Mechanisms of the Innate Defense Regulator Peptide-1002 Anti-Inflammatory Activity in a Sterile Inflammation Mouse Model
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Mechanisms of the Innate Defense Regulator Peptide-1002 Anti-Inflammatory Activity in a Sterile Inflammation Mouse Model This information is current as Bing Catherine Wu, Amy Huei-Yi Lee and Robert E. W. of September 25, 2021. Hancock J Immunol 2017; 199:3592-3603; Prepublished online 9 October 2017; doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700985 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/199/10/3592 Downloaded from Supplementary http://www.jimmunol.org/content/suppl/2017/10/07/jimmunol.170098 Material 5.DCSupplemental http://www.jimmunol.org/ References This article cites 81 articles, 21 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/199/10/3592.full#ref-list-1 Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision by guest on September 25, 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 © 2017 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0022-1767 Online ISSN: 1550-6606. The Journal of Immunology Mechanisms of the Innate Defense Regulator Peptide-1002 Anti-Inflammatory Activity in a Sterile Inflammation Mouse Model Bing Catherine Wu, Amy Huei-Yi Lee, and Robert E. W. Hancock Innate defense regulator (IDR) peptide-1002 is a synthetic host defense peptide derivative with strong anti-inflammatory properties. Extending previous data, IDR-1002 suppressed in vitro inflammatory responses in RAW 264.7 murine monocyte/macrophage cells challenged with the TLR4 agonist LPS and TLR2 agonists lipoteichoic acid and zymosan. To investigate the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of IDR-1002 in vivo, the PMA-induced mouse ear inflammation model was used. Topical IDR-1002 treatment success- fully dampened PMA-induced ear edema, proinflammatory cytokine production, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species release, and neutrophil recruitment in the ears of CD1 mice. Advanced RNA transcriptomic analysis on the mouse ear transcriptome revealed Downloaded from that IDR-1002 reduced sterile inflammation by suppressing the expression of transmembrane G protein–coupled receptors (class A/1 rhodopsin-like), including receptors for chemokines, PGs, histamine, platelet activating factor, and anaphylatoxin. IDR-1002 also dampened the IFN-g response and repressed the IFN regulatory factor 8–regulated network that controls central inflammatory pathways. This study demonstrates that IDR-1002 exhibits strong in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory activities, informs the underlying anti-inflammatory mechanisms, and reveals its potential as a novel therapeutic for inflammatory diseases. The Journal of Immunology, 2017, 199: 3592–3603. http://www.jimmunol.org/ nflammation is a vital part of the body’s first line of defense. of different treatment options, there is no cure for many of these A controlled inflammatory response can protect against inflammatory disorders. Moreover, the use of immune suppression as I foreign invaders, eliminate damaged cells, and initiate tissue a common therapeutic strategy can lead to higher risk for infectious repair (1). Inflammatory responses triggered by stimuli from diseases (11–13). Therefore, immune modulators that dampen ex- nonmicrobial origins, such as irritants, are termed sterile inflam- cessive inflammation without compromising appropriate immune mation (2). Sterile inflammation is characterized by neutrophil and responses to infections can serve as superior therapeutic solutions. macrophage infiltration and the production of reactive oxygen spe- Innate defense regulator (IDR) peptides are synthetic immu- cies (ROS) and proinflammatory cytokines, such as TNF and IL-1 nomodulatory agents derived from evolutionarily conserved host by guest on September 25, 2021 (2–5). Dysregulated and prolonged sterile inflammation underlies defense peptides (HDPs) (14–17). Under physiological conditions, the pathogenesis of many human diseases, including Alzheimer’s HDPs and IDRs exhibit a variety of immunomodulatory functions disease, asthma, atherosclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary including recruitment of immune cells, modulation of chemokine disease, and rheumatoid arthritis (6–10). Despite the availability and cytokine levels, promotion of wound healing, stimulation of angiogenesis, and polarization of macrophage differentiation (14– Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology 17). IDR-1002 was initially selected from a library of bactenecin and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T derivatives based on its enhanced ability to induce chemokines 1Z4, Canada from human PBMCs, which correlated with protection against ORCID: 0000-0002-4623-1934 (B.C.W.). Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli infections in vivo Received for publication July 10, 2017. Accepted for publication September 11, (18). IDR-1002 was also able to effectively dampen proin- 2017. flammatory cytokine induction in response to inflammatory ago- This work was supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant MOP- nists in vitro (19–21). Previous research has demonstrated that 74493. IDR-1002 can significantly suppress LPS-mediated neutrophil B.C.W. and R.E.W.H. conceptualized the study; B.C.W. and A.H.-Y.L. performed the methods; B.C.W. performed most experiments; B.C.W. and A.H.-Y.L. per- degranulation and the release of ROS (22). IDR-1002 can also formed formal analyses; B.C.W. wrote the original draft; all authors wrote, re- control immune-mediated inflammation in synovial fibroblasts, a viewed, and edited the manuscript; and R.E.W.H. acquired the funding. key cell type in rheumatoid arthritis, by dampening the IL-1b The RNA transcriptomic data presented in this article have been submitted to the response while promoting IL-1Ra and IL-10 production (19). The National Center for Biotechnology Information Gene Expression Omnibus (https:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE100918) under accession number suppressive effect of IDR-1002 on IL-1b–induced inflammation is GSE100918. achieved by downregulating the activation of p50 NF-kB, JNK, Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Robert E.W. Hancock, Centre for and p38 MAPK (19). The dual effect of IDR-1002 has also been Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, #232, 2259 Lower Mall Research Sta- observed in LPS-stimulated macrophages, in which the peptide tion, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. E-mail address: [email protected] dampens the inflammatory response by inhibiting NF-kB nuclear The online version of this article contains supplemental material. translocation while activating p38/ERK1/2-MSK1–dependent CREB Abbreviations used in this article: GPCR, G protein–coupled receptor; HDP, host phosphorylation (20). Thus, IDR-1002 represents a potential anti- defense peptide; IDR, innate defense regulator; Irf, IFN regulatory factor; LTA, inflammatory and anti-infective therapeutic candidate because of lipoteichoic acid; RNA-Seq, sequencing of RNA after conversion to cDNA; RNS, its ability to dampen excessive inflammation without compromis- reactive nitrogen species; ROS, reactive oxygen species. ing the ability of the immune system to fight infections. Despite the Copyright Ó 2017 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/17/$35.00 promising anti-inflammatory activities of IDR-1002 observed during www.jimmunol.org/cgi/doi/10.4049/jimmunol.1700985 The Journal of Immunology 3593 bacterial infection, its role in controlling sterile inflammation has mice (6–7 wk old). IDR-1002 (20 ml of 30 or 15 mg/ml in 50% ethanol) or not been well characterized in vivo. indomethacin (20 ml of 30 or 15 mg/ml in acetone) was also administered In this study, we showed that IDR-1002 suppressed the LPS-, topically within 3 min after PMA treatment onto one ear of each mouse. The contralateral ear was given the same volume of the vehicle/solvent lipoteichoic acid (LTA)-, and zymosan-induced inflammatory re- (20 ml of 50% ethanol for mice given IDR-1002 and 20 ml of acetone for sponses in vitro using RAW 264.7 cells. The effect of IDR-1002 mice given indomethacin). Mice were euthanized 6 or 24 h post–PMA peptide against sterile inflammation in vivo was investigated us- treatment for sample collection. The ear thickness was measured using a ing the PMA-induced mouse ear inflammation model (23, 24). We digital caliper. Blood samples were collected by cardiac puncture. Ear biop- sies (5 mm in diameter) were cut out using disposable biopsy punches demonstrated that IDR-1002 suppressed a variety of inflammatory (VWR), weighed, and homogenized in 600 ml of extraction buffer (100 mM responses, including PMA-induced ear edema, the production of pro- Tris[pH7.4],150mMNaCl,1mMEGTA,1mMEDTA,1%TritonX-100 inflammatory cytokines, ROS, and reactive nitrogen species (RNS), and 0.5% sodium deoxycholate in autoclaved deionized water; protocol from and the recruitment of neutrophils into the inflamed tissue. We further Abcam, Toronto, Canada) supplemented with protease inhibitor mixture