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Tousif S, Wang Y, Jackson J, Hough KP, Strenkowski JG, Athar M, Thannickal VJ, McCusker RH, Ponnazhagan S, Deshane JS. Indoleamine 2, 3-Dioxygenase Promotes Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor-Dependent Differentiation Of Regulatory B Cells in Lung Cancer. Front Immunol 2021; 12:747780. [PMID: 34867973 PMCID: PMC8640488 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.747780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Regulatory B cells (Breg) are IL-10 producing subsets of B cells that contribute to immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Breg are elevated in patients with lung cancer; however, the mechanisms underlying Breg development and their function in lung cancer have not been adequately elucidated. Herein, we report a novel role for Indoleamine 2, 3- dioxygenase (IDO), a metabolic enzyme that degrades tryptophan (Trp) and the Trp metabolite L-kynurenine (L-Kyn) in the regulation of Breg differentiation in the lung TME. Using a syngeneic mouse model of lung cancer, we report that Breg frequencies significantly increased during tumor progression in the lung TME and secondary lymphoid organs, while Breg were reduced in tumor-bearing IDO deficient mice (IDO-/-). Trp metabolite L-Kyn promoted Breg differentiation in-vitro in an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), toll-like receptor-4-myeloid differentiation primary response 88, (TLR4-MyD88) dependent manner. Importantly, using mouse models with conditional deletion of IDO in myeloid-lineage cells, we identified a significant role for immunosuppressive myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC)-associated IDO in modulating in-vivo and ex-vivo differentiation of Breg. Our studies thus identify Trp metabolism as a therapeutic target to modulate regulatory B cell function during lung cancer progression.
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- Sultan Tousif
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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Singh A, Dhume K, Tejero JD, Strutt TM, McKinstry KK. CD122-targetted IL-2 signals cause acute and selective apoptosis of B cells in Peyer's Patches. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12668. [PMID: 32728053 PMCID: PMC7391758 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69632-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Interleukin-2 (IL-2) has both pro- and anti-inflammatory properties that have been harnessed clinically and that are used experimentally to modulate leukocyte subsets in vivo. In mice, the bioavailability and half-life of IL-2 in vivo can be increased by complexing recombinant IL-2 with different clones of anti-IL-2 monoclonal antibodies that differentially target the cytokine to cells expressing different kinds of IL-2 receptors. While the impacts of systemic IL-2: anti-IL-2 antibody complex (IL-2C) administration are well-defined in the spleen and peripheral lymph nodes, how immune cells in the gut and gut-associated lymphoid tissues respond to IL-2C is not well characterized. Here, we analyze how major leukocyte populations in these tissues respond to IL-2C. We find that IL-2C targeting cells expressing IL-2 receptor beta cause an acute decrease in cellularity of Peyer's Patches while cell numbers in the lamina propria and intraepithelial lymphocytes are unaffected. Cell contraction in Peyer's Patches is associated with the apoptosis of multiple B cell subsets. Our results are important to consider for understanding off-target impacts of IL-2C regimes in experimental models and for considering how IL-2 may contribute to the etiology or severity of gut-associated conditions such as Crohn's Disease.
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- Ayushi Singh
- Division of Immunity and Pathogenesis, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32827, USA
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- Division of Immunity and Pathogenesis, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32827, USA
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- Division of Immunity and Pathogenesis, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32827, USA
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- Division of Immunity and Pathogenesis, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32827, USA.,NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
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- Division of Immunity and Pathogenesis, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32827, USA. .,NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.
