An arginase 2 promoter transgenic line illuminates immune cell polarisation in zebrafish
Disease models & mechanisms(2023)
摘要
Innate immune responses to inflammation and infection are complex and represent major challenges for developing much needed new treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases and drug-resistant infections. To be ultimately successful, the immune response must be balanced to allow pathogen clearance without excess tissue damage, processes controlled by pro-and anti-inflammatory signals. The roles of anti-inflammatory signalling in raising an appropriate immune response are underappreciated, representing overlooked potential drug targets. This is especially true in neutrophils, a difficult cell type to study ex vivo owing to a short lifespan, dogmatically seen as being highly pro-inflammatory. Here, we have generated and describe the first zebrafish transgenic line [TgBAC(arg2: eGFP)sh571] that labels expression of the anti-inflammatory gene arginase 2 (arg2) and show that a subpopulation of neutrophils upregulate arginase soon after immune challenge with injury and infection. At wound-healing stages, arg2:GFP is expressed in subsets of neutrophils and macrophages, potentially representing anti-inflammatory, polarised immune cell populations. Our findings identify nuanced responses to immune challenge in vivo, responses that represent new opportunities for therapeutic interventions during inflammation and infection.
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Anti inflammatory,Infection,Inflammation,Macrophage,Neutrophil,Zebrafish
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