Project description:The study aimed to investigate the impact of TRAIL on primary human M1, M2a and M2c macrophage polarization. Primary human monocyte-derived macrophages were pre-stimulated with TRAIL and then either left unpolarized (M0) or polarized into M1, M2a, or M2c phenotypes Then, RNA sequencing analysis was performed in 4 healthy donors including treated and control groups for one time point to analyze the differentially expressed M1 and M2 markers in TRAIL treated vs control groups.
Project description:In this study, we used mass spectrometry and label-free quantification (LFQ) to characterize the global proteomics of polarized (M1, M2a, M2b, M2c, and M2d) and unpolarized (M0) phenotypes of macrophages from human THP-1 monocytes. The results described the biological functions of the four M2 macrophages subtypes and provided available references for identifying M2 macrophages or subtypes of M2 macrophages.
Project description:The relative contribution of polarized macrophages to the maintenance of tolerance is unknown. We examined their roles by in vivo adoptive transfer immunotherapy of M0, M1 and M2a macrophages as pre-treatment of colitis. In other experiments, M2a macrophages were used as pre-treatment or treatment of established colitis followed by immunotherapy with nTreg cells. Survival, weight gain, tissue infiltration, iTreg and Th17 cell development, T cell activation, and the frequency of proinflammatory cytokines were used as outcome measurements. Pre-treatment with M2a but not M1 macrophages increased the development of iTreg and Th17 cells. M2a macrophages used as pre-treatment or in treatment of established colitis allowed for successful therapy with nTreg cells. M1 and M2a macrophages have distinct gene expression profiles. M0, M1 and M2a macrophages were cell sorted and were used to generate total RNA for each array set, which was labeled and hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 GeneChips in accordance to the manufacturerâ??s protocol. Three sets of arrays were performed, and the results were averaged. The subset of probe sets whose expression increased or decreased by two-fold or more relative to M0 cells as a common standard was identified and used for further analysis.
Project description:Macrophage activation is the main immunological process occurring during the development of several diseases, and the heterogeneity of macrophage activation or differentiation has been suggested to be involved in disease progression. In the present study, we attempted to identify molecules specifically expressed on human classically activated macrophages (M1) to investigate the significance of the M1-like phenotype in human diseases. Human monocyte-derived macrophages were differentiated into M1, M2a, M2b, and M2c phenotypes, and gene expression profiles were analyzed by cDNA microarray analysis and were used for bioinformatics examination. The gene expression profiles of murine macrophages were additionally evaluated. We identified guanylate-binding protein 5 (GBP5), which is associated with leucine-rich repeat protein 3-mediated inflammasome assembly in the M1 macrophages of both humans and mice. Notably, GBP5 protein expression was detected in cultured M1 macrophages by Western blot analysis. GBP5 is a useful candidate marker of the M1 phenotype. CD14+ monocytes from human PBMC were cultured with GM-CSF(10 ng mLâ1) or M-CSF (50 ng mLâ1) for seven days to differentiate into macrophages.To induce macrophage subtypes [M1, M1(-), M2a, M2b, and M2c], the macrophages were further stimulated for 24 h with LPS (10 ng mLâ1) + IFN-γ (50 ng mLâ1), IFN-γ (50 ng mLâ1), IL-4 (10 ng mLâ1), IL-1β (10 ng mLâ1), and IL-10 (10 ng mLâ1). Control macrophages (M0) were prepared by incubating for 24 h without additional factors.Two independent experiments were performed using different donors.
Project description:The relative contribution of polarized macrophages to the maintenance of tolerance is unknown. We examined their roles by in vivo adoptive transfer immunotherapy of M0, M1 and M2a macrophages as pre-treatment of colitis. In other experiments, M2a macrophages were used as pre-treatment or treatment of established colitis followed by immunotherapy with nTreg cells. Survival, weight gain, tissue infiltration, iTreg and Th17 cell development, T cell activation, and the frequency of proinflammatory cytokines were used as outcome measurements. Pre-treatment with M2a but not M1 macrophages increased the development of iTreg and Th17 cells. M2a macrophages used as pre-treatment or in treatment of established colitis allowed for successful therapy with nTreg cells. M1 and M2a macrophages have distinct gene expression profiles.
Project description:Background: Macrophages are a heterogeneous cell population which in response to the cytokine milieu polarize in either classically activated macrophages (M1) or alternatively activated macrophages (M2). This plasticity makes macrophages essential in regulating inflammation, immune response and tissue remodeling and a novel therapeutic target in inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis. The aim of the study was to describe the transcriptomic profiles of differently polarized human macrophages to generate new hypotheses on the biological function of the different macrophage subtypes. Methods and Results: M1 polarization was obtained by IFN-γ and LPS, M2a by IL-4, whereas IL-10 induced a “deactivated” state (M2c). Transcription profile of M1, M2a and M2c macrophages was performed at 6, 12 and 24h after polarization with Whole Human Genome Agilent Microarray technique. Gene Ontology (GO) classification revealed that M1 showed a significant up-regulation whereas M2a a down-regulation of GO terms involved in immunity and inflammation compared to resting macrophage (RM). Unexpectedly, canonical and non-canonical Wnt genes and gene groups, promoting inflammation and tissue remodeling, were up-regulated in M2a compared to RM. Key results were confirmed by real time-PCR. Conclusion: Results from gene expression profile confirmed the specific properties of differentially polarized macrophages. However, the enhanced expression of canonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways in M2a suggests a possible dual role for alternative activation in the modulation of low-grade inflammation. Four-condition experiment, RM, M1, M2a, M2c. Three point of time course, three replicates for each condition. Dual color experiment, reference sample: human leucocytes
Project description:THP-1 cells were treated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) at 25μg/ml for 48h.Then remove PMA and rest for 24h to obtain M0 macropahges. Further applied LPS and IFNγ or IL-4 and IL-13 for 24h to obtain M1, M2 macrophages, respectively. During polarization, cells were growth within control medium(LN) or medium with extra lipid mixture(LH).M0,M1,M2 cells were collected and applied to RNA-sequencing. We found that differential activation of macrophage had distinct metabolic signature.Extra lipids supplement did not significantly alter transcriptomes of macrophages.
Project description:THP-1 cells were treated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) at 25μg/ml for 48h.Then remove PMA and rest for 24h to obtain M0 macropahges. Further applied LPS and IFNγ or IL-4 and IL-13 for 24h to obtain M1, M2 macrophages, respectively. During polarization, cells were treated with prostaglandin E2 or MEHP.Then M1,M2 cells were collected and applied to RNA-sequencing. We found that PGE2 and MEHP significantly impacted metabolic signature of macrophages.