I G Soma, T Nishizawa, H Inagawa, Y Tanabe, K Noguchi, S Goto, K Takagi, D Mizuno
{"title":"Bidirectional feedback regulation on 17 kD tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production by 26 kD membrane-bound TNF precursor.","authors":"I G Soma, T Nishizawa, H Inagawa, Y Tanabe, K Noguchi, S Goto, K Takagi, D Mizuno","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on the hypothesis that 26 kD membrane-bound rumor necrosis factor precursor (proTNF) may act as a principle regulator to maintain homeostasis in an adult, we tried to examine whether proTNF shows bidirectional regulation in specific cellular response. We focused on production of 17 kD mature TNF by acute monocytic leukemia cells THP-1 after stimulation by lipopolysaccharide. ProTNF of primed THP-1 cells had been shown to act as a positive regulator for production of mature TNF by homologous cells (primed THP-1) after LPS stimulation, whereas when THP-1 cells were co-cultivated with NIH3T3 which expressed pro-TNF, production of mature TNF by THP-1 by LPS was significantly suppressed. These results suggested that pro-TNF was really involved in bidirectional feedback regulation for TNF production by THP-1 cells themselves through cell to cell contact.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"47 1-2","pages":"52-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19877893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identification of p55 tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated proteins that couple to signaling pathways not initiated by the death domain.","authors":"D Adam, S Adam-Klages, M Krönke","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 55 kDa receptor for tumor necrosis factor (TNF-R55) has become a paradigm for membrane receptors that are devoid of intrinsic enzymatic activity. The initiation of intracellular signaling events observed in TNF-stimulated cells appears to depend on protein intermediates that interact with specific cytoplasmic domains of TNF-R55. By use of TNF-R55 deletion mutants, we have defined a novel domain of TNF-R55 (NSD) distinct from the death domain which is specifically required for activation of neutral sphingomyelinase (N-SMase). In addition, using the yeast interaction trap system, we have identified one protein (FAN) that binds to the NSD and mediates activation of N-SMase as well as seventeen other potential interaction partners of TNF-R55. These candidate interactors include the adaptor protein Grb2-linking TNF-R55 to the Ras pathway-as well as the enzyme phosphoglycerate mutase, suggesting a role of TNF-R55 in glycolysis/ energy metabolism of cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"47 1-2","pages":"61-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19878941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dexamethasone downregulates lysosomal secretion in mouse macrophages: involvement of signaling through protein kinase C.","authors":"K Gewert, H Tapper, C Nauclér, R Sundler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spectrofluorimetric methods were used to investigate the effects of dexamethasone (dex) on cytosolic and lysosomal pH and on macrophage secretion of lysosomal contents. Secretion of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) in response to zymosan particles, lysosomotropic methylamine, or the H(+)-ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin A1 was inhibited by pretreatment with dex. The inhibition was not reversed by mannan and was seen also when secretion of preloaded fluorescein-labelled dextran was monitored, demonstrating that dex did not exert its effect by enhancing the reuptake of lysosomal enzyme. The binding of zymosan particles to macrophages was diminished after dex treatment, as was the zymosan-induced phospholipase C activation. However, the decreased binding of zymosan did not alone account for the inhibition of phospholipase C activation. Also, cytosolic pH was lowered by dex treatment. This might contribute to the inhibition of lysosomal secretion, but restoration of cytosolic pH by an increase in extracellular pH did not restore the secretory response. Lysosomal secretion induced by a combination of protein kinase C (PKC)-activating phorbol ester and methylamine was more resistant to dex than secretion induced by methylamine alone, or other secretagogues. We interpret this, together with previous data, to indicate that dex inhibits macrophage lysosomal secretion by attenuating one or more step(s) in a PKC-mediated signaling pathway necessary for the secretory response.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"47 3","pages":"115-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20065376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S Mariathasan, M Matsumoto, F Baranyay, M H Nahm, O Kanagawa, D D Chaplin
