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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2013

Molecular mechanism responsible for the priming of macrophage activation.

Hui Deng, Urmila Maitra, Matt Morris, Liwu Li

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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81citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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81 citing papers in PubMed, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hui DengLaboratory of Inflammation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0910, USA.
Urmila Maitra
Matt Morris
Liwu Li
Virginia Tech · US

Funding

Modulation of innate immune cellular homeostasis and inflammation resolutionR01HL115835 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI LI, LIWU · 2012 to 2021
$3.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL115835
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Host macrophages can be preprogrammed into opposing primed or tolerant states depending upon the nature and quantities of external stimulants. The paradigm of priming and tolerance has significant implications in the pathogenesis and resolution of both acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. However, the responsible mechanisms are not well understood. Here, we report that super low dose bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS), as low as 5 pg/ml, primes the expression of proinflammatory mediators in macrophages upon a second high dose LPS challenge (100 ng/ml), although 5 pg/ml LPS itself does not trigger noticeable macrophage activation. Mice primed with super low dose LPS (0.5 μg/kg body weight) in vivo experience significantly elevated mortality following a second hit of high dose LPS as compared with saline-primed control mice. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that LPS primes macrophages by removing transcriptional suppressive RelB through interleukin receptor-associated kinase 1 and Tollip (Toll-interacting protein)-dependent mechanisms. This is in sharp contrast to the well documented RelB stabilization and induction by high dose LPS, potentially through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway. Super low dose and high dose LPS cause opposing modulation of interleukin receptor-associated kinase 1 and PI3K pathways and lead to opposing regulation of RelB. The pathway switching induced by super low versus high dose LPS underscores the importance of competing intracellular circuitry during the establishment of macrophage priming and tolerance.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell LineDose-Response Relationship, DrugGene Expression RegulationInflammation MediatorsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLipopolysaccharidesMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesMiceMice, Mutant StrainsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesTranscription Factor RelBInflammation MediatorsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteinslipopolysaccharide, Escherichia coli O111 B4LipopolysaccharidesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesRelb protein, mouseTollip protein, mouseTranscription Factor RelB

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PMID23264622
PMCPMC3567643
OpenAlexW1979923792

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