PMID- 22025552 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120113 LR - 20211203 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 187 IP - 11 DP - 2011 Dec 1 TI - Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibition in macrophages of asymptomatic HIV+ persons reverses the decrease in TLR-4-mediated TNF-alpha release through prolongation of MAPK pathway activation. PG - 6052-8 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1101532 [doi] AB - TLR-4-mediated signaling is significantly impaired in macrophages from HIV(+) persons, predominantly owing to altered MyD88-dependent pathway signaling caused in part by constitutive activation of PI3K. In this study we assessed in these macrophages if the blunted increase in TLR-4-mediated TNF-alpha release induced by lipid A (LA) is associated with PI3K-induced upregulation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) activity. mTOR inhibition with rapamycin enhanced TLR-4-mediated TNF-alpha release, but suppressed anti-inflammatory IL-10 release. Targeted gene silencing of mTOR in macrophages resulted in LA-induced TNF-alpha and IL-10 release patterns similar to those induced by rapamycin. Rapamycin restored MyD88/IL-1R-associated kinase interaction in a dose-dependent manner. Targeted gene silencing of MyD88 (short hairpin RNA) and mTOR (RNA interference) inhibition resulted in TLR-4-mediated 70-kDa ribosomal protein S6 kinase activation and enhanced TNF-alpha release, whereas IL-10 release was inhibited in both silenced and nonsilenced HIV(+) macrophages. Furthermore, mTOR inhibition augmented LA-induced TNF-alpha release through enhanced and prolonged phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and JNK1/2 MAPK, which was associated with time-dependent MKP-1 destabilization. Taken together, impaired TLR-4-mediated TNF-alpha release in HIV(+) macrophages is attributable in part to mTOR activation by constitutive PI3K expression in a MyD88-dependent signaling pathway. These changes result in MAPK phosphatase 1 stabilization, which shortens and blunts MAPK activation. mTOR inhibition may serve as a potential therapeutic target to upregulate macrophage innate immune host defense responsiveness in HIV(+) persons. FAU - Li, Xin AU - Li X AD - Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. FAU - Han, Xinbing AU - Han X FAU - Llano, Juliana AU - Llano J FAU - Bole, Medhavi AU - Bole M FAU - Zhou, Xiuqin AU - Zhou X FAU - Swan, Katharine AU - Swan K FAU - Anandaiah, Asha AU - Anandaiah A FAU - Nelson, Benjamin AU - Nelson B FAU - Patel, Naimish R AU - Patel NR FAU - Reinach, Peter S AU - Reinach PS FAU - Koziel, Henry AU - Koziel H FAU - Tachado, Souvenir D AU - Tachado SD LA - eng GR - R01 HL092811/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL092811-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-HL063655/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-HL092811/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL063655/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20111024 PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (TLR4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Blotting, Western MH - Enzyme Activation/immunology MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - HIV Infections/immunology/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/*immunology MH - Macrophages/immunology/*metabolism/virology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/immunology/*metabolism MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/immunology/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/immunology/*metabolism PMC - PMC3221743 MID - NIHMS328658 EDAT- 2011/10/26 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/14 06:00 PMCR- 2012/12/01 CRDT- 2011/10/26 06:00 PHST- 2011/10/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jimmunol.1101532 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1101532 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2011 Dec 1;187(11):6052-8. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101532. Epub 2011 Oct 24.