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J Immunol ; 191(9): 4838-48, 2013 Nov 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24078695

ABSTRACT

In the infarcted myocardium, activation of the inflammatory cascade clears the wound from dead cells, whereas stimulating matrix degradation and chamber dilation, thus contributing to the development of heart failure. IL-1 is critically involved in the postinfarction inflammatory reaction and mediates adverse dilative remodeling. We hypothesized that IL-1 may regulate postinfarction repair and remodeling through cell-specific actions on leukocytes and fibroblasts. Flow cytometry demonstrated that in mouse infarcts, early recruitment of proinflammatory Ly6C(hi) cells expressing IL-1R1, the signaling receptor for IL-1, was followed by infiltration with cells expressing the decoy receptor, IL-1R2. Increased expression of IL-1R2 may serve to terminate IL-1-driven inflammation after infarction. Loss of IL-1 signaling in IL-1R1 null mice globally attenuated leukocyte recruitment, reducing the number of infiltrating Ly6C(hi) and Ly6C(lo) cells. Nonmyeloid CD11b(-) cells harvested during the inflammatory phase of cardiac repair exhibited marked upregulation of chemokines and cytokines; their inflammatory activation was IL-1R1 dependent. Moreover, IL-1ß attenuated TGF-ß-induced contractile activity of fibroblasts populating collagen pads, attenuated α-smooth muscle actin expression, and stimulated matrix metalloproteinase synthesis in an IL-1R1-dependent manner. The effects of IL-1 on TGF-ß responses in cardiac fibroblasts were not due to direct effects on Smad activation, but were associated with endoglin suppression and accentuated expression of bone morphogenetic protein and activin membrane-bound inhibitor, a negative regulator of TGF-ß signaling. IL-1 may orchestrate fibroblast responses in the infarct; early stimulation of fibroblast IL-1R1 signaling during the inflammatory phase may prevent premature activation of a matrix-synthetic contractile phenotype until the wound is cleared, and the infarct microenvironment can support mesenchymal cell growth.


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Interleukin-1/metabolism , Myocardial Infarction/immunology , Neutrophil Infiltration/immunology , Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type I/metabolism , Animals , Antigens, Ly/metabolism , CD11b Antigen/metabolism , Cell Movement/immunology , Chemokines/biosynthesis , Cytokines/biosynthesis , Female , Heart Failure/immunology , Inflammation/immunology , Interleukin-1/immunology , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Knockout , Myocardial Infarction/metabolism , Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type I/deficiency , Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type I/genetics , Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type II/metabolism , Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism , Wound Healing
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J Immunol ; 184(12): 6746-55, 2010 Jun 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20495068

ABSTRACT

The broad complex, tramtrack, bric-a-brac-zinc finger (BTB-ZF) transcription factor promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger (PLZF) is required for development of the characteristic innate/effector functions of NKT cells. In this study, we report the characterization and functional analysis of transgenic mouse T cells with forced expression of PLZF. PLZF expression was sufficient to provide some memory/effector functions to T cells without the need for Ag stimulation or proliferation. The acquisition of this phenotype did not require the proliferation typically associated with T cell activation. Furthermore, PLZF transgenic cells maintained a diverse TCR repertoire, indicating that there was no preferential expansion of specific clones. Functionally, PLZF transgenic CD4 and CD8 lymphocytes were similar to wild type memory cells, in that they had similar requirements for costimulation and exhibited a similar pattern of cytokine secretion, with the notable exception that transgenic T cells produced significantly increased levels of IL-17. Whereas transgene-mediated PLZF expression was not sufficient to rescue NKT cell development in Fyn- or signaling lymphocytic activation-associated protein (SAP)-deficient mice, the acquisition of memory/effector functions induced by PLZF in conventional T cells was independent of Fyn and SAP. These data show that PLZF is sufficient to promote T cell effector functions and that PLZF acts independently of SAP- and Fyn-mediated signaling pathways.


Subject(s)
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology , CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology , Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/immunology , Natural Killer T-Cells/immunology , Signal Transduction/immunology , Animals , CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology , CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism , CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology , CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism , Cell Differentiation , Cell Separation , Cytokines/biosynthesis , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Flow Cytometry , Immunologic Memory/immunology , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/immunology , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism , Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/genetics , Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/metabolism , Lymphocyte Activation/immunology , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Mice, Transgenic , Natural Killer T-Cells/cytology , Natural Killer T-Cells/metabolism , Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn/genetics , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn/immunology , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn/metabolism , Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Associated Protein
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Nat Immunol ; 9(9): 1055-64, 2008 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18660811

ABSTRACT

Invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT cells) have an innate immunity-like rapidity of response and the ability to modulate the effector functions of other cells. We show here that iNKT cells specifically expressed the BTB-zinc finger transcriptional regulator PLZF. In the absence of PLZF, iNKT cells developed, but they lacked many features of innate T cells. PLZF-deficient iNKT cells accumulated in lymph nodes rather than in the liver, did not express NK markers and did not have the characteristic activated phenotype. PLZF-deficient iNKT cells failed to secrete large amounts of interleukin 4 and interferon-gamma after activation; however, some cells produced either interleukin 4 or interferon-gamma but not both. PLZF, therefore, is an iNKT cell-specific transcription factor that is necessary for full functionality.


Subject(s)
Killer Cells, Natural/immunology , Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/physiology , Transcription, Genetic , Animals , Humans , Interleukin-4/genetics , Interleukin-4/immunology , Killer Cells, Natural/physiology , Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors/genetics , Mice , Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Protein , Transcription Factors/physiology
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