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Gulubova M, Chonov D, Aleksandrova E, Ivanova K, Ignatova MM, Vlaykova T. Interleukin-6-Positive Immune Cells as a Possible New Immunologic Marker Associated With the Colorectal Cancer Prognosis. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2024; 32:233-243. [PMID: 38712586 PMCID: PMC11073565 DOI: 10.1097/pai.0000000000001198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Chronic inflammation creates tumor microenvironment (TME) that facilitates colorectal cancer (CRC) cell proliferation, migration, metastasis, and tumor progression. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a proinflammatory cytokine with a pleiotropic effect on CRC development. We aimed to evaluate IL-6 expression in tumor cells and in immune cells in TME, to assess the serum level and IL6 -174 G/C genotype distribution and to correlate the results with selected morphologic and clinical parameters that may add useful information in understanding the mechanisms of human CRC progression. A total of 153 patients with CRC were recruited in the current study. We assessed the IL-6 serum concentration through the ELISA method, the expression of IL-6 in tumor and in immune cells by immunohistochemical and double immunofluorescence staining, the MSI status by immunоhistochemistry for 4 mismatch repair (MMR) proteins, and the genotype distributions for IL6 -174G/C (rs1800795) single-nucleotide polymorphism through PCR-RFLP method. Our results showed that serum IL-6 level were increased in CRC patients as compared with healthy controls (P<0.0001), and in patients with cancers with advanced histologic type (type IV). However, the higher concentration (above the median of 55.71 pg/mL) was with borderline association with longer survival of the patients after surgical therapy (P=0.055, Log rank test). We also found that IL-6+ immune cells prevailed in the invasive front (IF) of tumors compared with the tumor stroma (TS) (P<0.0001). More IL-6+ cells were recruited in the tumors with less advanced histologic type (I+II), with stronger inflammatory infiltrate in the IF, in early pTNM stages (I+II), without lymph node and distant metastases and the higher levels of IL-6+ cells, especially in the IF, were associated with longer survival (P=0.012). The results of our study suggest that although the serum levels of IL-6 are higher in CRC, the increased IL-6+ cells in tumor microenvironment, both in the invasive front and in tumor stroma, as well as the higher serum levels are associated with good prognostic variables and longer survival of the patients mainly in the early stages of CRC.
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- Maya Gulubova
- Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Forensic Medicine and Deontology
- Department of Surgery
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- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embriology, Pathology, Latin language, Forensic Medicine and Deontology, Faculty of Medicine, University Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov, Burgas
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- Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Forensic Medicine and Deontology
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embriology, Pathology, Latin language, Forensic Medicine and Deontology, Faculty of Medicine, University Prof. Dr. Assen Zlatarov, Burgas
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Montazersaheb S, Hosseiniyan Khatibi SM, Hejazi MS, Tarhriz V, Farjami A, Ghasemian Sorbeni F, Farahzadi R, Ghasemnejad T. COVID-19 infection: an overview on cytokine storm and related interventions. Virol J 2022; 19:92. [PMID: 35619180 PMCID: PMC9134144 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-022-01814-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 100.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed a significant threat to global health. This virus affects the respiratory tract and usually leads to pneumonia in most patients and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in 15% of cases. ARDS is one of the leading causes of death in patients with COVID-19 and is mainly triggered by elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, referred to as cytokine storm. Interleukins, such as interleukin-6 (1L-6), interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-17 (IL-17), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) play a very significant role in lung damage in ARDS patients through the impairments of the respiratory epithelium. Cytokine storm is defined as acute overproduction and uncontrolled release of pro-inflammatory markers, both locally and systemically. The eradication of COVID-19 is currently practically impossible, and there is no specific treatment for critically ill patients with COVID-19; however, suppressing the inflammatory response may be a possible strategy. In light of this, we review the efficacy of specific inhibitors of IL6, IL1, IL-17, and TNF-α for treating COVID-19-related infections to manage COVID-19 and improve the survival rate for patients suffering from severe conditions.
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- Soheila Montazersaheb
- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 5166614731, Iran
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 5166614731, Iran
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 5166614731, Iran
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- Food and Drug Safety Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran
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- Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 5166614731, Iran.
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 5166614731, Iran.
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Hassan N, Greve B, Espinoza-Sánchez NA, Götte M. Cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans as multifunctional integrators of signaling in cancer. Cell Signal 2020; 77:109822. [PMID: 33152440 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2020.109822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Proteoglycans (PGs) represent a large proportion of the components that constitute the extracellular matrix (ECM). They are a diverse group of glycoproteins characterized by a covalent link to a specific glycosaminoglycan type. As part of the ECM, heparan sulfate (HS)PGs participate in both physiological and pathological processes including cell recruitment during inflammation and the promotion of cell proliferation, adhesion and motility during development, angiogenesis, wound repair and tumor progression. A key function of HSPGs is their ability to modulate the expression and function of cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, morphogens, and adhesion molecules. This is due to their capacity to act as ligands or co-receptors for various signal-transducing receptors, affecting pathways such as FGF, VEGF, chemokines, integrins, Wnt, notch, IL-6/JAK-STAT3, and NF-κB. The activation of those pathways has been implicated in the induction, progression, and malignancy of a tumor. For many years, the study of signaling has allowed for designing specific drugs targeting these pathways for cancer treatment, with very positive results. Likewise, HSPGs have become the subject of cancer research and are increasingly recognized as important therapeutic targets. Although they have been studied in a variety of preclinical and experimental models, their mechanism of action in malignancy still needs to be more clearly defined. In this review, we discuss the role of cell-surface HSPGs as pleiotropic modulators of signaling in cancer and identify them as promising markers and targets for cancer treatment.
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- Nourhan Hassan
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Münster University Hospital, Münster, Germany; Biotechnology Program, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt
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- Department of Radiotherapy-Radiooncology, Münster University Hospital, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, A1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Münster University Hospital, Münster, Germany; Department of Radiotherapy-Radiooncology, Münster University Hospital, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, A1, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Münster University Hospital, Münster, Germany.
