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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2011-03-29
    Description: CD4(+) T helper lymphocytes that express interleukin-17 (T(H)17 cells) have critical roles in mouse models of autoimmunity, and there is mounting evidence that they also influence inflammatory processes in humans. Genome-wide association studies in humans have linked genes involved in T(H)17 cell differentiation and function with susceptibility to Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. Thus, the pathway towards differentiation of T(H)17 cells and, perhaps, of related innate lymphoid cells with similar effector functions, is an attractive target for therapeutic applications. Mouse and human T(H)17 cells are distinguished by expression of the retinoic acid receptor-related orphan nuclear receptor RORgammat, which is required for induction of IL-17 transcription and for the manifestation of T(H)17-dependent autoimmune disease in mice. By performing a chemical screen with an insect cell-based reporter system, we identified the cardiac glycoside digoxin as a specific inhibitor of RORgammat transcriptional activity. Digoxin inhibited murine T(H)17 cell differentiation without affecting differentiation of other T cell lineages and was effective in delaying the onset and reducing the severity of autoimmune disease in mice. At high concentrations, digoxin is toxic for human cells, but non-toxic synthetic derivatives 20,22-dihydrodigoxin-21,23-diol and digoxin-21-salicylidene specifically inhibited induction of IL-17 in human CD4(+) T cells. Using these small-molecule compounds, we demonstrate that RORgammat is important for the maintenance of IL-17 expression in mouse and human effector T cells. These data indicate that derivatives of digoxin can be used as chemical templates for the development of RORgammat-targeted therapeutic agents that attenuate inflammatory lymphocyte function and autoimmune disease.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172133/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3172133/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Huh, Jun R -- Leung, Monica W L -- Huang, Pengxiang -- Ryan, Daniel A -- Krout, Michael R -- Malapaka, Raghu R V -- Chow, Jonathan -- Manel, Nicolas -- Ciofani, Maria -- Kim, Sangwon V -- Cuesta, Adolfo -- Santori, Fabio R -- Lafaille, Juan J -- Xu, H Eric -- Gin, David Y -- Rastinejad, Fraydoon -- Littman, Dan R -- 2R01GM55217/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- F32GM0860552/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI080885/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01AI080885/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01GM058833/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01GM067659/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2011 Apr 28;472(7344):486-90. doi: 10.1038/nature09978. Epub 2011 Mar 27.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Pathogenesis Program, The Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21441909" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Autoimmune Diseases/drug therapy/immunology/pathology ; Autoimmunity/drug effects/immunology ; Cell Differentiation/*drug effects ; Cell Line ; Digoxin/*analogs & derivatives/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Drosophila/cytology ; Humans ; Interleukin-17/biosynthesis/immunology ; Mice ; Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/*antagonists & ; inhibitors/metabolism ; Th17 Cells/*cytology/*drug effects/immunology ; Transcription, Genetic/drug effects/genetics
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    Publication Date: 2014-04-18
    Description: T-helper-17 (TH17) cells have critical roles in mucosal defence and in autoimmune disease pathogenesis. They are most abundant in the small intestine lamina propria, where their presence requires colonization of mice with microbiota. Segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB) are sufficient to induce TH17 cells and to promote TH17-dependent autoimmune disease in animal models. However, the specificity of TH17 cells, the mechanism of their induction by distinct bacteria, and the means by which they foster tissue-specific inflammation remain unknown. Here we show that the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) repertoire of intestinal TH17 cells in SFB-colonized mice has minimal overlap with that of other intestinal CD4(+) T cells and that most TH17 cells, but not other T cells, recognize antigens encoded by SFB. T cells with antigen receptors specific for SFB-encoded peptides differentiated into RORgammat-expressing TH17 cells, even if SFB-colonized mice also harboured a strong TH1 cell inducer, Listeria monocytogenes, in their intestine. The match of T-cell effector function with antigen specificity is thus determined by the type of bacteria that produce the antigen. These findings have significant implications for understanding how commensal microbiota contribute to organ-specific autoimmunity and for developing novel mucosal vaccines.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4128479/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4128479/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yang, Yi -- Torchinsky, Miriam B -- Gobert, Michael -- Xiong, Huizhong -- Xu, Mo -- Linehan, Jonathan L -- Alonzo, Francis -- Ng, Charles -- Chen, Alessandra -- Lin, Xiyao -- Sczesnak, Andrew -- Liao, Jia-Jun -- Torres, Victor J -- Jenkins, Marc K -- Lafaille, Juan J -- Littman, Dan R -- 5P30CA016087-32/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA077598/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P30 DK043351/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI039614/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- UL1 TR00038/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2014 Jun 5;510(7503):152-6. doi: 10.1038/nature13279. Epub 2014 Apr 13.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. ; 1] Department of Microbiology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA [2] Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0485, USA. ; Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. ; Department of Microbiology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. ; 1] The Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24739972" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, Bacterial/chemistry/*immunology ; Bacterial Vaccines ; Cell Differentiation ; Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/chemistry/immunology ; Gram-Positive Bacteria/chemistry/*immunology ; Hybridomas/immunology ; Immunity, Mucosal/immunology ; Intestinal Mucosa/cytology/immunology ; Intestine, Small/cytology/immunology ; Intestines/cytology/*immunology ; Listeria monocytogenes/immunology ; Mice ; Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3/metabolism ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology ; *Symbiosis ; Th17 Cells/cytology/*immunology
