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ArticleCell death & disease2021

DA-DRD5 signaling controls colitis by regulating colonic M1/M2 macrophage polarization.

Lu Liu, Yuqing Wu, Bingwei Wang, Yuying Jiang, Lin Lin, Xiaoxi Li, Shuo Yang

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lu Liu *Department of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immunological Environment and Disease, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0240-2911
Yuqing Wu *Department of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immunological Environment and Disease, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
Bingwei Wang *Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China. bingweiwang@njucm.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9306-4323
Yuying JiangDepartment of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immunological Environment and Disease, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3263-7730
Lin LinDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xiaoxi LiDepartment of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immunological Environment and Disease, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China. lxx@njmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-5597-7968
Shuo YangDepartment of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immunological Environment and Disease, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Center for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China. shuoyang01@njmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4164-4438
State Key Laboratory of Reproductive MedicineJiangsu Province Hospital · CNNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The decrease of neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) levels in the intestine is closely related to the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, the functional relevance and underlying mechanistic basis of the effects of DA signaling on IBD remains unclear. Here, we observed that the DRD5 receptor is highly expressed in colonic macrophages, and the deficiency of DA-DRD5 signaling exacerbated experimental colitis. Moreover, DA-DRD5 signaling can inhibit M1 by negatively regulating NF-κB signaling but promote M2 macrophage polarization through activation of the CREB pathway, respectively. The deficiency of DRD5 signaling increased colonic M1 macrophages but reduced M2 cells during colitis. Additionally, the administration of a D1-like agonist that has a higher affinity to DRD5 can attenuate the colitogenic phenotype of mice. Collectively, these findings provide the first demonstration of DA-DRD5 signaling in colonic macrophages controlling the development of colitis by regulating M1/M2 macrophage polarization.

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AnimalsColitisInflammationMacrophagesMaleMiceReceptors, Dopamine D5Drd5 protein, mouseReceptors, Dopamine D5

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PMID34001860
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