PMID- 36400308 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230410 LR - 20230505 IS - 1878-1810 (Electronic) IS - 1878-1810 (Linking) VI - 255 DP - 2023 May TI - Inhibition of PI3K/C/EBPbeta axis in tolerogenic bone marrow-derived dendritic cells of NOD mice promotes Th17 differentiation and diabetes development. PG - 37-49 LID - S1931-5244(22)00248-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.trsl.2022.11.005 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are key regulators of the adaptive immune response. Tolerogenic dendritic cells play a crucial role in inducing and maintaining immune tolerance in autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes in humans as well as in the NOD mouse model. We previously reported that bone marrow-derived DCs (BM.DCs) from NOD mice, generated with a low dose of GM-CSF (GM/DCs), induce Treg differentiation and are able to protect NOD mice from diabetes. We had also found that the p38 MAPK/C/EBPbeta axis is involved in regulating the phenotype, as well as the production of IL-10 and IL-12p70, by tolerogenic GM/DCs. Here, we report that the inhibition of the PI3K signaling switched the cytokine profile of GM/DCs toward Th17-promoting cytokines without affecting their phenotype. PI3K inhibition abrogated the production of IL-10 by GM/DCs, whereas it enhanced their production of IL-23 and TGFbeta. Inhibition of PI3K signaling in tolerogenic GM/DCs also induced naive CD4(+) T cells differentiation toward Th17 cells. Mechanistically, PI3K inhibition increased the DNA-binding activity of C/EBPbeta through a GSK3-dependent pathway, which is important to maintain the semimature phenotype of tolerogenic GM/DCs. Furthermore, analysis of C/EBPbeta(-/-) GM/DCs demonstrated that C/EBPbeta is required for IL-23 production. Of physiological relevance, the level of protection from diabetes following transfusion of GM/DCs into young NOD mice was significantly reduced when NOD mice were transfused with GM/DCs pretreated with a PI3K inhibitor. Our data suggest that PI3K/C/EBPbeta signaling is important in controlling tolerogenic function of GM/DCs by limiting their Th17-promoting cytokines. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Guindi, Chantal AU - Guindi C AD - Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Khan, Farhan Ullah AU - Khan FU AD - Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Cloutier, Alexandre AU - Cloutier A AD - Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Khongorzul, Puregmaa AU - Khongorzul P AD - Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Raki, Ahmed Aziz AU - Raki AA AD - Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Gaudreau, Simon AU - Gaudreau S AD - Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. FAU - McDonald, Patrick P AU - McDonald PP AD - Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Gris, Denis AU - Gris D AD - Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Amrani, Abdelaziz AU - Amrani A AD - Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke and Centre de Recherche du CHUS, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: abdelaziz.amrani@usherbrooke.ca. LA - eng GR - MOP-300762/CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221115 PL - United States TA - Transl Res JT - Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine JID - 101280339 RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.26 (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Interleukin-23) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - Mice, Inbred NOD MH - *Interleukin-10 MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Th17 Cells/metabolism MH - Bone Marrow MH - Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/metabolism MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Immune Tolerance MH - Dendritic Cells/metabolism MH - Interleukin-23/metabolism MH - *Diabetes Mellitus/metabolism EDAT- 2022/11/19 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/10 06:42 CRDT- 2022/11/18 19:34 PHST- 2022/04/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/04/10 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/18 19:34 [entrez] AID - S1931-5244(22)00248-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.trsl.2022.11.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Transl Res. 2023 May;255:37-49. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2022.11.005. Epub 2022 Nov 15.