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Harris R, Karimi M. Dissecting the regulatory network of transcription factors in T cell phenotype/functioning during GVHD and GVT. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1194984. [PMID: 37441063 PMCID: PMC10333690 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1194984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Transcription factors play a major role in regulation and orchestration of immune responses. The immunological context of the response can alter the regulatory networks required for proper functioning. While these networks have been well-studied in canonical immune contexts like infection, the transcription factor landscape during alloactivation remains unclear. This review addresses how transcription factors contribute to the functioning of mature alloactivated T cells. This review will also examine how these factors form a regulatory network to control alloresponses, with a focus specifically on those factors expressed by and controlling activity of T cells of the various subsets involved in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and graft-versus-tumor (GVT) responses.
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- Rebecca Harris
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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IFNβ-Induced CXCL10 Chemokine Expression Is Regulated by Pellino3 Ligase in Monocytes and Macrophages. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232314915. [PMID: 36499241 PMCID: PMC9741470 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232314915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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IFN-I is the key regulatory component activating and modulating the response of innate and adaptive immune system to bacterial as well as viral pathogens. IFN-I promotes the expression of IFN-induced genes (ISG) and, consequently, the production of chemokines, e.g., CXCL10. Those chemokines control migration and localization of immune cells in tissues, and, thus, are critical to the function of the innate immune system during infection. Consequently, the regulation of IFN-I signaling is essential for the proper induction of an immune response. Our previous study has shown that E3 ubiquitin ligase Pellino3 positively regulates IFNβ expression and secretion. Herein, we examined the role of Pellino3 ligase in regulating CXCL10 expression in response to IFNβ stimulation. Our experiments were carried out on murine macrophage cell line (BMDM) and human monocytes cell line (THP-1) using IFNβ as a IFNAR ligand. We demonstrate that Pellino3 is important for IFNβ-induced phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of STAT1/STAT2/IRF9 complex which interacts with CXCL10 promoter and enhances its expression. In this study, we characterize a novel molecular mechanism allowing Pellino3-dependent modulation of the IFNβ-induced response in BMDM and THP-1 cell lines.
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Somasekharan SP, Gleave M. SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein interacts with immunoregulators and stress granules and phase separates to form liquid droplets. FEBS Lett 2021; 595:2872-2896. [PMID: 34780058 PMCID: PMC8652540 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The current work investigated SARS‐CoV‐2 Nucleocapsid (NCAP or N protein) interactors in A549 human lung cancer cells using a SILAC‐based mass spectrometry approach. NCAP interactors included proteins of the stress granule (SG) machinery and immunoregulators. NCAP showed specific interaction with the SG proteins G3BP1, G3BP2, YTHDF3, USP10 and PKR, and translocated to SGs following oxidative stress and heat shock. Treatment of recombinant NCAP with RNA isolated from A549 cells exposed to oxidative stress‐stimulated NCAP to undergo liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS). RNA degradation using RNase A treatment completely blocked the LLPS property of NCAP as well as its SG association. The RNA intercalator mitoxantrone also disrupted NCAP assembly in vitro and in cells. This study provides insight into the biological processes and biophysical properties of the SARS‐CoV‐2 NCAP.
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- Syam Prakash Somasekharan
- Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Rubin JD, Stanley JT, Sigauke RF, Levandowski CB, Maas ZL, Westfall J, Taatjes DJ, Dowell RD. Transcription factor enrichment analysis (TFEA) quantifies the activity of multiple transcription factors from a single experiment. Commun Biol 2021; 4:661. [PMID: 34079046 PMCID: PMC8172830 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02153-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Detecting changes in the activity of a transcription factor (TF) in response to a perturbation provides insights into the underlying cellular process. Transcription Factor Enrichment Analysis (TFEA) is a robust and reliable computational method that detects positional motif enrichment associated with changes in transcription observed in response to a perturbation. TFEA detects positional motif enrichment within a list of ranked regions of interest (ROIs), typically sites of RNA polymerase initiation inferred from regulatory data such as nascent transcription. Therefore, we also introduce muMerge, a statistically principled method of generating a consensus list of ROIs from multiple replicates and conditions. TFEA is broadly applicable to data that informs on transcriptional regulation including nascent transcription (eg. PRO-Seq), CAGE, histone ChIP-Seq, and accessibility data (e.g., ATAC-Seq). TFEA not only identifies the key regulators responding to a perturbation, but also temporally unravels regulatory networks with time series data. Consequently, TFEA serves as a hypothesis-generating tool that provides an easy, rigorous, and cost-effective means to broadly assess TF activity yielding new biological insights.
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- Jonathan D Rubin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Computational Bioscience Program, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
- Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
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Gao P, Ma X, Yuan M, Yi Y, Liu G, Wen M, Jiang W, Ji R, Zhu L, Tang Z, Yu Q, Xu J, Yang R, Xia S, Yang M, Pan J, Yuan H, An H. E3 ligase Nedd4l promotes antiviral innate immunity by catalyzing K29-linked cysteine ubiquitination of TRAF3. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1194. [PMID: 33608556 PMCID: PMC7895832 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21456-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Ubiquitination is one of the most prevalent protein posttranslational modifications. Here, we show that E3 ligase Nedd4l positively regulates antiviral immunity by catalyzing K29-linked cysteine ubiquitination of TRAF3. Deficiency of Nedd4l significantly impairs type I interferon and proinflammatory cytokine production induced by virus infection both in vitro and in vivo. Nedd4l deficiency inhibits virus-induced ubiquitination of TRAF3, the binding between TRAF3 and TBK1, and subsequent phosphorylation of TBK1 and IRF3. Nedd4l directly interacts with TRAF3 and catalyzes K29-linked ubiquitination of Cys56 and Cys124, two cysteines that constitute zinc fingers, resulting in enhanced association between TRAF3 and E3 ligases, cIAP1/2 and HECTD3, and also increased K48/K63-linked ubiquitination of TRAF3. Mutation of Cys56 and Cys124 diminishes Nedd4l-catalyzed K29-linked ubiquitination, but enhances association between TRAF3 and the E3 ligases, supporting Nedd4l promotes type I interferon production in response to virus by catalyzing ubiquitination of the cysteines in TRAF3.