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Nguyen DC, Joyner CJ, Sanz I, Lee FEH. Factors Affecting Early Antibody Secreting Cell Maturation Into Long-Lived Plasma Cells. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2138. [PMID: 31572364 PMCID: PMC6749102 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Antibody secreting cells (ASCs) are terminally differentiated cells of the humoral immune response and must adapt morphologically, transcriptionally, and metabolically to maintain high-rates of antibody (Ab) secretion. ASCs differentiate from activated B cells in lymph nodes and transiently circulate in the blood. Most of the circulating ASCs undergo apoptosis, but a small fraction of early ASCs migrate to the bone marrow (BM) and eventually mature into long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs). LLPC survival is controlled both intrinsically and extrinsically. Their differentiation and maintenance programs are governed by many intrinsic mechanisms involving anti-apoptosis, autophagy, and metabolism. The extrinsic factors involved in LLPC generation include BM stromal cells, cytokines, and chemokines, such as APRIL, IL-6, and CXCL12. In humans, the BM CD19−CD38hiCD138+ ASC subset is the main repository of LLPCs, and our recent development of an in vitro BM mimic provides essential tools to study environmental cues that support LLPC survival and the critical molecular mechanisms of maturation from early minted blood ASCs to LLPCs. In this review, we summarize the evidence of LLPC generation and maintenance and provide novel paradigms of LLPC maturation.
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- Doan C Nguyen
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.,Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.,Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.,Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Chonov DC, Ignatova MMK, Ananiev JR, Gulubova MV. IL-6 Activities in the Tumour Microenvironment. Part 1. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2019; 7:2391-2398. [PMID: 31592285 PMCID: PMC6765074 DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The predominant role of IL-6 in cancer is its key promotion of tumour growth. IL-6 binds IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) and the membrane-bound glycoprotein gp130. The complex I-6/IL-6R/gp130 starts the Janus kinases (JAKs) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) or JAK/STAT3 pathway. IL-6 R exits in two forms: a membrane-bound IL-6Rα subunit (mIL-6R) that participates in classic signalling pathway and soluble IL-6R subunit (sIL-6R) engaged in trans-signalling. The pro-tumour functions of IL-6 are associated with STAT3, a major oncogenic transcription factor that triggers up-regulation of target genes responsible for tumour cell survival. IL-6 combined with TGF-β induces proliferation of pathogenic Th17 cells. The anti-tumour function of IL-6 is the promotion of anti-tumour immunity. IL-6 trans-signaling contributed to transmigration of lymphocytes in high endothelial venules (HEV). Dendritic cell (DC) secreted IL-6 in the lymph node influences the activation, distribution and polarisation of the immune response. Elevated serum levels of IL-6 and increased expression of IL-6 in tumour tissue are negative prognostic marker for patients' survival.
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- Dimitur Chavdarov Chonov
- Department of Surgery, Trakia University, Medical Faculty, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.,Department of General and clinical pathology, Medical Faculty, Trakia University Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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Fontes JA, Rose NR, Čiháková D. The varying faces of IL-6: From cardiac protection to cardiac failure. Cytokine 2015; 74:62-8. [PMID: 25649043 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2014.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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IL6 is a pleiotropic cytokine that is made in response to perturbations in homeostasis. IL6 becomes elevated in the acute response to host injury and can activate immune cells, direct immune cell trafficking, signal protective responses in local tissue, initial the acute phase response or initiate wound healing. In the short term this proinflammatory response is protective and limits host damage. It is when this acute response remains chronically activated that IL6 becomes pathogenic to the host. Chronically elevated IL6 levels lead to chronic inflammation and fibrotic disorders. The heart is a tissue where this temporal regulation of IL6 is very apparent. Studies from myocardial infarction show how short-term IL6 signaling can protect and preserve the heart tissue in response to acute damage, where long term IL6 signaling or an over-production of IL6R protein plays a causal role in cardiovascular disease. Thus, IL6 can be both protective and pathogenic, depending on the kinetics of the host response.
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- Jillian A Fontes
- William H. Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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- William H. Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States; Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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- William H. Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States; Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.
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Miao L, Holley AK, Zhao Y, St Clair WH, St Clair DK. Redox-mediated and ionizing-radiation-induced inflammatory mediators in prostate cancer development and treatment. Antioxid Redox Signal 2014; 20:1481-500. [PMID: 24093432 PMCID: PMC3936609 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2013.5637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Radiation therapy is widely used for treatment of prostate cancer. Radiation can directly damage biologically important molecules; however, most effects of radiation-mediated cell killing are derived from the generated free radicals that alter cellular redox status. Multiple proinflammatory mediators can also influence redox status in irradiated cells and the surrounding microenvironment, thereby affecting prostate cancer progression and radiotherapy efficiency. RECENT ADVANCES Ionizing radiation (IR)-generated oxidative stress can regulate and be regulated by the production of proinflammatory mediators. Depending on the type and stage of the prostate cancer cells, these proinflammatory mediators may lead to different biological consequences ranging from cell death to development of radioresistance. CRITICAL ISSUES Tumors are heterogeneous and dynamic communication occurs between stromal and prostate cancer cells, and complicated redox-regulated mechanisms exist in the tumor microenvironment. Thus, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory strategies should be carefully evaluated for each patient at different stages of the disease to maximize therapeutic benefits while minimizing unintended side effects. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Compared with normal cells, tumor cells are usually under higher oxidative stress and secrete more proinflammatory mediators. Thus, redox status is often less adaptive in tumor cells than in their normal counterparts. This difference can be exploited in a search for new cancer therapeutics and treatment regimes that selectively activate cell death pathways in tumor cells with minimal unintended consequences in terms of chemo- and radio-resistance in tumor cells and toxicity in normal tissues.
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- Lu Miao
- 1 Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky , Lexington, Kentucky
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Wang SW, Sun YM. The IL-6/JAK/STAT3 pathway: potential therapeutic strategies in treating colorectal cancer (Review). Int J Oncol 2014; 44:1032-40. [PMID: 24430672 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2014.2259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Among the cytokines linked to inflammation-associated cancer, interleukin (IL)-6 drives many of the cancer 'hallmarks' through downstream activation of the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (JAK/STAT3) signaling pathway. Additionally, dysregulation of the interleukin (IL)-6-mediated JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway is closely related to the development of diverse human solid tumors including colorectal cancer (CRC). On this basis, modulation of the IL-6/JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway is currently being widely explored to develop novel therapies for CRC. The present review details the mechanisms and roles of the IL-6/JAK/STAT3 pathway in CRC, describes current therapeutic strategies, and the search for potential therapeutic approaches to treat CRC.
