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* Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; and
Institute of Biochemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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) is the site of greatest 12/15-lipoxygenase (12/15-LOX) expression in the mouse; however, its immunoregulatory role in this tissue has not been explored. Herein, we show that 12/15-LOX is expressed by 95% of resident peritoneal CD11bhigh cells, with the remaining 5% being 12/15-LOX–. 12/15-LOX+ cells are phenotypically defined by high F4/80, SR-A, and Siglec1 expression, and enhanced IL-10 and G-CSF generation. In contrast, 12/15-LOX– cells are a dendritic cell population. Resident peritoneal M
numbers were significantly increased in 12/15-LOX–/– mice, suggesting alterations in migratory trafficking or cell differentiation in vivo. In vitro, M
from 12/15-LOX–/– mice exhibit multiple abnormalities in the regulation of cytokine/growth factor production both basally and after stimulation with Staphylococcus epidermidis cell-free supernatant. Resident adherent cells from 12/15-LOX–/– mice generate more IL-1, IL-3, GM-CSF, and IL-17, but less CCL5/RANTES than do cells from wild-type mice, while Staphylococcus epidermidis cell-free supernatant-elicited 12/15-LOX–/– adherent cells release less IL-12p40, IL-12p70, and RANTES, but more GM-CSF. This indicates a selective effect of 12/15-LOX on peritoneal cell cytokine production. In acute sterile peritonitis, 12/15-LOX+ cells and LOX products were cleared, then reappeared during the resolution phase. The peritoneal lavage of 12/15-LOX–/– mice showed elevated TGF-β1, along with increased immigration of monocytes/M
, but decreases in several cytokines including RANTES/CCL5, MCP-1/CCL2, G-CSF, IL-12-p40, IL-17, and TNF-
. No changes in neutrophil or lymphocyte numbers were seen. In summary, endogenous 12/15-LOX defines the resident M
population and regulates both the recruitment of monocytes/M
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), with mRNA levels
1000 times higher than any other tissue (2). Resident M
play a key role in peritoneal inflammation so the physiological role of 12/15-LOX in mice could involve the regulation of peritoneal M
functions and inflammatory responses in that tissue (3). In support, deficiency of 12/15-LOX in thioglycolate-elicited peritoneal M
alters their in vitro phenotype, resulting in decreased IL-4 induction of the scavenger receptor CD36, decreased stimulation of IL-12 synthesis by LPS, and attenuated phagocytic removal of apoptotic cells (4, 5, 6). High levels of exogenous 12/15-LOX products (e.g., lipoxins) and plant 15-LOX administered to the peritoneal cavity during inflammation appear to suppress neutrophil influx (7, 8); however, the activity and function of the endogenous murine enzyme and its products in this organ during inflammation have not been examined. In this study, we characterized the phenotype of 12/15-LOX expressing cells in the mouse peritoneal cavity, both basally and during acute sterile inflammation. We also sought to determine whether 12/15-LOX expressed by the cells was required for their in vivo function in this tissue.
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All animal experiments were performed in accordance to the United Kingdom Home Office Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act of 1986. 12/15-LOX knockout mice generated as described previously and wild-type (WT) male C57BL/6 mice (25–30 g) from Charles River Laboratories were kept in constant temperature cages (20–22°C) and given free access to water and standard chow (9).
HETE quantitation using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry
12-HETE-d8 (10 ng) was added to each lavage before extraction, as internal standard. Hydroperoxides were then reduced to their corresponding stable alcohols using 1 mM SnCl2. Lipids were extracted by adding a solvent mixture (1 M acetic acid/2-isopropanol/hexane (2/20/30, v/v/v)) to the sample at a ratio of 2.5 ml of solvent mixture to 1 ml of sample, vortexing, and then adding 2.5 ml hexane. Following vortex and centrifugation, lipids were recovered in the upper hexane layer. The samples were then reextracted by addition of an equal volume of hexane, followed by vortex and centrifugation. The combined hexane layers were dried under N2 flow, resuspended in 100 µl methanol, and stored at –80°C until analysis. Samples were separated on a C18 ODS2, 5-µm, 150 x 4.6-mm column (Waters) using a gradient of 50% to 90% B over 20 min (A, water/acetonitrile/acetic acid, 75/25/0.1, B, methanol/acetonitrile/acetic acid, 60/40/0.1) at 1 ml/min. Products were quantitated by monitoring specific multiple reaction monitoring transitions (negative mode, [M – H]–) on an Applied Biosystems 4000 Q-Trap, using m/z 319
219 (15-HETE), 319
179 (12-HETE), 319
115 (5-HETE), 319
155 (8-HETE), 319
167 (11-HETE), 351
115 (lipoxin A4, LXA4), and 327
184 (12-HETE-d8) with collision energies of –20 to –28 V. Standard curves with purified HETEs and LXA4 vs 12-HETE-d8 were constructed for metabolite quantitation, with sensitivities down to 0.1–1 pg on-column, allowing for detection of down to
1–10 pg per lavage of each eicosanoid.