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- Peng Gao
- Clinical Cancer Institute, Center for Translational Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Scientific Research Center, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201508, China
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- Immunology Department & National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Clinical Cancer Institute, Center for Translational Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Clinical Cancer Institute, Center for Translational Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Immunology Department & National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Clinical Cancer Institute, Center for Translational Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China
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- Clinical Cancer Institute, Center for Translational Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Clinical Cancer Institute, Center for Translational Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Clinical Cancer Institute, Center for Translational Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Clinical Cancer Institute, Center for Translational Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China
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- Immunology Department & National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang University City College School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310015, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China.
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- Clinical Cancer Institute, Center for Translational Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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Leszczyńska E, Makuch E, Mitkiewicz M, Jasyk I, Narita M, Górska S, Lipiński T, Siednienko J. Absence of Mal/TIRAP Results in Abrogated Imidazoquinolinones-Dependent Activation of IRF7 and Suppressed IFNβ and IFN-I Activated Gene Production. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21238925. [PMID: 33255528 PMCID: PMC7727842 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21238925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Activation of TLR7 by small imidazoquinoline molecules such as R848 or R837 initiates signaling cascades leading to the activation of transcription factors, such as AP-1, NF-κB, and interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) and afterward to the induction of cytokines and anti-viral Type I IFNs. In general, TLRs mediate these effects by utilizing different intracellular signaling molecules, one of them is Mal. Mal is a protein closely related to the antibacterial response, and its role in the TLR7 pathways remains poorly understood. In this study, we show that Mal determines the expression and secretion of IFNβ following activation of TLR7, a receptor that recognizes ssRNA and imidazoquinolines. Moreover, we observed that R848 induces Mal-dependent IFNβ production via ERK1/2 activation as well as the transcription factor IRF7 activation. Although activation of TLR7 leads to NF-κB-dependent expression of IRF7, this process is independent of Mal. We also demonstrate that secretion of IFNβ regulated by TLR7 and Mal in macrophages and dendritic cells leads to the IP-10 chemokine expression. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that Mal is a critical regulator of the imidazoquinolinones-dependent IFNβ production via ERK1/2/IRF7 signaling cascade which brings us closer to understanding the molecular mechanism’s regulation of innate immune response.
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- Ewa Leszczyńska
- Bioengineering Research Group, Łukasiewicz Research Network–PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, 54-066 Wroclaw, Poland; (E.L.); (I.J.); (T.L.)
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- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland; (E.M.); (M.M.); (S.G.)
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- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland; (E.M.); (M.M.); (S.G.)
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- Bioengineering Research Group, Łukasiewicz Research Network–PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, 54-066 Wroclaw, Poland; (E.L.); (I.J.); (T.L.)
- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland; (E.M.); (M.M.); (S.G.)
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- Laboratory of Hematology and Oncology, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan;
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- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland; (E.M.); (M.M.); (S.G.)
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- Bioengineering Research Group, Łukasiewicz Research Network–PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, 54-066 Wroclaw, Poland; (E.L.); (I.J.); (T.L.)
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- Bioengineering Research Group, Łukasiewicz Research Network–PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, 54-066 Wroclaw, Poland; (E.L.); (I.J.); (T.L.)
- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland; (E.M.); (M.M.); (S.G.)
- Correspondence:
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Struzik J, Szulc-Dąbrowska L, Mielcarska MB, Bossowska-Nowicka M, Koper M, Gieryńska M. First Insight into the Modulation of Noncanonical NF-κB Signaling Components by Poxviruses in Established Immune-Derived Cell Lines: An In Vitro Model of Ectromelia Virus Infection. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9100814. [PMID: 33020446 PMCID: PMC7599462 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9100814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages are the first line of antiviral immunity. Viral pathogens exploit these cell populations for their efficient replication and dissemination via the modulation of intracellular signaling pathways. Disruption of the noncanonical nuclear factor κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) signaling has frequently been observed in lymphoid cells upon infection with oncogenic viruses. However, several nononcogenic viruses have been shown to manipulate the noncanonical NF-κB signaling in different cell types. This study demonstrates the modulating effect of ectromelia virus (ECTV) on the components of the noncanonical NF-κB signaling pathway in established murine cell lines: JAWS II DCs and RAW 264.7 macrophages. ECTV affected the activation of TRAF2, cIAP1, RelB, and p100 upon cell treatment with both canonical and noncanonical NF-κB stimuli and thus impeded DNA binding by RelB and p52. ECTV also inhibited the expression of numerous genes related to the noncanonical NF-κB pathway and RelB-dependent gene expression in the cells treated with canonical and noncanonical NF-κB activators. Thus, our data strongly suggest that ECTV influenced the noncanonical NF-κB signaling components in the in vitro models. These findings provide new insights into the noncanonical NF-κB signaling components and their manipulation by poxviruses in vitro.
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- Justyna Struzik
- Division of Immunology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warsaw, Poland; (L.S.-D.); (M.B.M.); (M.B.-N.); (M.G.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-22-59-360-61
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warsaw, Poland; (L.S.-D.); (M.B.M.); (M.B.-N.); (M.G.)
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warsaw, Poland; (L.S.-D.); (M.B.M.); (M.B.-N.); (M.G.)
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warsaw, Poland; (L.S.-D.); (M.B.M.); (M.B.-N.); (M.G.)
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- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, A. Pawińskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warsaw, Poland; (L.S.-D.); (M.B.M.); (M.B.-N.); (M.G.)
