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CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 719-727Publisher
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-017-3922-0
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Histone deacetylase inhibitor; Macrophage polarization; Sodium valproate; Systemic lupus erythematosus
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- Students Research Committee at Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran [930618118]
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The anti-inflammatory role of macrophages in apoptotic cells (ACs) clearance is involved in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis. The efferocytic capability of macrophages is altered by M1/M2 polarization. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) are proposed to enhance the expansion of M2 macrophages. Sodium valproate (VPA) is an HDACi with different anti-inflammatory properties. Here, we aimed to investigate the effects of HDACi by VPA on the polarization of monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) and regulating the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines in SLE. We studied the ex vivo alterations of MDMs among 15 newly diagnosed SLE patients and 10 normal subjects followed by ACs and VPA treatments. M1/M2 polarization was assessed by expression of CD86/CD163, IL1-beta, IDO-1, and MRC-1 among treated and non-treated MDMs. We also evaluated the production of IL-10, IL-12, TGF-beta 1, and TNF-alpha cytokines in the cell culture supernatants. CD163 was overexpressed upon VPA treatment, while CD86 showed no significant change. IL1-beta and IDO-1 genes were significantly downregulated, and the mRNA expression of MRC-1 was increased among VPA-treated MDMs of SLE patients. The anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10 and TGF-beta 1) were overproduced while TNF-alpha level was decreased in response to VPA. The population of classically activated macrophages was more prevalent among SLE patients and efferocytosis was defected. VPA could successfully enhance the anti-inflammatory immune response through alternative activation of MDMs in SLE patients.
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