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Deb P, Dai J, Singh S, Kalyoussef E, Fitzgerald-Bocarsly P. Triggering of the cGAS-STING Pathway in Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Inhibits TLR9-Mediated IFN Production. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2020; 205:223-236. [PMID: 32471881 PMCID: PMC7460725 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1800933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are potent producers of type I and type III IFNs and play a major role in antiviral immunity and autoimmune disorders. The innate sensing of nucleic acids remains the major initiating factor for IFN production by pDCs. TLR-mediated sensing of nucleic acids via endosomal pathways has been studied and documented in detail, whereas the sensing of DNA in cytosolic compartment in human pDCs remains relatively unexplored. We now demonstrate the existence and functionality of the components of cytosolic DNA-sensing pathway comprising cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS) and stimulator of IFN gene (STING) in human pDCs. cGAS was initially located in the cytosolic compartment of pDCs and time-dependently colocalized with non-CpG double-stranded immunostimulatory DNA (ISD). Following the colocalization of ISD with cGAS, the downstream pathway was triggered as STING disassociated from its location at the endoplasmic reticulum. Upon direct stimulation of pDCs by STING agonist 2'3' cGAMP or dsDNA, pDC-s produced type I, and type III IFN. Moreover, we documented that cGAS-STING-mediated IFN production is mediated by nuclear translocation of IRF3 whereas TLR9-mediated activation occurs through IRF7. Our data also indicate that pDC prestimulation of cGAS-STING dampened the TLR9-mediated IFN production. Furthermore, triggering of cGAS-STING induced expression of SOCS1 and SOCS3 in pDCs, indicating a possible autoinhibitory loop that impedes IFN production by pDCs. Thus, our study indicates that the cGAS-STING pathway exists in parallel to the TLR9-mediated DNA recognition in human pDCs with cross-talk between these two pathways.
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- Pratik Deb
- Rutgers School of Graduate Studies, Newark, NJ 07103
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103
- Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103; and
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103
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- Rutgers School of Graduate Studies, Newark, NJ 07103;
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103
- Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103; and
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Carmi-Levy I, Motzik A, Ofir-Birin Y, Yagil Z, Yang CM, Kemeny DM, Han JM, Kim S, Kay G, Nechushtan H, Suzuki R, Rivera J, Razin E. Importin beta plays an essential role in the regulation of the LysRS-Ap(4)A pathway in immunologically activated mast cells. Mol Cell Biol 2011; 31:2111-21. [PMID: 21402779 PMCID: PMC3133347 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01159-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2010] [Accepted: 03/01/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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We recently reported that diadenosine tetraphosphate hydrolase (Ap(4)A hydrolase) plays a critical role in gene expression via regulation of intracellular Ap(4)A levels. This enzyme serves as a component of our newly described lysyl tRNA synthetase (LysRS)-Ap(4)A biochemical pathway that is triggered upon immunological challenge. Here we explored the mechanism of this enzyme's translocation into the nucleus and found its immunologically dependent association with importin beta. Silencing of importin beta prevented Ap(4)A hydrolase nuclear translocation and affected the local concentration of Ap(4)A, which led to an increase in microphthalmia transcription factor (MITF) transcriptional activity. Furthermore, immunological activation of mast cells resulted in dephosphorylation of Ap(4)A hydrolase, which changed the hydrolytic activity of the enzyme.
