Liu Wancheng, Yang Xuejiao, Wang Ning, Fan Shijun, Zhu Yuanfeng, Zheng Xinchuan, Li Yan
Medical Research Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
Mediators Inflamm. 2017;2017:6541729. doi: 10.1155/2017/6541729. Epub 2017 Apr 30.
A growing body of literature suggests that most chronic autoimmune diseases are associated with inappropriate inflammation mediated by Toll-like receptor (TLR) 3, TLR7/8, or TLR9. Therefore, research into blocking TLR activation to treat these disorders has become a hot topic. Here, we report the immunomodulatory properties of a nonstimulatory CpG-containing oligodeoxynucleotide (CpG-ODN), CpG-c41, which had previously only been known as a TLR9 antagonist. In this study, we found that both in vitro and in vivo CpG-c41 decreased levels of various proinflammatory factors that were induced by single activation or coactivation of intracellular TLRs, but not membrane-bound TLRs, no matter what downstream signal pathways the TLRs depend on. Moreover, CpG-c41 attenuated excessive inflammation in the imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like mouse model of skin inflammation by suppressing immune cell infiltration and release of inflammatory factors. We also found evidence that the immunosuppressive effects of CpG-c41 on other intracellular TLRs are mediated by a TLR9-independent mechanism. These results suggest that CpG-c41 acts as an upstream of signaling cascades, perhaps on the processes of ligand internalization and transfer. Taken together, these results suggest that CpG-c41 disrupts various aspects of intracellular TLR activation and provides a deeper insight into the regulation of innate immunity.
越来越多的文献表明,大多数慢性自身免疫性疾病与由Toll样受体(TLR)3、TLR7/8或TLR9介导的不适当炎症有关。因此,研究阻断TLR激活以治疗这些疾病已成为一个热门话题。在此,我们报告了一种非刺激性含CpG的寡脱氧核苷酸(CpG-ODN),即CpG-c41的免疫调节特性,它此前仅被认为是一种TLR9拮抗剂。在本研究中,我们发现无论TLR依赖何种下游信号通路,在体外和体内CpG-c41均可降低由细胞内TLR单一激活或共激活(而非膜结合TLR)诱导的各种促炎因子水平。此外,CpG-c41通过抑制免疫细胞浸润和炎症因子释放,减轻了咪喹莫特诱导的皮肤炎症银屑病样小鼠模型中的过度炎症。我们还发现证据表明,CpG-c41对其他细胞内TLR的免疫抑制作用是由一种不依赖TLR9的机制介导的。这些结果表明,CpG-c41作为信号级联的上游,可能作用于配体内化和转移过程。综上所述,这些结果表明CpG-c41破坏了细胞内TLR激活的各个方面,并为先天免疫调节提供了更深入的见解。
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