Abstract
Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) lyase catalyzes the degradation of S1P, a potent signaling lysosphingolipid. Mice with an inactive S1P lyase gene are impaired in the capacity to degrade S1P, resulting in highly elevated S1P levels. These S1P lyase-deficient mice have low numbers of lymphocytes and high numbers of neutrophils in their blood. We found that the S1P lyase-deficient mice exhibited features of an inflammatory response including elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and an increased expression of genes in liver associated with an acute-phase response. However, the recruitment of their neutrophils into inflamed tissues was impaired and their neutrophils were defective in migration to chemotactic stimulus. The IL-23/IL-17/granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) cytokine-controlled loop regulating neutrophil homeostasis, which is dependent on neutrophil trafficking to tissues, was disturbed in S1P lyase-deficient mice. Deletion of the S1P4 receptor partially decreased the neutrophilia and inflammation in S1P lyase-deficient mice, implicating S1P receptor signaling in the phenotype. Thus, a genetic block in S1P degradation elicits a pro-inflammatory response but impairs neutrophil migration from blood into tissues.
Highlights
Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P)3 is a sphingolipid signaling molecule that exerts important physiologic functions through its interaction with a family of G protein-coupled receptors (S1P1–5) [1,2,3,4]
The IL-23/IL-17/granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) cytokine-controlled loop regulating neutrophil homeostasis, which is dependent on neutrophil trafficking to tissues, was disturbed in S1P lyase-deficient mice
We found that the Sgpl1Ϫ/Ϫ Tlr4Ϫ/Ϫ double knock-out (DKO) and Sgpl1Ϫ/Ϫ mice had depressed lymphocyte and elevated neutrophil blood counts (Fig. 3A) and similar elevations of pro-inflammatory cytokines in serum (Fig. 3B) and of mRNA levels for Tnf and Vcam-1 in liver (Fig. 3C)
Summary
Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P)3 is a sphingolipid signaling molecule that exerts important physiologic functions through its interaction with a family of G protein-coupled receptors (S1P1–5) [1,2,3,4]. To establish whether increased granulopoiesis was responsible for the elevated neutrophil numbers in Sgpl1Ϫ/Ϫ mice, we labeled proliferating precursor cells in bone marrow by BrdU incorporation and determined the appearance of BrdUϩ neutrophils in blood after 48 h.
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