TY - JOUR
T1 - Gal-3 plays an important pro-inflammatory role in the induction phase of acute colitis by promoting activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and production of IL-β in macrophages
AU - Simovic Markovic, Bojana
AU - Nikolic, Aleksandar
AU - Gazdic, Marina
AU - Bojic, Sanja
AU - Vucicevic, Ljubica
AU - Kosic, Milica
AU - Mitrovic, Slobodanka
AU - Milosavljevic, Milos
AU - Besra, Gurdyal
AU - Trajkovic, Vladimir
AU - Arsenijevic, Nebojsa
AU - Lukic, Miodrag L
AU - Volarevic, Vladislav
N1 - Copyright © 2016 European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: [email protected].
PY - 2016/1/19
Y1 - 2016/1/19
N2 - BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Galectin-3 [Gal-3] is an endogenous lectin with a broad spectrum of immunoregulatory effects: it plays an important role in autoimmune/inflammatory and malignant diseases, but the precise role of Gal-3 in pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis is still unknown.METHODS: We used a model of dextran sulphate sodium [DSS]-induced acute colitis. The role of Gal-3 in pathogenesis of this disease was tested by evaluating disease development in Gal-3 deficient mice and administration of Gal-3 inhibitor. Disease was monitoring by clinical, histological, histochemical, and immunophenotipic investigations. Adoptive transfer was used to detect cellular events in pathogenesis.RESULTS: Genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of Gal-3 significantly attenuate DSS-induced colitis. Gal-3 deletion suppresses production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in colonic macrophages and favors their alternative activation, as well as significantly reduces activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in macrophages. Peritoneal macrophages isolated from untreated Gal-3(-/-) mice and treated in vitro with bacterial lipopolysaccharide or DSS produce lower amounts of TNF-α and IL-β when compared to WT cells. Genetic deletion of Gal-3 did not directly affect total neutrophils, inflammatory dendritic cells [DCs], and NKT cells. However, the total number of CD11c+CD80+ DCs which produce pro-inflammatory cytokines, as well as TNF-α and IL-β producing CD45+CD11c-Ly6G+ neutrophils were significantly lower in colons of Gal-3(-/-) DSS-treated mice. Adoptive transfer of WT macrophages significantly enhanced the severity of disease in Gal-3(-/-) mice.CONCLUSIONS: Gal-3 expression promotes acute DSS-induced colitis and plays an important pro-inflammatory role in the induction phase of colitis by promoting the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and production of IL-β in macrophages.
AB - BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Galectin-3 [Gal-3] is an endogenous lectin with a broad spectrum of immunoregulatory effects: it plays an important role in autoimmune/inflammatory and malignant diseases, but the precise role of Gal-3 in pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis is still unknown.METHODS: We used a model of dextran sulphate sodium [DSS]-induced acute colitis. The role of Gal-3 in pathogenesis of this disease was tested by evaluating disease development in Gal-3 deficient mice and administration of Gal-3 inhibitor. Disease was monitoring by clinical, histological, histochemical, and immunophenotipic investigations. Adoptive transfer was used to detect cellular events in pathogenesis.RESULTS: Genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of Gal-3 significantly attenuate DSS-induced colitis. Gal-3 deletion suppresses production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in colonic macrophages and favors their alternative activation, as well as significantly reduces activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in macrophages. Peritoneal macrophages isolated from untreated Gal-3(-/-) mice and treated in vitro with bacterial lipopolysaccharide or DSS produce lower amounts of TNF-α and IL-β when compared to WT cells. Genetic deletion of Gal-3 did not directly affect total neutrophils, inflammatory dendritic cells [DCs], and NKT cells. However, the total number of CD11c+CD80+ DCs which produce pro-inflammatory cytokines, as well as TNF-α and IL-β producing CD45+CD11c-Ly6G+ neutrophils were significantly lower in colons of Gal-3(-/-) DSS-treated mice. Adoptive transfer of WT macrophages significantly enhanced the severity of disease in Gal-3(-/-) mice.CONCLUSIONS: Gal-3 expression promotes acute DSS-induced colitis and plays an important pro-inflammatory role in the induction phase of colitis by promoting the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and production of IL-β in macrophages.
U2 - 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjw013
DO - 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjw013
M3 - Article
C2 - 26786981
SN - 1873-9946
JO - Journal of Crohn's & Colitis
JF - Journal of Crohn's & Colitis
ER -