PMID- 23311665 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140203 LR - 20240420 IS - 1557-7716 (Electronic) IS - 1523-0864 (Print) IS - 1523-0864 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 6 DP - 2013 Aug 20 TI - Redox control of inflammation in macrophages. PG - 595-637 LID - 10.1089/ars.2012.4785 [doi] AB - Macrophages are present throughout the human body, constitute important immune effector cells, and have variable roles in a great number of pathological, but also physiological, settings. It is apparent that macrophages need to adjust their activation profile toward a steadily changing environment that requires altering their phenotype, a process known as macrophage polarization. Formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), derived from NADPH-oxidases, mitochondria, or NO-producing enzymes, are not necessarily toxic, but rather compose a network signaling system, known as redox regulation. Formation of redox signals in classically versus alternatively activated macrophages, their action and interaction at the level of key targets, and the resulting physiology still are insufficiently understood. We review the identity, source, and biological activities of ROS produced during macrophage activation, and discuss how they shape the key transcriptional responses evoked by hypoxia-inducible transcription factors, nuclear-erythroid 2-p45-related factor 2 (Nrf2), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma. We summarize the mechanisms how redox signals add to the process of macrophage polarization and reprogramming, how this is controlled by the interaction of macrophages with their environment, and addresses the outcome of the polarization process in health and disease. Future studies need to tackle the option whether we can use the knowledge of redox biology in macrophages to shape their mediator profile in pathophysiology, to accelerate healing in injured tissue, to fight the invading pathogens, or to eliminate settings of altered self in tumors. FAU - Brune, Bernhard AU - Brune B AD - Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry I-Pathobiochemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. bruene@pathobiochemie1.de FAU - Dehne, Nathalie AU - Dehne N FAU - Grossmann, Nina AU - Grossmann N FAU - Jung, Michaela AU - Jung M FAU - Namgaladze, Dmitry AU - Namgaladze D FAU - Schmid, Tobias AU - Schmid T FAU - von Knethen, Andreas AU - von Knethen A FAU - Weigert, Andreas AU - Weigert A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20130306 PL - United States TA - Antioxid Redox Signal JT - Antioxidants & redox signaling JID - 100888899 RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Reactive Nitrogen Species) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/*metabolism MH - Inflammation Mediators/physiology MH - *Macrophage Activation MH - Macrophages/immunology/*metabolism MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Reactive Nitrogen Species/metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC3718318 EDAT- 2013/01/15 06:00 MHDA- 2014/02/04 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/20 CRDT- 2013/01/15 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/02/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1089/ars.2012.4785 [pii] AID - 10.1089/ars.2012.4785 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Antioxid Redox Signal. 2013 Aug 20;19(6):595-637. doi: 10.1089/ars.2012.4785. Epub 2013 Mar 6.