Dynamics of macrophage polarization reveal new mechanism to inhibit IL-1beta release through pyrophosphates.
In acute inflammation, extracellular ATP activates P2X(7) ion channel receptors (P2X(7)R) on M1 polarized macrophages to release pro-inflammatory IL-1beta 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 P2X(7)R 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-1beta remains high and the inflammasome is intact, P2X(7)R 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-1beta release by other stimuli through two independent mechanisms: inhibition of ROS production and trapping of the inflammasome complex through intracellular clustering of actin filaments.
Pelegrin
Pablo
P
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. pablo.pelegrin@ffis.es
Surprenant
Annmarie
A
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016764:Cell Polarity; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000276:immunology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D000071199:NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D000071199:NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein; C492716:Nlrp3 protein, mouse; C546469:P2rx7 protein, mouse; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate