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Endogenous molecules generated upon pathogen invasion or tissue damage serve as danger signals that activate host defense; however, their precise immunological role remains unclear. Tenascin-C is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein that is specifically induced upon injury and infection. Here, we show that its expression is required to generate an effective immune response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) during experimental sepsis in vivo. Tenascin-C enables macrophage translation of proinflammatory cytokines upon LPS activation of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and suppresses the synthesis of anti-inflammatory cytokines. It mediates posttranscriptional control of a specific subset of inflammatory mediators via induction of the microRNA miR-155. Thus, tenascin-C plays a key role in regulating the inflammatory axis during pathogenic activation of TLR signaling.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.celrep.2012.09.005

Type

Journal article

Journal

Cell Rep

Publication Date

25/10/2012

Volume

2

Pages

914 - 926

Keywords

Animals, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Cytokines, Infection, Inflammation, Lipopolysaccharides, Macrophages, Male, Mice, Mice, Knockout, MicroRNAs, Sepsis, Signal Transduction, Tenascin, Toll-Like Receptor 4, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha