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- Title
C-terminal Truncation of IFN-γ Inhibits Proinflammatory Macrophage Responses and Is Deficient in Autoimmune Disease.
- Authors
Dufour, Antoine; Bellac, Caroline L.; Eckhard, Ulrich; Solis, Nestor; Klein, Theo; Kappelhoff, Reinhild; Fortelny, Nikolaus; Jobin, Parker; Rozmus, Jacob; Mark, Jennifer; Pavlidis, Paul; Dive, Vincent; Barbour, Sean J.; Overall, Christopher M.
- Abstract
Controlled macrophage differentiation and activation in the initiation and resolution of inflammation is crucial for averting progression to chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Here we show a negative feedback mechanism for proinflammatory IFN-γ activation of macrophages driven by macrophage-associated matrix metalloproteinase 12 (MMP12). Through C-terminal truncation of IFN-γ at 135Glu↓Leu136 the IFN-γ receptor-binding site was efficiently removed thereby reducing JAK-STAT1 signaling and IFN-γ activation of proinflammatory macrophages. In acute peritonitis this signature was absent in Mmp12-/- mice and recapitulated in Mmp12 +/+ mice treated with a MMP12-specific inhibitor. Similarly, loss-of-MMP12 increases IFN-γ-dependent proinflammatory markers and iNOS+/MHC class II+ macrophage accumulation with worse lymphadenopathy, arthritic synovitis and lupus glomerulonephritis. In active human systemic lupus erythematosus, MMP12 levels were lower and IFN-γ higher compared to treated patients or healthy individuals. Hence, macrophage proteolytic truncation of IFN-γ attenuates classical activation of macrophages as a prelude for resolving inflammation.
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2018, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-018-04717-4