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    Identification of novel mechanisms that regulate pattern-recognition receptor expression and signaling

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    Author
    Nhu, Quan Minh
    Advisor
    Vogel, Stefanie N.
    Date
    2009
    Type
    dissertation
    
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    Abstract
    Pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) of the innate immune system detect infection and tissue injury by binding pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and endogenous "danger" ligands, respectively. We proposed the classification of PRRs into classical PRRs that recognize conserved microbial molecules as ligands and nonclassical PRRs that recognize a proteolytic function. This project focused on the identification of novel mechanisms that regulate the expression and signaling of two transmembrane PRRs: classical PRRs, i.e., Toll-like receptors (TLRs), and a nonclassical PRR, i.e., proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR<sub>2</sub>). Analysis of basal and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced TLR gene expression in murine macrophages revealed that TLRs 3-6 and 9 were transcriptionally regulated by two key counteracting transcription factors, interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) and IRF-2. An unexpected role for IRF-2 as a transcriptional activator was identified, in contrast to its well characterized role as a transcriptional repressor, for murine TLR3 gene expression. An examination of signaling interactions between TLRs and PAR<sub>2</sub> identified a novel paradigm for receptor cooperativity between PAR<sub>2</sub> and TLR4 that centers on the shared utilization of TLR adapters. In HEK293T transfectants, PAR<sub>2</sub>-induced activation of NF-κB and IRF-3 reporters was TRIF/TRAM-dependent. Although PAR<sub>2</sub> agonist did not directly activate TLR4, co-expression of PAR<sub>2</sub> with TLR4 resulted in MyD88-dependent synergistic enhancement of PAR<sub>2</sub>-driven NF-κB activation, whereas PAR<sub>2</sub>-induced IRF-3 activation was diminished. We demonstrated a physical interaction between PAR<sub>2</sub> and TLR4, and between PAR<sub>2</sub> and TRIF. Differential, cell-type specific responses were found to occur when PAR<sub>2</sub> and TLRs were simultaneously activated. In murine macrophages, concurrent activation of TLR4 and PAR<sub>2</sub> led to a "T<sub>h</sub>2"-like pattern of cytokine expression, findings that were consistent with PAR<sub>2</sub>-mediated synergistic enhancement of IL-4-induced alternative activation of macrophages. In epithelial cell lines, PAR<sub>2</sub> activation augmented TLR3-induced NF-κB activation while down-regulating TLR3-induced activation of IRF-3 antiviral pathway. In vivo, PAR<sub>2</sub><sup>-/-</sup> and TLR4<sup>-/-</sup> mice were both resistant to PAR<sub>2</sub> agonist peptide-induced footpad edema and to mouse-adapted H1N1 influenza virus-induced lethality. These results provide compelling support for the hypothesis that regulating the extracellular proteinase/anti-proteinase balance might represent an effective therapeutic approach to controlling inflammation and suggest that targeting PAR<sub>2</sub> and/or TLR4 receptors and signaling pathways may offer protection against influenza.
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    University of Maryland, Baltimore. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Ph.D. 2009
    Keyword
    IRF-3
    proteinase-activated receptor 2
    Inflammation
    Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
    Interferons
    Interferon Regulatory Factor-3
    Receptor, PAR-2
    Toll-Like Receptors
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10713/887
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