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- Shu-Wei Wang
- Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, P.R. China
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- Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, P.R. China
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Bedewy AML, EL-Maghraby SM. Do baseline Cereblon gene expression and IL-6 receptor expression determine the response to thalidomide-dexamethasone treatment in Multiple myeloma patients? Eur J Haematol 2013; 92:13-8. [DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Ahmed M. L. Bedewy
- Hematology Department; Medical Research Institute; Alexandria University; Alexandria Egypt
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- Hematology Department; Medical Research Institute; Alexandria University; Alexandria Egypt
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Soluble interleukin-6 receptor-mediated innate immune response to DNA and RNA viruses. J Virol 2013; 87:11244-54. [PMID: 23946454 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01248-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor, which exists as membrane-bound and soluble forms, plays critical roles in the immune response. The soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL6R) has been identified as a potential therapeutic target for preventing coronary heart disease. However, little is known about the role of this receptor during viral infection. In this study, we show that sIL6R, but not IL-6, is induced by viral infection via the cyclooxygenase-2 pathway. Interestingly, sIL6R, but not IL-6, exhibited extensive antiviral activity against DNA and RNA viruses, including hepatitis B virus, influenza virus, human enterovirus 71, and vesicular stomatitis virus. No synergistic effects on antiviral action were observed by combining sIL6R and IL-6. Furthermore, sIL6R mediated antiviral action via the p28 pathway and induced alpha interferon (IFN-α) by promoting the nuclear translocation of IFN regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) and NF-κB, which led to the activation of downstream IFN effectors, including 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS), double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR), and myxovirus resistance protein (Mx). Thus, our results demonstrate that sIL6R, but not IL-6, plays an important role in the host antiviral response.
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Although androgen-deprivation therapy is the standard therapy for advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, this treatment is only palliative. Prostate cancer recurs then grows despite low circulating testicular androgens, using several mechanisms that remain dependent on androgen-receptor signaling in most cases. This article reviews the diversity of mechanisms used for growth by castration-recurrent prostate cancer.
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Azevedo A, Cunha V, Teixeira AL, Medeiros R. IL-6/IL-6R as a potential key signaling pathway in prostate cancer development. World J Clin Oncol 2011; 2:384-96. [PMID: 22171281 PMCID: PMC3235657 DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v2.i12.384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Revised: 11/08/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in prostate regulation and in prostate cancer (PC) development/progression. IL-6 acts as a paracrine and autocrine growth stimulator in benign and tumor prostate cells. The levels of IL-6 and respective receptors are increased during prostate carcinogenesis and tumor progression. Several studies reported that increased serum and plasma IL-6 and soluble interleukin-6 receptor levels are associated with aggressiveness of the disease and are associated with a poor prognosis in PC patients. In PC treatment, patients diagnosed with advanced stages are frequently submitted to hormonal castration, although most patients will eventually fail this therapy and die from recurrent castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Therefore, it is important to understand the mechanisms involved in CRPC. Several pathways have been proposed to be involved in CRPC development, and their understanding will improve the way to more effective therapies. In fact, the prostate is known to be dependent, not exclusively, on androgens, but also on growth factors and cytokines. The signaling pathway mediated by IL-6 may be an alternative pathway in the CRPC phenotype acquisition and cancer progression, under androgen deprivation conditions. The principal goal of this review is to evaluate the role of IL-6 pathway signaling in human PC development and progression and discuss the interaction of this pathway with the androgen recepto pathway. Furthermore, we intend to evaluate the inclusion of IL-6 and its receptor levels as a putative new class of tumor biomarkers.The IL-6/IL-6R signaling pathway may be included as a putative molecular marker for aggressiveness in PC and it may be able to maintain tumor growth through the AR pathway under androgen-deprivation conditions. The importance of the IL-6/IL-6R pathway in regulation of PC cells makes it a good candidate for targeted therapy.
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- Andreia Azevedo
- Andreia Azevedo, Virginia Cunha, Ana Luisa Teixeira, Rui Medeiros, Molecular Oncology and Virology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
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Jelicic I, Ljutic D, Sain M, Kovacic V, Radic J. Influence of local inflammation of the peritoneal membrane on diuresis and residual renal function in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis. J Artif Organs 2011; 15:65-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s10047-011-0603-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 08/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zhang F, Yao S, Yuan J, Zhang M, He Q, Yang G, Gao Z, Liu H, Chen X, Zhou B. Elevated IL-6 receptor expression on CD4+ T cells contributes to the increased Th17 responses in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Virol J 2011; 8:270. [PMID: 21639870 PMCID: PMC3118363 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-8-270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Increased numbers of Interleukin-17-producing CD4+ T cells (Th17) have been found in association with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced liver injury. However, the mechanism underlying the increase of Th17 responses in patients with HBV infection remains unclear. In this study, we investigate the possible regulatory mechanisms of increased Th17 responses in patients with chronic hepatitis B(CHB). Methods Th17 response and IL-6R expression on CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood samples were determined by flow cytometry. Cytokines TGF-β, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-17 in plasma and/or supernatant samples were determined by ELISA and the IL-17 and IL-6R mRNA levels were quantified by quantitative real-time reverse polymerase chain reaction. Results All these data indicated that the frequency of periphery Th17 cells is significantly correlated with the percentage of CD4+ T cells expressing IL-6R in CHB patients. CD4+ T cells from patients with CHB, but not those from healthy donors, produced higher levels of IL-17 and had more IL-6R expression upon stimulation with the HBV core antigen (HBcAg) in vitro. The PMA/ionomycin and HBcAg -stimulated up-regulation of IL-17 production by CD4+ T cells could be reversed by a neutralizing antibody against IL-6R. Conclusion we showed that enhancement of IL-6R expression on CD4+ T cells upon HBV infection contributes to increased Th17 response in patients with CHB.
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- Fan Zhang
- Department of Infectious Diseases, the third affiliated hospital of Sun-Yat-Sen university, Guangzhou, China
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Drucker C, Gewiese J, Malchow S, Scheller J, Rose-John S. Impact of interleukin-6 classic- and trans-signaling on liver damage and regeneration. J Autoimmun 2009; 34:29-37. [PMID: 19717281 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2009.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2009] [Accepted: 08/09/2009] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been suggested to play a pivotal role in liver regeneration. IL-6 on target cells activates a receptor complex consisting of the IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) and the signal transducing receptor subunit gp130. Not all cells in the body express the IL-6R on the cell surface. IL-6 can signal via two different pathways: classical signaling via the membrane bound IL-6R and IL-6 trans-signaling via a naturally occurring soluble IL-6R (sIL-6R). This second pathway widens the scope of IL-6 signaling since also cells expressing no membrane bound IL-6R can be stimulated by the trans-signal pathway. Mimicking IL-6 trans-signaling via a designer molecule, Hyper-IL-6 has been shown to accelerate liver regeneration. Another designer molecule, sgp130Fc, specifically blocks IL-6 trans-signaling. Using these proteins we investigated the contribution of IL-6 classic- and trans-signaling in the liver. Here we review the role of IL-6 signaling in response to liver damage and during liver regeneration.