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Zyzak J, Mitkiewicz M, Leszczyńska E, Reniewicz P, Moynagh PN, Siednienko J. HSV-1/TLR9-Mediated IFNβ and TNFα Induction Is Mal-Dependent in Macrophages. J Innate Immun 2019; 12:387-398. [PMID: 31851971 DOI: 10.1159/000504542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Innate immune response is a universal mechanism against invading pathogens. Toll-like receptors (TLRs), being part of a first line of defense, are responsible for detecting a variety of microorganisms. Among them TLR9, which is localized in endosomes, acts as a sensor for unmethylated CpG motifs present in bacteria, DNA viruses (e.g., HSV-1), or fungi. TLRs differ from one another by the use of accessory proteins. MyD88 adapter-like (Mal) adapter molecule is considered a positive regulator of TLR2- and TLR4-dependent pathways. It has been reported that this adapter may also negatively control signal transduction induced by TLR3 anchored in the endosome membrane. So far, the role of Mal adapter protein in the TLR9 signaling pathways has not been clarified. We show for the first time that Mal is engaged in TLR9-de-pendent expression of genes encoding IFNβ and TNFα in HSV-1-infected or CpG-C-treated macrophages and requires a noncanonical NF-κB pathway. Moreover, using inhibitor of ERK1/2 we confirmed involvement of these kinases in TLR9-dependent induction of IFNβ and TNFα. Our study points to a new role of Mal in TLR9 signaling through a hitherto unknown mechanism whereby lack of Mal specifically impairs ERK1/2-mediated induction of noncanonical NF-κB pathway and concomitant IFNβ and TNFα production.
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- Joanna Zyzak
- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.,Łukasiewicz Research Network - PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.,Łukasiewicz Research Network - PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.,Łukasiewicz Research Network - PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Institute of Immunology, Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
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- Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland, .,Łukasiewicz Research Network - PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Wroclaw, Poland,
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Yaparla A, Docter-Loeb H, Melnyk MLS, Batheja A, Grayfer L. The amphibian (Xenopus laevis) colony-stimulating factor-1 and interleukin-34-derived macrophages possess disparate pathogen recognition capacities. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 98:89-97. [PMID: 31029710 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Pathogens such as the Frog Virus 3 (FV3) ranavirus are contributing to the worldwide amphibian declines. While amphibian macrophages (Mϕs) are central to the immune defenses against these viruses, the pathogen recognition capacities of disparate amphibian Mϕ subsets remain unexplored. In turn, Mϕ differentiation and functionality are interdependent on the colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF-1R), which is ligated by colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) and the unrelated interleukin-34 (IL-34) cytokines. Notably, the Xenopus laevis frog CSF-1- and IL-34-derived Mϕs are functionally distinct, and while the CSF-1-Mϕs are more susceptible to FV3, the IL-34-Mϕs are highly resistant to this pathogen. Here, we elucidate the pathogen recognition capacities of CSF-1- and IL-34-differentiated Mϕs by evaluating their baseline transcript levels of key pathogen pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). Compared to the frog CSF-1-Mϕs, their IL-34-Mϕs exhibited greater expression of PRR genes associated with viral recognition as well as PRR genes known for recognizing bacterial pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). By contrast, the CSF-1-Mϕs displayed greater expression of toll-like receptors (TLRs) that are absent in humans. Moreover, although the two Mϕ types possessed similar expression of most downstream PRR signaling components, they exhibited distinct outcomes upon stimulation with hallmark PAMPs, as measured by their tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-7 gene expression. Remarkably, stimulation with a TLR2/6 agonist conferred FV3 resistance to the otherwise susceptible CSF-1-Mϕs while treatment with a TLR9 agonist significantly ablated the IL-34-Mϕ resistance to FV3. These changes in Mϕ-FV3 susceptibility and resistance appeared to be linked to changes in their expression of key immune genes. Greater understanding of the amphibian macrophage pathogen-recognition capacities will lend to further insights into the pathogen-associated causes of the amphibian declines.
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- Amulya Yaparla
- Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA.
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Waters MR, Gupta AS, Mockenhaupt K, Brown LN, Biswas DD, Kordula T. RelB acts as a molecular switch driving chronic inflammation in glioblastoma multiforme. Oncogenesis 2019; 8:37. [PMID: 31142741 PMCID: PMC6541631 DOI: 10.1038/s41389-019-0146-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a primary brain tumor characterized by extensive necrosis and immunosuppressive inflammation. The mechanisms by which this inflammation develops and persists in GBM remain elusive. We identified two cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1) and oncostatin M (OSM) that strongly negatively correlate with patient survival. We found that these cytokines activate RelB/p50 complexes by a canonical NF-κB pathway, which surprisingly drives expression of proinflammatory cytokines in GBM cells, but leads to their inhibition in non-transformed astrocytes. We discovered that one allele of the gene encoding deacetylase Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), needed for repression of cytokine genes, is deleted in 80% of GBM tumors. Furthermore, RelB specifically interacts with a transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) in GBM cells and activates GBM-specific gene expression programs. As a result, GBM cells continuously secrete proinflammatory cytokines and factors attracting/activating glioma-associated microglia/macrophages and thus, promote a feedforward inflammatory loop.
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- Michael R Waters
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth, University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VI, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth, University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VI, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth, University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VI, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth, University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VI, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth, University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VI, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth, University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VI, 23298, USA.
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Hays E, Bonavida B. YY1 regulates cancer cell immune resistance by modulating PD-L1 expression. Drug Resist Updat 2019; 43:10-28. [PMID: 31005030 DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Recent advances in the treatment of various cancers have resulted in the adaptation of several novel immunotherapeutic strategies. Notably, the recent intervention through immune checkpoint inhibitors has resulted in significant clinical responses and prolongation of survival in patients with several therapy-resistant cancers (melanoma, lung, bladder, etc.). This intervention was mediated by various antibodies directed against inhibitory receptors expressed on cytotoxic T-cells or against corresponding ligands expressed on tumor cells and other cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME). However, the clinical responses were only observed in a subset of the treated patients; it was not clear why the remaining patients did not respond to checkpoint inhibitor therapies. One hypothesis stated that the levels of PD-L1 expression correlated with poor clinical responses to cell-mediated anti-tumor immunotherapy. Hence, exploring the underlying mechanisms that regulate PD-L1 expression on tumor cells is one approach to target such mechanisms to reduce PD-L1 expression and, therefore, sensitize the resistant tumor cells to respond to PD-1/PD-L1 antibody treatments. Various investigations revealed that the overexpression of the transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) in most cancers is involved in the regulation of tumor cells' resistance to cell-mediated immunotherapies. We, therefore, hypothesized that the role of YY1 in cancer immune resistance may be correlated with PD-L1 overexpression on cancer cells. This hypothesis was investigated and analysis of the reported literature revealed that several signaling crosstalk pathways exist between the regulations of both YY1 and PD-L1 expressions. Such pathways include p53, miR34a, STAT3, NF-kB, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, c-Myc, and COX-2. Noteworthy, many clinical and pre-clinical drugs have been utilized to target these above pathways in various cancers independent of their roles in the regulation of PD-L1 expression. Therefore, the direct inhibition of YY1 and/or the use of the above targeted drugs in combination with checkpoint inhibitors should result in enhancing the cell-mediated anti-tumor cell response and also reverse the resistance observed with the use of checkpoint inhibitors alone.
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- Emily Hays
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States.
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Li J, Lu M, Huang B, Lv Y. Porcine circovirus type 2 inhibits inter-β expression by targeting Karyopherin alpha-3 in PK-15 cells. Virology 2018; 520:75-82. [PMID: 29793076 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Interferon (IFN)-mediated antiviral response is an important part of host defense. Previous studies reported that porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) inhibits interferon production, but the mechanism is still poorly understood. In this study, PCV2 suppresses IFN-β and IRF3 promoters and mRNA level of IFN-β induced by ISD or Poly(I:C), but has no effect on the activation of AP-1 and NF-κB. Furthermore, PCV2 decreases the mRNA level of IFN-β and IFN-β promoter activity driven by STING, TBK1, IRF3, and IRF3/5D, and causes a reduction in the protein level of nuclear p-IRF3. In addition, PCV2 interrupts the interaction of KPNA3, rather than KPNA4, with p-IRF3. Overexpression of KPNA3 restores IFN-β promoter activity. These results indicate that PCV2 disrupts the interaction of KPNA3 with p-IRF3 and blocks p-IRF3 translocation to the nucleus, thereby inhibiting IFN-β induction in PK-15 cells.
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- Jiansheng Li
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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Feng B, Zhang Q, Wang J, Dong H, Mu X, Hu G, Zhang T. IFIT1 Expression Patterns Induced by H9N2 Virus and Inactivated Viral Particle in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells and Bronchus Epithelial Cells. Mol Cells 2018; 41:271-281. [PMID: 29629559 PMCID: PMC5935096 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2018.2091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Revised: 12/09/2017] [Accepted: 01/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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IFIT1 (also known as ISG56) is a member of the interferon-inducible protein with tetratricopeptide repeats (IFITs) family. IFITs are strongly induced by type I interferon (IFN), double-stranded RNA and virus infection. Here, we investigated IFIT1 expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and in human bronchus epithelial cells (BEAS-2Bs) induced by the H9N2 virus and inactivated viral particle at different time points. We also investigated the effect of H9N2 virus and viral particle infection on IFN-α/β production, and assessed whether hemagglutinin or neuraminidase protein induced IFIT1 expression. Results showed that both H9N2 virus infection and viral particle inoculation induced the expression of IFIT1 at mRNA and protein levels in the two cell lines. Hemagglutinin or neuraminidase protein binding alone is not sufficient to induce IFIT1 expression. Surprisingly, the expression patterns of IFIT1 in response to H9N2 virus and viral particles in the two cell lines were opposite, and production kinetics of IFN-α/β also differed. An additional finding was that induction of IFIT1 in response to H9N2 virus infection or viral particle inoculation was more sensitive in HUVECs than in BEAS-2Bs. Our data offers new insight into the innate immune response of endothelial cells to H9N2 virus infection.
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- Bo Feng
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, P.R. China
- Department of Pathophysiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, P.R. China
- Department of Pathophysiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, P.R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, P.R. China
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Feng B, Zhao L, Wang W, Wang J, Wang H, Duan H, Zhang J, Qiao J. Investigation of antiviral state mediated by interferon-inducible transmembrane protein 1 induced by H9N2 virus and inactivated viral particle in human endothelial cells. Virol J 2017; 14:213. [PMID: 29100522 PMCID: PMC5670731 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-017-0875-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background Endothelial cells are believed to play an important role in response to virus infection. Our previous microarray analysis showed that H9N2 virus infection and inactivated viral particle inoculation increased the expression of interferon-inducible transmembrane protein 1 (IFITM1) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). In present study, we deeply investigated the expression patterns of IFITM1 and IFITM1-mediated antiviral response induced by H9N2 virus infection and inactivated viral particle inoculation in HUVECs. Epithelial cells that are considered target cells of the influenza virus were selected as a reference control. Methods First, we quantified the expression levels of IFITM1 in HUVECs induced by H9N2 virus infection or viral particle inoculation using quantitative real-time PCR and western blot. Second, we observed whether hemagglutinin or neuraminidase affected IFITM1 expression in HUVECs. Finally, we investigated the effect of induced-IFITM1 on the antiviral state in HUVECs by siRNA and activation plasmid transfection. Results Both H9N2 virus infection and viral particle inoculation increased the expression of IFITM1 without elevating the levels of interferon-ɑ/β in HUVECs. HA or NA protein binding alone is not sufficient to increase the levels of IFITM1 and interferon-ɑ/β in HUVECs. IFITM1 induced by viral particle inoculation significantly decreased the virus titers in culture supernatants of HUVECs. Conclusions Our results showed that inactivated viral particle inoculation increased the expression of IFITM1 at mRNA and protein levels. Moreover, the induction of IFITM1 expression mediated the antiviral state in HUVECs.
