Journal
JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY
Volume 98, Issue 4, Pages 651-659Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.4A0914-450RR
Keywords
chromatin remodeling; gene transcription; IRF1; lupus; cytokines
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- U.S. National Institutes of Health National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases [R01 AR058547]
- Lupus Research Institute
- Wallace Chair of Pediatrics
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Endotoxin tolerance is characterized by diminished expression of inflammatory cytokines after sequential exposure to Toll-like receptor stimuli. Many mechanisms contribute to tolerance; however, chromatin remodeling appears to be the most significant regulator. The type II interferon, IFN-gamma, has been recognized as being able to reverse or abrogate the establishment of tolerance. Type I interferons have not been investigated previously, and they bind a distinct receptor. We found that alpha 2-interferon was able to abrogate or diminish tolerance by endotoxin, as defined by measuring mRNA levels at recognized tolerance targets. We also found that alpha 2-interferon treatment during tolerization was associated with increased H3K4me3 and H3K4me2 levels at promoters of tolerance targets in THP1 cells. These marks were normalized after exposure of the cells to alpha 2-interferon. Interferon regulatory factor 1 is a transcription factor activated and induced by types I and II interferons. We found recruitment of this transcription factor paralleled tolerance and inhibition of tolerance at target genes. Therefore, there are at least 2 distinct pathways by which endotoxin tolerance may be mitigated. A type I interferon, in spite of binding to a different receptor, was just as able to inhibit tolerance as the type II interferon and also appeared to act by modifying chromatin at tolerance target genes.
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