title: Cyclophilin C-associated protein regulation of phagocytic functions via NFAT activation in macrophages.
abstract: Experimental cerebral ischemia has been reportedly alleviated by the immunosuppressive agent cyclosporin A (CsA). Cyclophilin C-associated protein (CyCAP) was proposed to be an endogenous equivalent of CsA; CsA- and CyCAP-targeting protein cyclophilin C have attracted extensive attention regarding their ischemia-alleviating mechanisms. In this study we have introduced the specific CyCAP antibody for evaluating its distribution in the rat ischemic brain after middle cerebral artery occlusion. During the recovery of cerebral ischemia in rats, CyCAP was highly expressed in the activated microglia/macrophages in the ischemic lesion. However, it remains unknown what roles CyCAP plays in the activation of macrophage phagocytosis. Thus, we studied CyCAP function using a RAW264.7 macrophage cell line. When we expressed CyCAP-GFP and cyclophilin C-FLAG in RAW264.7 cells, we found that CyCAP and cyclophilin C make a complex, which is competitively inhibited by CsA. Consistently, in immunoprecipitates by anti-calcineurin antibody, cyclophilin C and CyCAP were detected, and CyCAP pulled down NFATc1, suggesting that both CyCAP and cyclophilin C form a complex with calcineurin and NFATc1. When CyCAP was adenovirally overexpressed in RAW cells, NFAT staining increased over the nucleus. Furthermore, calcineurin and IL-2 were increased with time. Thus, CyCAP appears to control macrophage functions by activating NFAT and the resultant IL-2 production. With a protein phosphatase inhibitor PhoSTOP, NFAT was localized more to the cytoplasm, and phagocytosis was decreased strikingly. Thus, we suggest that in a CyCAP-cyclophilin C pathway for macrophage activation, calcineurin phosphatase activity is essential for the phagocytosis activity via dephosphorylation of NFATc1.
authors: Secretion Biology Lab, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.
authors: Rei
authors: R
authors: Yamaguchi
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Hosaka
authors: Seiji
authors: S
authors: Torii
authors: Ni
authors: N
authors: Hou
authors: Nobuhito
authors: N
authors: Saito
authors: Yuhei
authors: Y
authors: Yoshimoto
authors: Hideaki
authors: H
authors: Imai
authors: Toshiyuki
authors: T
authors: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive / Q000187:drug effects; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000473:pathology; D019703:Calcineurin / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D000072622:Cyclophilin C; D021983:Cyclophilins / Q000502:physiology; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000378:metabolism; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D021381:Protein Transport; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; C492608:Lgals3bp protein, rat; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016572:Cyclosporine; D019703:Calcineurin; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D021983:Cyclophilins; D000072622:Cyclophilin C; D002118:Calcium