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Transcriptional mechanisms in mast cells underlying immune function and disease

肥大细胞的转录机制是免疫功能和疾病的基础

基本信息

批准号：
10594751
负责人：
Adam Moeser
金额：
$ 57.09万
依托单位：
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-09-20 至 2027-07-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10594751
关键词：
Ablation Acute Adult Affect Allergic Reaction Anxiety Behavior Behavioral Blood Vessels Bone Marrow Brain Cell Degranulation Cell Proliferation Cell physiology Cells Chronic Chronic stress Cultured Cells Data Development Disease Enzymes Etiology Exhibits Exposure to FOSB gene Family Feedback Future Gene Expression Gene Targeting Genes Genetic Genetic Transcription Histamine Hypersensitivity Image Imaging Techniques Immune Immune System Diseases Immunohistochemistry In Vitro Infection Inflammation Link Lipopolysaccharides Location Mediating Mediator of activation protein Membrane Meningeal Meninges Mental Depression Mental disorders Molecular Mood Disorders Moods Mus Neurodegenerative Disorders Neuroimmune Neurons Peptide Hydrolases Pharmaceutical Preparations Pharmacology Physiological Physiology Play Positioning Attribute Regulation Role Serotonin Stimulus Stress Techniques Testing Therapeutic Intervention Tissues Toxin Transcription Factor AP-1 Work behavioral response biochemical tools cytokine gene function immune activation immune function in vivo innovation lymphatic vessel mast cell neuroinflammation neuropsychiatric disorder novel prevent response sex tool transcription factor transcriptome sequencing two-photon

项目摘要

SUMMARY Stress- and infection-driven neuroimmune activation in the brain plays a central role in sickness, allergies, and psychiatric diseases like anxiety and depression. Mast cells (MCs) are innate immune cells rapidly activated upon exposure to immune challenges and stress, and they release preformed mediators such as histamine, serotonin, enzymes, and cytokines that regulate inflammation and physiology in the brain, making them well positioned affect brain function and drive behavioral and physiological responses to stress and sickness. Although we know that MC development and function are largely driven by changes in gene transcription, the genetic and transcriptional mechanisms by which MCs are regulated remain poorly understood, and the means to target MCs to treat infection and stress-related diseases remain largely unavailable. We have uncovered a novel transcription factor that limits MC activation and modulation, ΔFosB, and our preliminary data show that mice lacking the FosB gene specifically in MCs are more vulnerable to sickness in response to acute immune activation but show elevated mood and reduced anxiety overall. Thus, we hypothesize that: 1) acute MC activity is limited by FosB gene expression as a mechanism to prevent sickness; and 2) chronic stress or immune activation drives ΔFosB expression to alter MC dynamics and promote vulnerability to psychiatric diseases associated with neuroinflammation in the brain. To delineate the mechanisms by which ΔFosB regulates MC gene expression and function, we will complete the following aims: 1) Determine the role of FosB gene expression in MC function using traditional immunohistochemistry combined with a completely novel ex vivo and in vivo Ca2+ imaging technique; 2) Characterize the role of MC ΔFosB in physiology and behavior using our novel mouse line lacking FosB gene expression specifically in MCs and testing both physiological response to immune challenge and behavioral response to stress; 3) Determine the downstream gene targets of ΔFosB in MCs using RNAseq and CUT & RUN in cultured MCs and an innovative TRAP approach to uncover gene targets in MCs in vivo. Together, these aims will demonstrate a novel mechanism of MC regulation relevant to physiology and disease, introduce and validate new tools critical for the study of MC activity in the living mouse, and uncover new genetic and transcriptional targets in MCs that could be pharmacologically leveraged to treat conditions ranging from allergic reactions to deadly infections to depression and other mood disorders.

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