Radke Amy L, Reynolds Lauren E, Melo Rossana C N, Dvorak Ann M, Weller Peter F, Spencer Lisa A
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Blood. 2009 Mar 26;113(13):3092-101. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-05-155937. Epub 2009 Jan 26.
Eosinophil chemotaxis and survival within tissues are key components in the development of tissue eosinophilia and subsequent effector responses. In this study, we demonstrate a novel mechanism of eosinophil autoregulation affecting migration and survival mediated through Notch signaling. We show for the first time that human blood eosinophils express Notch receptors and Notch ligands, expressions of which are influenced by the presence of eosinophil-activating granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Evidence of Notch receptor activation and subsequent transcription of the Notch-responsive gene HES1 were observed in GM-CSF-stimulated eosinophils, confirming functionality of eosinophil-expressed Notch-signaling components. Moreover, by inhibiting Notch signaling with gamma-secretase inhibitors or Notch receptor-specific neutralizing antibodies, we demonstrate that autocrine Notch signaling enhances stimulus-mediated actin rearrangement and eosinophil chemokinesis, and impairs eosinophil viability. Taken together, these data suggest autocrine Notch signaling, enhanced in response to tissue- or inflammatory-derived signals, influences eosinophil activity and longevity, which may ultimately contribute to the development of tissue eosinophilia and exacerbation or remediation of eosinophil effector functions.
嗜酸性粒细胞在组织中的趋化作用和存活是组织嗜酸性粒细胞增多症及后续效应反应发展的关键组成部分。在本研究中,我们展示了一种通过Notch信号介导的影响嗜酸性粒细胞迁移和存活的嗜酸性粒细胞自我调节新机制。我们首次表明,人血嗜酸性粒细胞表达Notch受体和Notch配体,其表达受嗜酸性粒细胞激活因子粒细胞-巨噬细胞集落刺激因子(GM-CSF)的影响。在GM-CSF刺激的嗜酸性粒细胞中观察到Notch受体激活及Notch反应基因HES1随后转录的证据,证实了嗜酸性粒细胞表达的Notch信号成分的功能。此外,通过用γ-分泌酶抑制剂或Notch受体特异性中和抗体抑制Notch信号,我们证明自分泌Notch信号增强刺激介导的肌动蛋白重排和嗜酸性粒细胞趋化运动,并损害嗜酸性粒细胞活力。综上所述,这些数据表明,自分泌Notch信号在对组织或炎症衍生信号的反应中增强,影响嗜酸性粒细胞活性和寿命,这可能最终导致组织嗜酸性粒细胞增多症的发展以及嗜酸性粒细胞效应功能的加重或改善。