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Snyder BL, Huang R, Burkholder AB, Donahue DR, Mahler BW, Bortner CD, Lai WS, Blackshear PJ. Synergistic roles of tristetraprolin family members in myeloid cells in the control of inflammation. Life Sci Alliance 2024; 7:e202302222. [PMID: 37903626 PMCID: PMC10616675 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Members of the tristetraprolin (TTP) family of RNA-binding proteins can bind to and promote the decay of specific transcripts containing AU-rich motifs. ZFP36 (TTP) is best known for regulating pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in myeloid cells; however, its mammalian paralogues ZFP36L1 and ZFP36L2 have not been viewed as important in controlling inflammation. We knocked out these genes in myeloid cells in mice, singly and together. Single-gene myeloid-specific knockouts resulted in almost no spontaneous phenotypes. In contrast, mice with myeloid cell deficiency of all three genes developed severe inflammation, with a median survival of 8 wk. Macrophages from these mice expressed many more stabilized transcripts than cells from myeloid-specific TTP knockout mice; many of these encoded pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. The failure of weight gain, arthritis, and early death could be prevented completely by two normal alleles of any of the three paralogues, and even one normal allele of Zfp36 or Zfp36l2 was enough to prevent the inflammatory phenotype. Our findings emphasize the importance of all three family members, acting in concert, in myeloid cell function.
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- Brittany L Snyder
- https://ror.org/01cwqze88 Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- https://ror.org/01cwqze88 Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- https://ror.org/01cwqze88 Bioinformatics Support Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
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- NIH Mouse Imaging Facility, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc., Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
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- https://ror.org/01cwqze88 Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
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- https://ror.org/01cwqze88 Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
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- https://ror.org/01cwqze88 Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Cook ME, Bradstreet TR, Webber AM, Kim J, Santeford A, Harris KM, Murphy MK, Tran J, Abdalla NM, Schwarzkopf EA, Greco SC, Halabi CM, Apte RS, Blackshear PJ, Edelson BT. The ZFP36 family of RNA binding proteins regulates homeostatic and autoreactive T cell responses. Sci Immunol 2022; 7:eabo0981. [PMID: 36269839 PMCID: PMC9832469 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abo0981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
RNA binding proteins are important regulators of T cell activation, proliferation, and cytokine production. The zinc finger protein 36 (ZFP36) family genes (Zfp36, Zfp36l1, and Zfp36l2) encode RNA binding proteins that promote the degradation of transcripts containing AU-rich elements. Numerous studies have demonstrated both individual and shared functions of the ZFP36 family in immune cells, but their collective function in T cells remains unclear. Here, we found a redundant and critical role for the ZFP36 proteins in regulating T cell quiescence. T cell-specific deletion of all three ZFP36 family members in mice resulted in early lethality, immune cell activation, and multiorgan pathology characterized by inflammation of the eyes, central nervous system, kidneys, and liver. Mice with T cell-specific deletion of any two Zfp36 genes were protected from this spontaneous syndrome. Triply deficient T cells overproduced proinflammatory cytokines, including IFN-γ, TNF, and GM-CSF, due to increased mRNA stability of these transcripts. Unexpectedly, T cell-specific deletion of both Zfp36l1 and Zfp36l2 rendered mice resistant to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitits due to failed priming of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells. ZFP36L1 and ZFP36L2 double-deficient CD4+ T cells had poor proliferation during in vitro T helper cell polarization. Thus, the ZFP36 family redundantly regulates T cell quiescence at homeostasis, but ZFP36L1 and ZFP36L2 are specifically required for antigen-specific T cell clonal expansion.
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- Melissa E. Cook
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
- Current address: Medical Science and Engineering Program, School of Convergence Science and Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology; Pohang, Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
- Current address: Wugen, Inc.; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health; Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
- Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine; St. Louis, MO, USA
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Tian Y, Lu Y, Cao Y, Dang C, Wang N, Tian K, Luo Q, Guo E, Luo S, Wang L, Li Q. Identification of diagnostic signatures associated with immune infiltration in Alzheimer’s disease by integrating bioinformatic analysis and machine-learning strategies. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:919614. [PMID: 35966794 PMCID: PMC9372364 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.919614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Objective As a chronic neurodegenerative disorder, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of progressive dementia. The purpose of this study was to identify diagnostic signatures of AD and the effect of immune cell infiltration in this pathology. Methods The expression profiles of GSE109887, GSE122063, GSE28146, and GSE1297 were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database to obtain differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between AD and control brain samples. Functional enrichment analysis was performed to reveal AD-associated biological functions and key pathways. Besides, we applied the Least Absolute Shrinkage Selection Operator (LASSO) and support vector machine-recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE) analysis to screen potential diagnostic feature genes in AD, which were further tested in AD brains of the validation cohort (GSE5281). The discriminatory ability was then assessed by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC). Finally, the CIBERSORT algorithm and immune cell infiltration analysis were employed to assess the inflammatory state of AD. Results A total of 49 DEGs were identified. The functional enrichment analysis revealed that leukocyte transendothelial migration, cytokine receptor interaction, and JAK-STAT signaling pathway were enriched in the AD group. MAF basic leucine zipper transcription factor F (MAFF), ADCYAP1, and ZFP36L1 were identified as the diagnostic biomarkers of AD with high discriminatory ability (AUC = 0.850) and validated in AD brains (AUC = 0.935). As indicated from the immune cell infiltration analysis, naive B cells, plasma cells, activated/resting NK cells, M0 macrophages, M1 macrophages, resting CD4+ T memory cells, resting mast cells, memory B cells, and resting/activated dendritic cells may participate in the development of AD. Additionally, all diagnostic signatures presented different degrees of correlation with different infiltrating immune cells. Conclusion MAFF, ADCYAP1, and ZFP36L1 may become new candidate biomarkers of AD, which were closely related to the pathogenesis of AD. Moreover, the immune cells mentioned above may play crucial roles in disease occurrence and progression.