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- Claudia Drucker
- Institute of Biochemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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The response of circulating levels of the interleukin-6/interleukin-6 receptor complex to exercise in young men. Cytokine 2009; 47:98-102. [PMID: 19527938 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2009.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2008] [Revised: 05/04/2009] [Accepted: 05/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The formation of an interleukin-6/IL-6 receptor (IL-6/IL-6R) complex increases the biological activity and half-life of IL-6, with its response to exercise currently unknown. The aim of the present study was to determine the response of circulating levels of the IL-6/IL-6R complex to exercise. Nine healthy male participants performed 1h of cycling exercise at a workload required to elicit 90% lactate threshold. Venous blood samples were taken at rest, immediately post-exercise and after 1.5 h rest. Hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit were measured to estimate changes in plasma volume during exercise. The concentrations of IL-6, sIL-6R and the IL-6/IL-6R complex were measured via ELISA and corrected for changes in plasma volume. A single bout of acute exercise resulted in a 5-fold increase (P<0.05) in IL-6 and a 1.2-fold increase (P<0.05) in sIL-6R immediately after exercise. These returned to baseline at 1.5 h after the cessation of exercise. There was a 2.1-fold increase (P<0.05) in the levels of the IL-6/IL-6R complex post-exercise with levels remaining 1.8 times elevated (P<0.05) after 1.5 h rest. The present study has demonstrated, for the first time, that circulating levels of the IL-6/IL-6R complex are increased in response to acute exercise in young males.
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Gray SR, Ratkevicius A, Wackerhage H, Coats P, Nimmo MA. The effect of interleukin-6 and the interleukin-6 receptor on glucose transport in mouse skeletal muscle. Exp Physiol 2009; 94:899-905. [PMID: 19482899 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2009.048173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Exercise results in an increase in interleukin-6 (IL-6), its receptor (IL-6R) and skeletal muscle glucose transport. Interleukin-6 has been found to have equivocal effects on glucose transport, with no studies, to our knowledge, investigating any potential role of IL-6R. In the present study, we hypothesized that a combined preparation of IL-6 and soluble IL-6R (sIL-6R) would stimulate glucose transport. Mouse soleus muscles were incubated with physiological and supraphysiological concentrations of IL-6 and a combination of IL-6 and sIL-6R. Total and phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and Protein Kinase B (PKB/Akt) were also measured by Western blotting. Exposure to both physiological (80 pg ml(-1)) and supraphysiological IL-6 (120 ng ml(-1)) had no effect on glucose transport. At physiological levels, exposure to a combination of IL-6 and sIL-6R (32 ng ml(-1)) resulted in a 1.4-fold increase (P < 0.05) in basal glucose transport with no change to the phosphorylation of AMPK. Exposure to supraphysiological levels of IL-6 and sIL-6R (120 ng ml(-1)) resulted in an approximately twofold increase (P < 0.05) in basal glucose transport and an increase (P < 0.05) in AMPK phosphorylation. No effect of IL-6 or sIL-6R was observed on insulin-stimulated glucose transport. These findings demonstrate that, while IL-6 alone does not stimulate glucose transport in mouse soleus muscle, when sIL-6R is introduced glucose transport is directly stimulated, partly through AMPK-dependent signalling.
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- Stuart R Gray
- Department of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE113TU, UK
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Yao X, Kodeboyina S, Liu L, Dzandu J, Sangerman J, Ofori-Acquah SF, Pace BS. Role of STAT3 and GATA-1 interactions in gamma-globin gene expression. Exp Hematol 2009; 37:889-900. [PMID: 19447160 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2008] [Revised: 04/06/2009] [Accepted: 05/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We previously demonstrated a silencing role for signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 (STAT3) in gamma-globin gene regulation in primary erythroid cells. Recently, GATA-1, a key transcription factor involved in hematopoietic cell development, was shown to directly inhibit STAT3 activity in vivo. Therefore, we completed studies to determine if interactions between these two factors influence gamma-globin gene expression. MATERIALS AND METHODS Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay was used to ascertain in vivo protein binding at the gamma-globin 5' untranslated region (5'UTR); protein-protein interactions were examined by coimmunoprecipitation analysis. In vitro protein-DNA binding were completed using surface plasmon resonance and electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Activity of a luciferase gamma-globin promoter reporter and levels of gamma-globin messenger RNA and fetal hemoglobin in stable K562 cell lines overexpressing STAT3 and GATA-1, were used to determine the influence of the STAT3/GATA-1 interaction on gamma-globin gene expression. RESULTS We observed interaction between STAT3 and GATA-1 in K562 and mouse erythroleukemia cells in vivo at the gamma-globin 5'UTR by chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay performed with a 41-base pair gamma-globin DNA probe (gamma41) demonstrated the presence of STAT3 and GATA-1 proteins in complexes assembled at the gamma-globin 5'UTR. A consensus STAT3 DNA probe inhibited GATA-1-binding in a concentration-dependent manner, and the converse was also true. Enforced STAT3 expression augmented its binding at the gamma-globin 5'UTR in vivo and silenced gamma-promoter-driven luciferase activity. Stable enforced STAT3 expression in K562 cells reduced endogenous gamma-globin messenger RNA level. This effect was reversed by GATA-1. CONCLUSION These data provide evidence that GATA-1 can reverse STAT3-mediated gamma-globin gene silencing in erythroid cells.
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- Xiao Yao
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Tex. 75080, USA
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Kunz D, Walker G, Bedoucha M, Certa U, März-Weiss P, Dimitriades-Schmutz B, Otten U. Expression profiling and Ingenuity biological function analyses of interleukin-6- versus nerve growth factor-stimulated PC12 cells. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:90. [PMID: 19239705 PMCID: PMC2657914 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2008] [Accepted: 02/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The major goal of the study was to compare the genetic programs utilized by the neuropoietic cytokine Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and the neurotrophin (NT) Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) for neuronal differentiation. RESULTS The designer cytokine Hyper-IL-6 in which IL-6 is covalently linked to its soluble receptor s-IL-6R as well as NGF were used to stimulate PC12 cells for 24 hours. Changes in gene expression levels were monitored using Affymetrix GeneChip technology. We found different expression for 130 genes in IL-6- and 102 genes in NGF-treated PC12 cells as compared to unstimulated controls. The gene set shared by both stimuli comprises only 16 genes.A key step is upregulation of growth factors and functionally related external molecules known to play important roles in neuronal differentiation. In particular, IL-6 enhances gene expression of regenerating islet-derived 3 alpha (REG3A; 1084-fold), regenerating islet-derived 3 beta (REG3B/PAPI; 672-fold), growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15; 80-fold), platelet-derived growth factor alpha (PDGFA; 69-fold), growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH; 30-fold), adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP; 20-fold) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF; 5-fold). NGF recruits GDF15 (131-fold), transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1; 101-fold) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF; 89-fold). Both stimuli activate growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43) indicating that PC12 cells undergo substantial neuronal differentiation.Moreover, IL-6 activates the transcription factors retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARA; 20-fold) and early growth response 1 (Egr1/Zif268; 3-fold) known to play key roles in neuronal differentiation.Ingenuity biological function analysis revealed that completely different repertoires of molecules are recruited to exert the same biological functions in neuronal differentiation. Major sub-categories include cellular growth and differentiation, cell migration, chemotaxis, cell adhesion, small molecule biochemistry aiming at changing intracellular concentrations of second messengers such as Ca2+ and cAMP as well as expression of enzymes involved in posttranslational modification of proteins. CONCLUSION The current data provide novel candidate genes involved in neuronal differentiation, notably for the neuropoietic cytokine IL-6. Our findings may also have impact on the clinical treatment of peripheral nerve injury. Local application of a designer cytokine such as H-IL-6 with drastically enhanced bioactivity in combination with NTs may generate a potent reparative microenvironment.
