Rantes Modulates Tlr4-induced Cytokine Secretion in Human Peripheral Blood Monocytes.
From: Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. s-shahrara@northwestern.edu
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
- Publish Date: Oct 2006
- ISSN: 0022-1767
- Volume: 177
- Issue: 8
- Pages: 5077-87
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Shahrara Shiva, Park Christy C, Temkin Vladislav, et al. Rantes Modulates Tlr4-induced Cytokine Secretion in Human Peripheral Blood Monocytes.. J. Immunol. Oct 2006;177:5077-87
Abstract
Monocytes are the key regulators of joint inflammation and destruction in rheumatoid arthritis; hence, suppression of their recruitment into the joint may be therapeutically beneficial. Chemokines, including RANTES, are highly expressed in the joints of patient with rheumatoid arthritis, and they promote leukocyte trafficking into the synovial tissue. Because endogenous TLR4 ligands are expressed in the rheumatoid joint, the TLR4 ligand LPS was used to characterize the effects of RANTES on the TLR4-mediated induction of TNF-alpha and IL-6. Using peripheral blood (PB) monocytes, RANTES decreased LPS-induced IL-6 transcriptionally, whereas TNF-alpha was suppressed at the posttranscriptional level. RANTES signaled through p38 MAPK, and this signaling was further enhanced by LPS stimulation in PB monocytes, resulting in the earlier and increased secretion of IL-10. Inhibition of p38 by short-interfering RNA or a chemical inhibitor, as well as neutralization of IL-10, reversed the RANTES-mediated suppression of LPS-induced IL-6 and TNF-alpha. Further, when rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid was added to PB monocytes, the neutralization of RANTES in fluid reduced the LPS-induced IL-10 and increased TNF-alpha. In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that RANTES down-regulates TLR4 ligation-induced IL-6 and TNF-alpha secretion by enhancing IL-10 production in PB monocytes. These observations suggest that the therapeutic neutralization of RANTES, in addition to decreasing the trafficking of leukocytes, may have a proinflammatory effect at the site of established chronic inflammation.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Cells, Cultured, Chemokine CCL5, Cytokines, Down-Regulation, Humans, Inflammation, Interleukin-10, Interleukin-6, Lipopolysaccharides, Monocytes, Toll-Like Receptor 4, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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