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- Bo Feng
- Department of Pathophysiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
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Zhan Q, Song R, Li F, Ao L, Zeng Q, Xu D, Fullerton DA, Meng X. Double-stranded RNA upregulates the expression of inflammatory mediators in human aortic valve cells through the TLR3-TRIF-noncanonical NF-κB pathway. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2017; 312:C407-C417. [PMID: 28052863 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00230.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Calcific aortic valve disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, and the inflammatory responses of aortic valve interstitial cells (AVICs) play a critical role in the disease progression. Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) released from damaged or stressed cells is proinflammatory and may contribute to the mechanism of chronic inflammation observed in diseased aortic valves. The objective of this study is to determine the effect of dsRNA on AVIC inflammatory responses and the underlying mechanism. AVICs from normal human aortic valves were stimulated with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid [poly(I:C)], a mimic of dsRNA. Poly(I:C) increased the production of IL-6, IL-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and ICAM-1. Poly(I:C) also induced robust activation of ERK1/2 and NF-κB. Knockdown of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) or Toll-IL-1 receptor domain-containing adapter-inducing IFN-β (TRIF) suppressed ERK1/2 and NF-κB p65 phosphorylation and reduced inflammatory mediator production induced by poly(I:C). Inhibition of NF-κB, not ERK1/2, reduced inflammatory mediator production in AVICs exposed to poly(I:C). Interestingly, inhibition of NF-κB by prevention of p50 migration failed to suppress inflammatory mediator production. NF-κB p65 intranuclear translocation induced by the TLR4 agonist was reduced by inhibition of p50 migration; however, poly(I:C)-induced p65 translocation was not, although the p65/p50 heterodimer is present in AVICs. Poly(I:C) upregulates the production of multiple inflammatory mediators through the TLR3-TRIF-NF-κB pathway in human AVICs. The NF-κB activated by dsRNA appears not to be the canonical p65/p50 heterodimers.
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- Qiong Zhan
- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado; and.,Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado; and
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado; and
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado; and
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado; and.,Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado; and
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- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado; and
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Zhou X, Han X, Wittfeldt A, Sun J, Liu C, Wang X, Gan LM, Cao H, Liang Z. Long non-coding RNA ANRIL regulates inflammatory responses as a novel component of NF-κB pathway. RNA Biol 2016; 13:98-108. [PMID: 26618242 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1122164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Antisense Noncoding RNA in the INK4 Locus (ANRIL) is the prime candidate gene at Chr9p21, the well-defined genetic risk locus associated with multiple human diseases including coronary artery disease (CAD), while little is known regarding its role in the pathological processes. Endothelial dysfunction triggers atherosclerotic processes that are causatively linked to CAD. To evaluate the function of ANRIL in human endothelial cells (ECs), we examined ANRIL expression under pathological stimuli and found ANRIL was markedly induced by pro-inflammatory factors. Loss-of-function and chromatin immunoprecipitation approaches revealed that NF-κB mediates TNF-α induced ANRIL expression. RNA sequencing revealed that ANRIL silencing dysregulated expression of inflammatory genes including IL6 and IL8 under TNF-α treatment. We explored the regulatory mechanism of ANRIL on IL6/8 and found that Yin Yang 1 (YY1), an ANRIL binding transcriptional factor revealed by RNA immunoprecipitation, was required for IL6/8 expression under TNF-α treatment. YY1 was enriched at promoter loci of IL6/8 and ANRIL silencing impaired the enrichment, indicating a cooperation between ANRIL and YY1 in the regulation of inflammatory genes. For the first time, we establish the connection between ANRIL and NF-κB pathway and show that ANRIL regulates inflammatory responses through binding with YY1. The newly identified TNF-α-NF-κB-ANRIL/YY1-IL6/8 pathway enhances understanding of the etiology of CAD and provides potential therapeutic target for treatment of CAD.
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- Xiao Zhou
- a Laboratory of Nucleic Acid Technology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China
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- a Laboratory of Nucleic Acid Technology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China
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- b Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine , Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg , Sweden
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- c Department of Cardiolody , Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University , Jining , 272000 , China
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- d Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China
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- a Laboratory of Nucleic Acid Technology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China
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- b Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine , Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg , Sweden.,e AstraZeneca R&D , Mölndal , Sweden
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- a Laboratory of Nucleic Acid Technology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China
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- a Laboratory of Nucleic Acid Technology, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China
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Combination of TLR1/2 and TLR3 ligands enhances CD4(+) T cell longevity and antibody responses by modulating type I IFN production. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32526. [PMID: 27580796 PMCID: PMC5007540 DOI: 10.1038/srep32526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Despite the possibility of combining Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands as adjuvants to improve vaccine efficacy, it remains unclear which combinations of TLR ligands are effective or what their underlying mechanisms may be. Here, we investigated the mechanism of action of L-pampo, a proprietary adjuvant composed of TLR1/2 and TLR3 ligands. L-pampo dramatically increased humoral immune responses against the tested target antigens, which was correlated with an increase in follicular helper T cells and the maintenance of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells. During the initial priming phase, in contrast to the induction of type I interferon (IFN) and pro-inflammatory cytokines stimulated by polyI:C, L-pampo showed a greatly diminished induction of type I IFN, but not of other cytokines, and remarkably attenuated IRF3 signaling, which appeared to be critical to L-pampo-mediated adjuvanticity. Collectively, our results demonstrate that the adjuvant L-pampo contributes to the promotion of antigen-specific antibodies and CD4+ T cell responses via a fine regulation of the TLR1/2 and TLR3 signaling pathways, which may be helpful in the design of improved vaccines.