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- Dieter Kunz
- Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Physiology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Zhou X, Li D, Yan W, Li W. Pravastatin prevents aortic atherosclerosis via modulation of signal transduction and activation of transcription 3 (STAT3) to attenuate interleukin-6 (IL-6) action in ApoE knockout mice. Int J Mol Sci 2008; 9:2253-2264. [PMID: 19330073 PMCID: PMC2635628 DOI: 10.3390/ijms9112253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2008] [Revised: 11/04/2008] [Accepted: 11/07/2008] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether pravastatin’s prevention of aortic atherosclerosis via attenuation of IL-6 action depends on modulation of STAT3 activity. Male apoE knockout (apoE-/-) mice fed on a diet containing 1.25% cholesterol (wt/wt) were divided into pravastatin group provided with pravastatin (80 mg kg-1 per day) and atherosclerosis group. After eight weeks, pravastatin significantly prevented atherosclerotic lesion and reduced levels of IL-6 in serum and lesion, and significantly decreased expressions of phosphorylated STAT3 (pSTAT3) and increased suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) expressions in lesions. Our results suggested that pravastatin’s aortic atherosclerosis preventing action via attenuation of IL-6 action may partially depend on modulation of STAT3 activity.
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- Xiaoxu Zhou
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Youzheng Str, Nangang District, Harbin 150001, P.R. China. E-Mails:
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(W. Y.)
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- Eye hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Youzheng Str, Nangang District, Harbin 150001, P.R. China. E-Mail:
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Youzheng Str, Nangang District, Harbin 150001, P.R. China. E-Mails:
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(W. Y.)
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 23 Youzheng Str, Nangang District, Harbin 150001, P.R. China. E-Mails:
(X. Z.);
(W. Y.)
- * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail:
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Linker RA, Lühder F, Kallen KJ, Lee DH, Engelhardt B, Rose-John S, Gold R. IL-6 transsignalling modulates the early effector phase of EAE and targets the blood-brain barrier. J Neuroimmunol 2008; 205:64-72. [PMID: 18950871 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2008] [Revised: 08/15/2008] [Accepted: 09/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). It exerts its cellular effects by a membrane-bound IL-6 receptor (IL-6R), or, alternatively, by forming a complex with the soluble IL-6R (sIL-6R), a process named IL-6 transsignalling. Here we investigate the role of IL-6 transsignalling in myelin basic protein (MBP)-induced EAE in the Lewis rat. In vivo blockade of IL-6 transsignalling by the injection of a specifically designed gp130-Fc fusion protein significantly delayed the onset of adoptively transferred EAE in comparison to control rats injected with PBS or isotype IgG. Histological evaluation on day 3 after immunization revealed reduced numbers of T cells and macrophages in the lumbar spinal cord of gp130-Fc treated rats. At the same time, blockade of IL-6 transsignalling resulted in a reduced expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 on spinal cord microvessels while experiments in cell culture failed to show a direct effect on the regulation of endothelial adhesion molecules. In experiments including active EAE and T cell culture, inhibition of IL-6 transsignalling mildly increased T cell proliferation, but did not change severity of active MBP-EAE or regulate Th1/Th17 responses. We conclude that IL-6 transsignalling may play a role in autoimmune inflammation of the CNS mainly by regulating early expression of adhesion molecules, possibly via cellular networks at the blood-brain barrier.
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- Ralf A Linker
- Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital Bochum, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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Bone marrow stromal cells reduce ischemia-induced astrocytic activation in vitro. Neuroscience 2008; 152:646-55. [PMID: 18313231 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.10.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2007] [Revised: 09/28/2007] [Accepted: 02/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Transplantation of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) improves animal neurological functional recovery after stroke. To obtain insight into the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic benefit, we directed our attention to the interaction of BMSCs with astrocytes. Astrocytes become reactive (astrogliosis) after a brain injury, such as stroke. Astrogliosis plays both beneficial and detrimental roles in brain recovery. Previously, we have shown that administration of BMSCs to animals with stroke significantly reduces the thickness of the scar wall formed by reactive astrocytes. We tested the influence of mouse bone marrow stromal cell (mBMSC) on astrogliosis under oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)/reoxygenation conditions in vitro, employing an anaerobic chamber. Our data indicate that mBMSCs down-regulate glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression in astrocytes after 2 h of OGD and an additional 16 h reoxygenation. mBMSCs protected astrocytes from ischemia, maintaining morphological integrity and proliferation. The IL-6/IL-6R/gp130 pathway is associated with astrogliosis in response to CNS (disorders. Therefore, we examined the effects of mBMSC on the IL-6/IL-6R/gp130 pathway as an underlying mechanism of mBMSC-altered astrogliosis. Furthermore, IL-6 siRNA was used to block IL-6 expression in astrocytes to further investigate IL-6 involvement in mBMSC-altered astrogliosis. Our results indicate that the mBMSC-conferred decline of astrogliosis post-ischemia may derive from the down-regulation of the IL-6/IL-6R/gp130 pathway.
