulated by osteogenic cells which act individually through cellular and molecular interaction. These interactions can be established either through a cell-cell contact, involving molecules of the integrin family, or by the release of many polypeptidic factors and/or their soluble receptor chains. Proteolytic shedding of membrane-associated proteins regulates the physiological activity of numerous proteins. Proteases located on the plasma membrane, either as transmembrane proteins or anchored to cell-surface molecules, serve as activators or inhibitors of different cellular and physiological processes. This review will focus on the role of the proteases implicated in bone remodelling either through the proteolytic degradation of the extracellular matrix or through their relations with osteogenic factors. Their implication in bone tumor progression will be also considered.
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- S Georges
- Université de Nantes, Nantes Atlantique Universités, France
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Le Gall C, Bonnelye E, Clézardin P. Cathepsin K inhibitors as treatment of bone metastasis. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2008; 2:218-22. [PMID: 18685424 DOI: 10.1097/spc.0b013e32830baea9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Cancer cells that metastasize to the skeleton are, on their own, rarely able to destroy bone. Instead, they stimulate the function of bone-degrading cells, the osteoclasts, leading to the formation of osteolytic lesions. The purpose of this review is to consider cathepsin K, a cysteine protease produced by osteoclasts, as a therapeutic target for the treatment of patients with osteolytic bone metastases. RECENT FINDINGS Cathepsin K plays a key role in osteoclast-mediated bone degradation. It is also produced by cancer cells that metastasize to bone where it functions in proteolytic pathways that promote cancer cell invasion. Highly selective and potent cathepsin K inhibitors have been recently developed and shown to be useful antiresorptive agents to treat osteoporosis. Moreover, preclinical studies show that cathepsin K inhibitors reduce breast cancer-induced osteolysis and skeletal tumor burden. This reduction of skeletal tumor burden is due to the antiresorptive activity of cathepsin K inhibitors, which in turn, deprive cancer cells of bone-derived growth factors that are required for tumor growth. SUMMARY Cathepsin K inhibitors are appropriate drugs to treat diseases associated with increased bone loss. However, their chronic use in treating osteoporosis may result in adverse effects because basic nitrogen-containing cathepsin K inhibitors accumulate within acidic organelles such as lysosomes, thereby inhibiting the activity of other cathepsins. These adverse effects should not, however, preclude the use of these drugs in life-threatening diseases such as bone metastasis.
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- Céline Le Gall
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Lyon, France
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Proteolytic cleavage in an endolysosomal compartment is required for activation of Toll-like receptor 9. Nat Immunol 2008; 9:1407-14. [PMID: 18931679 DOI: 10.1038/ni.1669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 360] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 09/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) activate the innate immune system in response to pathogens. Here we show that TLR9 proteolytic cleavage is a prerequisite for TLR9 signaling. Inhibition of lysosomal proteolysis rendered TLR9 inactive. The carboxy-terminal fragment of TLR9 thus generated included a portion of the TLR9 ectodomain, as well as the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains. This cleavage fragment bound to the TLR9 ligand CpG DNA and, when expressed in Tlr9(-/-) dendritic cells, restored CpG DNA-induced cytokine production. Although cathepsin L generated the requisite TLR9 cleavage products in a cell-free in vitro system, several proteases influenced TLR9 cleavage in intact cells. Lysosomal proteolysis thus contributes to innate immunity by facilitating specific cleavage of TLR9.
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The ectodomain of Toll-like receptor 9 is cleaved to generate a functional receptor. Nature 2008; 456:658-62. [PMID: 18820679 PMCID: PMC2596276 DOI: 10.1038/nature07405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 450] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2008] [Accepted: 09/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mammalian Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 3, 7, 8 and 9 initiate immune responses to infection by recognizing microbial nucleic acids; however, these responses come at the cost of potential autoimmunity owing to inappropriate recognition of self nucleic acids. The localization of TLR9 and TLR7 to intracellular compartments seems to have a role in facilitating responses to viral nucleic acids while maintaining tolerance to self nucleic acids, yet the cell biology regulating the transport and localization of these receptors remains poorly understood. Here we define the route by which TLR9 and TLR7 exit the endoplasmic reticulum and travel to endolysosomes in mouse macrophages and dendritic cells. The ectodomains of TLR9 and TLR7 are cleaved in the endolysosome, such that no full-length protein is detectable in the compartment where ligand is recognized. Notably, although both the full-length and cleaved forms of TLR9 are capable of binding ligand, only the processed form recruits MyD88 on activation, indicating that this truncated receptor, rather than the full-length form, is functional. Furthermore, conditions that prevent receptor proteolysis, including forced TLR9 surface localization, render the receptor non-functional. We propose that ectodomain cleavage represents a strategy to restrict receptor activation to endolysosomal compartments and prevent TLRs from responding to self nucleic acids.