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Toubiana J, Courtine E, Tores F, Asfar P, Daubin C, Rousseau C, Ouaaz F, Marin N, Cariou A, Chiche JD, Mira JP. Association of REL polymorphisms and outcome of patients with septic shock. Ann Intensive Care 2016; 6:28. [PMID: 27059500 PMCID: PMC4826362 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-016-0130-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background cRel, a subunit of NF-κB, is implicated in the inflammatory response observed in autoimmune disease. Hence, knocked-out mice for cRel had a significantly higher mortality, providing new and important functions of cRel in the physiopathology of septic shock. Whether genetic variants in the human REL gene are associated with severity of septic shock is unknown. Methods We genotyped a population of 1040 ICU patients with septic shock and 855 ICU controls for two known polymorphisms of REL; REL rs842647 and REL rs13031237. Outcome of patients according to the presence of REL variant alleles was compared. Results The distribution of REL variant alleles was not significantly different between patients and controls. Among the septic shock group, REL rs13031237*T minor allele was not associated with worse outcome. In contrast, REL rs842647*G minor allele was significantly associated with more multi-organ failure and early death [OR 1.4; 95 % CI (1.02–1.8)]. Conclusion In a large ICU population, we report a significant clinical association between a variation in the human REL gene and severity and mortality of septic shock, suggesting for the first time a new insight into the role of cRel in response to infection in humans.
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- Julie Toubiana
- Medical School, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France. .,INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, Cochin Institute, Paris, France. .,Department of Pediatric and Infectious Diseases, Necker University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
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- Medical School, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, Cochin Institute, Paris, France
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- Bioinformatics Platform, Institut Imagine, Paris Descartes University- Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75015, Paris, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France
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- Medical Intensive Care, Caen University Hospital, Caen, France
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- INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, Cochin Institute, Paris, France
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- Intensive Care Unit, Cochin University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Medical School, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Intensive Care Unit, Cochin University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Medical School, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, Cochin Institute, Paris, France.,Intensive Care Unit, Cochin University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Medical School, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, Cochin Institute, Paris, France.,Intensive Care Unit, Cochin University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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Xu HG, Liu L, Gao S, Jin R, Ren W, Zhou GP. Cloning and characterizing of the murine IRF-3 gene promoter region. Immunol Res 2016; 64:969-77. [DOI: 10.1007/s12026-015-8780-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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TRIM33 switches off Ifnb1 gene transcription during the late phase of macrophage activation. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8900. [PMID: 26592194 PMCID: PMC4673826 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Despite its importance during viral or bacterial infections, transcriptional regulation of the interferon-β gene (Ifnb1) in activated macrophages is only partially understood. Here we report that TRIM33 deficiency results in high, sustained expression of Ifnb1 at late stages of toll-like receptor-mediated activation in macrophages but not in fibroblasts. In macrophages, TRIM33 is recruited by PU.1 to a conserved region, the Ifnb1 Control Element (ICE), located 15 kb upstream of the Ifnb1 transcription start site. ICE constitutively interacts with Ifnb1 through a TRIM33-independent chromatin loop. At late phases of lipopolysaccharide activation of macrophages, TRIM33 is bound to ICE, regulates Ifnb1 enhanceosome loading, controls Ifnb1 chromatin structure and represses Ifnb1 gene transcription by preventing recruitment of CBP/p300. These results characterize a previously unknown mechanism of macrophage-specific regulation of Ifnb1 transcription whereby TRIM33 is critical for Ifnb1 gene transcription shutdown. Transcriptional regulation of the interferon-β gene (Ifnb1) in macrophages is a critical immune event. Here, Ferri et al. show that, at late phases of macrophages activation, TRIM33 bound to a distal repressor element suppresses Ifnb1 transcription by preventing recruitment of CBP/p300.
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β-Catenin Upregulates the Constitutive and Virus-Induced Transcriptional Capacity of the Interferon Beta Promoter through T-Cell Factor Binding Sites. Mol Cell Biol 2015; 36:13-29. [PMID: 26459757 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00641-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Rapid upregulation of interferon beta (IFN-β) expression following virus infection is essential to set up an efficient innate antiviral response. Biological roles related to the antiviral and immune response have also been associated with the constitutive production of IFN-β in naive cells. However, the mechanisms capable of modulating constitutive IFN-β expression in the absence of infection remain largely unknown. In this work, we demonstrate that inhibition of the kinase glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) leads to the upregulation of the constitutive level of IFN-β expression in noninfected cells, provided that GSK-3 inhibition is correlated with the binding of β-catenin to the IFN-β promoter. Under these conditions, IFN-β expression occurred through the T-cell factor (TCF) binding sites present on the IFN-β promoter independently of interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3). Enhancement of the constitutive level of IFN-β per se was able to confer an efficient antiviral state to naive cells and acted in synergy with virus infection to stimulate virus-induced IFN-β expression. Further emphasizing the role of β-catenin in the innate antiviral response, we show here that highly pathogenic Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) targets the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and the formation of active TCF/β-catenin complexes at the transcriptional and protein level in RVFV-infected cells and mice.