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Vardam TD, Zhou L, Appenheimer MM, Chen Q, Wang WC, Baumann H, Evans SS. Regulation of a lymphocyte-endothelial-IL-6 trans-signaling axis by fever-range thermal stress: hot spot of immune surveillance. Cytokine 2007; 39:84-96. [PMID: 17903700 PMCID: PMC2756671 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2007.07.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2007] [Revised: 07/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/17/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The pleiotropic cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6), has emerged in recent years as a key regulator of the transition from innate to adaptive immunity through its ability to modulate leukocyte recruitment at inflammatory sites. This review highlights a newly identified role for IL-6 trans-signaling, initiated by an agonistic complex of IL-6 and a soluble form of IL-6 receptor alpha, in heightening immune surveillance of peripheral lymphoid organs during febrile inflammatory responses. Inflammatory cues provided by the thermal component of fever trigger IL-6 trans-signaling to act at discrete levels in the multistep adhesion cascade that governs the entry of blood-borne lymphocytes across 'gatekeeper' high endothelial venules (HEVs) in lymph nodes and Peyer patches. IL-6 trans-signaling-dependent mechanisms have been elucidated during thermal stimulation of primary tethering and rolling of lymphocytes along the lumenal surface of HEVs as well as during secondary firm arrest of lymphocytes in HEVs prior to their migration into the underlying parenchyma. These mechanisms profoundly increase the probability that lymphocytes that continuously patrol the body will engage in productive encounters with target antigens sequestered within lymphoid organs. Findings that the lymphocyte-HEV-IL-6 trans-signaling biological axis functions as a thermally-sensitive alert system that promotes immune surveillance provide insight into one of the unresolved mysteries in immunology regarding the benefits of mounting a febrile reaction during inflammation.
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- Trupti D. Vardam
- Department of Immunology, Elm & Carlton Street, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263 USA
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- Department of Immunology, Elm & Carlton Street, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263 USA
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- Department of Immunology, Elm & Carlton Street, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263 USA
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- Department of Immunology, Elm & Carlton Street, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263 USA
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- Department of Immunology, Elm & Carlton Street, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263 USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Elm & Carlton Street, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263 USA
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- Department of Immunology, Elm & Carlton Street, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263 USA
- Corresponding author. Tel.: 716-845-3421; Fax: 716-845-8906
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Rose-John S, Schooltink H. Cytokines are a therapeutic target for the prevention of inflammation-induced cancers. RECENT RESULTS IN CANCER RESEARCH. FORTSCHRITTE DER KREBSFORSCHUNG. PROGRES DANS LES RECHERCHES SUR LE CANCER 2007; 174:57-66. [PMID: 17302185 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-37696-5_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an inflammatory cytokine with a well-documented role in cancer. The cytokine binds to a membrane-bound IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) and this complex associates with two molecules of the signal transducing protein gp130, initiating intracellular signaling. Whereas gp130 is expressed on all cells of the body, the IL-6R is only found on some cells, mainly hepatocytes and several leukocytes. Cells, which only express gp130 and no IL-6R, cannot respond to IL-6. We have shown that the IL-6R exists as a soluble protein generated by limited proteolysis of the membrane-bound receptor or by translation from an alternatively spliced mRNA. The complex of soluble IL-6R (sIL-6R) and IL-6 can bind to gp130 on cells that lack the membrane-bound IL-6R and trigger gp130 signaling. We have named this process trans-signaling. We review data that show that IL-6 uses classical signaling via the membrane-bound receptor and trans-signaling via the soluble receptor in physiological and pathophysiological situations. We have developed designer cytokines, which specifically enhance or inhibit IL-6 trans-signaling. These designer cytokines have been shown to be extremely useful in therapeutic applications such as blockade of chronic inflammation and cancer.
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- Stefan Rose-John
- Biochemisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
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Pietrangelo A, Dierssen U, Valli L, Garuti C, Rump A, Corradini E, Ernst M, Klein C, Trautwein C. STAT3 is required for IL-6-gp130-dependent activation of hepcidin in vivo. Gastroenterology 2007; 132:294-300. [PMID: 17241879 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Accepted: 09/14/2006] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Hepcidin is a peptide hormone that is central to the regulation of iron homeostasis. In response to interleukin 6 (IL-6), hepatocytes produce hepcidin that decreases iron release/transfer from enterocytes and macrophages and causes hypoferremia. To clarify the molecular pathways involved in hepcidin activation by IL-6, we used different mice strains in which the main IL-6/gp130 signaling pathways have been genetically disrupted. METHODS We generated mice with hepatocyte-specific deletion of the IL-6 signal-transducing gp130 receptor (alfpgp130 (LoxP/LoxP)), with a gp130 receptor lacking the essential region for STAT1 and -3 activation (alfpCre gp130(DeltaSTAT/LoxP)) or mice expressing a gp130 allele lacking the essential tyrosine for RAS-MAPK activation (alfpCregp130(Y757F/LoxP)). We studied gp130-dependent pathways and hepcidin mRNA expression by Western blot, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, and Northern blot in vivo and ex vivo. RESULTS IL-6 stimulated phospho STAT3, serum amyloid A (SAA), and suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) expression in livers of wild-type and alfpCregp130(Y757F/LoxP) mice, whereas this response was blocked in alfpCre gp130(LoxP/LoxP) and alfpCre gp130(DeltaSTAT/LoxP) mice. In wild-type and alfpCregp130(Y757F/LoxP) animals, significantly higher hepcidin mRNA expression was found 3 to 6 hours after IL-6 stimulation. In contrast, no IL-6-dependent regulation of hepcidin mRNA expression was found in alfpgp130 (DeltaSTAT/LoxP) and AlfpCre gp130 (LoxP/LoxP) animals. In primary hepatocytes, higher hepcidin mRNA expression after IL-6 stimulation was only observed when gp130-STAT3-dependent signaling was intact. CONCLUSIONS We have demonstrated that both in vivo and in vitro STAT3 is the key transcription factor responsible for IL-6 activation of hepcidin gene expression in the liver.
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- Antonello Pietrangelo
- Center for Hemochromatosis, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
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Mitsuyama K, Sata M, Rose-John S. Interleukin-6 trans-signaling in inflammatory bowel disease. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2006; 17:451-61. [PMID: 17045835 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2006.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is complex, involving a wide range of molecules including cytokines. Recent investigations support the important role of an interleukin-6 (IL-6) signaling pathway in the development of IBD. However, the molecular mechanisms of this pathway in the intestine remain incompletely understood. The circulating and intestinal levels of IL-6 as well as soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R) are increased in patients with IBD. It is remarkable that the mucosal T cells of IBD patients are extremely resistant to apoptosis and that a large fraction of these cells express membrane-bound gp130 but not IL-6R. The accumulated evidence strongly supports the hypothesis that the development and perpetuation of IBD relies on the increased formation of IL-6/sIL-6R complexes interacting with membrane-bound gp130 on T cells via trans-signaling. These studies suggest that IL-6 trans-signaling may play a role in the development of IBD; they therefore imply the possibility of a selective therapeutic strategy to target this signaling.
