Identification of a novel pathway of transforming growth factor-β1 regulation by extracellular NAD+ in mouse macrophages: in vitro and in silico studies

J Biol Chem. 2012 Sep 7;287(37):31003-14. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.344309. Epub 2012 Jul 24.

Abstract

Extracellular β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) is anti-inflammatory. We hypothesized that NAD(+) would modulate the anti-inflammatory cytokine Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β1. Indeed, NAD(+) led to increases in both active and latent cell-associated TGF-β1 in RAW 264.7 mouse macrophages as well as in primary peritoneal macrophages isolated from both C3H/HeJ (TLR4-mutant) and C3H/HeOuJ (wild-type controls for C3H/HeJ) mice. NAD(+) acts partially via cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) and subsequent release of Ca(2+). Treatment of macrophages with the cADPR analog 3-deaza-cADPR or Ca(2+) ionophores recapitulated the effects of NAD(+) on TGF-β1, whereas the cADPR antagonist 8-Br-cADPR, Ca(2+) chelation, and antagonism of L-type Ca(2+) channels suppressed these effects. The time and dose effects of NAD(+) on TGF-β1 were complex and could be modeled both statistically and mathematically. Model-predicted levels of TGF-β1 protein and mRNA were largely confirmed experimentally but also suggested the presence of other mechanisms of regulation of TGF-β1 by NAD(+). Thus, in vitro and in silico evidence points to NAD(+) as a novel modulator of TGF-β1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Calcium Ionophores / pharmacology
  • Cell Line
  • Cyclic ADP-Ribose / analogs & derivatives
  • Cyclic ADP-Ribose / genetics
  • Cyclic ADP-Ribose / metabolism*
  • Cyclic ADP-Ribose / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / cytology
  • Macrophages / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Mutant Strains
  • Models, Biological*
  • NAD / genetics
  • NAD / metabolism*
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 / genetics
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 / metabolism
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / genetics
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / metabolism*

Substances

  • Calcium Ionophores
  • Tgfb1 protein, mouse
  • Tlr4 protein, mouse
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta1
  • NAD
  • Cyclic ADP-Ribose
  • Calcium