Bhlhe40 is an essential repressor of IL-10 during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
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Project description:The cytokine IL-10 antagonizes pathways that control Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Nevertheless, the impact of IL-10 during Mtb infection has been difficult to decipher because loss of function studies in animal models have yielded only mild phenotypes. We have discovered that the transcription factor Bhlhe40 is required to repress Il10 expression during Mtb infection. Loss of Bhlhe40 in mice results in higher Il10 expression, higher bacterial burden, and early susceptibility similar to that observed in mice lacking IFN-g. Deletion of Il10 in Bhlhe40-/- mice reverses these phenotypes. Bhlhe40 deletion in T cells or CD11c+ cells is sufficient to cause susceptibility to Mtb. Bhlhe40 represents the first transcription factor found to be essential during Mtb infection to specifically regulate Il10 expression, revealing the importance of strict control of IL-10 production by innate and adaptive immune cells during infection. Our findings uncover a previously elusive but significant role for IL-10 in Mtb pathogenesis.
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Project description:Better understanding of the host responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infections is required to prevent tuberculosis and develop new therapeutic interventions. The host transcription factor BHLHE40 is essential for controlling Mtb infection, in part by repressing Il10 expression, where excess IL-10 contributes to the early susceptibility of Bhlhe40-/- mice to Mtb infection. Deletion of Bhlhe40 in lung macrophages and dendritic cells is sufficient to increase the susceptibility of mice to Mtb infection, but how BHLHE40 impacts macrophage and dendritic cell responses to Mtb is unknown. Here we report that BHLHE40 is required in myeloid cells exposed to GM-CSF, an abundant cytokine in the lung, to promote the expression of genes associated with a pro-inflammatory state and better control of Mtb infection. Loss of Bhlhe40 expression in murine bone marrow derived myeloid cells cultured in the presence of GM-CSF results in lower levels of pro-inflammatory associated signaling molecules IL-1b, IL-6, IL-12, TNFα, iNOS, IL-2, KC, and RANTES, as well as higher levels of the anti-inflammatory associated molecules MCP-1 and IL-10 following exposure to heat-killed Mtb. Deletion of Il10 in Bhlhe40-/- myeloid cells restored some, but not all, pro-inflammatory signals, demonstrating that BHLHE40 promotes pro-inflammatory responses via both IL-10-dependent and independent mechanisms. In addition, we show that macrophages and neutrophils within the lungs of Mtb-infected Bhlhe40-/- mice exhibit defects in iNOS production compared to infected WT mice, supporting that BHLHE40 promotes pro-inflammatory responses in innate immune cells, which may contribute to the essential role for BHLHE40 during Mtb infection in vivo.
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Project description:Tuberculosis remains a major cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide, yet only 10% of people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop disease. Defining both necessary and sufficient immunologic determinants of protection remains a great scientific challenge. Analysis of peripheral blood gene expression profiles of active tuberculosis patients has identified correlates of risk for disease or pathogenesis. We sought to identify human potential candidate markers of host defense by studying gene expression profiles of macrophages, cells which, upon infection by M. tuberculosis, can mount an antimicrobial response. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis revealed an association between the cytokine, IL-32, and the vitamin D antimicrobial pathway in a network of IFN-γ and IL-15 induced ‘defense response’ genes. IL-32 was sufficient for induction of the vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial peptides, cathelicidin and DEFB4, and generation of antimicrobial activity in vitro, dependent on the presence of adequate 25-hydroxyvitamin D. The IL-15 induced ‘defense response’ macrophage gene network was integrated with ranked pairwise comparisons of gene expression from five different clinical data sets of latent vs. active tuberculosis or healthy controls, and a co-expression network derived from gene expression in patients with tuberculosis undergoing chemotherapy. Together, these analyses identified eight common genes, including IL-32, as molecular markers of latent tuberculosis and the IL-15 induced gene network. Inferring that maintaining M. tuberculosis in a latent state and preventing transition to active disease represents host resistance, we believe these results identify IL-32 as one functional marker and potential correlate of protection against active tuberculosis. Adherent peripheral blood monuclear cells were derived by Ficoll-Hypaque from the whole blood of four healthy donors. Cells adhered to tissue culture-treated plates for 2 h in 1% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) in RPMI. Cells were washed then stimulated with IL-10 (10ng/ml), IL-15 (10ng/ml) (R&D Systems), or IL-4 (1U/ml) in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% FBS at 37°C, 5% CO2. Cells were harvested at 6 h and 24 h after stimulation and monocytes purified by CD14 microbeads (Miltenyi Biotec) for a confirmed monocyte purity of at least 90%. RNA from purified monocytes extracted by Trizol and purified by Qiagen RNeasy Kit. RNA probe and microarray performed by UCLA Clinical Microarray Core using Ambion labeling kit and Affymetrix Human U133 Plus 2.0 array.
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