PMID- 32793229 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210420 LR - 20210420 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - 17beta-Estradiol Promotes Trained Immunity in Females Against Sepsis via Regulating Nucleus Translocation of RelB. PG - 1591 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01591 [doi] LID - 1591 AB - Sepsis is more common among males than females, and the unequal estrogen levels have been suspected to play a vital role in gender differences. Recently, trained immunity is reported to be a novel strategy for the innate immune system to fight infection. However, it has not been clarified whether beta-glucan-induced trained immunity causes different responses to early sepsis between male and female mice. In this study, sepsis was induced in mice by intraperitoneal injection of Escherichia coli (E. coli). The changes of inflammatory cytokines expression, and macrophage polarization in male, female, and ovariectomized C57BL/6 mice in sepsis model were investigated. For in vitro studies, different macrophages were treated with LPS. The function of estradiol (E2) on macrophage cell lines was verified and the mechanism of E2 affecting trained immunity was explored. We demonstrated that beta-glucan-induced trained immunity was more resistant to sepsis in female than male mice. Macrophage polarization toward the M1 phenotype, which exhibited enhanced trained immunity, was related to the difference in sepsis resistance between female and male mice. Moreover, ovariectomized (OVX) mice manifested serious sepsis consequences with a weaker trained immunity effect than female mice. Female bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were also apt to be polarized to the M1 phenotype in response to trained immunity in vitro. Furthermore, E2 promoted trained immunity in macrophage cell lines J774 and RAW264.7. E2 was also verified to facilitate trained immunity in primary BMDMs from female and male mice. Mechanistically, we found that E2 inhibited the nuclear translocation of RelB, which is a member of non-canonical pathway of NFkappaB and contributes to macrophage polarization to change the intensity of trained immunity. This study is the first to indicate the role of E2 in the trained immunity induced by beta-glucan to protect against E. coli-induced sepsis via the non-canonical NFkappaB pathway. These results improve our understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing trained immunity in gender differences. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Sun, Pan, Qu, Xu, Dou and Hou. FAU - Sun, Zhiheng AU - Sun Z AD - The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. FAU - Pan, Yuchen AU - Pan Y AD - The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. FAU - Qu, Junxing AU - Qu J AD - The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. FAU - Xu, Yujun AU - Xu Y AD - The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. FAU - Dou, Huan AU - Dou H AD - The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. FAU - Hou, Yayi AU - Hou Y AD - The State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Division of Immunology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200722 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Relb protein, mouse) RN - 0 (beta-Glucans) RN - 147337-75-5 (Transcription Factor RelB) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) SB - IM MH - Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/drug effects MH - Adaptive Immunity/*drug effects MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Plasticity/immunology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Disease Resistance/drug effects/immunology MH - Estradiol/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Macrophage Activation/drug effects/immunology MH - Macrophages/drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - RAW 264.7 Cells MH - Sepsis/drug therapy/*immunology/*metabolism/microbiology MH - Sex Factors MH - Transcription Factor RelB/*metabolism MH - beta-Glucans/pharmacology PMC - PMC7387432 OTO - NOTNLM OT - estradiol OT - gender difference OT - macrophages OT - sepsis OT - trained immunity EDAT- 2020/08/15 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/21 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/08/15 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01591 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2020 Jul 22;11:1591. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01591. eCollection 2020.