Chromatin organization as an indicator of glucocorticoid induced natural killer cell dysfunction
Autor: | Dina Tell, Herbert L. Mathews, Linda Witek Janusek, M.S. Misale |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult Male Immunology Biology Dexamethasone Article Natural killer cell Cell Line Epigenesis Genetic Histones 03 medical and health sciences Behavioral Neuroscience Interferon-gamma Immune system medicine Humans Interferon gamma Epigenetics Glucocorticoids Aged Lymphokine-activated killer cell Interferon-gamma production Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Middle Aged Acquired immune system Chromatin Cell biology Killer Cells Natural 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Female medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Brain, behavior, and immunity. 67 |
ISSN: | 1090-2139 |
Popis: | It is well-established that psychological distress reduces natural killer cell immune function and that this reduction can be due to the stress-induced release of glucocorticoids. Glucocorticoids are known to alter epigenetic marks associated with immune effector loci, and are also known to influence chromatin organization. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the effect of glucocorticoids on natural killer cell chromatin organization and to determine the relationship of chromatin organization to natural killer cell effector function, e.g. interferon gamma production. Interferon gamma production is the prototypic cytokine produced by natural killer cells and is known to modulate both innate and adaptive immunity. Glucocorticoid treatment of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells resulted in a significant reduction in interferon gamma production. Glucocorticoid treatment also resulted in a demonstrable natural killer cell nuclear phenotype. This phenotype was localization of the histone, post-translational epigenetic mark, H3K27me3, to the nuclear periphery. Peripheral nuclear localization of H3K27me3 was directly related to cellular levels of interferon gamma. This nuclear phenotype was determined by direct visual inspection and by use of an automated, high through-put technology, the Amnis ImageStream. This technology combines the per-cell information content provided by standard microscopy with the statistical significance afforded by large sample sizes common to standard flow cytometry. Most importantly, this technology provides for a direct assessment of the localization of signal intensity within individual cells. The results demonstrate glucocorticoids to dysregulate natural killer cell function at least in part through altered H3K27me3 nuclear organization and demonstrate H3K27me3 chromatin organization to be a predictive indicator of glucocorticoid induced immune dysregulation of natural killer cells. |
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