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Crane ED, Stephenson N, Haffner C, Bruns HA. Active immune response protects Stat6VT transgenic mice from developing a lymphoproliferative disorder. Immunobiology 2009; 215:579-85. [PMID: 19822376 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2009.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2009] [Revised: 09/02/2009] [Accepted: 09/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Stat6 is a transcription factor that regulates important cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, and survival through mediating IL-4 and IL-13 signaling. Importantly, increasing evidence indicates of a role for Stat6 in lymphoproliferative disorders. Mice expressing a constitutively active form of Stat6 (Stat6VT) primarily in T lymphocytes were generated, and it has been recently described that a small percentage (approximately 5%) of these mice develop a spontaneous lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) resulting in dramatic splenomegaly and altered splenic cell populations. Here, we report that Stat6VT mice housed in a non-pathogen-free environment have an increased incidence (37%) of the LPD. Additionally, examination of the expression of Stat6-regulated genes known to have roles in tumorigenesis demonstrated that there appears to be no one genetic alteration common to lymphocytes from Stat6VT/LPD mice. Interestingly, however, uniform exposure to antigen via immunization resulted in complete abrogation of the LPD in Stat6VT mice.
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Xu H, Liew LN, Kuo IC, Huang CH, Goh DLM, Chua KY. The modulatory effects of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated B cells on differential T-cell polarization. Immunology 2008; 125:218-28. [PMID: 18355243 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.02832.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a major component of environmental microbial products. Studies have defined the LPS dose as a critical determining factor in driving differential T-cell polarization but the direct effects of LPS on individual antigen-presenting cells is unknown. Here, we investigated the effects of LPS doses on naive B cells and the subsequent modulatory effects of these LPS-activated B cells on T-cell polarization. The LPS was able to induce a proliferative response starting at a dose of 100 ng/ml and was capable of enhancing antigen internalization at a dose of 1 microg/ml in naive B cells. Following LPS stimulation, up-regulation of the surface markers CD40, CD86, I-Ad, immunoglobulin M, CD54 and interleukin-10 production, accompanied by down-regulation of CD5 and CD184 (CXCR4) were observed in a LPS dose-dependent manner. Low doses (<10 ng/ml) of LPS-activated B cells drove T helper type 2 polarization whereas high doses (>0.1 microg/ml) of LPS-activated B cells resulted in T regulatory type 1 cell polarization. In conclusion, LPS-activated B cells acquire differential modulatory effects on T-cell polarization. Such modulatory effects of B cells are dependent on the stimulation with LPS in a dose-dependent manner. These observations may provide one of the mechanistic explanations for the influence of environmental microbes on the development of allergic diseases.
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- Hui Xu
- Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Hurst SD, Cooper CJ, Sitterding SM, Choi JH, Jump RL, Levine AD, Barrett TA. The Differentiated State of Intestinal Lamina Propria CD4+ T Cells Results in Altered Cytokine Production, Activation Threshold, and Costimulatory Requirements. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.11.5937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Intestinal lamina propria (LP) CD4+ T cells are memory-like effector cells that proliferate at relatively low levels and require high levels of TCR signaling and costimulation for full activation in vitro. To study LP CD4+ T cell functional potential we used DO11.10 TCR transgenic (Tg) mice specific for the class II MHC-restricted OVA323–339 peptide and nontransgenic BALB/c mice. Activation of LP Tg+ T cells with Ag using mucosal explants induced high levels of IL-2, IL-4, and IFN-γ. Culturing isolated LP cells with IL-12 enhanced IFN-γ production and down-regulated IL-4 and IL-2, whereas addition of IL-4 maintained IL-4 production without inhibiting IFN-γ production. Systemic administration of relatively high dose (HD; 100 nM) OVA323–339 peptide induced similar levels of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation by LP and splenic Tg+ T cells in vivo, whereas low dose (LD; 4.5 nM) peptide injections induced 4-fold greater levels of BrdU incorporation for LP compared with splenic Tg+ T cells. Coadministration of CTLA-4Ig reduced BrdU incorporation for splenic cells by 70% with HD and LD stimulation, but had little effect on LP responses to HD stimulation. Results of in vivo studies were confirmed in nontransgenic BALB/c mice using HD (200 μg) and LD (10 μg) anti-CD3 mAb+/− CTLA-4Ig. These results suggest that LP T cells are differentiated effector cells that respond at high levels when activated with relatively low levels of Ag- and B7-mediated costimulation in vivo. The reduced activation threshold of LP T cells may facilitate responses to low levels of Ag derived from mucosal pathogens.
