PMID- 31355296 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191220 LR - 20200225 IS - 2314-7156 (Electronic) IS - 2314-8861 (Print) IS - 2314-7156 (Linking) VI - 2019 DP - 2019 TI - STAT3 Activation in Combination with NF-KappaB Inhibition Induces Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells with High Therapeutic Potential to Attenuate Collagen-Induced Arthritis. PG - 1982570 LID - 10.1155/2019/1982570 [doi] LID - 1982570 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) have the ability to induce tolerance or inflammation in response to self-antigens, which makes them fundamental players in autoimmunity. In this regard, immunogenic DCs produce IL-12 and IL-23 favouring the acquisition of Th1 and Th17 inflammatory phenotypes, respectively, by autoreactive CD4(+) T-cells, thus promoting autoimmunity. Conversely, tolerogenic DCs produce IL-10 and TGF-beta, inducing the generation of CD4(+) T-cells with suppressive activity (Treg), which promote tolerance to self-constituents. Previous studies have shown that STAT3 signalling in DCs attenuates the production of proinflammatory cytokines, whilst NF-kappaB activation promotes it. In this study, we aimed to generate DCs displaying strong and constitutive tolerogenic profile to be used as immunotherapy in autoimmunity. To this end, we transduced bone marrow-derived DCs with lentiviral particles codifying for a constitutively active version of STAT3 (constitutively active STAT3 (STAT3ca)) or with a constitutive repressor of NF-kappaB (IkappaBalpha superrepressor (IkappaBalphaSR)), and their therapeutic potential was evaluated in a mouse model of arthritis induced by collagen (CIA). Our results show that STAT3ca transduction favoured the production of the anti-inflammatory mediator IL-10, whereas IkappaBalphaSR transduction attenuated the expression of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-23 in DCs. Moreover, both STAT3ca-transduced and IkappaBalphaSR-transduced DCs separately exerted a mild but significant therapeutic effect reducing the severity of CIA development. Furthermore, when DCs were transduced with both STAT3ca and IkappaBalphaSR together, they reduced CIA manifestation significantly stronger than when transduced with only STAT3ca or IkappaBalphaSR separately. These results show STAT3 and NF-kappaB as two important and complementary regulators of the tolerogenic behaviour of DCs, which should be considered as molecular targets in the design of DC-based suppressive immunotherapies for the treatment of autoimmune disorders. FAU - Prado, Carolina AU - Prado C AD - Laboratorio de Neuroinmunologia, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago 7780272, Chile. FAU - Ugalde, Valentina AU - Ugalde V AD - Laboratorio de Neuroinmunologia, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago 7780272, Chile. FAU - Gonzalez, Hugo AU - Gonzalez H AD - Laboratorio de Neuroinmunologia, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago 7780272, Chile. FAU - Figueroa, Alicia AU - Figueroa A AD - Laboratorio de Neuroinmunologia, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago 7780272, Chile. FAU - Lopez, Ernesto AU - Lopez E AD - Laboratorio de Inmunoterapia Genica, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago 7780272, Chile. FAU - Lladser, Alvaro AU - Lladser A AD - Laboratorio de Inmunoterapia Genica, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago 7780272, Chile. FAU - Pacheco, Rodrigo AU - Pacheco R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8057-9806 AD - Laboratorio de Neuroinmunologia, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago 7780272, Chile. AD - Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8370146, Chile. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190701 PL - Egypt TA - J Immunol Res JT - Journal of immunology research JID - 101627166 RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (STAT3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (STAT3 protein, human) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 187348-17-0 (Interleukin-12) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arthritis, Experimental/immunology/metabolism/*therapy MH - Autoimmunity MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/immunology/metabolism/*transplantation MH - Humans MH - Immune Tolerance/*immunology MH - Inflammation MH - Interleukin-10/metabolism MH - Interleukin-12/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - NF-kappa B/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - STAT3 Transcription Factor/*genetics/metabolism MH - Th1 Cells/immunology MH - Th17 Cells/immunology PMC - PMC6636450 EDAT- 2019/07/30 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/21 06:00 PMCR- 2019/07/01 CRDT- 2019/07/30 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/06/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/07/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/07/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2019/1982570 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Immunol Res. 2019 Jul 1;2019:1982570. doi: 10.1155/2019/1982570. eCollection 2019.