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- Keiichi Mitsuyama
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi 67, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
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Achache H, Revel A. Endometrial receptivity markers, the journey to successful embryo implantation. Hum Reprod Update 2006; 12:731-46. [PMID: 16982667 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dml004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 527] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Human embryo implantation is a three-stage process (apposition, adhesion and invasion) involving synchronized crosstalk between a receptive endometrium and a functional blastocyst. This ovarian steroid-dependent phenomenon can only take place during the window of implantation, a self-limited period of endometrial receptivity spanning between days 20 and 24 of the menstrual cycle. Implantation involves a complex sequence of signalling events, consisting in the acquisition of adhesion ligands together with the loss of inhibitory components, which are crucial to the establishment of pregnancy. Histological evaluation, now considered to add little clinically significant information, should be replaced by functional assessment of endometrial receptivity. A large number of molecular mediators have been identified to date, including adhesion molecules, cytokines, growth factors, lipids and others. Thus, endometrial biopsy samples can be used to identify molecules associated with uterine receptivity to obtain a better insight into human implantation. In addition, development of functional in vitro systems to study embryo-uterine interactions will lead to better definition of the interactions existing between the molecules involved in this process. The purpose of this review was not only to describe the different players of the implantation process but also to try to portray the relationship between these factors and their timing in the process of uterine receptivity.
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- Hanna Achache
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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Lin M, Rose-John S, Grötzinger J, Conrad U, Scheller J. Functional expression of a biologically active fragment of soluble gp130 as an ELP-fusion protein in transgenic plants: purification via inverse transition cycling. Biochem J 2006; 398:577-83. [PMID: 16716147 PMCID: PMC1559449 DOI: 10.1042/bj20060544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 05/22/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In murine models of Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and colon cancer, IL-6 (interleukin-6) signalling via the sIL-6R (soluble IL-6 receptor; termed IL-6 trans-signalling) has been shown to promote the pathology associated with these conditions. These detrimental activities can, however, be selectively blocked by soluble forms of the gp130 (glycoprotein 130) receptor. Although sgp130 (soluble gp130) therefore represents a viable therapeutic modality for the treatment of these conditions, the mass manufacture of such biologics is often expensive. The advent of molecular farming has, however, provided an extremely cost-effective strategy for the engineering of recombinant proteins. Here, we describe the expression and production of a biologically active sgp130 variant that is expressed in transgenic tobacco plants as an ELP (elastin-like peptide)-fusion protein (mini-gp130-ELP). Mini-gp130-ELP consists of the first three domains of gp130 (Ig-like domain and cytokine binding module) fused to 100 repeats of ELP. Expression of mini-gp130-ELP did not affect the growth rate or morphology of the transgenic plants, and purification was achieved using inverse transition cycling. This approach led to an overall yield of 141 microg of purified protein per g of fresh leaf weight. The purified mini-gp130-ELP specifically inhibited sIL-6R-mediated trans-signalling as measured by binding to the IL-6-sIL-6R complex and through its ability to block sIL-6R-mediated activation of STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) phosphorylation and proliferation in human hepatoma cells and murine pre-B-cells. Consequently, the present study validates the potential application of molecular farming in transgenic tobacco plants as a strategy for the expression and purification of therapeutically advantageous biologics such as sgp130.
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Key Words
- cytokine
- elastin-like peptide (elp)
- glycoprotein 130 (gp130)
- inverse transition cycling
- interleukin-6 (il-6)
- tobacco
- camv, cauliflower mosaic virus
- cntf, ciliary neurotrophic factor
- dmem, dulbecco's modified eagle's medium
- ebna, epstein–barr nuclear antigen
- ecl, enhanced chemiluminescence
- elp, elastin-like peptide
- er, endoplasmic reticulum
- fcs, foetal calf serum
- gp130, glycoprotein 130
- hek-293 cell, human embryonic kidney cell
- il, interleukin
- lif, leukaemia inhibitory factor
- mab, monoclonal antibody
- osm, oncostatin m
- sgp130, soluble gp130
- il-6r, il-6 receptor
- sil-6r, soluble il-6r
- stat, signal transducer and activator of transcription
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- Meng Lin
- *Biochemisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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- *Biochemisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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- *Biochemisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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- †Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung Gatersleben (IPK), Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- *Biochemisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a cytokine, which plays an important role in many chronic inflammatory diseases. IL-6 belongs to a family of 10 cytokines, which all act via receptor complexes containing the cytokine receptor subunit gp130. On cells, IL-6 first binds to a specific membrane-bound IL-6R and the complex of IL-6 and IL-6R interacts with gp130 leading to signal initiation. Whereas gp130 is widely expressed throughout the body, the IL-6R is only found on some cells including hepatocytes and some leucocytes. A soluble form of the IL-6R is an agonist capable of transmitting signals through interaction with the gp130 protein. In vivo, the IL-6/soluble IL-6R complex stimulates several types of target cells, which are unresponsive to IL-6 alone, as they do not express the membrane-bound IL-6R. We have named this process trans-signalling. We provided evidence that a soluble form of the IL-6 family signalling receptor subunit gp130 is the natural inhibitor of IL-6 trans-signalling responses. We showed that in chronic inflammatory diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, peritonitis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma as well as in colon cancer, IL-6 trans-signalling is critically involved in the maintenance of the disease state. Moreover, in all these animal models, the progression of the disease can be interrupted by specifically interfering with IL-6 trans-signalling using recombinant-soluble gp130Fc protein. The pathophysiologic mechanisms by which the IL-6/soluble IL-6R complex perpetuates the inflammatory state are discussed.
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- J Scheller
- Biochemisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Rose-John S. Designer Cytokines for Human Haematopoietic Progenitor Cell Expansion: Impact for Tissue Regeneration. Stem Cells 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31265-x_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Jones SA, Richards PJ, Scheller J, Rose-John S. IL-6 transsignaling: the in vivo consequences. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2005; 25:241-53. [PMID: 15871661 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2005.25.241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cytokine receptors exist in membrane-bound and soluble forms. They bind their ligands with comparable affinity. Although most soluble receptors are antagonists because they compete with their membrane counterparts for their ligands, some soluble receptors are agonists. In this case, on target cells, the complex of cytokine and soluble cytokine receptor binds to a second receptor subunit and initiates intracellular signal transduction. The soluble receptors of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) family of cytokines--soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R), sIL-11R, and soluble ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor (sCNTFR)--are agonists. In vivo, the IL-6/sIL-6R complex stimulates several types of target cells not stimulated by IL-6 alone, as they do not express the membrane- bound IL-6R. This process has been named transsignaling. We have shown recently that in several chronic inflammatory diseases, such as chronic inflammatory bowl disease, peritonitis, and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as in colon cancer, transsignaling via the sIL-6R complexed to IL-6 is a crucial point in the maintenance of the disease. The mechanism by which the IL-6/sIL-6R complex regulates the inflammatory or neoplastic state is discussed.