Staphylococcus epidermidis cell-free supernatant (SES)-induced peritoneal inflammation
Peritoneal inflammation was established in mice through i.p. administration of a defined 500 µl dose of SES, prepared from a clinical isolate of S. epidermidis (10). At defined intervals following SES administration, animals were sacrificed and the peritoneal cavity was lavaged with 2 ml of ice-cold PBS. Composition of the leukocyte infiltrate was assessed using a Coulter Z2 counter (Beckman Coulter), differential cell staining of cytospins with Accustain (Sigma-Aldrich), and flow cytometric analysis (see below). Lavage fluids were rendered cell-free by centrifugation for analysis of inflammatory mediators. In some experiments, 10 ng 12-HETE was administered at the same time as SES.
Immunochemistry
Cytospin preparations of peritoneal cells were methanol-fixed on glass slides, permeabilized using 0.1% (w/v) Triton X-100/PBS, and blocked using 1% (w/v) BSA/PBS. 12/15-LOX, F4/80, or mannose receptor (MMR) expression were detected using guinea pig anti-12/15-LOX (generated in our laboratory), in combination with either rat anti-F4/80 or rat anti-MMR (both Serotec), with goat anti-rat IgG-Alexa 568 and goat anti-guinea pig IgG-Alexa 488 as secondaries (Molecular Probes). Negative controls used equivalent concentrations of isotype-matched rat or guinea pig IgG Ab. Nuclei were stained using DRAQ5 (Biostatus). Imaging was performed on an Axiovert 100 inverted microscope connected to a Bio-Rad MRC 1024ES laser scanning system (Bio-Rad Microscience) using standard analysis software (Lasersharp 2000, Bio-Rad Microscience). Images were acquired using a x40 oil lens, with excitation at 488 nm and emission 522/35 nm, and excitation at 568 nm and emission 595/35 nm, at room temperature. For each slide, three separate regions were imaged and cells counted to calculate percentages.
Flow cytometric analysis
Leukocytes were incubated with mouse Fc block (BD Pharmingen) before immunolabeling for 30 min at 4°C. Cells were incubated 1 h with primary fluorochrome-conjugated or nonconjugated Abs, as follows: anti-7/4 Ag (7/4, Serotec), anti-B220 (RA3-6B2, BD Pharmingen), anti-dectin-1 receptor (2A11, Serotec), anti-CD3 (17A2, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD4 (GK1.5, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD8a (53-6.7, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD11b (M1/70, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD11c (HL3, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD14 (Sa2-8, e-Bioscience), anti-CD40 (3/23, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD54 (3E2, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD62L (MEL-14, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD80 (16-10A1, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD83 (Michel-17, e-Bioscience), anti-CD86 (PO3, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD115 (604B5 2E11, Serotec), anti-CD138 (281-2, BD Pharmingen), anti-CD206 (MR5D3, Serotec), anti-CCR2 (E68, Abcam), anti-CCR5 (C34-3448, BD Pharmingen), anti-CX3CR1 (Torrey Pines Biolabs), anti-CXCR4 (2B11/CXCR4, BD Pharmingen), anti-cectin-2 (D2.11E4) (11), anti-F4/80 Ag (CI:A3-1, Serotec), anti-Gr-1 (RB6-8C5, BD Pharmingen), anti-I-A/I-E (2G9, BD Pharmingen), anti-MARCO (macrophage receptor with collagenous structure) (ED31, Serotec), anti-TLR2 (6C2, e-Bioscience), streptavidin-RPE (Serotec), streptavidin-RPE-Cy5 (Serotec), and RPE anti-rabbit IgG (Serotec). GM-CSF receptor was stained using a chimeric protein fusing the mouse GM-CSF to a mutated Fc region of human IgG1 (12). Where necessary, cells were incubated for a further 30 min at 4°C with appropriate fluorochrome-conjugated secondary Abs or streptavidin. Cells were washed and fixed with CellFix (BD Biosciences) and then analyzed by using a FACSCalibur flow cytometer and CellQuest software (BD Biosciences). Data were acquired from 50,000 events, and staining was compared with fluorochrome-conjugated isotype control Abs.
