Hyaluronan fragments induce IFNβ via a novel TLR4-TRIF-TBK1-IRF3-dependent pathway

Journal of Inflammation

Research

Mark J Hamblin¹  Yee Chan-Li¹  Katharine E Black¹  Robert S Hagan¹  Maureen R Horton¹  Samuel L Collins¹  Robert W Hallowell¹  Jonathan D Powell² 

[1] Department of Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA;Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA;

关键词: Hyaluronan;    Macrophage;    Interferon;    Matrix;    Lung;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1476-9255-10-23

 received in 2012-07-30, accepted in 2013-05-23,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe extracellular matrix plays a critical role in insuring tissue integrity and water homeostasis. However, breakdown products of the extracellular matrix have emerged as endogenous danger signals, designed to rapidly activate the immune system against a potential pathogen breach. Type I interferons play a critical role in the immune response against viral infections. In the lungs, hylauronan (HA) exists as a high molecular weight, biologically inert extracellular matrix component that is critical for maintaining lung function. When lung tissue is injured, HA is broken down into lower molecular weight fragments that alert the immune system to the breach in tissue integrity by activating innate immune responses. HA fragments are known to induce inflammatory gene expression via TLR-MyD88-dependent pathways.MethodsPrimary peritoneal macrophages from C57BL/6 wild type, TLR4 null, TLR3 null, MyD88 null, and TRIF null mice as well as alveolar and peritoneal macrophage cell lines were stimulated with HA fragments and cytokine production was assessed by rt-PCR and ELISA. Western blot analysis for IRF3 was preformed on cell lysates from macrophages stimulate with HA fragmentsResultsWe demonstrate for the first time that IFNβ is induced in murine macrophages by HA fragments. We also show that HA fragments induce IFNβ using a novel pathway independent of MyD88 but dependent on TLR4 via TRIF and IRF-3.ConclusionsOverall our findings reveal a novel signaling pathway by which hyaluronan can modulate inflammation and demonstrate the ability of hyaluronan fragments to induce the expression of type I interferons in response to tissue injury even in the absence of viral infection. This is independent of the pathway of the TLR2-MyD88 used by these matrix fragments to induce inflammatory chemokines. Thus, LMW HA may be modifying the inflammatory milieu simultaneously via several pathways.

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