Title
Activation of p38 MAPK in CD4 T cells controls IL-17 production and autoimmune encephalomyelitis
UMMS Affiliation
Program in Molecular Medicine
Publication Date
2011-09-22
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal; *Autoimmunity; Cell Proliferation; Cell Separation; Cells, Cultured; Chronic Disease; Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune,; Experimental; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E; Female; Flow Cytometry; Humans; Interleukin-17; Lymphocyte Activation; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Transgenic; Multiple Sclerosis; Phosphorylation; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Signal Transduction; Th17 Cells; p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Disciplines
Biochemistry | Cell Biology | Cellular and Molecular Physiology | Molecular Biology
Abstract
Although several transcription factors have been shown to be critical for the induction and maintenance of IL-17 expression by CD4 Th cells, less is known about the role of nontranscriptional mechanisms. Here we show that the p38 MAPK signaling pathway is essential for in vitro and in vivo IL-17 production by regulating IL-17 synthesis in CD4 T cells through the activation of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E/MAPK-interacting kinase (eIF-4E/MNK) pathway. We also show that p38 MAPK activation is required for the development and progression of both chronic and relapsing-remitting forms of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), the principal autoimmune model of multiple sclerosis. Furthermore, we show that regulation of p38 MAPK activity specifically in T cells is sufficient to modulate EAE severity. Thus, mechanisms other than the regulation of gene expression also contribute to Th17 cell effector functions and, potentially, to the pathogenesis of other Th17 cell-mediated diseases.
DOI of Published Version
10.1182/blood-2011-02-336552
Source
Blood. 2011 Sep 22;118(12):3290-300. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-02-336552. Epub 2011 Jul 25. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Blood
Related Resources
PubMed ID
21791428
Repository Citation
Noubade, Rajkumar; Krementsov, Dimitry N.; Del Rio, Roxana; Thornton, Tina; Nagaleekar, Viswas; Saligrama, Naresha; Spitzack, Anthony; Spach, Karen; Sabio, Guadalupe; Davis, Roger J.; Rincon, Mercedes; and Teuscher, Cory, "Activation of p38 MAPK in CD4 T cells controls IL-17 production and autoimmune encephalomyelitis" (2011). Davis Lab Publications. 45.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/davis/45