Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS-3) protects β-cells against interleukin-1β- and interferon-γ-mediated toxicity
Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS-3) protects β-cells against interleukin-1β- and interferon-γ-mediated toxicity
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.211445998
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发表时间:
2001-10-09
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Billestrup, N
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作者:
Karlsen, AE;Ronn, SG;Billestrup, N
Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS-3) is a negative feedback regulator of IFN-gamma signaling, shown up-regulated in mouse bone marrow cells by the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and IFN-gamma. IL-1 beta and IFN-gamma alone, or potentiated by TNF-alpha, are cytotoxic to the insulin producing pancreatic beta -cells and beta -cell lines in vitro and suggested to contribute to the specific beta -cell destruction in Type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Using a doxycycline-inducible SOCS-3 expression system in the rat beta -cell line INS-1, we demonstrate that the toxic effect of both IL-1 beta or IFN-gamma at concentrations that reduced the viability by 50% over 3 days, was fully preventable when SOCS-3 expression was turned on in the cells. At cytokine concentrations or combinations more toxic to the cells, SOCS-3 overexpression yielded a partial protection. Whereas SOCS-3-mediated inhibition of IFN-gamma signaling is described in other cell systems, SOCS-3 mediated inhibition of IL-1 beta signaling has not previously been described. In addition we show that SOCS-3 prevention of IL-1 beta -induced toxicity is accompanied by inhibited transcription of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) by 80%, resulting in 60% decreased formation of the toxic nitric oxide (NO). Analysis of isolated native rat islets exposed to IL-1 beta revealed a naturally occurring but delayed up-regulated SOCS-3 transcription. Influencing SOCS-3 expression thus represents an approach for affecting cytokine-induced signal transduction at a proximal step in the signal cascade, potentially useful in future therapies aimed at reducing the destructive potential of beta -cell cytotoxic cytokines in T1DM, as well as other cytokine-dependent diseases.