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Nucleic acid sensing Toll-like receptors in dendritic cells. Curr Opin Immunol 2008; 20:408-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2008.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Accepted: 06/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gilliet M, Cao W, Liu YJ. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells: sensing nucleic acids in viral infection and autoimmune diseases. Nat Rev Immunol 2008; 8:594-606. [PMID: 18641647 DOI: 10.1038/nri2358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 909] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are important mediators of antiviral immunity through their ability to produce large amounts of type I interferons (IFNs) on viral infection. This function of pDCs is linked to their expression of Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and TLR9, which sense viral nucleic acids within the early endosomes. Exclusion of self nucleic acids from TLR-containing early endosomes normally prevents pDC responses to them. However, in some autoimmune diseases, self nucleic acids can be modified by host factors and gain entrance to pDC endosomes, where they activate TLR signalling. Several pDC receptors negatively regulate type I IFN responses by pDCs during viral infection and for normal homeostasis.
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- Michel Gilliet
- Department of Immunology and Center of Cancer Immunology Research, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Vyas JM, Van der Veen AG, Ploegh HL. The known unknowns of antigen processing and presentation. Nat Rev Immunol 2008; 8:607-18. [PMID: 18641646 PMCID: PMC2735460 DOI: 10.1038/nri2368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 425] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The principal components of both MHC class I and class II antigen processing and presentation pathways are well known. In dendritic cells, these pathways are tightly regulated by Toll-like-receptor signalling and include features, such as cross-presentation, that are not seen in other cell types. However, the exact mechanisms involved in the subcellular trafficking of antigens remain poorly understood and in some cases are controversial. Recent data suggest that diverse cellular machineries, including autophagy, participate in antigen processing and presentation, although their relative contributions remain to be fully elucidated. Here, we highlight some emerging themes of antigen processing and presentation that we think merit further attention.
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- Jatin M Vyas
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
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Intracellular DNA sensors in immunity. Curr Opin Immunol 2008; 20:383-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2008.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Host innate immune receptors and beyond: making sense of microbial infections. Cell Host Microbe 2008; 3:352-63. [PMID: 18541212 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2008.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 370] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2008] [Revised: 05/04/2008] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The complexity of the immune system mirrors its manifold mechanisms of host-microbe interactions. A relatively simplified view was posited after the identification of host innate immune receptors that their distinct mechanisms of sensing "microbial signatures" create unique molecular switches to trigger the immune system. Recently, more sophisticated and cooperative strategies for these receptors have been revealed during receptor-ligand interactions, trafficking, and intra- and intercellular signaling, in order to deal with a diverse range of microbes. Continued mapping of the complex networks of host-microbe interactions may improve our understanding of self/non-self discrimination in immunity and its intervention.
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Silica crystals and aluminum salts activate the NALP3 inflammasome through phagosomal destabilization. Nat Immunol 2008; 9:847-56. [PMID: 18604214 DOI: 10.1038/ni.1631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2231] [Impact Index Per Article: 139.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Inhalation of silica crystals causes inflammation in the alveolar space. Prolonged exposure to silica can lead to the development of silicosis, an irreversible, fibrotic pulmonary disease. The mechanisms by which silica and other crystals activate immune cells are not well understood. Here we demonstrate that silica and aluminum salt crystals activated inflammasomes formed by the cytoplasmic receptor NALP3. NALP3 activation required phagocytosis of crystals, and this uptake subsequently led to lysosomal damage and rupture. 'Sterile' lysosomal damage (without crystals) also induced NALP3 activation, and inhibition of either phagosomal acidification or cathepsin B activity impaired NALP3 activation. Our results indicate that the NALP3 inflammasome senses lysosomal damage as an endogenous 'danger' signal.
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Campana L, Bosurgi L, Rovere-Querini P. HMGB1: a two-headed signal regulating tumor progression and immunity. Curr Opin Immunol 2008; 20:518-23. [PMID: 18599281 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2008.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2008] [Revised: 04/28/2008] [Accepted: 04/29/2008] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Cells of the innate immune system sense tissue damage recognizing in the extracellular environment bona fide intracellular moieties, like high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1). In the case of tumors, HMGB1 recognition has a paradoxical dual effect: it promotes tumor neoangiogenesis and triggers protective anti-neoplastic T-cell responses. Recent advances in the study of HMGB1 have identified candidate molecular mechanisms underlying these apparently contrasting outcomes. A surprising role for innate receptors, including toll like receptor 4 (TLR4), in the response to conventional cancer radio and chemotherapy has also recently emerged, providing new insight into the mechanisms by which these treatments actually work.
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- Lara Campana
- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, DIBIT 3A1, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy
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New role for cathepsin K. Nat Rev Immunol 2008. [DOI: 10.1038/nri2282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Arthur M Krieg
- Coley Pharmaceutical Group, 93 Worcester Street, Wellesley, MA 02481, USA.
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