2006
DOI: 10.1038/ni1373
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Toll-like receptor–mediated regulation of zinc homeostasis influences dendritic cell function

Abstract: Zinc is a trace element that is essential for the function of many enzymes and transcription factors. Zinc deficiency results in defects in innate and acquired immune responses. However, little is known about the mechanism(s) by which zinc affects immune cell function. Here we show that stimulation with the Toll-like receptor 4 agonist lipopolysaccharide (LPS) altered the expression of zinc transporters in dendritic cells and thereby decreased intracellular free zinc. A zinc chelator mimicked the effects of LP… Show more

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“…In dendritic cells, zinc movement caused by down-regulation of zinc importer Zip6 and up-regulation of zinc exporter ZnT-1 was involved in the maturation of dendritic cells (Kitamura et al 2006). Zinc movement regulated by the expression of zinc transporter may have crucial roles in performing the biological function of various cells.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In dendritic cells, zinc movement caused by down-regulation of zinc importer Zip6 and up-regulation of zinc exporter ZnT-1 was involved in the maturation of dendritic cells (Kitamura et al 2006). Zinc movement regulated by the expression of zinc transporter may have crucial roles in performing the biological function of various cells.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other genes preferentially induced by TREM-1 activation were the metallothionein family members MT1K, MT1E, and MT1F, which are cysteine-rich heavy metal-binding proteins implicated in binding, thereby reducing intracellular levels of available zinc (70). This may be of functional importance, because high intracellular zinc can suppress TNF and IL-1␤ production by monocytes (71) and inhibit LPSinduced expression of MHC class II and costimulatory molecules (72). All of these possibilities are currently speculative, yet they point to potentially significant cellular events that would be difficult to uncover in the absence of global gene expression profiling.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The functional significance of these observations remains to be directly tested and elucidated. However, given the importance of zinc homeostasis for T cell function (47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53), coupled with our observations suggesting large scale downregulation of T cell-related genes, the overall data provide the basis for biologically plausible and testable hypotheses surrounding zinc homeostasis and lymphocyte dysfunction in pediatric septic shock.…”
Section: R E S E a R C H A R T I C L E M O L M Ementioning
confidence: 99%