For cell cycle analysis, in brief, cells were fixed in 70% ethanol (2 h at –20°C) and then resuspended in 45 mM Na2HPO4, 2.5 mM citric acid, and 0.1% Triton X-100 (30 min at 37°C). Cells were stained by addition of 3.75 vol of 10 mM PIPES (pH 6.8), 100 mM NaCl, 2 mM MgCl2, 0.1% Triton X-100, 40 µg/ml RNase A, and 20 µg/ml propidium iodide (30 min at room temperature in the dark) and analyzed by flow cytometry on a FACSCalibur flow cytometer and analyzed with CellQuest software.
Cell population determination
Peritoneal cell populations were identified as follows: M
/monocytes (Mo) are CD11b+/F4/80+, dendritic cells (DC) are CD11bhigh/F4/80med/CD11c+, lymphocytes are CD11b–/low/F4/80– and show characteristic forward light scatter-side light scaller pattern, and neutrophils are CD11bhigh/F4/80– cells. Blood Mo were identified as CD11b+/F4/80+ cells in whole-blood samples.
Ag presentation assays
Cultures were established in 96-well U-bottom tissue culture plates (Costar). CFSE-labeled CD4+ T cells (30,000 cells per well) from spleens of DO11.10 mice (TCR with specificity for an OVA peptide) were cultured with increasing concentrations of APCs (0, 2,500, 5,000, 10,000, and 20,000 cells) in RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% low-endotoxin FBS and 50 µM β-mercaptoethanol. OVA (Sigma-Aldrich) was used at final concentration of 0.5 mg/ml per well. Bone marrow-derived DC and the synthetic OVA peptide (323–339) were used as controls. After 72 h of incubation at 37°C, supernatants were collected and kept at –20°C for subsequent assay of IL-2 production by ELISA. The cell pellets were washed with PBS, resuspended in blocking buffer (PBS supplemented with 5% heat-inactivated rabbit serum, 0.5% BSA, 5 mM EDTA, and 2 mM NaN3), and incubated for 1 h at 4°C. Cells were incubated with 10 µg/ml of anti-CD3-biotin (clone KT3, a gift from Dr. S. Cobbold) for 1 h at 4°C and washed twice in washing buffer (PBS supplemented with 0.5% BSA, 5 mM EDTA, and 2 mM NaN3). Subsequently, streptavidin-allophycocyanin (BD Pharmingen) was added (1/100) and incubated for 1 h at 4°C. After three washes, cells were resuspended in 1% formaldehyde (in PBS) and analyzed on a FACSCalibur (Becton Dickinson). FACS analysis was performed using FlowJo software (Tree Star). CD3+ T cells were gated and the CFSE fluorescence as a measure of T cell proliferation was determined. T cell proliferation data were expressed as a division index (average number of divisions that dividing cells underwent) as determined using FlowJo software.
Cell isolation and culture
Cell subpopulations were isolated from peritoneal lavages by MoFlo sorting. In brief, peritoneal cells from 15 to 20 mice were pooled and then labeled with F4/80-FITC and CD11b-allophycocyanin Abs. The cells were then washed three times with PBS, 0.5% BSA before flow-sorting based on their level of expression of CD11b and F4/80. Sorted cells were then cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FCS, 2 mM L-glutamine, 10 U/ml penicillin, and 10 µg/ml streptomycin for 3 h. Nonadherent cells were removed and the remaining cells were cultured in fresh medium with or without SES (1/50). After 24 h of culture, cell culture supernatants were collected and stored at –20°C for future cytokine determination. Sorted cells were also used as APC for Ag presentation assays.
