Effects of Human RelA Transgene on Murine Macrophage Inflammatory Responses

Biomedicines

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Massimiliano Stagi¹  Philip Rosenstiel²  Raheleh Sheibani-Tezerji²  François Bergey³  Lorna Morris³  Vitor A. P. Martins Dos Santos³  Werner Müller⁴  Stamatia Papoutsopoulou⁴  Hazel England⁴  Andrew Bayliff⁵  Barry J. Campbell⁵  Thomas Mair⁵  Mohammad Tauqeer Alam⁶ 

[1] Department of Molecular Physiology and Cell Signalling, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK;

[2] Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, 6708 WE Kiel, Germany;

[3] LifeGlimmer GmbH, Markelstr. 39A, 12163 Berlin, Germany;

[4] Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;

[5] The Henry Wellcome Laboratories of Molecular & Cellular Gastroenterology, Department of Infection Biology & Microbiomes, Institute of Infection Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK;

[6] Warwick Medical School, Bioinformatics RTP, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK;

关键词: macrophage;    NFκB;    RelA(p65);    inflammation;    lipid A;    lipopolysaccharide;   

DOI  :  10.3390/biomedicines10040757

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The NFκB transcription factors are major regulators of innate immune responses, and NFκB signal pathway dysregulation is linked to inflammatory disease. Here, we utilised bone marrow-derived macrophages from the p65-DsRedxp/IκBα-eGFP transgenic strain to study the functional implication of xenogeneic (human) RelA(p65) protein introduced into the mouse genome. Confocal imaging showed that human RelA is expressed in the cells and can translocate to the nucleus following activation of Toll-like receptor 4. RNA sequencing of lipid A-stimulated macrophages, revealed that human RelA impacts on murine gene transcription, affecting both non-NFκB and NFκB target genes, including immediate-early and late response genes, e.g., Fos and Cxcl10. Validation experiments on NFκB targets revealed markedly reduced mRNA levels, but similar kinetic profiles in transgenic cells compared to wild-type. Enrichment pathway analysis of differentially expressed genes revealed interferon and cytokine signaling were affected. These immune response pathways were also affected in macrophages treated with tumor necrosis factor. Data suggests that the presence of xenogeneic RelA protein likely has inhibitory activity, altering specific transcriptional profiles of key molecules involved in immune responses. It is therefore essential that this information be taken into consideration when designing and interpreting future experiments using this transgenic strain.

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