{"title":"Absence of lymph nodes in lymphotoxin-alpha(LT alpha)-deficient mice is due to abnormal organ development, not defective lymphocyte migration.","authors":"S Mariathasan, M Matsumoto, F Baranyay, M H Nahm, O Kanagawa, D D Chaplin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mice homozygous for a targeted null mutation of lymphotoxin-alpha (LT alpha) are born without lymph nodes (LN) or Peyer's patches (PP) and with altered splenic architecture. To investigate the mechanism of failed LN organogenesis, we transferred bone marrow (BM) from Thy 1.2 LT alpha-deficient or Thy 1.2 wild type mice to lethally irradiated 8-12-week-old Thy 1.1 wild type recipients. Six to 10 weeks later, reconstitution of LN and spleen with Thy 1.2 cells was similar whether the BM was derived from LT alpha-deficient or wild type donors. In contrast, reconstitution of irradiated LT alpha-deficient mice with wild type BM did not induce the development of detectable LN, although reconstitution of the spleen occurred appropriately. The expression and regulation of the lymphocyte adhesion molecule L-selectin from the LT alpha-deficient mice appeared normal. These data indicate that LT alpha-dependent interactions must occur during development in order for LN genesis to take place; however, lymphocyte expression of LT alpha is not required for these cells to home to existing LN structures.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"45 1","pages":"72-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18588861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Frankenberger, H Pechumer, H W Ziegler-Heitbrock
{"title":"Interleukin-10 is upregulated in LPS tolerance.","authors":"M Frankenberger, H Pechumer, H W Ziegler-Heitbrock","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation of the human monocytic cell line Mono Mac 6 leads to rapid expression of both the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10). Preculture of these cells with a low dose of LPS for 2 days rendered the cells tolerant to subsequent stimulation, in that TNF gene expression is only minimal, both at the mRNA and at the protein level. IL-10 shows a reciprocal pattern, however, as expression of this gene is upregulated in precultured cells, and it will further increase upon subsequent stimulation. Although TNF has been shown to induce IL-10, and IL-10 was found to downregulate TNF, this reciprocal regulation does not explain the pattern observed in LPS tolerance in Mono Mac 6, since neutralizing antibodies against TNF and IL-10 could not prevent upregulation of IL-10 and downregulation of TNF, respectively. Treatment of Mono Mac 6 cells during LPS preculture with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) could, however, reverse tolerance: LPS/IFN-gamma precultured cells produced high levels of TNF transcripts upon subsequent stimulation, while the response of the IL-10 gene was attenuated. The data show that LPS tolerance does not involve a passive downregulation of all types of monocyte functions, but it is an orchestrated response with downregulation of pro- and upregulation of anti-inflammatory cytokines.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"45 1","pages":"56-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18588859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Ramaswamy, B Salafsky, S Potluri, Y X He, J W Li, T Shibuya
{"title":"Secretion of an anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory factor by Schistosomulae of Schistosoma mansoni.","authors":"K Ramaswamy, B Salafsky, S Potluri, Y X He, J W Li, T Shibuya","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Penetration and migration of schistosomulae of Schistosoma mansoni through the skin of mice is associated with reduced inflammatory responses especially after a moderate infection. Previous studies to identify the mechanisms by which schistosomulae of S. mansoni suppress inflammatory responses in human skin showed that the excretory/secretory (ES) products of schistosomulae of s. mansoni contain activities that induce production of the antiinflammatory cytokine IL-1ra from human keratinocytes. In the present study we have characterized the ES products of the schistosomulae of S. mansoni to identify the IL-1ra inducing activity. We demonstrate that this anti-inflammatory activity is associated with a protein of molecular mass 16.8 kDa (Sm 16.8). Depletion studies confirm that Sm 16.8 is the major IL-1ra inducing activity in the ES products. A comparison of the proteins in the ES products of schistosomulae of S. mansoni with those of Trichobilharzia ocellata, a bird schistosome that induces an acute inflammation in human skin, shows that Sm 16.8 is absent in the ES products of T. ocellata. Interestingly, ES products of the schistosomulae of T. ocellata were potent inducers of IL-1 alpha from human keratinocytes, whereas ES products from schistosomulae of s. mansoni induce little or no IL-1 alpha secretion from keratinocytes. Functional studies show that Sm 16.8 suppresses antigen induced lymphoproliferative responses in vitro. Addition of Sm 16.8 to spleen or axillary lymph node cell cultures resulted in a significant reduction in antigen induced IL-2 secretion. These studies show that schistosomulae of S. mansoni elaborate an anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory factor that may help the parasite to evade host immune responses in the skin. Given the capabilities of Sm 16.8 to induce IL-ira and suppress lymphoproliferation, this protein may also have a potential use as a therapeutic agent for inflammatory skin disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"46 