Cytokine determination
IL-1
, IL-1β, TNF-
, IL-10, G-CSF, GM-CSF, IL-13, MIP-1
/CCL3, IL-12p40, and IL-12p70 concentrations in culture supernatant fluids and in peritoneal fluids were measured by using a commercial Bio-Plex mouse cytokine assay kit (Bio-Rad). IL-6 and MCP-1/CCL2 concentrations in culture supernatant fluids and in peritoneal fluids were measured by using BD OptEIA mouse-specific ELISA set according to the manufacturers protocol (BD Biosciences). RANTES/CCL5 and KC/CXCL1 concentrations in culture supernatant fluids and in peritoneal fluids were measured by using mouse specific DuoSet ELISA kit according to the manufacturers protocol (R&D Systems). For TGF-β1 concentrations measurement, latent TGF-β1 was activated to immunoreactive TGF-β1 by adding 0.1 ml of 1 N HCl to 0.5 ml of sample for 10 min. Samples were then neutralized with 0.1 ml of 1.2 N NaOH/0.5 M HEPES. Total TGF-β1 was then measured using a mouse-specific DuoSet ELISA kit.
Real-time PCR analysis of gene expression
Real-time PCR was conducted on a DNA Engine Opticon 2 (MJ Research/Biozym) using the QuantiTect SYBR Green PCR kit from Qiagen according to the recommendations of the vendor, and the following PCR protocol was applied: 15-min hot start at 95°C, followed by variable numbers of amplification cycles consisting of denaturation (30 s at 94°C), annealing (30 s at 60°C), and synthesis (30 s at 72°C) phases in a total volume of 20 µl. Amplicons were used as external standards for each gene product including GAPDH. For melting curve analyses, the temperature was elevated slowly from 60°C to 95°C. Data were acquired and analyzed with the Opticon Monitor software (version 2). The amplification kinetics were recorded as sigmoid progress curves, for which the fluorescence was plotted against the number of amplification cycles. Homogeneity of the amplified PCR products was tested by melting-curve analysis and the following primer pairs were used: GAPDH (forward), 5'-CCA TCA CCA TCT TCC AGG AGC GA-3', GAPDH (reverse), 5'-GGA TGA CCT TGC CCA CAG CCT TG-3'; COX1 (forward), 5'-CTG CGG CTC TTT AAG GAT GGG A-3', COX1 (reverse), 5'-GCG AGA GAA GGC ATC CAC CAG-3'; COX2 (forward), 5'-GTC CCT GAG CAT CTA CGG TTT G-3', COX2 (reverse), 5'-CTC TGG TCA ATG GAA GCC TGT G-3'.
Statistical analysis
Data were analyzed using Students t test or two-way ANOVA, as indicated in the text. p values of <0.05 were considered significant.
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Basally,
95% of resident peritoneal M
of WT C57BL/6 mice, identified by F4/80 and CD11b expression, express 12/15-LOX while 5% are negative (Fig. 1A, left and middle panels). Phenotypic characterization by FACS showed two distinct populations of CD11bhigh cells: one characterized by high levels of F4/80 (R1) and a second that had only medium levels of F4/80 (R2) (Fig. 1A, right panel). FACS sorting of the two M
populations followed by immunostaining defined the R1 population as the 95% of cells expressing 12/15-LOX, whereas R2 cells are largely negative (Fig. 1B). In contrast, the 12/15-LOX– cells were positive for MMR (CD206), an Ag that is absent in 12/15-LOX+ cells (Fig. 1B). To determine whether lymphocytes that comprise most of the remaining lavage cells express 12/15-LOX, immunostaining was performed for CD4, CD8, or CD45R, along with 12/15-LOX. As shown, 12/15-LOX was not associated with any of these lymphocyte Ags, indicating that it is not expressed by these cells (Fig. 1C).
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A full phenotypic characterization of the cells was undertaken by FACS analysis (Fig. 2). 12/15-LOX– cells expressed higher levels of MMR (CD206), dectin-1, M-CSF-R, GM-CSF-R, CCR5, MHC class II, CD11c, Syndecan1, and MARCO than did the 12/15-LOX+ cells. In contrast, 12/15-LOX+ cells express more SR-A (CD204) and Siglec1 (CD169) than do 12/15-LOX– cells. Both populations lacked lymphoid lineage markers, such as CD4, CD3, and CD8 (T cells), CD45R/B220 (B cells), polymorphonuclear cell markers including 7/4 Ag and Ly6C/G (Gr-1), and also dectin-2, CCR6, CCR2, CD49b, and CD83 (Fig. 2 and data not shown). Both cell types expressed comparable levels of CD14, CD40, TLR2, ICAM-1, CD62L, and the costimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 (Fig. 2 and data not shown). These differences indicate that the expression of 12/15-LOX is associated with distinct monocytic cell populations and is not expressed by other peritoneal leukocyte populations.
