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Transcriptional Profiling of the Human Monocyte-to-Macrophage Differentiation and Polarization: New Molecules and Patterns of Gene Expression This information is current as of September 27, 2021. Fernando O. Martinez, Siamon Gordon, Massimo Locati and Alberto Mantovani J Immunol 2006; 177:7303-7311; ; doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.10.7303 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/177/10/7303 Downloaded from Supplementary http://www.jimmunol.org/content/suppl/2006/11/03/177.10.7303.DC1 Material http://www.jimmunol.org/ References This article cites 61 articles, 22 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/177/10/7303.full#ref-list-1 Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision by guest on September 27, 2021 • No Triage! Every submission reviewed by practicing scientists • Fast Publication! 4 weeks from acceptance to publication *average Subscription Information about subscribing to The Journal of Immunology is online at: http://jimmunol.org/subscription Permissions Submit copyright permission requests at: http://www.aai.org/About/Publications/JI/copyright.html Email Alerts Receive free email-alerts when new articles cite this article. Sign up at: http://jimmunol.org/alerts The Journal of Immunology is published twice each month by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc., 1451 Rockville Pike, Suite 650, Rockville, MD 20852 Copyright © 2006 by The American Association of Immunologists All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0022-1767 Online ISSN: 1550-6606. The Journal of Immunology Transcriptional Profiling of the Human Monocyte-to-Macrophage Differentiation and Polarization: New Molecules and Patterns of Gene Expression1 Fernando O. Martinez,*† Siamon Gordon,‡ Massimo Locati,2*† and Alberto Mantovani*† Comprehensive analysis of the gene expression profiles associated with human monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and polarization toward M1 or M2 phenotypes led to the following main results: 1) M-CSF-driven monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation is associated with activation of cell cycle genes, substantiating the underestimated proliferation potential of monocytes. 2) M-CSF leads to expression of a substantial part of the M2 transcriptome, suggesting that under homeostatic conditions a default shift toward M2 occurs. 3) Modulation of genes involved in metabolic activities is a prominent feature of macrophage differentiation and polarization. 4) Lipid metabolism is a main category of modulated transcripts, with Downloaded from expected up-regulation of cyclo-oxygenase 2 in M1 cells and unexpected cyclo-oxygenase 1 up-regulation in M2 cells. 5) Each step is characterized by a different repertoire of G protein-coupled receptors, with five nucleotide receptors as novel M2- associated genes. 6) The chemokinome of polarized macrophages is profoundly diverse and new differentially expressed chemokines are reported. Thus, transcriptome profiling reveals novel molecules and signatures associated with human monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and polarized activation which may represent candidate targets in pathophysiology. The Journal of Immunology, 2006, 177: 7303–7311. http://www.jimmunol.org/ onocytes and tissue macrophages provide both imme- ygen and nitrogen intermediates) and inflammatory cytokines (IL- diate defense against foreign agents and assist during 1, TNF, IL-6), contribute as inducer and effector cells in the setting off and development of the adaptive im- polarized Th1 responses, and mediate resistance against intracel- M ϩ mune response. Monocytes originally derive from CD34 myeloid lular parasites and tumors (7–11). In contrast, the alternative M2 progenitor cells in the bone marrow, circulate in the bloodstream, form of macrophage activation is a generic name used for various and enter peripheral tissues where they mature into different types forms of nonclassically activated macrophages resulting from cell of resident macrophages, characterized by low oxygen consump- exposure to IL-4 or IL-13, immune complexes, IL-10, glucocorti- tion, low protein synthesis rate, and modest cytokine production coid, or secosteroid (vitamin D3) hormones (3, 9, 12). The various by guest on September 27, 2021 (1, 2). Inflammation due to tissue damage or infection results in forms of M2 macrophages share an IL-12low and IL-23low pheno- resident macrophage activation, which increases the production of type, generally display high levels of scavenger, mannose (13), and cytokines, chemokines, and other inflammatory mediators, as well galactose-type receptors (3), and arginine metabolism is shifted to as monocyte recruitment. In the context of specific immune re- production of ornithine and polyamines via arginase (14). sponse, the cytokine milieu compels mononuclear phagocytes to Previous