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J Leukoc Biol ; 111(6): 1235-1242, 2022 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34755385

ABSTRACT

Peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) is a key regulator of inflammation but its function in infections remains incompletely understood. We investigate PAD4 in the context of malaria and demonstrate a role in regulation of immune cell trafficking and chemokine production. PAD4 regulates liver immunopathology by promoting neutrophil trafficking in a Plasmodium chabaudi mouse malaria model. In human macrophages, PAD4 regulates expression of CXCL chemokines in response to stimulation with TLR ligands and P. falciparum. Using patient samples, we show that CXCL1 may be a biomarker for severe malaria. PAD4 inhibition promotes disease tolerance and may represent a therapeutic avenue in malaria.


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Malaria , Neutrophils , Animals , Chemotactic Factors , Disease Models, Animal , Humans , Malaria/metabolism , Mice , Protein-Arginine Deiminase Type 4
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Sci Immunol ; 4(40)2019 10 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31628160

ABSTRACT

Neutrophils are essential innate immune cells that extrude chromatin in the form of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) when they die. This form of cell death has potent immunostimulatory activity. We show that heme-induced NETs are essential for malaria pathogenesis. Using patient samples and a mouse model, we define two mechanisms of NET-mediated inflammation of the vasculature: activation of emergency granulopoiesis via granulocyte colony-stimulating factor production and induction of the endothelial cytoadhesion receptor intercellular adhesion molecule-1. Soluble NET components facilitate parasite sequestration and mediate tissue destruction. We demonstrate that neutrophils have a key role in malaria immunopathology and propose inhibition of NETs as a treatment strategy in vascular infections.


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Extracellular Traps/immunology , Inflammation/immunology , Inflammation/pathology , Malaria/immunology , Malaria/pathology , Neutrophils/immunology , Animals , Humans , Mice , Mice, Knockout
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Dev Cell ; 43(4): 449-462.e5, 2017 11 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29103955

ABSTRACT

Neutrophils are essential for immune defense and can respond to infection by releasing chromatin in the form of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs). Here we show that NETs are induced by mitogens and accompanied by induction of cell-cycle markers, including phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein and lamins, nuclear envelope breakdown, and duplication of centrosomes. We identify cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) as essential regulators of NETs and show that the response is inhibited by the cell-cycle inhibitor p21Cip. CDK6, in neutrophils, is required for clearance of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans. Our data describe a function for CDK4/6 in immunity.


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Cell Cycle/physiology , Extracellular Traps/metabolism , Neutrophil Activation/physiology , Neutrophils/metabolism , Animals , Cell Cycle/immunology , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/genetics , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/metabolism , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6/genetics , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6/metabolism , Extracellular Traps/immunology , Mice, Transgenic , Phosphorylation , Retinoblastoma Protein/immunology , Retinoblastoma Protein/metabolism
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