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subpopulations were examined in vitro by cytokine profiling the responses of MoFlo-sorted cells to activation by SES, which acts predominantly via TLR2 (C. Colmont, N. Topley, S. Jones, M. Labeta unpublished). 12/15-LOX+ M
produced greater quantities of IL-10 and G-CSF than did 12/15-LOX– cells (Fig. 3, A and B, and Table I). There was a trend toward increased generation of IL-1
, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-
, IL-12p70, IL-13, MCP-1/CCL2, and GM-CSF (Fig. 3C–J and Table I). In contrast, LOX– cells appeared to generate more IL-12p40 (Fig. 3K and Table I). Both cell populations secreted comparable levels of RANTES/CCL5, KC/CXCL1, and MIP-1
/CCL3 levels (Fig. 3L–N and Table I). There was, however, little or no production of IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-17A, and IFN-
detected from either population (data not shown).
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-like cells in the murine peritoneal cavity, and they suggest that 12/15-LOX– cells represent a novel population of DC.
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numbers and phenotype between WT and 12/15-LOX–/– mice
There were 1.7-fold more CD11bhigh/F4/80high M
in the peritoneal cavity of 12/15-LOX–/– mice compared with WT animals (p = 0.00082). However, DC, lymphocytes, and blood Mo numbers were identical (Fig. 5A). Propidium iodide staining of total lavage cells or resident M
between WT and 12/15-LOX–/– mice was identical, indicating that the proportion of cells undergoing proliferation or apoptosis was the same for the two strains (Fig. 5B). This suggests that 12/15-LOX may exert selective negative effects on Mo/M
migration into the peritoneal cavity. Furthermore, in the light of recent reports regarding a role for 12/15-LOX in myeloid cell proliferation, we detected no alteration in spleen size for mice aged 10–12 wk between strains (Fig. 5C) (13).
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, IL-3, GM-CSF, and IL-17, but less RANTES/CCL5, than did WT mice (Fig. 7 and Table II). SES-elicited cells behaved in a somewhat overlapping manner, with 12/15-LOX–/– cells showing reduced RANTES and increased GM-CSF production, but also significantly reduced generation of IL-12p40 and IL-12p70 as compared with WT (Fig. 7 and Table III). Overall, elicited cells from either strain generated far greater quantities of cytokines in response to stimulation than did resident cells. All other cytokine levels remained unchanged between strains. Detailed statistical analyses of all cytokines analyzed are in Tables II and III. A caveat is that these cells isolated by adhesion were not a pure M
population, with resident cells comprising predominantly M
(82%) and B lymphocytes (13.5%) with small numbers of T lymphocytes and NK cells. SES-elicited cells comprised M
(75.5%), neutrophils (18.5%), B lymphocytes (5%), and NK cells (1%). This indicates that cytokines may not have solely originated from M
in these experiments.
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populations during peritoneal inflammation
To characterize how 12/15-LOX+ cells responded to acute inflammation, mice were administered (i.p.) SES and the temporal changes in leukocyte numbers were recorded for 7 days. Following initiation of inflammation, peritoneal M
numbers rapidly declined during the first 3 h. However, these were replaced by CD11bmed/F4/80med Mo after 6–12 h (Fig. 8, A and B). This population expressed 7/4 Ag, dectin-1, CD40, CCR5, and CX3CR1 (data not shown). Concurrent analysis of 12/15-LOX expression using immunohistochemistry showed a decline in 12/15-LOX expressing cells consistent with a decrease in the number of resident peritoneal M
(Fig. 8, C and D). The number of infiltrating Mo/M
increased during 12–72 h post-SES injection (Fig. 8, A and B). After 7 days, an F4/80high/CD11bhigh population was restored; however, a large population of F4/80med/CD11bmed monocytic cells remained within the peritoneal cavity (Fig. 8B). Parallel analysis of 12/15-LOX expression within this emerging monocytic infiltrate demonstrated a significant increase in the number of both F4/80+/12/15-LOX+ and F4/80+/12/15-LOX– cell types (Fig. 8, B and C).
