Toll-like receptor 4 signalling is specifically TGF-beta-activated kinase 1 independent in synovial fibroblasts
Publication year
2011Source
Rheumatology, 50, 7, (2011), pp. 1216-1225ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Rheumatology
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Rheumatology
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vol. 50
Issue
iss. 7
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p. 1216
Page end
p. 1225
Subject
NCMLS 1: Infection and autoimmunity N4i 4: Auto-immunity, transplantation and immunotherapyAbstract
OBJECTIVE: Activated synovial fibroblasts are key players in the pathogenesis of RA by driving inflammation and joint destruction. Numerous molecules including cytokines and Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands induce pro-inflammatory signalling and gene expression through a hierarchical network of kinases. Upstream mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinases (MAP3Ks) represent an attractive target for RA treatment. In this study, we sought to determine the role of the MAP3K TGF-beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) in cytokine and TLR-mediated signalling. METHODS: TAK1 activity was inhibited using either a small molecule inhibitor or lentivirally overexpressed kinase-inactive TAK1-K63W mutant in murine embryonic and human dermal and synovial fibroblasts. Fibroblasts were stimulated with IL-1, TNF, TLR2 or TLR4 agonists and responses were evaluated using transcriptional reporters, western blotting and analysis of gene expression of collagenases (MMP3 and MMP13), cytokines (IL-1beta and IL-6) and chemokines (IL-8 and MCP-1). Results : TAK1 inhibition abrogated cytokine- and TLR-induced nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and Saa3-promoter reporter activation in murine and human dermal fibroblasts. In synovial fibroblasts, TAK1 regulated IL-1 and TNF-mediated NF-kappaB, but not Saa3-promoter reporter activation. Inducible mRNA expression of cytokines, collagenases and chemokines, except MCP-1, was TAK1 dependent for IL-1, TNF and TLR2 signalling. Unexpectedly, TLR4-mediated NF-kappaB reporter activation and inducible mRNA expression was fully TAK1 independent. Accordingly, NF-kappaB p65 and p38 MAPK phosphorylation was unaffected by TAK1 inhibition. CONCLUSION: In general, TAK1 crucially regulates IL-1 and TNF signalling in fibroblasts. Interestingly, TLR4 signalling is specifically TAK1 independent in synovial fibroblasts. Consequently, therapeutic TAK1 inhibition in arthropathies may not dampen the damage-associated molecular pattern-mediated TLR4 activation of synovial fibroblasts.
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