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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 203, Issue 1, Pages 15-20Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20051753
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Activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade after Toll-like receptor stimulation enables innate immune cells to rapidly activate cytokine gene expression. A balanced response to signals of infectious danger requires that cellular activation is transient. Here, we identify the MAPK phosphatase dual specificity phosphatase 1 (DUSP1) as an essential endogenous regulator of the inflammatory response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). DUSP1-deficient (DUSP1(-/-)) bone marrow-derived macrophages showed selectively prolonged activation of p38 MAPK and increased cytokine production. Intraperitoneal challenge of DUSP1(-/-) mice with LPS caused increased lethality and overshooting production of interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha. Transcriptional profiling revealed that DUSP1 controls a significant fraction of LPS-induced genes, which includes IL-6 and IL-10 as well as the chemokines CCL3, CCL4, and CXCL2. In contrast, the expression of the important mediators of endotoxin lethality, interferon gamma and IL-12, was not significantly altered by the absence of DUSP1. These data together demonstrate a specifi c regulatory role of DUSP1 in controlling a subset of LPS-induced genes that determines the outcome of endotoxin shock.
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