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Interleukin-4 receptor alpha signaling regulates monocyte homeostasis.

ABSTRACT: Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and its receptors (IL-4R) promote the proliferation and polarization of macrophages. However, it is unknown if IL-4R also influences monocyte homeostasis and if steady state IL-4 levels are sufficient to affect monocytes. Employing full IL-4 receptor alpha knockout mice (IL-4Rα^-/- ) and mice with a myeloid-specific deletion of IL-4Rα (IL-4Rα^f/f LysM^cre ), we show that IL-4 acts as a homeostatic factor regulating circulating monocyte numbers. In the absence of IL-4Rα, murine monocytes in blood were reduced by 50% without altering monocytopoiesis in the bone marrow. This reduction was accompanied by a decrease in monocyte-derived inflammatory cytokines in the plasma. RNA sequencing analysis and immunohistochemical staining of splenic monocytes revealed changes in mRNA and protein levels of anti-apoptotic factors including BIRC6 in IL-4Rα^-/- knockout animals. Furthermore, assessment of monocyte lifespan in vivo measuring BrdU⁺ cells revealed that the lifespan of circulating monocytes was reduced by 55% in IL-4Rα^-/- mice, whereas subcutaneously applied IL-4 prolonged it by 75%. Treatment of human monocytes with IL-4 reduced the amount of dying monocytes in vitro. Furthermore, IL-4 stimulation reduced the phosphorylation of proteins involved in the apoptosis pathway, including the phosphorylation of the NFκBp65 protein. In a cohort of human patients, serum IL-4 levels were significantly associated with monocyte counts. In a sterile peritonitis model, reduced monocyte counts resulted in an attenuated recruitment of monocytes upon inflammatory stimulation in IL-4Rα^f/f LysM^cre mice without changes in overall migratory function. Thus, we identified a homeostatic role of IL-4Rα in regulating the lifespan of monocytes in vivo.

SUBMITTER: Haider P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544925 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Interleukin-4 receptor alpha signaling regulates monocyte homeostasis.

Haider Patrick P Kral-Pointner Julia B JB Salzmann Manuel M Moik Florian F Bleichert Sonja S Schrottmaier Waltraud C WC Kaun Christoph C Brekalo Mira M Fischer Michael B MB Speidl Walter S WS Hengstenberg Christian C Podesser Bruno K BK Huber Kurt K Pabinger Ingrid I Knapp Sylvia S Brombacher Frank F Brostjan Christine C Ay Cihan C Wojta Johann J Hohensinner Philipp J PJ

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20221001 10

Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and its receptors (IL-4R) promote the proliferation and polarization of macrophages. However, it is unknown if IL-4R also influences monocyte homeostasis and if steady state IL-4 levels are sufficient to affect monocytes. Employing full IL-4 receptor alpha knockout mice (IL-4Rα-/- ) and mice with a myeloid-specific deletion of IL-4Rα (IL-4Rαf/f LysMcre ), we show that IL-4 acts as a homeostatic factor regulating circulating monocyte numbers. ...[more]

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Project description:Background & aimsInterleukin-15 (IL-15) and its high affinity receptor interleukin-15 receptor alpha (IL-15Rα) are widely expressed in immune cells and hepatic resident cells. IL-15 signaling has important functions in homeostasis of natural killer (NK), natural killer T (NKT) and cytotoxic T (CD8(+) T) cells, and in liver regeneration. We hypothesized that IL-15 has a protective role in liver fibrosis progression by maintaining NK cell homeostasis.MethodsFibrosis was induced using two mechanistically distinct models. Congenic bone marrow transplantation was used to evaluate the contribution of IL-15 signaling from various compartments to NK, CD8(+) T and NKT cell homeostasis and fibrogenesis. The gene expression profile of hepatic stellate cell (HSC) from IL-15Rα knockout (IL-15RαKO) mice and wild-type mice were captured using microarray analysis and validated in isolated HSC. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to assess repressors of collagen transcription.ResultsIL-15RαKO mice exhibited more fibrosis in both models. IL-15 signaling from specific types of hepatic cells had divergent roles in maintaining liver NK, CD8(+) T and NKT cells, with a direct and protective role on radio-resistant non-parenchymal cells beyond the control of NK homeostasis. HSCs isolated from IL-15RαKO mice demonstrated upregulation of collagen production. Finally, IL-15RαKO HSC with or without transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) stimulation exhibited increased expression of fibrosis markers and decreased collagen transcription repressors expression.ConclusionsIL-15Rα signaling has a direct anti-fibrotic effect independent of preserving NK homeostasis. These findings establish a rationale to further explore the anti-fibrotic potential of enhancing IL-15 signaling in HSCs.Lay summaryWe investigated how a cellular protein, Interleukin-15 (IL-15), decreases the amount of scar tissue that is formed upon liver injury. We found that IL-15 and its receptor decrease the amount of scar tissue that is created by specialized liver cells (called stellate cells) and increase the number of a specific subgroup of immune cells (natural killer cells) that are known to eliminate stellate cells.Transcript profiling accession numberGSE45612, GSE 68001 and GSE 25097.

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Interleukin-4 receptor alpha signaling regulates monocyte homeostasis.

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