scholarly journals MYO1F regulates antifungal immunity by regulating acetylation of microtubules

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (30) ◽  
pp. e2100230118
Author(s):  
Wanwei Sun ◽  
Xiaojian Ma ◽  
Heping Wang ◽  
Yanyun Du ◽  
Jianwen Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Fungal Infections ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Systemic Infection ◽  
Mouse Bone Marrow ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Expression Of Genes ◽  
Proinflammatory Responses ◽  
Antifungal Immunity

Opportunistic fungal infections have become one of the leading causes of death among immunocompromised patients, resulting in an estimated 1.5 million deaths each year worldwide. The molecular mechanisms that promote host defense against fungal infections remain elusive. Here, we find that Myosin IF (MYO1F), an unconventional myosin, promotes the expression of genes that are critical for antifungal innate immune signaling and proinflammatory responses. Mechanistically, MYO1F is required for dectin-induced α-tubulin acetylation, acting as an adaptor that recruits both the adaptor AP2A1 and α-tubulin N-acetyltransferase 1 to α-tubulin; in turn, these events control the membrane-to-cytoplasm trafficking of spleen tyrosine kinase and caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9. Myo1f-deficient mice are more susceptible than their wild-type counterparts to the lethal sequelae of systemic infection with Candida albicans. Notably, administration of Sirt2 deacetylase inhibitors, namely AGK2, AK-1, or AK-7, significantly increases the dectin-induced expression of proinflammatory genes in mouse bone marrow–derived macrophages and microglia, thereby protecting mice from both systemic and central nervous system C. albicans infections. AGK2 also promotes proinflammatory gene expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells after Dectin stimulation. Taken together, our findings describe a key role for MYO1F in promoting antifungal immunity by regulating the acetylation of α-tubulin and microtubules, and our findings suggest that Sirt2 deacetylase inhibitors may be developed as potential drugs for the treatment of fungal infections.

scholarly journals Vitamin D Treatment Sequence Is Critical for Transcriptome Modulation of Immune Challenged Primary Human Cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henna-Riikka Malmberg ◽  
Andrea Hanel ◽  
Mari Taipale ◽  
Sami Heikkinen ◽  
Carsten Carlberg
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Fungal Infections ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Active Form ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Treatment Sequence ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Lps Challenge ◽  
Immune Challenges

Microbe-associated molecular patterns, such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and β-glucan (BG), are surrogates of immune challenges like bacterial and fungal infections, respectively. The biologically active form of vitamin D, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3), supports the immune system in its fight against infections. This study investigated significant and prominent changes of the transcriptome of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells that immediately after isolation are exposed to 1,25(OH)2D3-modulated immune challenges over a time frame of 24-48 h. In this in vitro study design, most LPS and BG responsive genes are downregulated and their counts are drastically reduced when cells are treated 24 h after, 24 h before or in parallel with 1,25(OH)2D3. Interestingly, only a 1,25(OH)2D3 pre-treatment of the LPS challenge results in a majority of upregulated genes. Based on transcriptome-wide data both immune challenges display characteristic differences in responsive genes and their associated pathways, to which the actions of 1,25(OH)2D3 often oppose. The joined BG/1,25(OH)2D3 response is less sensitive to treatment sequence than that of LPS/1,25(OH)2D3. In conclusion, the functional consequences of immune challenges are significantly modulated by 1,25(OH)2D3 but largely depend on treatment sequence. This may suggest that a sufficient vitamin D status before an infection is more important than vitamin D supplementation afterwards.

scholarly journals TLR7 and RIG-I dual-adjuvant loaded nanoparticles drive broadened and synergistic responses in dendritic cells in vitro and generate unique cellular immune responses in influenza vaccination

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Toy ◽  
M. Cole Keenum ◽  
Pallab Pradhan ◽  
Katelynn Phang ◽  
Patrick Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Dendritic Cells ◽  
Immune Responses ◽  
Cellular Immunity ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mouse Bone Marrow ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Flu Vaccination

ABSTRACTAlthough the existing flu vaccines elicit strong antigen-specific antibody responses, they fail to provide effective, long term protection – partly due to the absence of robust cellular memory immunity. We hypothesized that co-administration of combination adjuvants, mirroring the flu-virus related innate signaling pathways, could elicit strong cellular immunity. Here, we show that the small molecule adjuvant R848 and the RNA adjuvant PUUC, targeting endosomal TLR7s and cytoplasmic RLRs respectively, when delivered together in polymer nanoparticles (NP), elicits a broadened immune responses in mouse bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (mBMDCs) and a synergistic response in both mouse and human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs). In mBMDCs, NP-R848-PUUC induced both NF-κB and interferon signaling. Interferon responses to co-delivered R848 and PUUC were additive in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and synergistic in human FLT3-differentiated mBMDCs and CAL-1 pDCs. Vaccination with NPs loaded with H1N1 Flu antigen, R848, and PUUC increased percentage of CD8+ T-cells in the lungs, percentage of antigen-specific CD4+T-cells in the spleen, and enhanced overall cytokine-secreting T cell percentages upon antigen restimulation. Also in the spleen, T lymphopenia, especially after in vitro restimulation, was observed. Our results demonstrate that simultaneous engagement of TLR7 and RIG-I pathways using particulate carriers is a potential approach to improve cellular immunity in flu vaccination.GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

scholarly journals Enrichment of extracellular DNA from the cultivation medium of human peripheral blood mononuclears with genomic CpG rich fragments results in increased cell production of IL-6 and TNF-a via activation of the NF-kB signaling pathway

