IL-4 Inhibits the Biogenesis of an Epigenetically Suppressive PIWI
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IL-4 Inhibits the Biogenesis of an Epigenetically Suppressive PIWI-Interacting RNA To Upregulate CD1a Molecules on Monocytes/Dendritic Cells This information is current as of September 28, 2021. Xue Zhang, Xin He, Chao Liu, Jun Liu, Qifei Hu, Ting Pan, Xiaobing Duan, Bingfeng Liu, Yiwen Zhang, Jingliang Chen, Xingru Ma, Xu Zhang, Haihua Luo and Hui Zhang J Immunol 2016; 196:1591-1603; Prepublished online 11 January 2016; Downloaded from doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500805 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/196/4/1591 http://www.jimmunol.org/ Supplementary http://www.jimmunol.org/content/suppl/2016/01/09/jimmunol.150080 Material 5.DCSupplemental References This article cites 49 articles, 17 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/196/4/1591.full#ref-list-1 Why The JI? Submit online. by guest on September 28, 2021 • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! 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The Journal of Immunology IL-4 Inhibits the Biogenesis of an Epigenetically Suppressive PIWI-Interacting RNA To Upregulate CD1a Molecules on Monocytes/Dendritic Cells Xue Zhang, Xin He, Chao Liu, Jun Liu, Qifei Hu, Ting Pan, Xiaobing Duan, Bingfeng Liu, Yiwen Zhang, Jingliang Chen, Xingru Ma, Xu Zhang, Haihua Luo, and Hui Zhang The discovery of PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) revealed the complexity of the RNA world. Although piRNAs were first deemed to be germline specific, substantial evidence shows their various roles in somatic cells; however, their function in highly differentiated immune cells remains elusive. In this study, by initially screening with a small RNA deep-sequencing analysis, we found that a piRNA, tRNA-Glu–derived piRNA [td-piR(Glu)], was expressed much more abundantly in human Downloaded from monocytes than in dendritic cells. By regulating the polymerase III activity, IL-4 potently decreased the biogenesis of tRNA-Glu and, subsequently, td-piR(Glu). Further, we revealed that the td-piR(Glu)/PIWIL4 complex recruited SETDB1, SUV39H1, and heterochromatin protein 1b to the CD1A promoter region and facilitated H3K9 methylation. As a result, the transcription of CD1A was significantly inhibited. Collectively, we demonstrated that a piRNA acted as the signal molecule for a cytokine to regulate the expression of an important membrane protein for lipid Ag presentation. The Journal of Immunology, 2016, 196: 1591–1603. http://www.jimmunol.org/ onocytes derived from bone marrow progenitors are Monocytes can be induced to DCs in vitro with several mononuclear phagocytes with the capacity to differ- cytokines, including GM-CSF and IL-4 (4). DCs bridge the in- M entiate into macrophages and, subsequently, dendritic nate- and adaptive-immune responses by a series of steps to cells (DCs), and they play a critical role in the immune response capture, process, and present Ags to Ag-specific T cells (5). They (1). Two distinct populations of “inflammatory” and “patrol- are divided into four subsets: conventional DCs that are derived ling” monocytes were defined in mice (2). In humans, based on directly from bone marrow precursors and have a short half-life, different functional properties, CD14+CD162 and CD14+CD16+ plasmacytoid DCs that can secrete a large amount of type I IFN by guest on September 28, 2021 monocytes are classified into inflammatory subsets. In contrast, after viral challenge, Langerhans cells, and monocyte-derived CD14dimCD16+ monocytes are classified into patrolling subsets (3). DCs (6). Many functional markers are manipulated by cytokines during the differentiation into DCs (7). PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs Institute of Human Virology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen that are predominantly expressed in germline and specifically University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control of Ministry of Education, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun interact with PIWI proteins (8). piRNAs are widely known for Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China; and Guangdong Engi- their function to silence the transposon elements and maintain neering Research Center for Antimicrobial Agent and Immunotechnology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong the stability of the entire genome (9). However, additional evi- 510080, China dence