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Myeloid-specific expression of human lysosomal acid lipase corrects malformation and malfunction of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in lal-/- mice.

ABSTRACT: Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) cleaves cholesteryl esters and triglycerides to generate free fatty acids and cholesterol in lysosomes. LAL deficiency causes expansion of CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) immature myeloid cells, loss of T cells, and impairment of T cell function. To test how myeloid cell LAL controls myelopoiesis and lymphopoiesis, a myeloid-specific doxycycline-inducible transgenic system was used to reintroduce human lysosomal acid lipase (hLAL) expression into LAL gene knockout (lal(-/-)) mice. Expression of hLAL in myeloid cells of lal(-/-) mice reversed abnormal myelopoiesis in the bone marrow starting at the granulocyte-monocyte progenitor stage and reduced systemic expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). Myeloid hLAL expression inhibited reactive oxygen species production and arginase expression in CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) cells of lal(-/-) mice. Structural organization of the thymus and spleen was partially restored in association with reduced infiltration of CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) cells in these mice. In the thymus, reconstitution of myeloid cell LAL restored development of thymocytes at the double-negative DN3 stage. Myeloid cell LAL expression improved the proliferation and function of peripheral T cells. In vitro coculture experiments showed that myeloid hLAL expression in lal(-/-) mice reversed CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) myeloid cell suppression of CD4(+) T cell proliferation, T cell signaling activation, and lymphokine secretion. Blocking stat3 and NF-?B p65 signaling by small-molecule inhibitors in MDSCs achieved a similar effect. Injection of anti-Gr-1 Ab into lal(-/-) mice to deplete MDSCs restored T cell proliferation. These studies demonstrate that LAL in myeloid cells plays a critical role in maintaining normal hematopoietic cell development and balancing immunosuppression and inflammation.

SUBMITTER: Qu P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3178672 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Myeloid-specific expression of human lysosomal acid lipase corrects malformation and malfunction of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in lal-/- mice.

Qu Peng P Yan Cong C Blum Janice S JS Kapur Reuben R Du Hong H

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20110907 7

Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) cleaves cholesteryl esters and triglycerides to generate free fatty acids and cholesterol in lysosomes. LAL deficiency causes expansion of CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) immature myeloid cells, loss of T cells, and impairment of T cell function. To test how myeloid cell LAL controls myelopoiesis and lymphopoiesis, a myeloid-specific doxycycline-inducible transgenic system was used to reintroduce human lysosomal acid lipase (hLAL) expression into LAL gene knockout (lal(-/-)) mice. Ex ...[more]

PMID: 21900179

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Project description:OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of LAL (lysosomal acid lipase) in macrophage cholesterol efflux and whole-body reverse cholesterol transport. APPROACH AND RESULTS:Immortalized peritoneal macrophages from lal-/- mice showed reduced expression of ABCA1 (ATP-binding cassette transporter A1) and ABCG1 (ATP-binding cassette transporter G1), reduced production of the regulatory oxysterol 27-hydroxycholesterol, and impaired suppression of cholesterol synthesis on exposure to acetylated low-density lipoprotein when compared with lal+/+ macrophages. LAL-deficient mice also showed reduced hepatic ABCG5 (ATP-binding cassette transporter G5) and ABCG8 (ATP-binding cassette transporter G8) expression compared with lal+/+ mice. LAL-deficient macrophages loaded with [3H]-cholesteryl oleate-labeled acetylated low-density lipoprotein showed impaired efflux of released [3H]-cholesterol to apoA-I (apolipoprotein A-I), with normalization of [3H]-cholesteryl ester levels and partial correction of ABCA1 expression and cholesterol efflux to apoA-I when treated with exogenous rhLAL (recombinant human LAL protein). LAL-deficient mice injected intraperitoneally with lal-/- macrophages cholesterol loaded and labeled in the same way exhibited only 1.55±0.35% total injected [3H]-cholesterol counts appearing in the feces for 48 h (n=30), compared with 5.38±0.92% in lal+/+ mice injected with labeled lal+/+ macrophages (n=27), P<0.001. To mimic the therapeutic condition of delivery of supplemental LAL in vivo, injection of labeled lal-/- macrophages into lal+/+ mice resulted in a significant increase in reverse cholesterol transport (2.60±0.46% of 3H-cholesterol counts in feces at 48 hours [n=19]; P<0.001 when compared with injection into lal-/- mice). CONCLUSIONS:These results indicate a critical role for LAL in promoting both macrophage and whole-body reverse cholesterol transport and the ability of supplemental LAL to be taken up and correct reverse cholesterol transport in vivo.

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Myeloid-specific expression of human lysosomal acid lipase corrects malformation and malfunction of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in lal-/- mice.

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Myeloid-specific expression of human lysosomal acid lipase corrects malformation and malfunction of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in lal-/- mice.

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