Project description:This study aimed to investigate the effect of IL-33 in eosinophil in the context of arthritis. To address this, bone marrow derived eosinophils were generated and treated with or without IL-33 for 3 hours. Then total RNAs were subjected to the study.
Project description:Mast cells are tissue resident granulocytes which are most abundant at the interface between tissues and the external environment, such as around blood vessels, in the skin or mucosal surfaces in the lungs and gut. Pathologically they are involved in allergic reactions and anaphylaxis, however they may also play protective roles in responses to some infections, particularly to pathogenic helminths. Mast cells also express high levels of the IL-33 receptor, which like TLRs, activates Myd88 dependent signalling pathways to drive de novo cytokine production in mast cells.IL-33 is a member of the IL-1 family known to stimulate a number of immune cell types including mast cells. IL-33 is a strong activator of de novo cytokine production in mast cells without inducing degranulation, although it has also been shown to synergise with other signals to promote degranulation. Bone Marrow-Derived Mast cells (BMMCs) were cultured as described previously [27]. Briefly, bone marrow was flushed in PBS and the cells pelleted by centrifugation. Cells were cultured at 1 million cells per ml in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% FBS (Biosera/Labtech), 5 mM l‐Glutamine (GIBCO Life Technologies), 100 U/ml Penicillin (GIBCO Life Technologies), 100 μg/ml Streptomycin (GIBCO Life Technologies), 25 mM HEPES (Lonza), 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Lonza), 1X nonessential amino acids (Lonza), 50 μM 2‐mercaptoethanol and 30 ng/ml IL‐3 (PeproTech). Cells were passaged twice per week and used between passage 12 and 16. 4 independent BMMC cultures were either stimulated with 10 ng/ml IL-33 for 48 hours or left unstimulated, followed by single shot LC-MS analysis.
Project description:Aim of the experiment was to assess differences in expression of coding RNA between bone marrow eosinophils arising in IL-5 knock-out mice (C57BL/6-Il5tm1Kopf/J) or wild-type littermates and their response to cytokine stimulation. Bone marrow eosinophils were sorted by FACS submitted to RNA-seq immediately or after 4 hours of stimulation with IL-5 and IL-33 in culture plates.
Project description:Eosinophils are major effector cells in type 2 inflammatory responses and become activated in response to IL-4 and IL-33, yet the molecular mechanism remains unclear. We examined the direct effect of these cytokines on eosinophils and demonstrated that murine eosinophils respond to IL-4 and IL-33 by phosphorylation of STAT-6 and NFkB, respectively. RNA sequencing analysis of murine eosinophils indicated that IL-33 regulates 519 genes, whereas IL-4 regulates only 28 genes, including 19 IL-33-regulated genes. Interestingly, IL-33 induced eosinophil activation via two distinct mechanisms, IL-4 independent and IL-4 secretion/auto-stimulation dependent. Anti-IL-4 or anti-IL-4Ra antibody-treated eosinophils, as well as Il4- or Stat6-deficient eosinophils, had attenuated protein secretion of a subset of IL-33-induced genes, including Retnla and Ccl17. However, the induction of most IL-33-regulated transcripts (e.g. Il6 and Il13) was IL-4 independent and blocked by NFkB inhibition. Indeed, IL-33 induced the rapid release of pre-formed IL-4 protein from eosinophils by an NFkB-dependent mechanism. Thus, we have identified a novel activation pathway in murine eosinophils that is induced by IL-33 and differentially dependent upon IL-4. These data suggest that IL-4 plays a critical role in auto-amplification of IL-33-induced eosinophil activation and could be a potential target for therapeutic approaches in IL-33-related eosinophil-associated diseases. Low density bone marrow derived murine eosinophils were generated in culture over the period of 14 days. Eosinophils were activated by either IL-33 or IL-4 at 10 ng/ml for 1hr and 4hr. RNA was collected and subjected to next generation sequencing.
Project description:gene expression analysis through RNA sequencing of cultured bone marrow-derived WT, IRF5-/- or Csf2ra-/- eosinophils that were exposed or not to recombinant GM-CSF, IL-10 ot both overnight.
Project description:Eosinophils costimulation with anti-Siglec-F and IL-33 synergistically increases their IL-4 and IL-13 release (Willebrand et al. PLoS One 2016). Here we analyze costimulation induced transcriptional changes involved that potentially enhance effector release.
Project description:Comparison of gene expression after treatment of mice Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells (BMMCs) with either IL-3 or IL-3+IL-33 or IL-3+Dex or IL-3+TGFb.
Project description:Eosinophils are major effector cells in type 2 inflammatory responses and become activated in response to IL-4 and IL-33, yet the molecular mechanism remains unclear. We examined the direct effect of these cytokines on eosinophils and demonstrated that murine eosinophils respond to IL-4 and IL-33 by phosphorylation of STAT-6 and NFkB, respectively. RNA sequencing analysis of murine eosinophils indicated that IL-33 regulates 519 genes, whereas IL-4 regulates only 28 genes, including 19 IL-33-regulated genes. Interestingly, IL-33 induced eosinophil activation via two distinct mechanisms, IL-4 independent and IL-4 secretion/auto-stimulation dependent. Anti-IL-4 or anti-IL-4Ra antibody-treated eosinophils, as well as Il4- or Stat6-deficient eosinophils, had attenuated protein secretion of a subset of IL-33-induced genes, including Retnla and Ccl17. However, the induction of most IL-33-regulated transcripts (e.g. Il6 and Il13) was IL-4 independent and blocked by NFkB inhibition. Indeed, IL-33 induced the rapid release of pre-formed IL-4 protein from eosinophils by an NFkB-dependent mechanism. Thus, we have identified a novel activation pathway in murine eosinophils that is induced by IL-33 and differentially dependent upon IL-4. These data suggest that IL-4 plays a critical role in auto-amplification of IL-33-induced eosinophil activation and could be a potential target for therapeutic approaches in IL-33-related eosinophil-associated diseases.
Project description:Dusp5 regulates ERK phosporylation following IL-33 receptor ligation in cultured eosinophils. Dusp5 deficient eosinophils show increased ERK phosphorylation, and as a result are less apoptotic. Since ERK stimulation results in downstream activation of transcription factors, we are utilizing a microarray approach to find alterations in gene expression to uncover potential mechanisms for increased cell survival. Day 12 bone marrow derived eosinophils from Dusp5+/+ and Dusp5-/- mice (5 mice per genotype) were left untreated (media only) or IL-33 (25ng/ml) stimulated for 4 hours. Treated cells were washed with ice cold PBS and cell pellets were directly lysed in RLT buffer (Qiagen) followed by immediate RNA isolation (RNEasy plus mini kit with genomic DNA eliminator columns). Sample group names: Group 1- Dusp5+/+ Untreated (N=5) Group 2- Dusp5-/- Untreated (N=5) Group 3- Dusp5+/+ IL-33 4hrs (N=5) Group 4- Dusp5-/- IL-33 4hrs (N=5) Sample Names: Group 1- BM Eos unstimulated WT-1....WT-5 Group 2- BM Eos unstimulated Dusp5-/- -1......Dusp5-/- -5 Group 3- BM Eos IL-33 4hrs WT-1....WT-5 Group 4- BM Eos IL-33 4hrs Dusp5-/- -1......Dusp5-/- -5