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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 190, Issue 1, Pages 392-400Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202041
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [EH 371/1-1]
- National Institutes of Health [DK50189, HL60569, DK095491]
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
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A deeper understanding of the mechanisms that control responses to inflammation is critical to the development of effective therapies. We sought to define the most proximal regulators of the Cullin (Cul)-RING ligases, which play a central role in the stabilization of NF-kappa B and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). In these studies, we identify the human deneddylase-1 (SENP8) as a key regulator of Cul neddylation response in vitro and in vivo. Using human microvascular endothelial cells (HMECs), we examined inflammatory responses to LPS or TNF-alpha by assessing Cul neddylation status, NF-kappa B and HIF-1 alpha stabilization, and inflammatory cytokine secretion. HMECs with an intact neddylation pathway showed a time-dependent induction of Cul-1 neddylation, nuclear translocation of NF-kappa B, stabilization of HIF-1 alpha, and increased NF-kappa B/HIF-alpha promoter activity in response to LPS. HMECs lacking SENP8 were unable to neddylate Cul-1 and subsequently were unable to activate NF-kappa B or HIF-1 alpha. Pharmacological targeting of neddylation (MLN4924) significantly abrogated NF-kappa B responses, induced HIF-1 alpha promoter activity, and reduced secretion of TNF-alpha-elicited proinflammatory cytokines. MLN4924 stabilized HIF and abrogated proinflammatory responses while maintaining anti-inflammatory IL-10 responses in vivo following LPS administration. These studies identify SENP8 as a proximal regulator of Cul neddylation and provide an important role for SENP8 in fine-tuning the inflammatory response. Moreover, our findings provide feasibility for therapeutic targeting of the Culs during inflammation. The Journal of Immunology, 2013, 190: 392-400.
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