Pasi, Shweta and Kant, Ravi and Surolia, Avadhesha (2016) Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor Domain Derived from TcpC (TIR-TcpC) Ameliorates Experimental Autoimmune Arthritis by Down-modulating Th17 Cell Response. In: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 291 (23). pp. 12358-12369.
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Abstract
Evasion through immunomodulation is one of the several strategies adopted by pathogens to prolong their survival within the host. One such pathogen, Escherichia coli CFT073, utilizes an immunomodulatory protein, TcpC, to combat the host's innate immune defense. TcpC abrogates the function of MyD88 in macrophages, thus perturbing all the signaling processes that involve this adaptor protein. Although central to various signaling pathways initiated by IL-1, IL-18, and toll-like receptors, the precise contribution of MyD88 to the development of autoimmunity, particularly rheumatoid arthritis, still needs extensive exploration. Herein, by using the toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain homologous C-terminal motif of TcpC, i.e. TIR-TcpC, we found MyD88 to be critical for the induction and progression of rheumatoid arthritis through its pivotal role in the development of Th17 cells, the subset of CD4(+) T-cells widely implicated in various autoimmune disorders. The TIR-TcpC mediated inhibition of signaling through MyD88, and subsequent amelioration of experimental autoimmune arthritis was observed to be an outcome of perturbations in the NF kappa B-ROR gamma t (RAR-related orphan receptor gamma t) axis.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY |
Publisher: | AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC |
Additional Information: | Copy right for this article belongs to the AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC, 9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE, BETHESDA, MD 20814-3996 USA |
Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit |
Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2016 04:33 |
Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2016 04:33 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/54277 |
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