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CCR1-Mediated STAT3 Tyrosine Phosphorylation and CXCL8 Expression in THP-1 Macrophage-like Cells Involve Pertussis Toxin-Insensitive G α14/16 This information is current as Signaling and IL-6 Release of September 25, 2021. Maggie M. K. Lee, Ricky K. S. Chui, Issan Y. S. Tam, Alaster H. Y. Lau and Yung H. Wong J Immunol published online 2 November 2012 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/early/2012/10/31/jimmun Downloaded from ol.1103359 Supplementary http://www.jimmunol.org/content/suppl/2012/11/02/jimmunol.110335 http://www.jimmunol.org/ Material 9.DC1 Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! 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Published November 2, 2012, doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1103359 The Journal of Immunology CCR1-Mediated STAT3 Tyrosine Phosphorylation and CXCL8 Expression in THP-1 Macrophage-like Cells Involve Pertussis Toxin-Insensitive Ga14/16 Signaling and IL-6 Release Maggie M. K. Lee,*,† Ricky K. S. Chui,*,† Issan Y. S. Tam,‡ Alaster H. Y. Lau,‡ and Yung H. Wong*,†,x Agonists of CCR1 contribute to hypersensitivity reactions and atherosclerotic lesions, possibly via the regulation of the transcrip- tion factor STAT3. CCR1 was demonstrated to use pertussis toxin-insensitive Ga14/16 to stimulate phospholipase Cb and NF-kB, whereas both Ga14 and Ga16 are also capable of activating STAT3. The coexpression of CCR1 and Ga14/16 in human THP-1 macrophage-like cells suggests that CCR1 may use Ga14/16 to induce STAT3 activation. In this study, we demonstrated that 705 727 a CCR1 agonist, leukotactin-1 (CCL15), could indeed stimulate STAT3 Tyr and Ser phosphorylation via pertussis toxin- Downloaded from insensitive G proteins in PMA-differentiated THP-1 cells, human erythroleukemia cells, and HEK293 cells overexpressing CCR1 705 727 and Ga14/16. The STAT3 Tyr and Ser phosphorylations were independent of each other and temporally distinct. Subcellular fractionation and confocal microscopy illustrated that Tyr705-phosphorylated STAT3 translocated to the nucleus, whereas Ser727- phosphorylated STAT3 was retained in the cytosol after CCR1/Ga14 activation. CCL15 was capable of inducing IL-6 and IL-8 (CXCL8) production in both THP-1 macrophage-like cells and HEK293 cells overexpressing CCR1 and Ga14/16. Neutralizing Ab 705 to IL-6 inhibited CCL15-mediated STAT3 Tyr phosphorylation, whereas inhibition of STAT3 activity abolished CCL15- http://www.jimmunol.org/ activated CXCL8 release. The ability of CCR1 to signal through Ga14/16 provides a linkage for CCL15 to regulate IL-6/ STAT3–signaling cascades, leading to expression of CXCL8, a cytokine that is involved in inflammation and the rupture of atherosclerotic plaque. The Journal of Immunology, 2012, 189: 000–000. hemokines are a large family of low-molecular-weight mature cells. CCR1 knockout mice are defective in the trafficking cytokines that are characterized by their ability to direct and proliferation of myeloid progenitor cells (4). the migration of leukocytes from the bloodstream to sites of Hematopoiesis and angiogenesis require transcriptional activa- C by guest on September 25, 2021 inflammation (1). Leukotactin-1 (CCL15) belongs to the CC sub- tion, which can be mediated by STAT3. STAT3 is involved in T cell family, one of four chemokine groups (CXC, CC, C, and CX3C), as proliferation induced by IL-6 (11), c-Kit–mediated stem cell factor defined by their primary structures. CCL15 exerts its effect mainly (SCF)-independent proliferation in human leukemia cells (12), via CCR1 (2, 3), which is a G protein-coupled receptor. In addition and vessel formation triggered by GM-CSF (13). Deletion of to mediating chemotaxis, CCL15 and CCR1 were shown to regulate STAT3 is embryonic lethal (14). In addition, STAT3 acts as a hematopoiesis (4), angiogenesis (5), mast cell activation (6), and negative regulator of inflammatory responses in hematopoietic inflammatory diseases, including atherosclerosis (7, 8). CCR1 is cells. Tissue-specific deletion of STAT3 in macrophages enhances expressed in myeloid progenitor cells (9) and endothelial cells (10), the production of inflammatory cytokines (15), whereas disruption both of which are capable of proliferating and differentiating into of STAT3 during hematopoiesis leads to severe inflammatory bowel disease (16). In addition, expression of RANTES/CCL5 (a CCR1 agonist) is regulated, in part, by a transcription complex of STAT3 and NF-kB (17). *Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; †Biotechnology Research Institute, Hong Although chemokine receptors are typically characterized as Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Gi-coupled receptors, there is substantial evidence to suggest that ‡ China; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of chemokines may be able to stimulate STAT3 activity through Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and xState Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurosci- ence, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, pertussis toxin (PTX)-insensitive G proteins. CCR1 agonists were Hong Kong, China found to induce gene expression of the STAT-inducible proto- Received for publication November 23, 2011. Accepted for publication September oncogene, c-fos (18). c-Fos expression and transcriptional acti- 28, 2012. vation is induced upon Ga16 activation (19), and constitutively This work was supported in part by grants from the Research Grants Council of Hong active mutants of Ga14 and Ga16 were demonstrated to enhance Kong (HKUST 1/06C, 663108, and AoE/B-15/01) and the Hong Kong Jockey Club. the activity of STAT3 in cotransfection systems (20, 21). The Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. Yung H. Wong, Division of Life coexistence of Ga and CCR1, as well as their demonstrated Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kow- 14/16 loon, Hong Kong, China. E-mail address: [email protected] functional coupling in THP-1 macrophage-like cells (2, 22–26), The online version of this article contains supplemental material. suggests that CCR1 may use Ga14/16 to stimulate STAT3. There is Abbreviations used in this article: bFGF, basic fibroblast growth factor; EGF, epider- increasing evidence to support a role for STAT3 activation in mal growth factor; HEL, human erythroleukemia; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; CCR1-mediated cellular responses. In human macrophages and PLCb, phospholipase Cb; PTX, pertussis toxin; SCF, stem cell factor; siRNA, small macrophage-derived foam cells, CCL15 promotes the release of interfering RNA. matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 (27), which is implicated in Copyright Ó 2012 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/12/$16.00 the progression of atherosclerosis and whose expression is regu- www.jimmunol.org/cgi/doi/10.4049/jimmunol.1103359 2 INDUCTION OF CXCL8 BY CCR1/Ga14/16 REQUIRES IL-6/STAT3 lated by STAT3 (28). Moreover, CCR1 was shown to mediate IL-6 Cells were transiently transfected with cDNAs encoding p-STAT3–TA– production in marrow stromal cells upon stimulation by human Luc, STAT3 or its phosphorylation-resistant mutants (500 ng) or wild-type or constitutively active forms of Ga (625 ng) using Lipofectamine Plus myeloma cells (29), whereas MCP-1/CCL2 (a CCR2 agonist) reagent. enhances IL-6 production in fibroblast-like synoviocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and the response is mediated, in Luciferase reporter assay part, via PTX-insensitive G proteins (30). In addition, in THP-1 After 24 h of transfection, cells were serum starved with 100 ng/ml PTX for macrophage-like cells, lipoprotein (31) and human placenta 4 h and then stimulated in the absence or presence of 10 nM CCL15 for extracts (32) were demonstrated to promote the expression of another 24 h. Subsequently, the assay medium (culture medium without FBS) was removed and replaced by 150 ml lysis buffer provided in the IL-8 (CXCL8), which is capable of inducing MMP expression Luciferase Reporter Gene Assay Kit (Roche Applied Science, Penzberg, (33). Interestingly, both IL-6 (34) and CXCL8 (35) are STAT3- Upper Bavaria, Germany). The 6-well plate was shaken at 4˚C for 30 min, regulated cytokines, and we recently demonstrated that activa- and 25 ml lysate was transferred to white 96-well microplates designed for tion of Ga can lead to STAT3 activation and upregulation of luminescent work (Nunc, Roskilde, Denmark). An additional 25 ml lysis 16 buffer and 25 ml luciferin substrate were added to each well to initiate the CXCL8 via IL-6 autocrine signaling in HEK293 and human Jurkat reaction. Luciferase activity was determined using a microplate lumino- T cells (36). Given the importance of STAT3 in hematopoiesis and meter LB96V (EG&G Berthold, Bad Wildbad, Germany) (20, 21). its purported involvement in inflammatory diseases, we explored Assay for STAT3 phosphorylation whether CCR1 can indeed induce STAT3 phosphorylation and the production of IL-6 and CXCL8 through Ga -mediated sig- HEL cells, as well as THP-1 and U-937 macrophage-like cells, were seeded 14/16 3 6 naling. Mapping of such a pathway will help to elucidate the in- at 1 10 cells in assay medium (culture medium containing 0.1% BSA instead of FBS) and cultured or not with 100 ng/ml PTX for 16 h.