PMID- 29515583 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190321 LR - 20221009 IS - 1664-3224 (Print) IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2018 TI - K63-Linked Polyubiquitination on TRAF6 Regulates LPS-Mediated MAPK Activation, Cytokine Production, and Bacterial Clearance in Toll-Like Receptor 7/8 Primed Murine Macrophages. PG - 279 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00279 [doi] LID - 279 AB - Post viral infection bacterial pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality associated with both seasonal and pandemic influenza virus illness. Despite much efforts put into the discovery of mechanisms of post viral-bacterial infections and their complications in recent years, the molecular mechanisms underlying the increased susceptibility to bacterial infection remain poorly understood. In this study, we focused on the pathways regulating immune responses in murine macrophages and modeled post viral-bacterial infections through pretreatment of bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) with a toll-like receptor (TLR) 7/8 ligand (R848) and subsequent challenge with TLR2/4 agonists to mimic bacterial infection. We found R848-primed BMDMs upon subsequent exposure to TLR2/4 ligands respond with enhanced inflammatory cytokine production, especially IL-6 and TNF-alpha. The enhanced cytokine production in R848-primed BMDMs in response to TLR2/4 was due to increased TGF-beta-activated kinase (TAK) 1 phosphorylation with subsequent activation of ERK and p38 MAPKs. Furthermore, we identified that R848 priming leads to increased K63-linked polyubiquitination on TRAF6. K63-linked polyubiquitination on TRAF6 is a signal leading to enhanced activation of downstream pathways including TAK1. Importantly, R848-primed BMDMs infected with live bacteria exhibited decreased bacterial clearance. Small-molecule enhancer of rapamycin 3, an ubiquitin ligase inhibitor reversed the K63-linked polyubiquitination on TRAF6 in R848-primed BMDMs and subsequently decreased TAK1 and MAPK phosphorylation, and cytokine production as well as reversed the decreased bacterial clearance capacity of BMDMs. Our study may provide a novel molecular target to alleviate post viral-bacterial infections. FAU - Talreja, Jaya AU - Talreja J AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, United States. FAU - Samavati, Lobelia AU - Samavati L AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, United States. AD - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 HL113508/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL150474/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180221 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (TLR8 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6) RN - 0 (Tlr7 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 7) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 8) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cytokines/*biosynthesis MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/*immunology MH - Lipopolysaccharides/immunology MH - Macrophages/*immunology MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Pneumonia, Bacterial/*immunology MH - TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6/immunology/*metabolism MH - Toll-Like Receptor 7/immunology MH - Toll-Like Receptor 8/immunology MH - Ubiquitination MH - Virus Diseases/complications/immunology PMC - PMC5826352 OTO - NOTNLM OT - bone marrow-derived macrophages OT - post viral-bacterial infection OT - priming OT - toll-like receptor 2 OT - toll-like receptor 4 OT - toll-like receptor 7/8 OT - ubiquitination EDAT- 2018/03/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/09 06:01 PMCR- 2018/01/01 CRDT- 2018/03/09 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/03/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/09 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00279 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2018 Feb 21;9:279. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00279. eCollection 2018.