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IMMUNITY
Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages 287-302Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.01.002
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- NNSC [81471570, 31170851]
- Chongqing Basic Science and Advanced Technology Research [cstc2015jcyjB0134]
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The failure of apoptotic cell clearance is linked to autoimmune diseases, nonresolving inflammation, and developmental abnormalities; however, pathways that regulate phagocytes for efficient apoptotic cell clearance remain poorly known. Apoptotic cells release find-me signals to recruit phagocytes to initiate their clearance. Here we found that find-me signal sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) activated macrophage erythropoietin (EPO) signaling promoted apoptotic cell clearance and immune tolerance. Dying cell-released S1P activated macrophage EPO signaling. Erythropoietin receptor (EPOR)-deficient macrophages exhibited impaired apoptotic cell phagocytosis. EPO enhanced apoptotic cell clearance through peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-g (PPAR gamma). Moreover, macrophage-specific Epor(-/-) mice developed lupus-like symptoms, and interference in EPO signaling ameliorated the disease progression in lupus-like mice. Thus, we have identified a pathway that regulates macrophages to clear dying cells, uncovered the priming function of find-me signal S1P, and found a role of the erythropoiesis regulator EPO in apoptotic cell disposal, with implications for harnessing dying cell clearance.
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