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Nuclear retention of IL-1 alpha by necrotic cells: a mechanism to dampen sterile inflammation.

ABSTRACT: Sterile inflammation is a host response to tissue injury that is mediated by damage-associated molecular patterns released from dead cells. Sterile inflammation worsens damage in a number of injury paradigms. The pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1 alpha is reported to be a damage-associated molecular pattern released from dead cells, and it is known to exacerbate brain injury caused by stroke. In the brain, IL-1 alpha is produced by microglia, the resident brain macrophages. We found that IL-1 alpha is actively trafficked to the nuclei of microglia, and hence tested the hypothesis that trafficking of IL-1 alpha to the nucleus would inhibit its release following necrotic cell death, limiting sterile inflammation. Microglia subjected to oxygen-glucose deprivation died via necrosis. Under these conditions, microglia expressing nuclear IL-1 alpha released significantly less IL-1 alpha than microglia with predominantly cytosolic IL-1 alpha. The remaining IL-1 alpha was immobilized in the nuclei of the dead cells. Thus, nuclear retention of IL-1 alpha may serve to limit inflammation following cell death.

SUBMITTER: Luheshi NM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3394668 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nuclear retention of IL-1 alpha by necrotic cells: a mechanism to dampen sterile inflammation.

Luheshi Nadia M NM McColl Barry W BW Brough David D

European journal of immunology 20091101 11

Sterile inflammation is a host response to tissue injury that is mediated by damage-associated molecular patterns released from dead cells. Sterile inflammation worsens damage in a number of injury paradigms. The pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1 alpha is reported to be a damage-associated molecular pattern released from dead cells, and it is known to exacerbate brain injury caused by stroke. In the brain, IL-1 alpha is produced by microglia, the resident brain macrophages. We found that IL-1 alpha ...[more]

PMID: 19839011

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Project description:BACKGROUND & AIMS:Neutrophils and liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) both contribute to sterile inflammatory injury during ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), a well-known liver surgical stress. Interleukin-33 (IL-33) has been shown to drive neutrophil infiltration during inflammatory responses through its receptor ST2. We recently reported that infiltrating neutrophils form neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which exacerbate sterile inflammatory injury in liver I/R. Here, we sought to determine the role of IL-33 in NET formation during liver sterile inflammation. METHODS:Evaluation of IL-33 forming NETs was investigated using a partial liver I/R model to generate sterile injury in healthy WT, IL-33 and ST2 knockouts. Serum levels of IL-33 and myeloperoxidase (MPO)-DNA complex were measured in both humans and mice after the first surgery. Liver damage was assessed. Mouse neutrophil depletion was performed by intraperitoneal injection of anti-Ly6G antibody before I/R. RESULTS:Patients undergoing liver resection showed a significant increase in serum IL-33 compared to healthy volunteers. This coincided with higher serum MPO-DNA complexes. NET formation was decreased in IL-33 and ST2 knockout mice compared with control mice, after liver I/R. IL-33 or ST2 deficiency protected livers from I/R injury, whereas rIL-33 administration during I/R exacerbated hepatotoxicity and systemic inflammation. In vitro, IL-33 is released from LSECs to promote NET formation. IL-33 deficient LSECs failed to induce NETs. ST2 deficient neutrophils limited their capacity to form NETs in vitro and adoptive transfer of ST2 knockout neutrophils to neutrophil-depleted WT mice significantly decreased NET formation. CONCLUSIONS:Data establish that IL-33, mainly released from LSECs, causes excessive sterile inflammation after hepatic I/R by inducing NET formation. Therapeutic targeting of IL-33/ST2 might extend novel strategies to minimize organ damage in various clinical settings associated with sterile inflammation. LAY SUMMARY:Liver ischemia and reperfusion injury results in the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps, which contribute to organ damage in liver surgeries. Herein, we show that IL-33 is released from liver sinusoidal endothelial cells to promote NET formation during liver I/R, which exacerbates inflammatory cascades and sterile inflammation.

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