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- Yu Tian
- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Chengdu Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine Hospital, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- West China Medical Publishers, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Gerontology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Shanshun Luo,
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Lihua Wang,
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- *Correspondence: Qian Li,
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Uehata T, Takeuchi O. RNA Recognition and Immunity-Innate Immune Sensing and Its Posttranscriptional Regulation Mechanisms. Cells 2020; 9:cells9071701. [PMID: 32708595 PMCID: PMC7407594 DOI: 10.3390/cells9071701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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RNA acts as an immunostimulatory molecule in the innate immune system to activate nucleic acid sensors. It functions as an intermediate, conveying genetic information to control inflammatory responses. A key mechanism for RNA sensing is discriminating self from non-self nucleic acids to initiate antiviral responses reliably, including the expression of type I interferon (IFN) and IFN-stimulated genes. Another important aspect of the RNA-mediated inflammatory response is posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression, where RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) have essential roles in various RNA metabolisms, including splicing, nuclear export, modification, and translation and mRNA degradation. Recent evidence suggests that the control of mRNA stability is closely involved in signal transduction and orchestrates immune responses. In this study, we review the current understanding of how RNA is sensed by host RNA sensing machinery and discuss self/non-self-discrimination in innate immunity focusing on mammalian species. Finally, we discuss how posttranscriptional regulation by RBPs shape immune reactions.
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McCarthy PC, Phair IR, Greger C, Pardali K, McGuire VA, Clark AR, Gaestel M, Arthur JSC. IL-33 regulates cytokine production and neutrophil recruitment via the p38 MAPK-activated kinases MK2/3. Immunol Cell Biol 2018; 97:54-71. [PMID: 30171775 PMCID: PMC6378613 DOI: 10.1111/imcb.12200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
IL-33 is an IL-1-related cytokine that can act as an alarmin when released from necrotic cells. Once released, it can target various immune cells including mast cells, innate lymphoid cells and T cells to elicit a Th2-like immune response. We show here that bone marrow-derived mast cells produce IL-13, IL-6, TNF, GM-CSF, CCL3 and CCL4 in response to IL-33 stimulation. Inhibition of the p38 MAPK, or inhibition or knockout of its downstream kinases MK2 and MK3, blocked the production of these cytokines in response to IL-33. The mechanism downstream of MK2/3 was cytokine specific; however, MK2 and MK3 were able to regulate TNF and GM-CSF mRNA stability. Previous studies in macrophages have shown that MK2 regulates mRNA stability via phosphorylation of the RNA-binding protein TTP (Zfp36). The regulation of cytokine production in mast cells was, however, independent of TTP. MK2/3 were able to phosphorylate the TTP-related protein Brf1 (Zfp36 l1) in IL-33-stimulated mast cells, suggesting a mechanism by which MK2/3 might control mRNA stability in these cells. In line with its ability to regulate in vitro IL-33-stimulated cytokine production, double knockout of MK2 and 3 in mice prevented neutrophil recruitment following intraperitoneal injection of IL-33.