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- Simon A Jones
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3US, Wales, UK
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Schroers A, Hecht O, Kallen KJ, Pachta M, Rose-John S, Grötzinger J. Dynamics of the gp130 cytokine complex: a model for assembly on the cellular membrane. Protein Sci 2005; 14:783-90. [PMID: 15722452 PMCID: PMC2279283 DOI: 10.1110/ps.041117105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cytokines of the interleukin-6 (IL-6)-type family all bind to the glycoprotein gp130 on the cell surface and require interaction with two gp130 or one gp130 and another related signal transducing receptor subunit. In addition, some cytokines of this family, such as IL-6, interleukin-11, ciliary neurotrophic factor, neuropoietin, cardiotrophin-1, and cardiotrophin-1-like-cytokine, interact with specific ligand binding receptor proteins. High- and low-affinity binding sites have been determined for these cytokines. So far, however, the stoichiometry of the signaling receptor complexes has remained unclear, because the formation of the cytokine/cytokine-receptor complexes has been analyzed with soluble receptor components in solution, which do not necessarily reflect the situation on the cellular membrane. Consequently, the binding affinities measured in solution have been orders of magnitude below the values obtained with whole cells. We have expressed two gp130 extracellular domains in the context of a Fc-fusion protein, which fixes the receptors within one dimension and thereby restricts the flexibility of the proteins in a fashion similar to that within the plasma membrane. We measured binding of IL-6 and interleukin-b receptor (IL-6R) by means of fluorescence-correlation spectroscopy. For the first time we have succeeded in recapitulating in a cell-free condition the binding affinities and dynamics of IL-6 and IL-6R to the gp130 receptor proteins, which have been determined on whole cells. Our results demonstrate that a dimer of gp130 first binds one IL-6/IL-6R complex and only at higher ligand concentrations does it bind a second IL-6/IL-6R complex. This view contrasts with the current perception of IL-6 receptor activation and reveals an alternative receptor activation mechanism.
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- Biochemisches Institut, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Biochemisches Institut, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Biochemisches Institut, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Biochemisches Institut, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Biochemisches Institut, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Germany
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Klein C, Wüstefeld T, Assmus U, Roskams T, Rose-John S, Müller M, Manns MP, Ernst M, Trautwein C. The IL-6–gp130–STAT3 pathway in hepatocytes triggers liver protection in T cell–mediated liver injury. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:860-9. [PMID: 15761498 PMCID: PMC1059450 DOI: 10.1172/jci23640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2004] [Accepted: 01/11/2005] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence demonstrates that IL-6 has a protective role during liver injury. IL-6 activates intracellular pathways via the gp130 receptor. In order to identify IL-6-gp130 pathways involved in mediating liver protection, we analyzed hepatocyte-specific gp130 knockout mice in a concanavalin A-induced (Con A-induced) model of immune-mediated hepatitis. We demonstrated that IL-6-gp130-dependent pathways in hepatocytes alone are sufficient for triggering protection in Con A-induced hepatitis. gp130-STAT3 signaling in hepatocytes mediates the IL-6-triggered protective effect. This was demonstrated by analysis of IL-6-induced protection in mice selectively deficient for gp130-dependent STAT1/3 or gp130-SHP2-RAS signaling in hepatocytes. To identify IL-6-gp130-STAT1/3 dependently expressed liver-protective factors, we performed gene array analysis of hepatic gene expression in hepatocyte-specific gp130(-/-) mice as well as in gp130-STAT1/3- and gp130-SHP2-RAS-MAPK-deficient mice. The mouse IL-8 ortholog KC (also known as Gro-alpha) and serum amyloid A2 (SAA2) was identified as differentially IL-6-gp130-STAT3-regulated genes. Hepatic expression of KC and SAA2 mediate the liver-protective potential of IL-6, since treatment with recombinant KC or serum SAA2 effectively reduced liver injury during Con A-induced hepatitis. In summary, this study defines IL-6-gp130-STAT3-dependent gene expression in hepatocytes that mediates IL-6-triggered protection in immune-mediated Con A-induced hepatitis. Additionally, we identified the IL-6-gp130-STAT3-dependent proteins KC and SAA2 as new candidates for therapeutic targets in liver diseases.
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- Christian Klein
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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Klein C, Wüstefeld T, Assmus U, Roskams T, Rose-John S, Müller M, Manns MP, Ernst M, Trautwein C. The IL-6-gp130-STAT3 pathway in hepatocytes triggers liver protection in T cell-mediated liver injury. J Clin Invest 2005. [PMID: 15761498 DOI: 10.1172/jci200523640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence demonstrates that IL-6 has a protective role during liver injury. IL-6 activates intracellular pathways via the gp130 receptor. In order to identify IL-6-gp130 pathways involved in mediating liver protection, we analyzed hepatocyte-specific gp130 knockout mice in a concanavalin A-induced (Con A-induced) model of immune-mediated hepatitis. We demonstrated that IL-6-gp130-dependent pathways in hepatocytes alone are sufficient for triggering protection in Con A-induced hepatitis. gp130-STAT3 signaling in hepatocytes mediates the IL-6-triggered protective effect. This was demonstrated by analysis of IL-6-induced protection in mice selectively deficient for gp130-dependent STAT1/3 or gp130-SHP2-RAS signaling in hepatocytes. To identify IL-6-gp130-STAT1/3 dependently expressed liver-protective factors, we performed gene array analysis of hepatic gene expression in hepatocyte-specific gp130(-/-) mice as well as in gp130-STAT1/3- and gp130-SHP2-RAS-MAPK-deficient mice. The mouse IL-8 ortholog KC (also known as Gro-alpha) and serum amyloid A2 (SAA2) was identified as differentially IL-6-gp130-STAT3-regulated genes. Hepatic expression of KC and SAA2 mediate the liver-protective potential of IL-6, since treatment with recombinant KC or serum SAA2 effectively reduced liver injury during Con A-induced hepatitis. In summary, this study defines IL-6-gp130-STAT3-dependent gene expression in hepatocytes that mediates IL-6-triggered protection in immune-mediated Con A-induced hepatitis. Additionally, we identified the IL-6-gp130-STAT3-dependent proteins KC and SAA2 as new candidates for therapeutic targets in liver diseases.
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- Christian Klein
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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