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Attenuation of the programmed cell death-1 pathway increases the M1 polarization of macrophages induced by zymosan.

ABSTRACT: Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) is a member of the CD28 superfamily that delivers negative signals on interaction with its 2 ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2. We assessed the contribution of the PD-1 pathway to regulating the polarization of macrophages that promote inflammation induced by zymosan. We found that PD-1(-/-) mice developed robust peritonitis with more abundant infiltration of M1 macrophages, accompanied by higher levels of pro-inflammation factors, especially monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) compared with wild-type controls ex vivo and in vitro. Our results indicated that PD-1 deficiency promotes M1 rather than M2 polarization of macrophages by enhancing the expression of p-STAT1/p-NF-?B p65 and downregulating p-STAT6. We found that PD-1 engagement followed by zymosan stimulation might primarily attenuate the phosphorylation of tyrosine residue in PD-1 receptor/ligand and the recruitment of SHP-2 to PD-1 receptor/ligand, leading to the reduction of M1 type cytokine production.

SUBMITTER: Chen W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4849159 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Attenuation of the programmed cell death-1 pathway increases the M1 polarization of macrophages induced by zymosan.

Chen W W Wang J J Jia L L Liu J J Tian Y Y

Cell death & disease 20160225

Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) is a member of the CD28 superfamily that delivers negative signals on interaction with its 2 ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2. We assessed the contribution of the PD-1 pathway to regulating the polarization of macrophages that promote inflammation induced by zymosan. We found that PD-1(-/-) mice developed robust peritonitis with more abundant infiltration of M1 macrophages, accompanied by higher levels of pro-inflammation factors, especially monocyte chemotactic protein-1 ...[more]

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Attenuation of the programmed cell death-1 pathway increases the M1 polarization of macrophages induced by zymosan.

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Attenuation of the programmed cell death-1 pathway increases the M1 polarization of macrophages induced by zymosan.

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