Table 2 Intracellular inhibitors regulating PRR function

From: Negative regulation of human mononuclear phagocyte function

Inhibitory molecule

Mechanism of inhibition

Animal disease models

Human disease

A20

Ubiquitinates/deubiquitinates molecules in PRR and TNFR pathways92, 93, 94, 95

Deficiency:

• death due to severe multi-organ inflammation91

•↑endotoxin shock91

• deficiency in DCs → colitis96

SNPs in the A20 region associated with CD,97 SLE98, 99 and RA100, 101

ABIN1

Recruits A20323, 324

• dysfunction→ SLE and autoimmunity in mice325, 326

•↑expression protects from TNF-induced death and allergic airway inflammation327, 328

SNPs in ABIN1 region associated with SLE329, 330

ABIN3

• inhibits NF-κB activation331

• binds A20331

adenoviral expression in mice protects from LPS -induced death331

 

FLN29

• inhibits TRAF6-mediated NF-κB signaling332

• inhibits the Rig I pathway333

FLN29−/− →↑endotoxin shock333

 

IRAK-M

Inhibits IRAK-1 activation60

Deficiency:

•↑inflammation to microbes60

•↑lung injury64

•↑IL-10−/− colitis65

• endotoxin tolerance defect60

Mutations↑risk for asthma;66, 67 dysregulated levels seen in necrotizing enterocolitis,68 TB69 and cystic fibrosis62

IRF4

↓’s signaling through RIP2102 and MyD88103

• IRF4−/− →↑DNA shock103

• IRF4 knockdown in vivo →↑experimental colitis102

↑ expression in mucosa of IBD patients105

ITAM

Induces inhibitors, including SOCS-1, ABIN-3, A20, and IL-10112

ITAM-containing receptors suppress inflammatory diseases, including colitis113, 114

 

MKP-1

Inhibits MAPK signaling334

Deficiency:

•IL-10−/− colitis335

•sepsis due to impaired bacterial killing334, 336

Impaired induction in:

• alveolar macrophages from asthma patients337

• LPS-treated BAL cells from sarcoidosis patients338

MyD88s

Prevents MyD88 signaling by failure to recruit IRAK-4339

 

•↑in monocytes during sepsis317

NLRP12

• inhibits IRAK1 phosphorylation195

• ↓’s NIK expression194

Deficiency:

•↑DSS colitis and colitis-associated cancer340

•↑Y. pestis susceptibility193

Mutations → auto-inflammatory diseases198, 199 and atopic dermatitis200

PGE

• induces IRAK-M341

•↓phagocytosis, bacterial killing342, 343

Mice with prostaglandin pathway deficiency →↑colitis and colonic injury344, 345

SNPs in a region that includes PTGER4 associated with IBD10

SHIP-1

• dephosphorylates TBK1 and inhibits IFNβ induction106

• inhibits PI3K signaling107

Deficiency:

• ileitis109

• endotoxin tolerance defect107

• macrophage infiltration in bone marrow and spleen110

•↓life span110

↑ SHIP-1 expression in the intestinal mucosa of IBD patients111

SOCS-1

Inhibits JAK/STAT signaling70, 71, 72

Deficiency ↑’s inflammatory cytokine production and endotoxin shock72, 346

Loss-of-function/expression SNPs:↑serum IgE78 and↑asthma79 and lymphoma347

SOCS-3

Inhibits STAT1 and STAT3 activation348, 349

• deficiency → embryonic lethality350

• deficiency in macrophages→↑endotoxin shock351

↑ SOCS-3 expression in mucosal biopsies from CD patients352

TOLLIP

• associates with TLR2 and TLR4 to limit signaling353, 354

• inhibits IRAK-1 signaling354, 355

Deficiency→↑inflammation following sublethal endotoxin356

SNPs associated with atopic dermatitis357 and SNPs with decreased Tollip mRNA associated with TB358

TWIST family

• Twist1 and Twist2 inhibit NF-κB p65 transactivation359

• Twist1 and Twist2 repress the TNF-α gene promoter82

• Twist2 induces IL-10 through c-Maf activation360

• Twist1−/−: embryonic death361

• Twist2−/−:

→perinatal death with

cachexia and↑cytokines359

→endotoxin tolerance defect

in macrophages360

•↑Twist1 expression in Th1 lymphocytes in inflamed tissue from IBD and RA patients362

TAM receptors

• SOCS-1 and -3 induction80

• apoptotic cell clearance85, 86, 87

Deficiency/functional defect:

• SLE and autoimmunity81, 85

•↑endotoxin shock83

TAM receptor ligand levels dysregulated in SLE and UC89, 90

  1. Abbreviations: BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; CD, Crohn’s disease; DC, dendritic cell; DSS, dextran sodium sulfate; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IFN, interferon; IgE, immunoglobulin E; IL, interleukin; IRF, interferon regulatory factor; JAK, Janus tyrosine kinase; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase; NF, nuclear factor; NLR, nucleotide-binding-domain containing receptor; PI3K, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; PRR, pattern-recognition receptor; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; SOCS, suppressor of cytokine signaling; STAT, signal transducer and activator of transcription factor; TB, tuberculosis; TLR, Toll-like receptor; TNFR, tumor necrosis factor receptor; TRAF, TNF receptor–associated factor; UC, ulcerative colitis.