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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 40, 期 9, 页码 2580-2589出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040540
关键词
Alpha7 nicotinic receptor; Inflammation; Sepsis; STAT3; TNF
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资金
- Top Institute Pharma [T1-215]
- European Community
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
- NIH [GM084125]
- Department of Surgery UMDNJ, USAMRMC [05308004, AHA06352230N]
The role of STAT3 in infectious diseases remains undetermined, in part because unphosphorylated STAT3 has been considered an inactive protein. Here, we report that unphosphorylated STAT3 contributes to cholinergic anti-inflammation, prevents systemic inflammation, and improves survival in sepsis. Bacterial endotoxin induced STAT3 tyrosine phosphorylation in macrophages. Both alpha7 nicotinic receptor (alpha7nAChR) activation and inhibition of JAK2 blunt STAT3 phosphorylation. Inhibition of STAT3 phosphorylation mimicked the alpha7nAChR signaling, inhibiting NF-kappa B and cytokine production in macrophages. Transfection of macrophages with the dominant-negative mutant STAT3F, to prevent its tyrosine phosphorylation, reduced TNF production but did not prevent the alpha7nAChR signaling. However, inhibition of STAT3 protein expression enhanced cytokine production and abrogated alpha7nAChR signaling. Alpha7nAChR controls TNF production in macrophages through a mechanism that requires STAT3 protein expression, but not its tyrosine phosphorylation. In vivo, inhibition of STAT3 tyrosine phosphorylation by stattic prevented systemic inflammation and improved survival in experimental sepsis. Stattic also prevented the production of late mediators of sepsis and improved survival in established sepsis. These results reveal the immunological implications of tyrosine-unphosphorylated STAT3 in infectious diseases.
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