PMID- 30899700 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191129 LR - 20200309 IS - 2235-2988 (Electronic) IS - 2235-2988 (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2019 TI - Dpep2 Emerging as a Modulator of Macrophage Inflammation Confers Protection Against CVB3-Induced Viral Myocarditis. PG - 57 LID - 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00057 [doi] LID - 57 AB - Overwhelming cardiac inflammation has been reported to be the pathogenic mechanism of Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3)-induced viral myocarditis (VMC), while the detailed molecular mechanisms remain unknown. Membrane-bound dipeptidases (MBD, also known as Dpep) have been shown to be involved in inflammatory diseases. However, the clear and direct evidence of their impacts on inflammation is still lacking. In this study, our results revealed that Dpep2 expression was remarkably increased during CVB3 infection, and primarily produced by the cardiac tissue-infiltrating macrophages instead of constitutive cardiomyocytes. Macrophages have been reported to play an important pathological role in driving VMC. Interestingly, macrophage-specific Dpep2 deletion robustly aggravated CVB3-induced cardiac inflammation, evidenced by augmented expression of TNF-alpha, IL-6, and MCP-1 in heart tissue. In addition, Dpep2-deficient bone-marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) generated more TNF-alpha, IL-6, and MCP-1 after CVB3 stimulation compared with the control BMDMs. Moreover, this suppressive effect of Dpep2 on macrophages relied on its repression on NF-kappaB signaling pathway, but not on its conventional hydrolysate LTE4. Taken together, this study revealed that Dpep2 could protect against CVB3-induced VMC by acting as a suppressor of macrophage inflammation. Better understanding how macrophage Dpep2 dampened the cardiac inflammation would provide us with insights for the efficient control of CVB3-induced VMC. FAU - Yang, Xiaoli AU - Yang X AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. FAU - Yue, Yan AU - Yue Y AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. FAU - Xiong, Sidong AU - Xiong S AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190307 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Cell Infect Microbiol JT - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology JID - 101585359 RN - 0 (Immunologic Factors) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - EC 3.4.13.- (Dipeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.13.- (Dpep2 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Coxsackievirus Infections/immunology/*pathology MH - Dipeptidases/deficiency/*metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Enterovirus B, Human/*immunology MH - Immunologic Factors/*metabolism MH - Macrophages/*immunology MH - Membrane Proteins/deficiency/*metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Myocarditis/immunology/*pathology PMC - PMC6416667 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dpep2 OT - NF-kappaB signaling OT - coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) OT - macrophages OT - viral myocarditis (VMC) EDAT- 2019/03/23 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/30 06:00 PMCR- 2019/01/01 CRDT- 2019/03/23 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/03/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00057 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2019 Mar 7;9:57. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00057. eCollection 2019.