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.I. Speranskii ◽  
S.V. Kostyuk ◽  
E.A. Kalashnikova ◽  
N.N. Veiko
Keyword(s):  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Proinflammatory Cytokines ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Genomic Dna ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Extracellular Dna ◽  
Cultivation Medium ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Expression Of Genes

Previously, it was found that blood plasma extracellular DNA (ecDNA) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is enriched with CpG-rich genomic DNA fragments, which contain TLR9 ligands (Veiko et al., 2006). In this study we have demonstrated that ecDNA of a RA patient and model fragments added to a cultivation medium of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of healthy donors stimulate expression of genes for the TLR9–MyD88–NF-kB signaling pathway; this leads to a significant increase in concentrations of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-a in the cultivation medium. Human genomic DNA non-enriched with the CpG sequences did not stimulate IL-6 and TNF-a synthesis in PBMC. A scheme explaining the potential role ecDNA in the induction and maintenance of increased levels of the proinflammatory cytokines under conditions damaging the human cells has been proposed.

scholarly journals Receptor Recognition of and Immune Intracellular Pathways for Veillonella parvula Lipopolysaccharide

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 1804-1809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Matera ◽  
Valentina Muto ◽  
Maria Vinci ◽  
Emilia Zicca ◽  
Shahla Abdollahi-Roodsaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
P38 Mapk ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Cytokine Induction ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Intracellular Pathways

ABSTRACT Veillonella parvula is an anaerobic gram-negative coccus that is part of the normal flora of the animal and human mouth and gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts. Oral V. parvula is involved in the development of early periodontal disease as well as different types of serious infections. Present data on molecular mechanisms responsible for innate immune response against Veillonella are very scanty. The aim of this study was to investigate the Toll-like receptor (TLR) pathways responsible for V. parvula lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and to identify the intracellular pathways induced by this recognition. V. parvula LPS stimulated tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) release in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in a dose-dependent manner. Pretreatment of cells with a TLR4 antagonist significantly reduced TNF-α and IL-6 production in PBMC stimulated with either Veillonella or Escherichia coli LPS. However, V. parvula LPS was 10- to 100-fold less active than E. coli LPS for cytokine induction. TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10 were released in wild-type and TLR2−/−, but not TLR4−/−, mouse macrophage cultures. V. parvula LPS was able to activate the human PBMC p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). A specific p38 MAPK inhibitor strongly inhibited V. parvula LPS-induced TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10. In conclusion, V. parvula LPS is able to induce cytokine production in both human and murine in vitro models, although it is less effective than Enterobacteriaceae LPS. V. parvula LPS-stimulated cytokine induction, as well as p38 MAPK activation, are TLR4-dependent features.

scholarly journals Decreased Vector Gene Expression from E2b Gene-Deleted Adenovirus Serotype 5 Vaccines Intensifies Proinflammatory Immune Responses

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionisia Quiroga ◽  
Yasser A. Aldhamen ◽  
Sarah Godbehere ◽  
Laura Harding ◽  
Andrea Amalfitano
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Recombinant Adenovirus ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Dominant Gene ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Adenovirus Serotype ◽  
Serotype 5

ABSTRACT Recombinant adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) vectors are promising vaccine candidates due to their intrinsic immunogenicity and potent transgene expression; however, widespread preexisting Ad5 immunity has been considered a developmental impediment to the use of traditional, or conventional, E1 and E3 gene-deleted Ad5 (Ad5[E1−]) vaccines. Even in the presence of anti-Ad5 immunity, recent murine and human studies have confirmed E2b gene-deleted Ad5 (Ad5[E1−,E2b−]) vaccines to be highly efficacious inducers of transgene-specific memory responses and significantly less toxic options than Ad5[E1−] vaccines. While these findings have been substantially confirmed, the molecular mechanisms underlying the different reactions to these vaccine platforms are unknown. Using cultures of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (hPBMCs) derived from multiple human donors, we found that Ad5[E1−,E2b−] vaccines trigger higher levels of hPBMC proinflammatory cytokine secretion than Ad5[E1−] vaccines. Interestingly, these responses were generated regardless of the donors' preexisting anti-Ad5 humoral and cell-mediated immune response status. In vitro hPBMC infection with the Ad5[E1−,E2b−] vaccine also provoked greater Th1-dominant gene responses yet smaller amounts of Ad-derived gene expression than Ad5[E1−] vaccines. These results suggest that Ad5[E1−,E2b−] vaccines, in contrast to Ad5[E1−] vaccines, do not promote activities that suppress innate immune signaling, thereby allowing for improved vaccine efficacy and a superior safety profile independently of previous Ad5 immunity.

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