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were found than at day 0 (Fig. 8C). It is possible that some of the infiltrating Mo already express 12/15-LOX, while other cells induce it during differentiation to a "resident-like" phenotype. Significantly, blood Mo do not express 12/15-LOX, suggesting that its expression in infiltrating Mo/M
is induced early following their trafficking to the peritoneal cavity. 12/15-LOX activity profile generation during peritonitis
Mass spectrometry profiling of HETEs in lavage showed that 12-HETE is the predominant positional isomer, confirming its enzymatic production by the 12/15-LOX (Fig. 8E). Also, 12-HETE was virtually absent in lavage from 12/15-LOX–/– mice (Fig. 8E, right bars). Basally, low levels of 15-HETE, also formed by this isoform, were detected, but other isomers were largely absent. During SES peritonitis, the concentration of 12-HETE decreased from 7.4 ng to <1 ng per mouse after 24 h of inflammation (Fig. 8E). This decrease followed the disappearance of 12/15-LOX+ cells in the cavity and recovered partially by day 7. There was a small increase in 5-HETE levels during inflammation, but LXA4 was not detected (Fig. 8E and data not shown).
12/15-LOX suppresses Mo/M
numbers in the peritoneal cavity during inflammation
Analysis of Mo/M
numbers (CD11b+/F4/80+) during SES-induced peritonitis in WT mice showed a decrease in numbers during the first 3 h followed by influx of Mo/M
(CD11b+/F4/80+), which peaked at 72 h (Figs. 8B and 9A). 12/15-LOX–/– mice displayed the same kinetics of Mo/M
migration into the peritoneal cavity, but with a 2-fold increase in the number of recruited cells after 24 h persisting to 7 days (p = 0.0477 and p = 0.0435 at 24 and 7 days, respectively) (Fig. 9A). Similarly, migration of DCs had significantly increased at 24 h, although numbers of these cells were still relatively low (Fig. 9B). In contrast, neutrophil and lymphocyte numbers in the peritoneal cavity were unaffected by 12/15-LOX deletion (Fig. 9, C and D).
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Significantly lower levels of MCP-1/CCL2, RANTES/CCL5, IL-12p40, IL-17, G-CSF, and TNF-
were generated in 12/15-LOX–/– mice, particularly around 6 h after SES injection, which is the time of peak production of these inflammatory mediators in WT animals (Fig. 10A–F). Significantly higher levels of TGF-β1 were found in 12/15-LOX–/– mice 24 h after the induction of peritonitis, correlating with elevated numbers of inflammatory Mo/M
present at this time (see above) (Fig. 10G). No substantive differences in IL-1
, IL-9, IL-1,3 and MIP-1β/CCL4 were noted, while IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, MIP-1
/CCL3, or IFN-
were low or below the limit of detection (data not shown). During inflammation, lavage cell expression of the eicosanoid-generating enzymes COX-1 and COX-2 were regulated in an inverse manner, with COX-2 being transiently induced and COX-1 being suppressed but recovering by 24–72 h, similar to 12/15-LOX (Fig. 10, H and I). In 12/15-LOX–/– mice, COX-1 and COX-2 expression followed a similar pattern during peritonitis, but, overall, expression of the two enzymes was lower than in WT mice (Fig. 10, H and I).
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is unknown. Some reports suggest a proinflammatory action of the enzyme in atherosclerosis (2, 14, 15). In contrast, studies on the pharmacological actions of exogenously administered lipoxins and resolvins suggest an antiinflammatory role (7, 8, 16). Since the peritoneal cavity is by far the major site of 12/15-LOX expression in vivo, we sought to characterize its function in regulating inflammation in this organ. High concentrations of exogenous 12/15-LOX products or plant LOX are known to inhibit neutrophil migration into the peritoneal cavity (7, 8). However, unlike the murine enzyme that generates 12S-HETE, the plant LOX generates the 15S-positional isomer, and the role of the endogenous 12/15-LOX has not been explored in vivo. Herein, a model of sterile peritonitis was used where a cell-free supernatant from S. epidermidis, one of the principal causative agents of human peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients, is administered i.p. to create a well-characterized model of mild acute and resolving inflammation (17).
