PMID- 20211185 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101007 LR - 20131121 IS - 1879-0135 (Electronic) IS - 0020-7519 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 9 DP - 2010 Aug 1 TI - The IL-12p70/IL-10 interplay is differentially regulated by free heme and hemozoin in murine bone-marrow-derived macrophages. PG - 1003-12 LID - 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.02.007 [doi] AB - The outcome of malarial anemia is determined by a complex interplay between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, its severity associated with accumulation of hemozoin (Hz) in macrophages, elevated IL-10 responses and impaired IL-12 production. Although free heme contributes to malarial anemia by inducing oxidative damage of red blood cells (RBCs) and enhancing their clearance by phagocytes, its impact on IL-12/IL-10 interactions has not been fully characterized. Herein, the effect of hemin (HE) on IL-12 and IL-10 responses was studied in murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) and compared with synthetic Hz. Our data reveal that HE induces modest inhibition of IL-12p70 responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) whereas Hz significantly impairs IL-12p70 responses to IFNgamma/LPS through down-regulation of IL-12p35 and p40 gene expression. Although reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated after short-term exposure to HE and Hz, prolonged exposure to these iron protoporphyrins has opposite effects on the cellular redox status, HE being the only compound able to promote persistent ROS production. Accordingly, the inhibitory effect of HE on IL-12p70 seems sustained by redox-dependent induction of IL-10 and is partially controlled by the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway. Indeed, treatment with n-acetylcysteine (NAC) or with the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580 inhibits IL-10 responses and significantly restores IL-12p70 responses to IFNgamma/LPS in HE-conditioned BMDM. Our results suggest that oxidant stress induced by free heme may potentially contribute to sustained production of IL-10 and down-regulation of IL-12 responses in malaria. CI - Copyright 2010 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Cambos, Mathieu AU - Cambos M AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, Que., Canada. FAU - Bazinet, Stefany AU - Bazinet S FAU - Abed, Elie AU - Abed E FAU - Sanchez-Dardon, Jaime AU - Sanchez-Dardon J FAU - Bernard, Charlotte AU - Bernard C FAU - Moreau, Robert AU - Moreau R FAU - Olivier, Martin AU - Olivier M FAU - Scorza, Tatiana AU - Scorza T LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20100306 PL - England TA - Int J Parasitol JT - International journal for parasitology JID - 0314024 RN - 0 (Hemeproteins) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) RN - 39404-00-7 (hemozoin) RN - 42VZT0U6YR (Heme) RN - 743LRP9S7N (Hemin) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Female MH - Heme/immunology/*metabolism MH - Hemeproteins/immunology/*metabolism MH - Hemin/metabolism MH - Interferon-gamma/immunology MH - Interleukin-10/*immunology/metabolism MH - Interleukin-12/antagonists & inhibitors/*immunology/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/immunology MH - Macrophages/*immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Protein Binding MH - *Protein Interaction Mapping MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism EDAT- 2010/03/10 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/12 06:00 CRDT- 2010/03/10 06:00 PHST- 2009/12/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/02/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/02/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/03/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/12 06:00 [medline] AID - S0020-7519(10)00065-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.02.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Parasitol. 2010 Aug 1;40(9):1003-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.02.007. Epub 2010 Mar 6.