PMID- 20351184 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100701 LR - 20211020 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 184 IP - 9 DP - 2010 May 1 TI - IL-17 enhancement of the IL-6 signaling cascade in astrocytes. PG - 4898-906 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1000142 [doi] AB - Astrocytes have important physiological roles in CNS homeostasis and serve as a bridge between the CNS and immune system. IL-17 and IL-6 are important in many CNS disorders characterized by neuroinflammation. We examined the role of IL-17 on the IL-6 signaling cascade in primary astrocytes. IL-17 functioned in a synergistic manner with IL-6 to induce IL-6 expression in astrocytes. The synergistic effect involved numerous signaling pathways including NF-kappaB, JNK MAPK, and p38 MAPK. The NF-kappaB pathway inhibitor BAY-11, JNK inhibitor JNKi II, and p38 inhibitor SB203580 suppressed the synergistic effect of IL-6 and IL-17 on IL-6 expression. IL-17 synergized with IL-6 to enhance the recruitment of activated NF-kappaB p65, c-Fos, c-Jun, and the histone acetyltransferases CREB-binding protein and p300 to the IL-6 promoter in vivo to induce IL-6 transcription. This was accompanied by enhanced acetylation of histones H3 and H4 on the IL-6 promoter. Moreover, we elucidated an important role for suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) 3 in IL-17 enhancement of IL-6 signaling in astrocytes. SOCS3 small interfering RNA knockdown and SOCS3 deletion in astrocytes augmented the synergistic effect of IL-6 and IL-17 due to an enhancement of activation of the NF-kappaB and MAPK pathways. These results indicate that astrocytes can serve as a target of Th17 cells and IL-17 in the CNS, and SOCS3 participates in IL-17 functions in the CNS as a negative feedback regulator. FAU - Ma, Xiangyu AU - Ma X AD - Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. FAU - Reynolds, Stephanie L AU - Reynolds SL FAU - Baker, Brandi J AU - Baker BJ FAU - Li, Xingang AU - Li X FAU - Benveniste, Etty N AU - Benveniste EN FAU - Qin, Hongwei AU - Qin H LA - eng GR - R01 NS050665/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 NS048039/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 AR048311/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - CA1059-A-13/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS057563/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS-57563/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS-50665/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32-NS-48039/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - AR-48311/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS-50665-05WI/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - RG 3892-A-12/RG/CSR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100329 PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Il17a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interleukin-17) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Socs3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein) RN - 0 (Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/*immunology/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Gene Expression Regulation/immunology MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-17/*physiology MH - Interleukin-6/biosynthesis/genetics/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Receptors, Interleukin-6/physiology MH - Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction/genetics/*immunology MH - Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein MH - Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins/deficiency/genetics/physiology MH - Up-Regulation/genetics/*immunology PMC - PMC3769161 MID - NIHMS374367 EDAT- 2010/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2010/07/02 06:00 PMCR- 2013/09/10 CRDT- 2010/03/31 06:00 PHST- 2010/03/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/07/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/09/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jimmunol.1000142 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.1000142 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2010 May 1;184(9):4898-906. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000142. Epub 2010 Mar 29.