Basally, 12/15-LOX+ cells accounted for 95% of the recovered CD11bhigh cells with their phenotype consistent with previous studies describing the expression pattern of resident peritoneal M
(11, 18, 19, 20, 21) (Fig. 2). In contrast, 12/15-LOX– cells appeared to be DC (Figs. 1, 2, and 4) (22). Although it is known that a small number of human and rat peritoneal cells are DC, their phenotype has not been described before (23, 24). Unlike the 12/15-LOX+ cells, the peritoneal DC expressed high levels of mannose receptor, previously only documented on specific murine DC located in T cell areas of lymphoid organs draining from the periphery (10, 12, 25). The comparison of SES response of purified resident peritoneal M
and DC populations in vitro demonstrates clear differences between the cell types. The greater generation of IL-10 and G-CSF, with a trend toward increased production of several other inflammatory mediators, suggests that the peritoneal M
is likely to be the more important of these two populations as a source of these cytokines during the early stages of the inflammatory response (Fig. 3 and Table I). The lack of differences in Ag expression between WT and 12/15-LOX–/– resident M
indicates that the enzyme is not required for maintaining the major phenotypic characteristics of these cells (Fig. 6). However, the nearly 2-fold elevation in peritoneal M
number in 12/15-LOX–/– mice compared with WT mice, both before and during inflammation, shows that it exerts selective negative effects on the number of M
(Figs. 5A and 9A). The reason for this did not appear to be either increased proliferative capacity or decreased apoptosis of these cells within the peritoneal cavity (Fig. 5B), although only a slight increase in proliferation can mediate dramatic increases in peritoneal M
numbers and detecting a small change may be beyond the limit of detection for our method (26). Recently, it was proposed that 12/15-LOX is a suppressor of myeloproliferative disease (13). However, we found no increase in peripheral blood Mo nor splenomegaly in our mice (Fig. 5, A and C). Thus, the higher numbers of peritoneal M
could result from greater rates of inward migration and local differentiation or from slower rates of egress from the peritoneal cavity. The significantly lower generation of MCP-1/CCL2 and RANTES/CCL5 during acute inflammation in 12/15-LOX–/– mice indicates that the elevated Mo/M
levels are not due to elevated levels of classical chemokines (Fig. 10).
During peritonitis, the rapid clearance of 12/15-LOX-expressing M
as part of the "M
disappearance reaction" probably occurred via migration to draining lymph nodes and increased adherence to peritoneal tissues (Fig. 8, A and B) (27, 28). Resoration of local expression may involve up-regulation of the enzyme in the recruited cells, as peripheral blood Mo do not express 12/15-LOX (data not shown). Since substantial recovery in the levels of 12/15-LOX products was not achieved until as long as 7 days poststimulation, it is possible that the enzyme is not fully active until later time points (Fig. 8E). By this time, cells with the phenotype of resident peritoneal M
have begun to repopulate the cavity. It is not clear whether these cells have been recruited and differentiated from peripheral blood Mo or if they are from an alternate source; however, their antigenic phenotype coupled with the repletion of the cavity with 12/15-LOX products provides compelling evidence that the inflammatory reaction is largely resolved.
To examine the impact of 12/15-LOX deficiency on the inflammatory response to SES in the context of the M
heterogeneity that exists in vivo, we examined the response of both resident- and SES-elicited adherent cells that consist primarily of M
to SES stimulation. This would model both the effects of initial in vivo challenge of the resident population and the impact of 12/15-LOX on the differentially programmed M
recruited from the periphery during the response. Our analysis highlighted some overlapping and distinct aspects of the effect of 12/15-LOX expression on these two cell types (Fig. 7 and Tables II and III). For example, both resident and SES-elicited cells exhibited similar increases in GM-CSF and reductions in RANTES in the absence of 12/15-LOX (Fig. 7, F and G). SES-elicited cells produced very high levels of IL-12p40 and IL-12p70, which in the case of IL-12p70 was further increased by in vitro SES stimulation (Fig. 7, C and D). Both IL-12p40 and IL-12p70 were significantly reduced in the 12/15-LOX–/– cells, consistent with previous reports of impaired IL-12 production in response to LPS of thioglycolate-elicited peritoneal M
(6). However, resident peritoneal cells produced minimal IL-12 even after in vitro SES stimulation, indicating that these cells are a different population in terms of response to bacterial products. Separately, the in vivo impact of 12/15-LOX deficiency was assessed by measuring the production of cytokines and growth factors in peritoneal lavage of SES-challenged mice (Fig. 10). Consistent with our results using SES-elicited cells, IL-12p40 and RANTES were deficient in the absence of 12/15-LOX, but several additional cytokines were also decreased, including MCP-1/CCL2, IL-17, G-CSF, TNF-
, COX-1, and COX-2 (Fig. 10). These results suggest that infiltrating Mo may be the source of RANTES and IL-12p40 in vivo, but that others (MCP-1, IL-17, G-CSF, TNF-
) may originate from other cell types. The increase in TGF-β production in 12/15-LOX–/– mice at 24 h correlated with the marked increase in Mo/M
numbers present in the peritoneal cavity, suggesting they may be the source of this cytokine. Thus, the impact of 12/15-LOX on the production of inflammatory mediators is influenced by cellular heterogeneity and likely affects multiple cellular subsets in vivo.
