Chloroquine modulates inflammatory autoimmune responses through Nurr1 in autoimmune diseases
- Title
- Chloroquine modulates inflammatory autoimmune responses through Nurr1 in autoimmune diseases
- Author
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- Keywords
- REGULATORY T-CELLS; RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS; DIFFERENTIATION; INHIBITION; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; RECEPTORS; THERAPIES; EFFECTOR; PROTEIN; MODEL
- Issue Date
- 2019-10
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Citation
- SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, article no. 15559
- Abstract
- For over a half-century the anti-malarial drug chloroquine (CQ) has been used as a therapeutic agent, alone or in combination, to treat autoimmune diseases. However, neither the underlying mechanism(s) of action nor their molecular target(s) are well defined. The orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 (also known as NR4A2) is an essential transcription factor affecting the development and maintenance of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. In this study, using in vitro T cell differentiation models, we demonstrate that CQ activates T-REG cell differentiation and induces Foxp3 gene expression in a Nurr1-dependent manner. Remarkably, CQ appears to induce Nurr1 function by two distinct mechanisms: firstly, by direct binding to Nurr1's ligand-binding domain and promoting its transcriptional activity and secondly by upregulation of Nurr1 expression through the CREB signaling pathway. In contrast, CQ suppressed gene expression and differentiation of pathogenic T(H)17 cells. Importantly, using a valid animal model of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we demonstrated that CQ promotes Foxp3 expression and differentiation of T-REG cells in a Nurr1-dependent manner, leading to significant improvement of IBD-related symptoms. Taken together, these data suggest that CQ ameliorates autoimmune diseases via regulating Nurr1 function/expression and that Nurr1 is a promising target for developing effective therapeutics of human inflammatory autoimmune diseases.
- URI
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-52085-whttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/154354
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-019-52085-w
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > ELECTRICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING(전기·생체공학부) > Articles
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