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- Pierre C McCarthy
- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee, Dow St, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.,MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dow St, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee, Dow St, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee, Dow St, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- Respiratory, Inflammation & Autoimmunity IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Mölndal, 43183, Sweden
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- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee, Dow St, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.,Photobiology Unit, Scottish Cutaneous Porphyria Service, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee, Dow St, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.,Institute for Cell Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover, 30623, Germany
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- Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Wellcome Trust Building, University of Dundee, Dow St, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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Wasserman GA, Szymaniak AD, Hinds AC, Yamamoto K, Kamata H, Smith NM, Hilliard KL, Carrieri C, Labadorf AT, Quinton LJ, Ai X, Varelas X, Chen F, Mizgerd JP, Fine A, O'Carroll D, Jones MR. Expression of Piwi protein MIWI2 defines a distinct population of multiciliated cells. J Clin Invest 2017; 127:3866-3876. [PMID: 28920925 PMCID: PMC5617666 DOI: 10.1172/jci94639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
P-element-induced wimpy testes (Piwi) proteins are known for suppressing retrotransposon activation in the mammalian germline. However, whether Piwi protein or Piwi-dependent functions occur in the mammalian soma is unclear. Contrary to germline-restricted expression, we observed that Piwi-like Miwi2 mRNA is indeed expressed in epithelial cells of the lung in adult mice and that it is induced during pneumonia. Further investigation revealed that MIWI2 protein localized to the cytoplasm of a discrete population of multiciliated airway epithelial cells. Isolation and next-generation sequencing of MIWI2-positive multiciliated cells revealed that they are phenotypically distinct from neighboring MIWI2-negative multiciliated cells. Mice lacking MIWI2 exhibited an altered balance of airway epithelial cells, demonstrating fewer multiciliated cells and an increase in club cells. During pneumococcal pneumonia, Miwi2-deficient mice exhibited increased expression of inflammatory mediators and increased immune cell recruitment, leading to enhanced bacterial clearance. Taken together, our data delineate MIWI2-dependent functions outside of the germline and demonstrate the presence of distinct subsets of airway multiciliated cells that can be discriminated by MIWI2 expression. By demonstrating roles for MIWI2 in airway cell identity and pulmonary innate immunity, these studies elucidate unanticipated physiological functions for Piwi proteins in somatic tissues.
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- The Pulmonary Center.,Department of Medicine.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Pulmonary Center.,Department of Medicine.,Department of Microbiology
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- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Pulmonary Center.,Department of Medicine.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Pulmonary Center.,Department of Medicine.,Department of Microbiology.,Department of Biochemistry, and
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- The Pulmonary Center.,Department of Medicine
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- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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The control of inflammation via the phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of tristetraprolin: a tale of two phosphatases. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 44:1321-1337. [PMID: 27911715 PMCID: PMC5095909 DOI: 10.1042/bst20160166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Twenty years ago, the first description of a tristetraprolin (TTP) knockout mouse highlighted the fundamental role of TTP in the restraint of inflammation. Since then, work from several groups has generated a detailed picture of the expression and function of TTP. It is a sequence-specific RNA-binding protein that orchestrates the deadenylation and degradation of several mRNAs encoding inflammatory mediators. It is very extensively post-translationally modified, with more than 30 phosphorylations that are supported by at least two independent lines of evidence. The phosphorylation of two particular residues, serines 52 and 178 of mouse TTP (serines 60 and 186 of the human orthologue), has profound effects on the expression, function and localisation of TTP. Here, we discuss the control of TTP biology via its phosphorylation and dephosphorylation, with a particular focus on recent advances and on questions that remain unanswered.
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Kozlowski E, Wasserman GA, Morgan M, O’Carroll D, Ramirez NGP, Gummuluru S, Rah JY, Gower AC, Ieong M, Quinton LJ, Mizgerd JP, Jones MR. The RNA uridyltransferase Zcchc6 is expressed in macrophages and impacts innate immune responses. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0179797. [PMID: 28665939 PMCID: PMC5493306 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Alveolar macrophages orchestrate pulmonary innate immunity and are essential for early immune surveillance and clearance of microorganisms in the airways. Inflammatory signaling must be sufficiently robust to promote host defense but limited enough to prevent excessive tissue injury. Macrophages in the lungs utilize multiple transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms of inflammatory gene expression to delicately balance the elaboration of immune mediators. RNA terminal uridyltransferases (TUTs), including the closely homologous family members Zcchc6 (TUT7) and Zcchc11 (TUT4), have been implicated in the post-transcriptional regulation of inflammation from studies conducted in vitro. In vivo, we observed that Zcchc6 is expressed in mouse and human primary macrophages. Zcchc6-deficient mice are viable and born in Mendelian ratios and do not exhibit an observable spontaneous phenotype under basal conditions. Following an intratracheal challenge with S. pneumoniae, Zcchc6 deficiency led to a modest but significant increase in the expression of select cytokines including IL-6, CXCL1, and CXCL5. These findings were recapitulated in vitro whereby Zcchc6-deficient macrophages exhibited similar increases in cytokine expression due to bacterial stimulation. Although loss of Zcchc6 also led to increased neutrophil emigration to the airways during pneumonia, these responses were not sufficient to impact host defense against infection.
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- Elyse Kozlowski
- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Italy
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Italy
- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Khabar KSA. Hallmarks of cancer and AU-rich elements. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2016; 8. [PMID: 27251431 PMCID: PMC5215528 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Post‐transcriptional control of gene expression is aberrant in cancer cells. Sustained stabilization and enhanced translation of specific mRNAs are features of tumor cells. AU‐rich elements (AREs), cis‐acting mRNA decay determinants, play a major role in the posttranscriptional regulation of many genes involved in cancer processes. This review discusses the role of aberrant ARE‐mediated posttranscriptional processes in each of the hallmarks of cancer, including sustained cellular growth, resistance to apoptosis, angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis. WIREs RNA 2017, 8:e1368. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1368 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Khalid S A Khabar
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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