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    Publication Date: 2010-03-27
    Description: T cell receptor (TCR)-dependent regulatory T cell (Treg) activity controls effector T cell (Teff) function and is inhibited by the inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). Protein kinase C-theta (PKC-theta) recruitment to the immunological synapse is required for full Teff activation. In contrast, PKC-theta was sequestered away from the Treg immunological synapse. Furthermore, PKC-theta blockade enhanced Treg function, demonstrating PKC-theta inhibits Treg-mediated suppression. Inhibition of PKC-theta protected Treg from inactivation by TNF-alpha, restored activity of defective Treg from rheumatoid arthritis patients, and enhanced protection of mice from inflammatory colitis. Treg freed of PKC-theta-mediated inhibition can function in the presence of inflammatory cytokines and thus have therapeutic potential in control of inflammatory diseases.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2905626/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2905626/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zanin-Zhorov, Alexandra -- Ding, Yi -- Kumari, Sudha -- Attur, Mukundan -- Hippen, Keli L -- Brown, Maryanne -- Blazar, Bruce R -- Abramson, Steven B -- Lafaille, Juan J -- Dustin, Michael L -- P01 AI056299/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- PN2 EY016586/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- PN2 EY016586-06/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI055037/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI055037-06A1/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI43542/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL056067/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R37 AI043542/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R37 AI043542-12/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 Apr 16;328(5976):372-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1186068. Epub 2010 Mar 25.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Pathogenesis Program, Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20339032" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Animals ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/immunology ; Colitis/immunology/prevention & control ; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Feedback, Physiological ; Humans ; Immunological Synapses/*immunology ; Inflammation/*immunology ; Interferon-gamma/metabolism ; Isoenzymes/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Middle Aged ; Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets/*immunology/metabolism ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/*immunology/metabolism ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism ; Young Adult
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    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
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    Publication Date: 2015-09-30
    Description: Enhancing repair of myelin is an important but still elusive therapeutic goal in many neurological disorders. In multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory demyelinating disease, endogenous remyelination does occur but is frequently insufficient to restore function. Both parenchymal oligodendrocyte progenitor cells and endogenous adult neural stem cells resident within the subventricular zone are known sources of remyelinating cells. Here we characterize the contribution to remyelination of a subset of adult neural stem cells, identified by their expression of Gli1, a transcriptional effector of the sonic hedgehog pathway. We show that these cells are recruited from the subventricular zone to populate demyelinated lesions in the forebrain but never enter healthy, white matter tracts. Unexpectedly, recruitment of this pool of neural stem cells, and their differentiation into oligodendrocytes, is significantly enhanced by genetic or pharmacological inhibition of Gli1. Importantly, complete inhibition of canonical hedgehog signalling was ineffective, indicating that the role of Gli1 both in augmenting hedgehog signalling and in retarding myelination is specialized. Indeed, inhibition of Gli1 improves the functional outcome in a relapsing/remitting model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and is neuroprotective. Thus, endogenous neural stem cells can be mobilized for the repair of demyelinated lesions by inhibiting Gli1, identifying a new therapeutic avenue for the treatment of demyelinating disorders.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Samanta, Jayshree -- Grund, Ethan M -- Silva, Hernandez M -- Lafaille, Juan J -- Fishell, Gord -- Salzer, James L -- R01 NS026001/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2015 Oct 15;526(7573):448-52. doi: 10.1038/nature14957. Epub 2015 Sep 30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉New York University Neuroscience Institute, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. ; The Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26416758" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
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    Publication Date: 2012-02-01
    Description: Foxp3+CD4+CD25high regulatory T cell (Treg) suppression of inflammation depends on T-cell receptor-mediated Nuclear Factor of Activated T cells c1 (NFATc1) activation with reduced Akt activity. We investigated the role of the scaffold protein Disc large homolog 1 (Dlgh1) in linking the T-cell receptor to this unique signaling outcome. The Treg immunological synapse (IS) recruited fourfold more Dlgh1 than conventional CD4+ T-cell IS. Tregs isolated from patients with active rheumatoid arthritis, or treated with tumor necrosis factor-α, displayed reduced function and diminished Dlgh1 recruitment to the IS. Furthermore, Dlgh1 silencing abrogated Treg function, impaired NFATc1 activation, reduced phosphatase and tensin homolog levels, and increased Akt activation. Dlgh1 operates independently of the negative feedback pathway mediated by the related adapter protein Carma1 and thus presents an array of unique targets to selectively manipulate Treg function.
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    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
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