Small-molecule studies identify CDK8 as a regulator of IL-10 in myeloid cells.
Nat Chem Biol
; 13(10): 1102-1108, 2017 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-28805801
ABSTRACT
Enhancing production of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a promising strategy to suppress pathogenic inflammation. To identify new mechanisms regulating IL-10 production, we conducted a phenotypic screen for small molecules that enhance IL-10 secretion from activated dendritic cells. Mechanism-of-action studies using a prioritized hit from the screen, BRD6989, identified the Mediator-associated kinase CDK8, and its paralog CDK19, as negative regulators of IL-10 production during innate immune activation. The ability of BRD6989 to upregulate IL-10 is recapitulated by multiple, structurally differentiated CDK8 and CDK19 inhibitors and requires an intact cyclin C-CDK8 complex. Using a highly parallel pathway reporter assay, we identified a role for enhanced AP-1 activity in IL-10 potentiation following CDK8 and CDK19 inhibition, an effect associated with reduced phosphorylation of a negative regulatory site on c-Jun. These findings identify a function for CDK8 and CDK19 in regulating innate immune activation and suggest that these kinases may warrant consideration as therapeutic targets for inflammatory disorders.
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MEDLINE
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Interleucina-10
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Células Mieloides
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Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas
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Quinase 8 Dependente de Ciclina
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article