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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

The Antidiabetic Agent Metformin Inhibits IL-23 Production in Murine Bone-Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells.

Tomoyo Matsuda-Taniguchi, Masaki Takemura, Takeshi Nakahara, Akiko Hashimoto-Hachiya, Ayako Takai-Yumine, Masutaka Furue, Gaku Tsuji

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomoyo Matsuda-TaniguchiDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Masaki TakemuraDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2503-8449
Takeshi NakaharaDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Akiko Hashimoto-HachiyaDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Ayako Takai-YumineDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Masutaka FurueDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2967-1073
Gaku TsujiDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1472-1864
Kyushu University · JP

Funding

JSPS KAKENHI JP20K08653Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan R3-Shokuhin-Shitei-005)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, and its immune mechanism has been profoundly elucidated. Biologics targeting interleukin (IL)-23 have prevented the development of psoriasis. As major sources of IL-23, dendritic cells (DCs) play a pivotal role in psoriasis; however, the regulatory mechanism of IL-23 in DCs remains unclear. IL-36γ was reported to reflect the disease activity of psoriasis. Therefore, we hypothesized that IL-36γ may affect IL-23 production in DCs. To reveal the mechanism by which IL-36γ controls IL-23 production in DCs, we analyzed murine bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) stimulated with IL-36γ. IL-36γ stimulation upregulated the mRNA and protein expression of Nfkbiz in BMDCs. Nfkbiz knockdown using siRNA transfection partially inhibited the upregulation of IL-23 mRNA expression induced by IL-36γ stimulation. Since NF-κB signaling regulates Nfkbiz expression and the anti-diabetic agent metformin reportedly modulates NF-κB signaling, we examined the effect of metformin treatment on IL-36γ-induced IL-23 production. Metformin treatment impaired the phosphorylation of NF-κB induced by IL-36γ stimulation with the subsequent downregulation of Nfkbiz, resulting in the inhibition of IL-23 production in BMDCs. These data provided evidence that metformin treatment can inhibit IL-36γ-mediated IL-23 production in BMDCs, which might contribute to the prevention of psoriasis.

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BMDCsIL-23IL-36γmetforminpsoriasis

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PMID34884312
PMCPMC8658299
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