PMID- 32133407 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201112 LR - 20201112 IS - 2375-2548 (Electronic) IS - 2375-2548 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 9 DP - 2020 Feb TI - Blood-stage malaria parasites manipulate host innate immune responses through the induction of sFGL2. PG - eaay9269 LID - 10.1126/sciadv.aay9269 [doi] LID - eaay9269 AB - Malaria parasites suppress host immune responses to facilitate their survival, but the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here, we found that blood-stage malaria parasites predominantly induced CD4(+)Foxp3(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells to release soluble fibrinogen-like protein 2 (sFGL2), which substantially enhanced the infection. This was attributed to the capacity of sFGL2 to inhibit macrophages from releasing monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and to sequentially reduce the recruitment of natural killer/natural killer T cells to the spleen and the production of interferon-gamma. sFGL2 inhibited c-Jun N-terminal kinase phosphorylation in the Toll-like receptor 2 signaling pathway of macrophages dependent on FcgammaRIIB receptor to release MCP-1. Notably, sFGL2 were markedly elevated in the sera of patients with malaria, and recombinant FGL2 substantially suppressed Plasmodium falciparum from inducing macrophages to release MCP-1. Therefore, we highlight a previously unrecognized immune suppression strategy of malaria parasites and uncover the fundamental mechanism of sFGL2 to suppress host innate immune responses. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). FAU - Fu, Yong AU - Fu Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6480-1147 AD - Department of Pathogenic Biology, Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. FAU - Ding, Yan AU - Ding Y AD - Department of Pathogenic Biology, Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. FAU - Wang, Qinghui AU - Wang Q AD - Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China. FAU - Zhu, Feng AU - Zhu F AD - Department of Pathogenic Biology, Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. FAU - Tan, Yulong AU - Tan Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9296-8064 AD - Department of Tropical Medicine, Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. FAU - Lu, Xiao AU - Lu X AD - Department of Pathogenic Biology, Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. FAU - Guo, Bo AU - Guo B AD - Department of Pathogenic Biology, Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. FAU - Zhang, Qingfeng AU - Zhang Q AD - Research Center for Translational Medicine, Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China. FAU - Cao, Yaming AU - Cao Y AD - Department of Immunology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China. FAU - Liu, Taiping AU - Liu T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2261-1155 AD - Department of Pathogenic Biology, Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. FAU - Cui, Liwang AU - Cui L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8338-1974 AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA. FAU - Xu, Wenyue AU - Xu W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3681-5052 AD - Department of Pathogenic Biology, Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. LA - eng GR - U19 AI089672/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200226 PL - United States TA - Sci Adv JT - Science advances JID - 101653440 RN - 0 (FGL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Fgl2 protein, mouse) RN - 9001-32-5 (Fibrinogen) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Fibrinogen/genetics/*immunology MH - Humans MH - *Immunity, Innate MH - Macrophages/*immunology MH - Malaria, Falciparum/genetics/*immunology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Plasmodium falciparum/genetics/*immunology/pathogenicity PMC - PMC7043914 EDAT- 2020/03/07 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/13 06:00 PMCR- 2020/02/26 CRDT- 2020/03/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/12/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/03/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/03/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - aay9269 [pii] AID - 10.1126/sciadv.aay9269 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Adv. 2020 Feb 26;6(9):eaay9269. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay9269. eCollection 2020 Feb.