PMID- 23075496 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130419 LR - 20211203 IS - 1423-0097 (Electronic) IS - 1018-2438 (Linking) VI - 160 IP - 3 DP - 2013 TI - Inhibition of histamine H1 receptor activity modulates proinflammatory cytokine production of dendritic cells through c-Rel activity. PG - 265-74 LID - 10.1159/000341637 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Histamine exerts diverse effects on immune regulation through four types of histamine receptors (HRs). Among them, type 1 receptor (H1R) plays an important role in allergic inflammation. Dendritic cells (DCs), which express at least three types of HRs, are professional antigen-presenting cells controlling the development of allergic inflammation. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in H1R-mediated NF-kB signaling of DCs remain poorly defined. METHODS: Bone-marrow (BM)-derived DCs (BM-DCs) were treated with H1R inverse agonists to interrupt basal H1R-mediated signaling. The crosstalk of H1R-mediated signaling and the NF-kB pathway was examined by NF-kB cellular activity using a luciferase reporter assay, NF-kB subunit analysis using Western blotting and TNF-alpha promoter activity using chromatin immunoprecipitation. RESULTS: Blockage of H1R signaling by inverse agonists significantly inhibited TNF-alpha and IL-6 production of BM-DCs. H1R-specific agonists were able to enhance TNF-alpha production, but this overexpression was significantly inhibited by NF-kB inhibitor. The H1R inverse agonist ketotifen also suppressed cellular NF-kB activity, suggesting crosstalk between H1R and NF-kB signaling in DCs. After comprehensive analysis of NF-kB subunits, c-Rel protein expression was significantly down-regulated in ketotifen-treated BM-DCs, which led to inhibition of the promoter activity of TNF-alpha. Finally, adoptive transfer of the ketotifen-treated BM-DCs did not induce significant allergic airway inflammation compared to that of control cells in vivo. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that c-Rel controls H1R-mediated proinflammatory cytokine production in DCs. This study provides a potential mechanism of H1R-mediated signaling and NF-kB pathway crosstalk in allergic inflammation. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel. FAU - Lee, Chin-Lai AU - Lee CL AD - Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Hsu, Shih-Hsien AU - Hsu SH FAU - Jong, Yuh-Jyh AU - Jong YJ FAU - Hung, Chih-Hsing AU - Hung CH FAU - Suen, Jau-Ling AU - Suen JL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121017 PL - Switzerland TA - Int Arch Allergy Immunol JT - International archives of allergy and immunology JID - 9211652 RN - 0 (Histamine Agonists) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel) RN - 0 (Receptors, Histamine H1) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - X49220T18G (Ketotifen) SB - IM MH - Adoptive Transfer MH - Animals MH - Dendritic Cells/drug effects/*immunology MH - Drug Inverse Agonism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects/immunology MH - Histamine Agonists/pharmacology MH - Hypersensitivity/drug therapy/*immunology MH - Immunosuppression Therapy MH - Inflammation Mediators/immunology/metabolism MH - Interleukin-6/genetics/metabolism MH - Ketotifen/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - NF-kappa B/immunology/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel/genetics/*metabolism MH - Receptor Cross-Talk/drug effects/immunology MH - Receptors, Histamine H1/immunology/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/immunology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2012/10/19 06:00 MHDA- 2013/04/23 06:00 CRDT- 2012/10/19 06:00 PHST- 2012/01/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/10/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/04/23 06:00 [medline] AID - 000341637 [pii] AID - 10.1159/000341637 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2013;160(3):265-74. doi: 10.1159/000341637. Epub 2012 Oct 17.