studies have addressed the issue of profiling gene ex- express specialized and polarized functional properties. Mirroring pression in M1 or M2 macrophage activation in the mouse, leading the Th1/Th2 nomenclature, many refer to polarized macrophages to the identification of new molecules expressed in polarized mu- as M1 and M2 cells (3–6). Classically polarized activated M1 rine macrophages (e.g., Ym1, Fizz1, MRC1) (13, 15, 16). Data on macrophages have long been known to be induced by IFN-␥ alone human mononuclear phagocytes on the contrary are scanty and or in concert with microbial stimuli as LPS, or cytokines as TNF have highlighted important interspecies differences in key mole- and GM-CSF. M1 cells have an IL-12high, IL-23high, IL-10low phe- cules, such as arginase and inducible NO synthase, rendering dif- notype, are proficient producers of effector molecules (reactive ox- ficult extrapolation (17, 18). In this study, we report for the first time a whole genome transcriptional profile analysis of the human monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation and polarized activation *Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy; †Institute of General Pathology, Univer- sity of Milan, Milan, Italy; and ‡Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University processes, describing distinct molecular signatures which shed of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom new light on these processes and reveal new candidate markers. Received for publication March 9, 2006. Accepted for publication August 3, 2006. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page Materials and Methods charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance Reagents with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. 1 This work was supported by the Italian Association for Cancer Research, Ministero Recombinant human cytokines were obtained from PeproTech. LPS from dell’Istruzione dell’Universita`e della Ricerca (Fondo Investimenti Ricerca di Base, Escherichia coli (serotype 055:B5) was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich. Abs Progetto di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale, and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche were purchased from Serotec, unless specified. Human cytokines were funding), Fondo Interno per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (FIRST Project), measured using commercial ELISA kits purchased from R&D Systems, Ministero della Salute, Fondazione Cariplo (NOBEL Project), and the European according to the manufacturer’s instructions. All chemicals were obtained Commission (Innochem Project, FP6-518167; Mugen Project, LSHG-CT-2005- from Sigma-Aldrich, unless specified. 005203). F.O.M. is a recipient of the International PhD program in Cellular and Molecular Biology fellowship from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. Cell preparation 2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Massimo Locati, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Manzoni 56, I-20089 Rozzano, Italy. E-mail address: massimo. Human monocytes were obtained from normal blood donor buffy coats by [email protected] two-step gradient centrifugation followed by an additional step using the Copyright © 2006 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/06/$02.00 7304 TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILING OF MACROPHAGE DIFFERENTIATION FIGURE 1. PCA of the transcriptome expressed during macrophage differentiation and polarization. PCA was carried on all genes under in- Downloaded from vestigation to determine expression trends within the data set. Sample trend during maturation and polarization is shown in a scatter plot of the prin- FIGURE 2. K-mean clustering of genes differentially expressed during cipal components 1 and 2, which summarize 98% of the system variance. macrophage differentiation and polarization. Modulated genes were organized Bars represent the SD within the three donors studied. F, monocytes (Mo); by K-means clustering. The x-axis corresponds to the experimental conditions, U, monocytes after 3 days of culture with M-CSF (Md3); E, macrophages the y-axis to expression levels. Each line represents a gene, with red and green after 7 days of culture with M-CSF (M); Œ, M1-polarized macrophages for high and low expression levels, respectively. Monocyte differentiation cor- (M1); ‚, M2-polarized macrophages (M2). http://www.jimmunol.org/ related with a cluster on early affected genes (A, 478 genes) and a cluster of late affected genes (B, 390 genes). Two clusters (D, 1108 genes; E, 945 genes) are associated with M1 polarization, and one cluster (F, 104 genes) with M2 po- Monocyte Isolation kit II (Miltenyi Biotec) as previously described (17). larization. C (505 genes) includes genes with a complex behavior not directly ϩ Macrophages were obtained by culturing monocytes (98% CD14 , 13% linked to a specific cell differentiation