Arid5a exacerbates IFN-gamma-mediated septic shock by stabilizing T-bet mRNA

作者：Zaman Mohammad Mahabub Uz; Masuda Kazuya; Nyati Kishan Kumar; Dubey Praveen Kumar; Ripley Barry; Wang Kai; Chalise Jaya Prakash; Higa Mitsuru; Hanieh Hamza; Kishimoto Tadamitsu^*

来源：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016, 113(41): 11543-11548.

DOI：10.1073/pnas.1613307113

• septic shock
• Arid5a
• IFN-gamma
• T-bet
• IL-6

Adenine-thymine (AT)-rich interactive domain containing protein 5a (Arid5a) is an RNA-binding protein that has been shown to play an important immune regulatory function via the stabilization of IL-6 and STAT3 mRNA. However, the role of Arid5a in the overwhelming and uncontrolled immune response that leads to septic shock is unknown. Here, we report that Arid5a-deficient mice are highly resistant to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced endotoxic shock and secrete lower levels of major proinflammatory cytokines, including IFN-gamma, IL-6, and TNF-alpha, than WT mice in response to LPS. Arid5a deficiency resulted in decreased levels of IFN-gamma under Th1 cell conditions, in which T-box expressed in T cells (T-bet) mRNA expression was inhibited. Arid5a bound to the conserved stem loop structure of the 3'UTR of T-bet and stabilized its mRNA. Arid5a-deficient mice were also resistant to Propionibacterium acnes-primed LPS injection, which is considered to be a T-cell-mediated IFN-gamma dependent endotoxic shock mouse model. Thus, regulation of IFN-gamma by Arid5a via the stabilization of T-bet mRNA in Th1 cells contributes to the development of septic shock in mice. In addition, our previous study suggests that Arid5a control the IL-6 level in vivo in response to LPS by stabilization of IL-6 mRNA. We also observed that neutralization of IFN-gamma and IL-6 significantly recovered the mice from endotoxic shock. Taken together, we conclude that Arid5a regulates the augmentation of IL-6 and IFN-gamma in response to LPS, which possibly works synergistically for amplification of various other cytokines that ultimately cause the development of septic shock in mice.

• 出版日期2016-10-11