Previous studies administering exogenous 12/15-LOX products and plant 15-LOX proposed a role for the enzyme in regulating neutrophil influx in peritoneal inflammation, through synthesis of LXA4 and related mediators from omega3 fatty acids. Our results show key differences: 1) there was no deficit in neutrophil influx, with instead a selective suppression of Mo/M
migration; and 2) LXA4 was not detected in our model even though the detection limit of our mass spectrometry assay is well below the levels previously determined using ELISAs in other studies (29, 30, 31, 32). A caveat is that S. epidermidis-induced inflammation is bacterial rather than fungal, and in terms of neutrophil recruitment is less severe than the zymosan model (32, 33). The peak of LXA4 reported in zymosan peritonitis occurs at 2–4 h and decreases during resolution (32). In contrast, we found the opposite pattern, with 12/15-LOX and 12-HETE disappearing during inflammation (Fig. 8). Pharmacological effects of lipoxin analogs on leukocyte recruitment utilize far higher doses (300 ng/mouse, i.p.) than reported to be generated in vivo (0.4 ng/mouse) (8, 32). In summary, a role for LXA4 derived from endogenous 12/15-LOX in regulating peritoneal responses to bacterial products appears unlikely.
Receptor-dependent stimuli for 12-HETE production by 12/15-LOX in M
are unknown. The high levels of 12-HETE in the lavage of naive mice indicate that the enzyme is generating product in vivo without inflammatory stimulation (Fig. 8E). Treatment of peritoneal lavage cells with SES in vivo or in vitro did not activate 12/15-LOX (data not shown). Several additional agents from organisms, including yeast and bacteria, also failed to stimulate significant 12/15-LOX activity in isolated peritoneal cells (including LPS, zymosan, β-glucan, flagelin, Pam3CSK4) (data not shown). Overall, the pattern of 12-HETE generation in peritoneal cells is not consistent with a classic proinflammatory pathway. Studies have suggested that formation of 12-HETE or any other known free acid product made by 12/15-LOX is not required for its bioactivity. Both IL-12p40 generation in response to LPS and phagocytosis of apoptotic thymocytes by elicited peritoneal M
require 12/15-LOX, but both phenomena occur in WT M
without significant 12-HETE generation (5, 6). Our data extend this idea, since while 12/15-LOX regulated the cellular and cytokine response to bacterial products in vivo, the enzyme was not acutely activated. Also, we could not restore the WT phenotype to 12/15-LOX–/– mice by i.p. administration of 12-HETE, live WT lavage cells, or WT lavage cell lipid extract (data not shown). In all of these experiments, lipids were added immediately before inflammatory activation, and thus an acute effect of exogenous lipids does not seem to account for the effect of 12/15-LOX. It is possible that the long-term absence of 12/15-LOX causes a fundamental change to the biology of the peritoneal cavity so that it responds differently to bacterial products. Alternatively, deletion of 12/15-LOX during development may play a role in macrophage phenotype. Thus, further aspects of the mechanisms by which 12/15-LOX regulates immune responses in vivo remain to be elucidated.
In summary, we show that endogenous 12/15-LOX is a marker for resident peritoneal M
that regulate Mo/M
homeostasis and cytokine production during acute inflammation. We propose that the enzyme is a central player in regulating the M
-dependent response to an inflammatory stimulus in vivo.
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1 Funding from the Wellcome Trust was provided to V.B.O., V.D., B.M., C.C., S.A.J., and N.T. Financial support to H.K. was provided by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ku 961/8-2) and by the European Commission (FP6, LSHM-CT-2004-0050333). P.R.T. is an Medical Research Council Senior Fellow (G0601617). ![]()
2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Valerie B. O'Donnell, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom. E-mail address: o-donnellvb{at}cardiff.ac.uk ![]()
3 Abbreviations used in this paper: LOX, lipoxygenase; DC, dendritic cell; HETE, hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid; LXA4, lipoxin A4; MMR, mannose receptor; Mo, monocyte; M
, macrophage; SES, Staphylococcus epidermidis cell-free supernatant; WT, wild type. ![]()
Received for publication May 21, 2008. Accepted for publication August 18, 2008.
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