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Chen C, Zhang W, Shi H, Zhuo Y, Yang G, Zhang A, Hou Y, Xiang Tan R, Li E. A novel benzenediamine derivative FC98 reduces insulin resistance in high fat diet-induced obese mice by suppression of metaflammation. Eur J Pharmacol 2015; 761:298-308. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2015] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Liu C, Yu Y, Liu F, Wei X, Wrobel JA, Gunawardena HP, Zhou L, Jin J, Chen X. A chromatin activity-based chemoproteomic approach reveals a transcriptional repressome for gene-specific silencing. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5733. [PMID: 25502336 PMCID: PMC4360912 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Accepted: 11/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Immune cells develop endotoxin tolerance (ET) after prolonged stimulation. ET increases the level of a repression mark H3K9me2 in the transcriptional-silent chromatin specifically associated with pro-inflammatory genes. However, it is not clear what proteins are functionally involved in this process. Here we show that a novel chromatin activity based chemoproteomic (ChaC) approach can dissect the functional chromatin protein complexes that regulate ET-associated inflammation. Using UNC0638 that binds the enzymatically active H3K9-specific methyltransferase G9a/GLP, ChaC reveals that G9a is constitutively active at a G9a-dependent mega-dalton repressome in primary endotoxin-tolerant macrophages. G9a/GLP broadly impacts the ET-specific reprogramming of the histone code landscape, chromatin remodeling, and the activities of select transcription factors. We discover that the G9a-dependent epigenetic environment promotes the transcriptional repression activity of c-Myc for gene-specific co-regulation of chronic inflammation. ChaC may be also applicable to dissect other functional protein complexes in the context of phenotypic chromatin architectures.
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- Cui Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Department of Oncological Sciences, and Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
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- 1] Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA [2] Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA [3] Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Human DExD/H RNA helicases: emerging roles in stress survival regulation. Clin Chim Acta 2014; 436:45-58. [PMID: 24835919 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Revised: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Environmental stresses threatening cell homeostasis trigger various cellular responses ranging from the activation of survival pathways to eliciting programmed cell death. Cellular stress response highly depends on the nature and level of the insult as well as the cell type. Notably, the interplay among all these responses will ultimately determine the fate of the stressed cell. Human DExD/H RNA helicases are ubiquitous molecular motors rearranging RNA secondary structure in an ATP-dependent fashion. These highly conserved enzymes participate in nearly all aspects of cellular process involving RNA metabolism. Although numerous functions of DExD/H RNA helicases are well documented, their importance in stress response is only just becoming evident. This review outlines our current knowledge on major mechanistic themes of human DExD/H RNA helicases in response to stressful stimuli, especially on emerging molecular models for the functional roles of these enzymes in the stress survival regulation.
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Zaravinos A, Kanellou P, Lambrou GI, Spandidos DA. Gene set enrichment analysis of the NF-κB/Snail/YY1/RKIP circuitry in multiple myeloma. Tumour Biol 2014; 35:4987-5005. [PMID: 24481661 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-1659-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The presence of a dysregulated NF-κB/Snail/YY1/RKIP loop was recently established in metastatic prostate cancer cells and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; however, its involvement in multiple myeloma (MM) has yet to be investigated. Aim of the study was to investigate the role of the NF-κB/Snail/YY1/RKIP circuitry in MM and how each gene is correlated with the remaining genes of the loop. Using gene set enrichment analysis and gene neighbours analysis in data received from four datasets included in the Multiple Myeloma Genomics Portal of the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium, we identified various enriched gene sets associated with each member of the NF-κB/Snail/YY1/RKIP circuitry. In each dataset, the 20 most co-expressed genes with the circuitry genes were isolated subjected to Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment. Among many, we highlighted on FNDC3B, TPD52, BBX, MBNL1 and MFAP2. Many co-expressed genes participated in the regulation of metabolic processes and nucleic acid binding, or were transcription factor binding genes and genes with metallopeptidase activity. The transcription factors FOXO4, GATA binding factor, Sp1 and AP4 most likely affect the expression of the NF-κB/Snail/YY1/RKIP circuitry genes. Computational analysis of various GEO datasets revealed elevated YY1 and RKIP levels in MM vs. the normal plasma cells, as well as elevated RKIP levels in MM vs. normal B lymphocytes. The present study highlights the relationships of the NF-κB/Snail/YY1/RKIP circuitry genes with specific cancer-related gene sets in multiple myeloma.
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- Apostolos Zaravinos
- Laboratory of Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71110, Heraklion, Greece,
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Fullam A, Schröder M. DExD/H-box RNA helicases as mediators of anti-viral innate immunity and essential host factors for viral replication. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2013; 1829:854-65. [PMID: 23567047 PMCID: PMC7157912 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2013.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Traditional functions of DExD/H-box helicases are concerned with RNA metabolism; they have been shown to play a part in nearly every cellular process that involves RNA. On the other hand, it is accepted that DexD/H-box helicases also engage in activities that do not require helicase activity. A number of DExD/H-box helicases have been shown to be involved in anti-viral immunity. The RIG-like helicases, RIG-I, mda5 and lgp2, act as important cytosolic pattern recognition receptors for viral RNA. Detection of viral nucleic acids by the RIG-like helicases or other anti-viral pattern recognition receptors leads to the induction of type I interferons and pro-inflammatory cytokines. More recently, additional DExD/H-box helicases have also been implicated to act as cytosolic sensors of viral nucleic acids, including DDX3, DDX41, DHX9, DDX60, DDX1 and DHX36. However, there is evidence that at least some of these helicases might have more downstream functions in pattern recognition receptor signalling pathways, as signalling adaptors or transcriptional regulators. In an interesting twist, a lot of DExD/H-box helicases have also been identified as essential host factors for the replication of different viruses, suggesting that viruses 'hijack' their RNA helicase activities for their benefit. Interestingly, DDX3, DDX1 and DHX9 are among the helicases that are required for the replication of a diverse range of viruses. This might suggest that these helicases are highly contested targets in the ongoing 'arms race' between viruses and the host immune system. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: The Biology of RNA helicases - Modulation for life.
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- Anthony Fullam
- National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland.
