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Zhu Y, Liu Y, Ma Y, Chen L, Huang H, Huang S, Zhang H, He Y, Tan C, He Y, Qiang L. Macrophage autophagy deficiency-induced CEBPB accumulation alleviates atopic dermatitis via impairing M2 polarization. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113430. [PMID: 37963021 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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Macroautophagy/autophagy plays a pivotal role in immune regulation. Its significance is evident in modulation of immune cell differentiation and maturation, physiologically and pathologically. Here, we investigate the role of macrophage autophagy on the development of atopic dermatitis (AD). By employing an MC903-induced AD mice model, we observe reduced cutaneous inflammation in macrophage Atg5 cKO mice compared with WT mice. Notably, there is a decreased infiltration of M2 macrophages in lesional skin from Atg5 cKO mice. Furthermore, impaired STAT6 phosphorylation and diminished expression of M2 markers are detected in autophagy-deficient macrophages. Our mechanistic exploration reveals that CEBPB drives the transcription of SOCS1/3 and SQSTM1/p62-mediated autophagy degrades CEBPB normally. Autophagy deficiency leads to CEBPB accumulation, and further promotes the expression of SOCS1/3. This process inhibits JAK1-STAT6 pathway activation and M2 marker expression. Together, our study indicates that autophagy is required for M2 activation and macrophage autophagy may be a promising target for AD intervention.
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- Yongcheng Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing 210042, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541199, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201213, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 155 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing 210042, China.
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Saito S, Okuno A, Maekawa T, Kobayashi R, Yamashita O, Tsujimura N, Inaba M, Kageyama Y, Tsuji NM. Lymphocyte antigen 6 complex locus G6D downregulation is a novel parameter for functional impairment of neutrophils in aged mice. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1001179. [PMID: 36389807 PMCID: PMC9647080 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1001179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Immunological aging is a critical event that causes serious functional impairment in the innate immune system. However, the identification markers and parameters are still poorly understood in immunological aging of myeloid lineage cells. Here, we show that a downregulation of lymphocyte antigen 6 complex locus G6D (Ly-6G) observed in aged mouse neutrophils could serve as a novel marker for the prediction of age-associated functional impairment in the neutrophils. Ly-6G expression was significantly downregulated in the bone marrow (BM) neutrophils of aged mice compared to young mice confirmed by flow cytometry analysis. In vitro experiments using BM-isolated neutrophils showed significant downregulations in their activities, such as phagocytosis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, interleukin (IL)-1β production, neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation, and migration as well as bacterial clearance, in the aged mouse neutrophils compared to those of young mice counterparts. Interestingly, the magnitudes of functional parameters were strongly correlated with the Ly-6G expression in the neutrophils. Thus, our results suggest that downregulation of Ly-6G reflects the age-associated functional attenuation of the neutrophils.
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- Suguru Saito
- Division of Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Life Technology and Science, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- *Correspondence: Suguru Saito, ; ; Noriko M. Tsuji, ;
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- Division of Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Life Technology and Science, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
- Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Design, Shibata Gakuen University, Aomori, Japan
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- Division of Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Life Technology and Science, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
- Division of Immune Homeostasis, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- iFoodMed Inc., Tsuchiura, Japan
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- Division of Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Life Technology and Science, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
- Division of Immune Homeostasis, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- iFoodMed Inc., Tsuchiura, Japan
- Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Infection and Immunology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Matsudo, Japan
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- Technical Service Department, CLEA Japan, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo Animal and Diet Department, CLEA Japan, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo Animal and Diet Department, CLEA Japan, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Life Technology and Science, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
- Division of Immune Homeostasis, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- iFoodMed Inc., Tsuchiura, Japan
- Department of Food Science, Jumonji University, Niiza, Japan
- *Correspondence: Suguru Saito, ; ; Noriko M. Tsuji, ;
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Lactococcus lactis subsp. Cremoris C60 restores T Cell Population in Small Intestinal Lamina Propria in Aged Interleukin-18 Deficient Mice. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12113287. [PMID: 33121026 PMCID: PMC7693701 DOI: 10.3390/nu12113287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB), a major commensal bacterium in the small intestine, are well known beneficial bacteria which promote establishment of gut-centric immunity, such as anti-inflammation and anti-infection. In this report, we show that a LAB strain Lactococcus lactis subsp. Cremoris C60 possess an ability to activate antigen presenting cells, such as dendritic cells (DCs), and intestinal T cells which possibly support to maintain healthy intestinal immunological environment in aging process. We found that CD4+ T cells in the small intestine are dramatically decreased in aged Interleukin-18 knock out (IL-18KO) mice, associated with the impairment of IFN-γ production in the CD4+ T cells, especially in small intestinal lamina propria (LP). Surprisingly, heat killed-C60 (HK-C60) diet completely recovered the CD4+ T cells population and activity in SI-LP and over activated the population in Peyer's patches (PPs) of IL-18KO mice. The HK-C60 diet was effective approach not only to restore the number of cells, but also to recover IFN-γ production in the CD4+ T cell population in the small intestine of IL-18-deficient mice. As a possible cause in the age-associated impairment of CD4+ T cells activity in IL-18KO mice, we found that the immunological activity was downregulated in the IL-18-deficient DCs. The cytokines production and cellular activation markers expression were downregulated in the IL-18-deficient bone marrow derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) at the basal level, however, both activities were highly upregulated in HK-C60 stimulation as compared to those of WT cells. Antigen uptake was also attenuated in the IL-18-deficient BMDCs, and it was significantly enhanced in the cells as compared to WT cells in HK-60 stimulation. An in vitro antigen presentation assay showed that IFN-γ production in the CD4+ T cells was significantly enhanced in the culture of IL-18-deficient BMDCs compared with WT cells in the presence of HK-C60. Thus, we conclude that HK-C60 diet possesses an ability to restore T cells impairment in the small intestine of IL-18-deficient environment. In addition, the positive effect is based on the immunological modification of DCs function which directory influences into the promotion of effector CD4+ T cells generation in the small intestine.
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Bacterial Lipoteichoic Acid Attenuates Toll-Like Receptor Dependent Dendritic Cells Activation and Inflammatory Response. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9100825. [PMID: 33050033 PMCID: PMC7600882 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9100825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling is an indispensable factor in immune cells activation. Many TLR ligands have been identified, and were characterized the immunological functions such as inflammatory cytokine production in immune cells. However, the anti-inflammatory response in TLR ligand-mediated manner is poorly understood. In this report, we show that bacterial lipoteichoic acid (LTA), which is a TLR2 ligand from gram-positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), suppresses TLR-mediated inflammatory response in dendritic cells (DCs). The TLR ligand-induced Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α) production was suppressed in the bone marrow derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) by co-treatment of LTA. The cellular activation, which was characterized as upregulations of CD80, CD86 and major histocompatibility complex II (MHC II) expression, was also suppressed in the TLR ligand stimulated BMDCs in the presence of LTA. While LTA itself didn’t induced both TNF-α production and upregulation of cell surface markers. The LTA mediated immunosuppressive function was abolished by TLR2 blocking in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated BMDCs. Furthermore, LTA also showed the immunosuppressive function in the generation of IFN-γ+CD4+ T (Th1) cells by attenuation of antigen presenting activity in the BMDCs. In the imiquimod (IMQ)-induced acute skin inflammation, LTA suppressed the inflammation by downregulation of the activation in skin accumulated DCs. Thus, LTA is a TLR2 dependent immunological suppressor against inflammatory response induced by other TLR ligands in the DCs.
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