indicates that piRNAs not only existed in germline but also Received for publication April 10, 2015. Accepted for publication November 9, 2015. appeared in somatic cells, such as ovarian somatic cells of This work was supported by the National Special Research Program for Important Drosophila, neuron cells of Aplysia, and human cancer cells (10– Infectious Diseases (Grant 2013ZX10001004), the Guangdong Innovative Research 12). In the somatic cells of Drosophila, the piRNA/PIWI complex Team Program (Grant 2009010058), the National Basic Research Program of recruits epigenetic factors to regulate histone modification of China (973 Program) (Grant 2010CB912202), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 30972620) (to H.Z.). target sites (13). In the neuron cells of Aplysia, the piRNA/PIWI The sequences presented in this article have been submitted to the National Center complex mediates the DNA methylation of CpG islands in the for Biotechnology Information Gene Expression Omnibus under accession number CREB2 promoter to facilitate long-term memory (11). In the early GSE73945. embryo of Drosophila, the piRNA pathway is involved in the Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. Hui Zhang, Sun Yat-sen Uni- degradation of nos mRNA through CCR4-mediated deadenylation versity, Room 1308, New Technology Building, No. 74, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China. E-mail address: [email protected] (14). Although some piRNAs play roles in cell proliferation and via- The online version of this article contains supplemental material. bility, the mechanism remains to be clarified in human cancer cells (12). There is little information on how piRNA functions in the Abbreviations used in this article: ChIP, chromatin immunoprecipitation; DC, den- dritic cell; GEO, Gene Expression Omnibus; HA, hemagglutinin; HP1, heterochro- human immune system. In this study, we demonstrate that the matin protein 1; miRNA, microRNA; NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology highly expressed tRNA-derived piRNA (td-piR) in monocytes Information; piNC, piRNA negative control; piRNA, PIWI-interacting RNA; qPCR, quantitative PCR; RIP, RNA-binding protein immunoprecipitation; RT-qPCR, significantly repressed CD1A transcription by inducing H3K9 reverse transcription quantitative PCR; siRNA, small interfering RNA; td-piR, methylation at its promoter region. We also discovered that its tRNA-derived piRNA; tiRNA, tRNA-derived stress-induced RNA; tRF, tRNA- biogenesis was controlled by IL-4. Our work suggests that derived small RNA. piRNA could function as a mediator for signal transduction in Copyright Ó 2016 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/16/$30.00 highly differentiated immune cells. www.jimmunol.org/cgi/doi/10.4049/jimmunol.1500805 1592 A piRNA IS A TRANSDUCER OF IL-4 TO REGULATE CD1a EXPRESSION Materials and Methods RNA-binding protein immunoprecipitation Cell culture and transfection RNA-binding protein immunoprecipitation (RIP) was performed with the PBMCs were isolated from healthy human donors through Ficoll gradient EZ-Magna RIP Kit (Millipore), according to the manufacturer’s instruc- 3 7 centrifugation. CD14+ monocytes were isolated with BD IMag anti- tions, with modified procedures. Approximate 1 10 human monocytes human CD14 magnetic particles, according to the magnetic labeling pro- were collected and fixed in 1% formaldehyde for 10 min at room tem- tocol supplied by the manufacturer. The cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 perature, and the unreacted formaldehyde was quenched with glycine for medium (Invitrogen) supplemented with 10% FBS (Life Technologies), 5 min at room temperature. After washing the fixed cells three times with 100 U/ml penicillin, and 100 U/ml streptomycin (HyClone). GM-CSF cold PBS, 500 ml RIP lysis buffer containing protease inhibitor mixture was used to resuspend the cell pellet. The lysate was incubated on ice for (1000 U/ml) and IL-4 (500 U/ml) were used to induce the differentiation 2 of monocytes into DCs for ∼7 d, and the medium was changed every 3 d. 5 min and stored at 80˚C to complete the lysis process. The magnetic Lipofectamine RNAiMAX was used to transfect various small RNAs beads were washed with RIP washing buffer twice and incubated with into monocytes/DCs following the manufacturer’s instructions (Invi- different Abs (mouse IgG, rabbit IgG, anti-human PIWIL1, and anti- hu- trogen). HEK293T cells were obtained from American Type Culture man PIWIL4) for 30 min