Zhan Xiaoxia, Jiang Xiaobing, He Qiuying, Zhong Liangyin, Wang Yichong, Huang Yulan, He Shitong, Sheng Junli, Liao Jianwei, Zeng Zhijie, Hu Shengfeng
Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Institute of Molecular Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Cent Eur J Immunol. 2022;47(1):30-40. doi: 10.5114/ceji.2022.113086. Epub 2022 Feb 11.
Chronic inflammation develops when the immune system is unable to clear a persistent insult. Unresolved chronic inflammation leads to immunosuppression to maintain the internal homeostatic conditions, which is mediated primarily by myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). Toll-like receptors 2 (TLR2) has an important role in chronic inflammation and can be activated by a vast number and diversity of TLR2 ligands, for example Pam2CSK4. However, the regulatory effect of TLR2 signaling on MDSCs in chronic inflammation remains controversial. This study demonstrated that heat-killed Mycobacterium bovis BCG-induced pathology-free chronic inflammation triggered suppressive monocytic MDSCs (M-MDSCs) that expressed TLR2. Activation of TLR2 signaling by Pam2CSK4 treatment enhanced immunosuppression of M-MDSCs by upregulating inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity and nitric oxide (NO) production partly through signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) activation. Thus, TLR2 has a fundamental role in promoting the MDSC-mediated immunosuppressive environment during chronic inflammation and might represent a potentially therapeutic target in chronic inflammation disease.
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