Dynamics of macrophage polarization reveal new mechanism to inhibit IL-1β release through pyrophosphates

• Pablo Pelegrin Vivancos ^[1] ; Annmarie Surprenant ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Manchester

     University of Manchester

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: EMBO journal: European Molecular Biology Organization, ISSN 0261-4189, Vol. 28, Nº. 14, 2009, págs. 2114-2127
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In acute inflammation, extracellular ATP activates P2X7 ion channel receptors (P2X7R) on M1 polarized macrophages to release pro-inflammatory IL-1β through activation of the caspase-1/nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat receptor containing pyrin domain 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome. In contrast, M2 polarized macrophages are critical to the resolution of inflammation but neither actions of P2X7R on these macrophages nor mechanisms by which macrophages switch from pro-inflammatory to anti-inflammatory phenotypes are known. Here, we investigated extracellular ATP signalling over a dynamic macrophage polarity gradient from M1 through M2 phenotypes. In macrophages polarized towards, but not at, M2 phenotype, in which intracellular IL-1β remains high and the inflammasome is intact, P2X7R activation selectively uncouples to the NLRP3-inflammasome activation but not to upstream ion channel activation. In these intermediate M1/M2 polarized macrophages, extracellular ATP now acts through its pyrophosphate chains, independently of other purine receptors, to inhibit IL-1β release by other stimuli through two independent mechanisms: inhibition of ROS production and trapping of the inflammasome complex through intracellular clustering of actin filaments.