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Cytokines Stimulated by IL-33 in Human Skin Mast Cells: Involvement of NF-κB and p38 at Distinct Levels and Potent Co-Operation with FcεRI and MRGPRX2

The IL-1 family cytokine IL-33 activates and re-shapes mast cells (MCs), but whether and by what mechanisms it elicits cytokines in MCs from human skin remains poorly understood. The current study found that IL-33 activates CCL1, CCL2, IL-5, IL-8, IL-13, and TNF-α, while IL-1β, IL-6, IL-31, and VEGF...

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Autores principales: Franke, Kristin, Wang, Zhao, Zuberbier, Torsten, Babina, Magda
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8036466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33808264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073580
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author Franke, Kristin
Wang, Zhao
Zuberbier, Torsten
Babina, Magda
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Wang, Zhao
Zuberbier, Torsten
Babina, Magda
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description The IL-1 family cytokine IL-33 activates and re-shapes mast cells (MCs), but whether and by what mechanisms it elicits cytokines in MCs from human skin remains poorly understood. The current study found that IL-33 activates CCL1, CCL2, IL-5, IL-8, IL-13, and TNF-α, while IL-1β, IL-6, IL-31, and VEGFA remain unaffected in cutaneous MCs, highlighting that each MC subset responds to IL-33 with a unique cytokine profile. Mechanistically, IL-33 induced the rapid (1–2 min) and durable (2 h) phosphorylation of p38, whereas the phosphorylation of JNK was weaker and more transient. Moreover, the NF-κB pathway was potently activated, as revealed by IκB degradation, increased nuclear abundance of p50/p65, and vigorous phosphorylation of p65. The activation of NF-κB occurred independently of p38 or JNK. The induced transcription of the cytokines selected for further study (CCL1, CCL2, IL-8, TNF-α) was abolished by interference with NF-κB, while p38/JNK had only some cytokine-selective effects. Surprisingly, at the level of the secreted protein products, p38 was nearly as effective as NF-κB for all entities, suggesting post-transcriptional involvement. IL-33 did not only instruct skin MCs to produce selected cytokines, but it also efficiently co-operated with the allergic and pseudo-allergic/neurogenic activation networks in the production of IL-8, TNF-α, CCL1, and CCL2. Synergism was more pronounced at the protein than at the mRNA level and appeared stronger for MRGPRX2 ligands than for FcεRI. Our results underscore the pro-inflammatory nature of an acute IL-33 stimulus and imply that especially in combination with allergens or MRGPRX2 agonists, IL-33 will efficiently amplify skin inflammation and thereby aggravate inflammatory dermatoses.
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spelling pubmed-80364662021-04-12 Cytokines Stimulated by IL-33 in Human Skin Mast Cells: Involvement of NF-κB and p38 at Distinct Levels and Potent Co-Operation with FcεRI and MRGPRX2 Franke, Kristin Wang, Zhao Zuberbier, Torsten Babina, Magda Int J Mol Sci Article The IL-1 family cytokine IL-33 activates and re-shapes mast cells (MCs), but whether and by what mechanisms it elicits cytokines in MCs from human skin remains poorly understood. The current study found that IL-33 activates CCL1, CCL2, IL-5, IL-8, IL-13, and TNF-α, while IL-1β, IL-6, IL-31, and VEGFA remain unaffected in cutaneous MCs, highlighting that each MC subset responds to IL-33 with a unique cytokine profile. Mechanistically, IL-33 induced the rapid (1–2 min) and durable (2 h) phosphorylation of p38, whereas the phosphorylation of JNK was weaker and more transient. Moreover, the NF-κB pathway was potently activated, as revealed by IκB degradation, increased nuclear abundance of p50/p65, and vigorous phosphorylation of p65. The activation of NF-κB occurred independently of p38 or JNK. The induced transcription of the cytokines selected for further study (CCL1, CCL2, IL-8, TNF-α) was abolished by interference with NF-κB, while p38/JNK had only some cytokine-selective effects. Surprisingly, at the level of the secreted protein products, p38 was nearly as effective as NF-κB for all entities, suggesting post-transcriptional involvement. IL-33 did not only instruct skin MCs to produce selected cytokines, but it also efficiently co-operated with the allergic and pseudo-allergic/neurogenic activation networks in the production of IL-8, TNF-α, CCL1, and CCL2. Synergism was more pronounced at the protein than at the mRNA level and appeared stronger for MRGPRX2 ligands than for FcεRI. Our results underscore the pro-inflammatory nature of an acute IL-33 stimulus and imply that especially in combination with allergens or MRGPRX2 agonists, IL-33 will efficiently amplify skin inflammation and thereby aggravate inflammatory dermatoses. MDPI 2021-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8036466/ /pubmed/33808264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073580 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Franke, Kristin
Wang, Zhao
Zuberbier, Torsten
Babina, Magda
Cytokines Stimulated by IL-33 in Human Skin Mast Cells: Involvement of NF-κB and p38 at Distinct Levels and Potent Co-Operation with FcεRI and MRGPRX2
title Cytokines Stimulated by IL-33 in Human Skin Mast Cells: Involvement of NF-κB and p38 at Distinct Levels and Potent Co-Operation with FcεRI and MRGPRX2
title_full Cytokines Stimulated by IL-33 in Human Skin Mast Cells: Involvement of NF-κB and p38 at Distinct Levels and Potent Co-Operation with FcεRI and MRGPRX2
title_fullStr Cytokines Stimulated by IL-33 in Human Skin Mast Cells: Involvement of NF-κB and p38 at Distinct Levels and Potent Co-Operation with FcεRI and MRGPRX2
title_full_unstemmed Cytokines Stimulated by IL-33 in Human Skin Mast Cells: Involvement of NF-κB and p38 at Distinct Levels and Potent Co-Operation with FcεRI and MRGPRX2
title_short Cytokines Stimulated by IL-33 in Human Skin Mast Cells: Involvement of NF-κB and p38 at Distinct Levels and Potent Co-Operation with FcεRI and MRGPRX2
title_sort cytokines stimulated by il-33 in human skin mast cells: involvement of nf-κb and p38 at distinct levels and potent co-operation with fcεri and mrgprx2
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8036466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33808264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073580
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