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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

The G2A Receptor Controls Polarization of Macrophage by Determining Their Localization Within the Inflamed Tissue.

Katharina Kern, Stephan M G Schäfer, Jennifer Cohnen, Sandra Pierre, Tabea Osthues, Neda Tarighi, Stefan Hohmann, Nerea Ferreiros, Bernhard Brüne, Andreas Weigert and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Katharina KernInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Stephan M G SchäferInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Jennifer CohnenInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Sandra PierreInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Tabea OsthuesProject Group Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Frankfurt, Germany.
Neda TarighiInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Stefan HohmannInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Nerea FerreirosInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Bernhard BrüneProject Group Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Frankfurt, Germany.
Andreas WeigertFaculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry I, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Gerd GeisslingerInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Marco SisignanoInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Klaus ScholichInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
University Hospital Frankfurt · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DEFraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophages are highly versatile cells, which acquire, depending on their microenvironment, pro- (M1-like), or antiinflammatory (M2-like) phenotypes. Here, we studied the role of the G-protein coupled receptor G2A (GPR132), in chemotactic migration and polarization of macrophages, using the zymosan-model of acute inflammation. G2A-deficient mice showed a reduced zymosan-induced thermal hyperalgesia, which was reversed after macrophage depletion. Fittingly, the number of M1-like macrophages was reduced in the inflamed tissue in G2A-deficient mice. However, G2A activation was not sufficient to promote M1-polarization in bone marrow-derived macrophages. While the number of monocyte-derived macrophages in the inflamed paw was not altered, G2A-deficient mice had less macrophages in the direct vicinity of the origin of inflammation, an area marked by the presence of zymosan, neutrophil accumulation and proinflammatory cytokines. Fittingly neutrophil efferocytosis was decreased in G2A-deficient mice and several lipids, which are released by neutrophils and promote G2A-mediated chemotaxis, were increased in the inflamed tissue. Taken together, G2A is necessary to position macrophages in the proinflammatory microenvironment surrounding the center of inflammation. In absence of G2A the macrophages are localized in an antiinflammatory microenvironment and macrophage polarization is shifted toward M2-like macrophages.

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Analysis of VarianceAnimalsApoptosisCell Cycle ProteinsCell PolarityChemotaxisCytokinesHyperalgesiaInflammationLactic AcidLipidsMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeutrophilsPhagocytosisCell Cycle ProteinsCytokinesG2A receptorLactic AcidLipidsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledZymosanacute inflammationG2AGPCRmacrophagemigrationpainpolarization

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