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Dihydroartemisinin regulates immune cell heterogeneity by triggering a cascade reaction of CDK and MAPK phosphorylation


ABSTRACT: Artemisinin (ART) and dihydroartemisinin (DHA), apart from their profound anti-malaria effect, can also beneficially modulate the host immune system; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we report that DHA selectively induced T-cell activation, with an increased proportion of Ki67+CD4+ T cells, CD25+CD4+ T cells, interferon (IFN)-γ-producing CD8+ T cells, Brdu+ CD8+ T cells and neutrophils, which was found to enhance cellular immunity to experimental malaria and overcome immunosuppression in mice. We further revealed that DHA upregulated the expression of cell proliferation-associated proteins by promoting the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), and activator protein 1 in the spleen. This study is the first to provide robust evidence that DHA selectively induced the expansion of subsets of splenic T cells through phosphorylated CDKs and MAPK to enhance cellular immune responses under non-pathological or pathological conditions. The data significantly deepened our knowledge in the mechanism underlying DHA-mediated immunomodulation.

SUBMITTER: Li Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9271464 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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