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Bonavida B, Jazirehi A, Vega MI, Huerta-Yepez S, Baritaki S. Roles Each of Snail, Yin Yang 1 and RKIP in the Regulation of Tumor Cells Chemo-immuno-resistance to Apoptosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 4. [PMID: 24187651 DOI: 10.1615/forumimmundisther.2013008299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The current anti-cancer therapeutic armamentarium consists of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, and combinations thereof. Initial treatments usually result in objective clinical responses with prolongation of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in a large subset of the treated patients. However, at the onset, there is a subset of patients who does not respond and another subset that initially responded but experiences relapses and recurrences. These latter subsets of patients develop a state of cross-resistance to a variety of unrelated therapies. Therefore, there is an urgent need to first unravel the underlying mechanisms of resistance and associated gene products that regulate the cross-resistance. Such gene products are potential therapeutic targets as well as potential prognostic/diagnostic biomarkers. In this context, we have identified three interrelated gene products involved in resistance, namely, Snail, YY1, and RKIP that are components of the dysregulated NF-κB/Snail/YY1/RKIP loop in many cancers. In this review, we will discuss the roles each of Snail, YY1 and RKIP in the regulation of tumor cell resistance to chemo and immunotherapies. Since these same gene products have also been shown to be involved in the regulation of the EMT phenotype and metastasis, we suggest that targeting any of these three gene products can simultaneously inhibit tumor cell resistance and metastasis.
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- Benjamin Bonavida
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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Butt AQ, Ahmed S, Maratha A, Miggin SM. 14-3-3ε and 14-3-3σ inhibit Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated proinflammatory cytokine induction. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:38665-79. [PMID: 22984265 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.367490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a group of pattern recognition receptors that play a crucial role in the induction of the innate immune response against bacterial and viral infections. TLR3 has emerged as a key sensor of viral double-stranded RNA. Thus, a clearer understanding of the biological processes that modulate TLR3 signaling is essential. Limited studies have applied proteomics toward understanding the dynamics of TLR signaling. Herein, a proteomics approach identified 14-3-3ε and 14-3-3σ proteins as new members of the TLR signaling complex. Toward the functional characterization of 14-3-3ε and 14-3-3σ in TLR signaling, we have shown that both of these proteins impair TLR2, TLR3, TLR4, TLR7/8, and TLR9 ligand-induced IL-6, TNFα, and IFN-β production. We also show that 14-3-3ε and 14-3-3σ impair TLR2-, TLR3-, TLR4-, TLR7/8-, and TLR9-mediated NF-κB and IFN-β reporter gene activity. Interestingly, although the 14-3-3 proteins inhibit poly(I:C)-mediated RANTES production, 14-3-3 proteins augment Pam(3)CSK(4), LPS, R848, and CpG-mediated production of RANTES (regulated on activation normal T cell expressed and secreted) in a Mal (MyD88 adaptor-like)/MyD88-dependent manner. 14-3-3ε and 14-3-3σ also bind to the TLR adaptors and to both TRAF3 and TRAF6. Our study conclusively shows that 14-3-3ε and 14-3-3σ play a major regulatory role in balancing the host inflammatory response to viral and bacterial infections through modulation of the TLR signaling pathway. Thus, manipulation of 14-3-3 proteins may represent novel therapeutic targets for inflammatory conditions and infections.
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- Aisha Qasim Butt
- Immune Signaling Group, Institute of Immunology, Department of Biology, National University of Ireland Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
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Fullard N, Wilson CL, Oakley F. Roles of c-Rel signalling in inflammation and disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2012; 44:851-60. [PMID: 22405852 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Revised: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) is a dimeric transcription factor comprised of five family members RelA (p65), RelB, c-Rel, p50 and p52. NFκB signalling is complex and controls a myriad of normal cellular functions. However, constitutive or aberrant activation of this pathway is associated with disease progression and cancer in multiple organs. The diverse array of biological responses is modulated by many factors, including the activating stimulus, recruitment of co-regulatory molecules, consensus DNA binding sequence, dimer composition and post-translational modifications. Each subunit has very different biological functions and in the context of disease the individual subunits forming the NFκB dimer can have a profound effect, causing a shift in the balance from normal to pathogenic signalling. Here we discuss the role of c-Rel dependant signalling in normal physiology and its contribution to disease both inside and outside of the immune system.
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- Nicola Fullard
- Fibrosis Laboratory, Liver Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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Josse T, Mokrani-Benhelli H, Benferhat R, Shestakova E, Mansuroglu Z, Kakanakou H, Billecocq A, Bouloy M, Bonnefoy E. Association of the interferon-β gene with pericentromeric heterochromatin is dynamically regulated during virus infection through a YY1-dependent mechanism. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:4396-411. [PMID: 22287632 PMCID: PMC3378888 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Nuclear architecture as well as gene nuclear positioning can modulate gene expression. In this work, we have analyzed the nuclear position of the interferon-β (IFN-β) locus, responsible for the establishment of the innate antiviral response, with respect to pericentromeric heterochromatin (PCH) in correlation with virus-induced IFN-β gene expression. Experiments were carried out in two different cell types either non-infected (NI) or during the time course of three different viral infections. In NI cells, we showed a monoallelic IFN-β promoter association with PCH that strongly decreased after viral infection. Dissociation of the IFN-β locus away from these repressive regions preceded strong promoter transcriptional activation and was reversible within 12 h after infection. No dissociation was observed after infection with a virus that abnormally maintained the IFN-β gene in a repressed state. Dissociation induced after virus infection specifically targeted the IFN-β locus without affecting the general structure and nuclear distribution of PCH clusters. Using cell lines stably transfected with wild-type or mutated IFN-β promoters, we identified the proximal region of the IFN-β promoter containing YY1 DNA-binding sites as the region regulating IFN-β promoter association with PCH before as well as during virus infection.
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- T Josse
- Régulation de la Transcription et Maladies Génétiques, CNRS FRE3235, Université Paris Descartes, 45 rue des Saints Pères, 75270, Paris cedex 06, France
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