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- Irit Carmi-Levy
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research—Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research—Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research—Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research—Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Immunology Program and Department of Microbiology, Centre for Life Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Republic of Singapore
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- Immunology Program and Department of Microbiology, Centre for Life Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Republic of Singapore
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- Center for Medicinal Protein Network and Systems Biology and the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiatives Center for ARS Network, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research—Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Oncology Department, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, POB 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunogenetics, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3675
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunogenetics, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-3675
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Institute for Medical Research—Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Pfeifer AC, Kaschek D, Bachmann J, Klingmüller U, Timmer J. Model-based extension of high-throughput to high-content data. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2010; 4:106. [PMID: 20687942 PMCID: PMC2928782 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-4-106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Background High-quality quantitative data is a major limitation in systems biology. The experimental data used in systems biology can be assigned to one of the following categories: assays yielding average data of a cell population, high-content single cell measurements and high-throughput techniques generating single cell data for large cell populations. For modeling purposes, a combination of data from different categories is highly desirable in order to increase the number of observable species and processes and thereby maximize the identifiability of parameters. Results In this article we present a method that combines the power of high-content single cell measurements with the efficiency of high-throughput techniques. A calibration on the basis of identical cell populations measured by both approaches connects the two techniques. We develop a mathematical model to relate quantities exclusively observable by high-content single cell techniques to those measurable with high-content as well as high-throughput methods. The latter are defined as free variables, while the variables measurable with only one technique are described in dependence of those. It is the combination of data calibration and model into a single method that makes it possible to determine quantities only accessible by single cell assays but using high-throughput techniques. As an example, we apply our approach to the nucleocytoplasmic transport of STAT5B in eukaryotic cells. Conclusions The presented procedure can be generally applied to systems that allow for dividing observables into sets of free quantities, which are easily measurable, and variables dependent on those. Hence, it extends the information content of high-throughput methods by incorporating data from high-content measurements.
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- Andrea C Pfeifer
- Division Systems Biology of Signal Transduction, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Calvert MEK, Lannigan J. Yeast cell cycle analysis: combining DNA staining with cell and nuclear morphology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; Chapter 9:Unit 9.32.1-16. [PMID: 20373497 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy0932s52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In studies of eukaryotic cell cycle regulation, the budding yeast Saccharoymyces cerevisiae offers many advantages as a model system. Due to its simple growth requirements and genetic tractability, this organism is a powerful tool for investigating the molecular regulation of cell cycle control. One earlier disadvantage to performing cell cycle analyses in yeast was that existing methods were restricted to either visual analysis or flow cytometry, both of which present limitations in the scope and accuracy of the data obtained. This unit demonstrates the combined use of DNA content measurements and bright-field image analysis using multispectral imaging flow cytometry (MIFC) to provide a more precise quantitation of yeast cell cycle distribution. The advantage of this method is the ability to analyze large numbers of cells using multiple cell cycle indicators in a relatively short amount of time.
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Inability of plasmacytoid dendritic cells to directly lyse HIV-infected autologous CD4+ T cells despite induction of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. J Virol 2009; 84:2762-73. [PMID: 20042498 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01350-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The function of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDC) in chronic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection remains controversial with regard to its potential for sustained alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) production and induction of PDC-dependent tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-mediated cytotoxicity of HIV-infected cells. We address these areas by a study of chronically HIV-1-infected subjects followed through antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption and by testing PDC cytolytic function against autologous HIV-infected CD4(+) T cells. Rebound in viremia induced by therapy interruption showed a positive association between TRAIL and viral load or T-cell activation, but comparable levels of plasma IFN-alpha/beta were found in viremic ART-treated and control subjects. While PDC from HIV-infected subjects expressed less interferon regulator factor 7 (IRF-7) and produced significantly less IFN-alpha upon Toll-like receptor 7/9 (TLR7/9) engagement than controls, membrane TRAIL expression in PDC from HIV(+) subjects was increased. Moreover, no significant increase in death receptor 5 (DR5) expression was seen in CD4(+) T cells from viremic HIV(+) subjects compared to controls or following in vitro infection/exposure to infectious and noninfectious virus or exogenous IFN-alpha, respectively. Although activated PDC killed the DR5-expressing HIV-infected Sup-T1 cell line, PDC did not lyse primary autologous HIV(+) CD4(+) T cells yet could provide accessory help for NK cells in killing HIV-infected autologous CD4(+) T cells. Taken together, our data show a lack of sustained high levels of soluble IFN-alpha in chronic HIV-1 infection in vivo and document a lack of direct PDC cytolytic activity against autologous infected or uninfected CD4(+) T cells.
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Multispectral fluorescence imaging (MSFI) is a rapidly growing field with broad applications in both preclinical and clinical settings. Application of this novel technology in small-animal imaging and microscopy produces enhanced sensitivity and reliable quantification and resolves multiple simultaneous signals. MSFI flow cytometry can quantify multiple fluorescent parameters with morphologic or subcellular spatial details on millions of cells. MSFI has the potential to improve the accuracy of disease detection or differentiation and intrasurgical metastatic diagnosis, guide neurosurgeries, and monitor treatment response.
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- Lanlan Zhou
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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