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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 192, Issue 11, Pages 5373-5381Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1303480
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- Compagnia San Paolo
- Italian Ministry of Health [GR-2010-2309622]
- Italian Health Ministry
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IL-1 beta acts in concert with anti-inflammatory cytokines, in particular, IL-1R antagonist (IL-1Ra), to ensure the correct development and outcome of the inflammation: imbalance in the IL-1 beta/IL-1Ra ratio is implicated in many human diseases and may lead to dramatic consequences. In this article, we show that single TLR engagement induces IL-1 beta and, with a little delay, IL-1Ra. Differently, costimulation of TLR2, TLR4, and TLR7/8 enhances IL-1 beta secretion but severely inhibits IL-1Ra production. The IL-1 beta/IL-1Ra unbalance after activation of multiple TLRs depends on the insurgence of oxidative stress, because of enhanced production of reactive oxygen species and failure of the antioxidant systems. Increased reactive oxygen species levels increase ATP externalization by monocytes, resulting in enhanced inflammasome activation and IL-1 beta secretion. Oxidative stress then induces cell responses to stress, including inhibition of protein synthesis, which, in turn, is responsible for the impaired production of IL-1Ra. IL-1Ra secretion is restored by exogenous antioxidants that oppose oxidative stress. Similar effects are evident also on other cytokines: TNF-alpha is induced, whereas IL-6 is inhibited by costimulation. Our findings provide a molecular basis to the imbalance between proinflammatory and regulatory cytokine circuits that occur in various pathologic conditions, and suggest new strategies for controlling inflammation.
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