1","pages":"13-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19800429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Induction of cell death by myristylated death domain of p55 TNF receptor is not abolished by Iprcg-like point mutation in death domain.","authors":"C H Kim, Y H Song, K Park, Y Oh, T H Lee","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We transiently expressed the intracellular domains of p55 TNF receptor (TNFR1) as either a cytosolic- or a membrane-associated form and examined their effects on the endogenous receptor-mediated gene expression as well as on cell viability. We found that gene expression as measured by luciferase activity under NF-kappa B-controlling elements was blocked by all forms of the intracellular domain of TNFR1. The blockade of reporter gene expression was due to the cell death induced by the intracellular domain of TNFR1 per se. The killing mechanism of the intracellular domain peptides appeared to be apoptotic. Interestingly, myristylated form of the intracellular domain, consisting of mainly death domain showed the most potent cell-killing activity. Moreover, this myristylated death domain could still induce cell death even if lprcg-like point mutation (Leu351 to Ala), which has been reported to abrogate TNF-induced cytotoxicity, was introduced. This result suggests that the myristylated death domain activates an additional death signaling pathway which is not involved in TNF-induced cell death.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"45 4","pages":"312-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19833215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Praast, R Hofmeister, K Grube, W Hans, T Kühlwein, P H Krammer, W Falk
{"title":"The internalized interleukin-1 activation complex in fibroblasts localizes to the Golgi apparatus.","authors":"G Praast, R Hofmeister, K Grube, W Hans, T Kühlwein, P H Krammer, W Falk","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to investigate binding and internalization of interleukin-1 (IL-1) by confocal laser scanning microscopy, we established a model system comprising an IL-1 receptor type I (IL-1R1) overexpressing transfectant of the murine fibrosarcoma cell line L929 (L929R1) and an N-terminal FLAG-tagged human recombinant IL-1 alpha (FLAG-IL-1 alpha). The function of the transfected receptors was shown by their IL-1-induced association with a kinase activity. The biological activity of the purified FLAG-IL-1 alpha was comparable to the unmodified molecule. L929RI cells were exposed to saturating concentrations of FLAG-IL-1 alpha. Two-color fluorescence analysis revealed increasing cell surface binding of FLAG-IL-1 alpha to the receptor over 30 min. This was followed by internalization and accumulation of the ligand/receptor complex at the Golgi apparatus. After 3 hr the receptor signal significantly decreased and patches of FLAG-epitopes reappeared on the cell surface, no longer colocalized with IL-1R1. Thus, in this model, the previously assumed nuclear accumulation of IL-1 was not detected but rather localization of the internalized IL-1/IL-1R1-complex to the Golgi apparatus was found. Direct effects of IL-1 on the nucleus or the nuclear membrane therefore are unlikely.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"46 3","pages":"125-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19812197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Platelet-activating factor is a mediator in tumor necrosis factor/galactosamine-induced lethality.","authors":"C Libert, W Van Molle, P Brouckaert, W Fiers","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We here report that administration to mice of WEB2170, a potent platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor antagonist, prevents both PAF-induced and murine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced lethality in galactosamine (GalN)-sensitized mice. Furthermore, we demonstrate that pretreatment with alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) or interleukin-1 (IL-1) protects against TNF-induced, but not against PAF-induced lethality. We conclude that PAF is a mediator in TNF/GalN-induced lethal shock, but that the protection conferred by AGP or IL-1 pretreatment is not at the level of scavenging PAF.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"46 3","pages":"139-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19812198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How do tumor necrosis factor receptors work?","authors":"F Bazzoni, B Beutler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Quite suddenly, a new level of understanding has been attached to the TNF ligand and receptor families. Many of the proximal transducers that signal the presence of TNF or its homologs have been identified, and certain components of the distal signaling pathway have emerged as well. We lack, however, a \"movie\" of the events that transpire when TNF binds its receptors on the surface of a cell. The facts in hand permit an educated approximation.</p>","PeriodicalId":79405,"journal":{"name":"Journal of inflammation","volume":"45 4","pages":"221-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19833340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}