单位:[1]Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China内科学系风湿免疫内科华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院[2]Department of Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Background. Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a fatal inflammatory condition, which is often associated with the elevation of multiple proinflammatory cytokines and multiple organ dysfunction. Previous studies have shown that ST2 contributes to T cell overactivation and plays a detrimental role in mouse models of primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the IL-33/ST2 axis in a mouse model of MAS induced by repeated injections of cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG). Methods. Serum cytokines were determined using the cytometric bead array by flow cytometry. IL-33 and ST2 were detected by immunohistochemistry and real-time quantitative PCR in the liver and spleen of mice. CD3 and F4/80 in the liver were detected by immunohistochemistry. Inflammatory macrophages and effector memory T lymphocytes were detected by flow cytometry. Result. The CpG-induced MAS model was successfully induced after repeated CpG injections, presenting with hypercytokinemia and hepatosplenomegaly. The numbers of IL-33 positive cells in the liver and spleen decreased significantly, while the expression of ST2 in the liver tended to increase in the mice with MAS. IL-33 and St2 knockout mice showed similar levels of hepatosplenomegaly, peripheral blood count, and cytokine storm when compared with wild-type (WT) mice after induction of MAS. There were also no significant differences in liver pathology (including inflammatory cell infiltration of CD3 and F4/80) and levels of splenic inflammatory macrophages and effector memory T cells between the WT and knockout mice. Conclusion. These results suggested that IL-33 decreased in the liver and spleen tissues of MAS mice. Further results suggest that IL-33 and St2 knockout mice have no treatment potential in CpG-induced MAS. Thus, the IL-33/ST2 axis has little effect on the prognosis of CpG-induced MAS.
基金:
National Natural
Science Foundation of China (no. 81771754), the Tongji Hospital Clinical Research Flagship Program (no. 2019CR206),
and Tongji Hospital Scientific Research Fund (no. 2022B09).
第一作者单位:[1]Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China[2]Department of Rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Dong Yuanji,Gao Rongfen,He Kailin,et al.The Role of the IL-33/ST2 Axis in CpG-Induced Macrophage Activation Syndrome[J].JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH.2023,2023:doi:10.1155/2023/2689360.
APA:
Dong, Yuanji,Gao, Rongfen,He, Kailin,Zhong, Jixin&Dong, Lingli.(2023).The Role of the IL-33/ST2 Axis in CpG-Induced Macrophage Activation Syndrome.JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH,2023,
MLA:
Dong, Yuanji,et al."The Role of the IL-33/ST2 Axis in CpG-Induced Macrophage Activation Syndrome".JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH 2023.(2023)