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IMMUNOBIOLOGY
Volume 221, Issue 2, Pages 199-207Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2015.09.006
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Macrophage; Methamphetamine; Inflammation; Cytokine; Toll-like receptor signaling; CCL7
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 DA030962, P20 RR016469]
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Recent studies show that methamphetamine (Meth) use leads to higher susceptibility to and progression of infections, which suggests impairment of the immune system. The first line of defense against infections is the innate immune system and the macrophage is a key player in preventing and fighting infections. So we profiled cytokines over time in Meth treated THP-1 cells, as a human macrophage model, at a relevant concentration using high throughput screening to find a signaling target. We showed that after a single exposure, the effect of Meth on macrophage cytokine production was rapid and time dependent and shifted the balance of expression of cytokines to pro-inflammatory. Our results were analogous to previous reports in that Meth up-regulates TNF-alpha and IL-8 after two hours of exposure. However, global screening led to the novel identification of CXCL16, CXCL1 and many other up-regulated cytokines. We also showed CCL7 as the most down-regulated chemokine due to Meth exposure, which led us to hypothesize that Meth dysregulates the MyD88-dependent Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) signaling pathway. In conclusion, altered cytokine expression in macrophages suggests it could lead to a suppressed innate immunity in people who use Meth. (C) 2015 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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