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- Title
Stimulation of the vagus nerve attenuates macrophage activation by activating the Jak2-STAT3 signaling pathway.
- Authors
de Jonge, Wouter J.; van der Zanden, Esmerij P.; The, Frans O.; Bijlsma, Maarten F.; van Westerloo, David J.; Bennink, Roelof J.; Berthoud, Hans-Rudolf; Uematsu, Satoshi; Akira, Shizuo; van den Wijngaard, Rene M.; Boeckxstaens, Guy E.
- Abstract
Acetylcholine released by efferent vagus nerves inhibits macrophage activation. Here we show that the anti-inflammatory action of nicotinic receptor activation in peritoneal macrophages was associated with activation of the transcription factor STAT3. STAT3 was phosphorylated by the tyrosine kinase Jak2 that was recruited to the α7 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. The anti-inflammatory effect of nicotine required the ability of phosphorylated STAT3 to bind and transactivate its DNA response elements. In a mouse model of intestinal manipulation, stimulation of the vagus nerve ameliorated surgery-induced inflammation and postoperative ileus by activating STAT3 in intestinal macrophages. We conclude that the vagal anti-inflammatory pathway acts by α7 subunit–mediated Jak2-STAT3 activation.
- Subjects
CRANIAL nerves; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; KILLER cells; MACROPHAGES; NERVOUS system; TRANSCRIPTION factors; PROTEIN-tyrosine kinases
- Publication
Nature Immunology, 2005, Vol 6, Issue 8, p844
- ISSN
1529-2908
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ni1229