ArticleCells2020
LPS-Induced Endotoxemia Evokes Epigenetic Alterations in Mitochondrial DNA That Impacts Inflammatory Response.
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Abstract
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) plays a vital role as a damage-associated molecular pattern in sepsis being able to shape the immune response. Since pathogen recognition receptors of innate immune cells are activated by demethylated DNA only, we set out to investigate the amount of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) in mitochondria and the extent of mtDNA methylation in a human endotoxin model. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 20 healthy individuals were isolated from whole blood and stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for 48 h. Subsequently, DNMT1 protein abundance was assessed in whole cells and a mitochondrial fraction. At the same time, methylation levels of mtDNA were quantified, and cytokine expression in the supernatant was measured. Despite increased cellular expression of DNMT1 after LPS stimulation, the degree of mtDNA methylation slightly decreased. Strikingly the mitochondrial protein abundance of DNMT1 was reduced by 50% in line with the lower degree of mtDNA methylation. Although only modest alterations were seen in the degree of mtDNA methylation, these strongly correlated with IL-6 and IL-10 expression. Our data may hint at a protein import problem for DNMT1 into the mitochondria under LPS stimulation and suggest a role of demethylated mtDNA in the regulation of the inflammatory immune response.
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