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- Stephen D. Hurst
- *Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Research Center and Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611; and
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- *Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Research Center and Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611; and
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- *Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Research Center and Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611; and
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- *Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Research Center and Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611; and
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- †Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- †Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- *Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Research Center and Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611; and
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Mostoslavsky R, Bergman Y. DNA methylation: regulation of gene expression and role in the immune system. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1333:F29-50. [PMID: 9294017 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-419x(97)00010-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- R Mostoslavsky
- The Hubert H. Humphrey Center for Experimental Medicine and Cancer Research, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Carrasco D, Weih F, Bravo R. Developmental expression of the mouse c-rel proto-oncogene in hematopoietic organs. Development 1994; 120:2991-3004. [PMID: 7607087 DOI: 10.1242/dev.120.10.2991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We have studied the expression of the c-rel proto-oncogene during mouse embryonic development and adult animals using in situ hybridization and immunocytochemical analysis. c-rel transcripts were detected late in development with an expression pattern that parallels the emergence and diversification of hematopoietic cells. In the embryo, c-rel is expressed first in the mesoderm-derived hematopoietic cells of the liver and later also in other hematopoietic tissues such as thymus and spleen. This correlation between c-rel expression and places of hematopoietic infiltration is conserved in the postnatal period, with expression of c-rel mRNA in the medullary region of the thymus and in splenic B cell areas, including the marginal zone and the outer region of the periarterial sheath. High levels of c-rel transcripts were also detected in the splenic germinal centers, lymph nodes and Peyer's patches. Using double immunofluorescence and cell preparations from different embryonic and adult hematopoietic organs, we have defined the pattern and cell types of c-rel expression in different hematopoietic cell lineages and in the stromal cell content of the thymus. By using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we have also correlated c-Rel expression in spleen with kappa B-binding activity in the form of c-Rel/p50 and c-Rel/p52 heterodimers. The timing and pattern of expression of the c-rel proto-oncogene in the different cell lineages suggest that temporally regulated changes in c-Rel expression may be required for vertebrate hematopoiesis.
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- D Carrasco
- Department of Molecular Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-4000, USA
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Stäuber N, Kihm U, McCullough KC. Rapid generation of monoclonal antibody-secreting hybridomas against African horse sickness virus by in vitro immunization and the fusion/cloning technique. J Immunol Methods 1993; 161:157-68. [PMID: 8505546 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(93)90291-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Splenocytes from non-immune mice were stimulated in vitro using an equimolar mixture of factors from mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) and from phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) stimulated EL-4 cells, and concomitantly immunized with inactivated African horse sickness virus (AHSV) antigen serotype 4 or viral proteins 2 and 5 from AHSV serotype 9. Fusion with NSO myeloma cells was performed five days after primary or secondary stimulation/immunization. The record of hybridoma growth after a standard method of fusion, expansion of cells and subsequent cloning was compared with a fusion/cloning method in which cells were cloned within 2 to 3 days of the fusion event. Detection of antigen specific antibodies in the hybridoma culture supernatants was successful only with cells derived from primary stimulation/immunizations. Antibodies were detected using an indirect ELISA with the immunizing antigen coated on to the surface of the plates. Monoclonal hybridomas were isolated within 2 to 3 weeks using the fusion/cloning method, compared with the standard method, where it took 4 to 5 weeks. Although the total number of clones isolated from the fusion/cloning method was less than that obtained through the standard method, the yield of specific antibody-producing hybridomas as a percentage of the total picked was often more efficient with the fusion/cloning method. With respect to the immunoglobulin isotype produced, not all of the antibodies could be classified by the ELISA system used; 14% of anti-AHSV positive clones were identified as IgG-secreting cells, 25% as IgM-secreting, 18% were cross-reacting with IgG and IgM, and 43% could not be classified. Similar results in all aspects of the work were obtained whether a crude infected cell extract or purified outer capsid polypeptides VP2/5, from serotype 4 and serotype 9 respectively, were used.
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- N Stäuber
- Institut für Viruskrankheiten und Immunprophylaxe (IVI), Mittelhäusern, Switzerland
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