PMID- 18978793 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081230 LR - 20210727 IS - 1529-2916 (Electronic) IS - 1529-2908 (Print) IS - 1529-2908 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 12 DP - 2008 Dec TI - Toll-like receptor-induced arginase 1 in macrophages thwarts effective immunity against intracellular pathogens. PG - 1399-406 LID - 10.1038/ni.1671 [doi] AB - Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling in macrophages is required for antipathogen responses, including the biosynthesis of nitric oxide from arginine, and is essential for immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Toxoplasma gondii and other intracellular pathogens. Here we report a 'loophole' in the TLR pathway that is advantageous to these pathogens. Intracellular pathogens induced expression of the arginine hydrolytic enzyme arginase 1 (Arg1) in mouse macrophages through the TLR pathway. In contrast to diseases dominated by T helper type 2 responses in which Arg1 expression is greatly increased by interleukin 4 and 13 signaling through the transcription factor STAT6, TLR-mediated Arg1 induction was independent of the STAT6 pathway. Specific elimination of Arg1 in macrophages favored host survival during T. gondii infection and decreased lung bacterial load during tuberculosis infection. FAU - El Kasmi, Karim C AU - El Kasmi KC AD - Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38015, USA. FAU - Qualls, Joseph E AU - Qualls JE FAU - Pesce, John T AU - Pesce JT FAU - Smith, Amber M AU - Smith AM FAU - Thompson, Robert W AU - Thompson RW FAU - Henao-Tamayo, Marcela AU - Henao-Tamayo M FAU - Basaraba, Randall J AU - Basaraba RJ FAU - Konig, Till AU - Konig T FAU - Schleicher, Ulrike AU - Schleicher U FAU - Koo, Mi-Sun AU - Koo MS FAU - Kaplan, Gilla AU - Kaplan G FAU - Fitzgerald, Katherine A AU - Fitzgerald KA FAU - Tuomanen, Elaine I AU - Tuomanen EI FAU - Orme, Ian M AU - Orme IM FAU - Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi AU - Kanneganti TD FAU - Bogdan, Christian AU - Bogdan C FAU - Wynn, Thomas A AU - Wynn TA FAU - Murray, Peter J AU - Murray PJ LA - eng GR - R01 AI066046/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI062921/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA021765-30/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - AI27913/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA21765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI062921-04/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA021765/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI062921/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI66046/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI027913/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20081102 PL - United States TA - Nat Immunol JT - Nature immunology JID - 100941354 RN - 0 (CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta) RN - 0 (Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88) RN - 0 (STAT6 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptors) RN - EC 3.5.3.1 (Arginase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arginase/*immunology/metabolism MH - Bacterial Infections/*immunology MH - CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta/immunology/metabolism MH - Immunoblotting MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Macrophages/*immunology/*microbiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88/immunology/metabolism MH - STAT6 Transcription Factor/immunology/metabolism MH - Toll-Like Receptors/*immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC2584974 MID - NIHMS77639 EDAT- 2008/11/04 09:00 MHDA- 2008/12/31 09:00 PMCR- 2009/06/01 CRDT- 2008/11/04 09:00 PHST- 2008/08/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/10/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/11/04 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/12/31 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/11/04 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ni.1671 [pii] AID - 10.1038/ni.1671 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Immunol. 2008 Dec;9(12):1399-406. doi: 10.1038/ni.1671. Epub 2008 Nov 2.