Abstract
The vertebrate immune system protects the host against invading pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and parasites. It consists of an innate branch and an adaptive branch that provide immediate and long-lasting protection, respectively. As the immune system is composed of different cell types and distributed throughout the whole body, immune cells need to communicate with each other. Intercellular communication in the immune system is mediated by cytokines, which bind to specific receptors on the cell surface and activate intracellular signalling networks. Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible 45 (Gadd45) proteins are important components of these intracellular signalling networks. They are induced by a number of cytokines and by bacterial lipopolysaccharide. Within the innate immune system, Gadd45 proteins are crucial for the differentiation of myeloid cells as well as for the function of granulocytes and macrophages. Moreover, Gadd45β regulates autophagy, a catabolic pathway that also degrades intracellular pathogens. Regarding adaptive immunity, Gadd45 proteins are especially well characterized in T cells. For instance, Gadd45β and Gadd45γ regulate cytokine expression and Th1 differentiation, while Gadd45α inhibits p38 kinase activation downstream of the T cell receptor. Due to their many functions in the immune system, deficiency in Gadd45 proteins causes autoimmune diseases and less efficient tumour immunosurveillance.
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- ATG:
-
Autophagy-related
- Bcl-xL :
-
B cell lymphoma x large
- c-FLIP:
-
Cellular FLICE inhibitory protein
- Cbl-b:
-
Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene b
- CD:
-
Cluster of differentiation
- CD4+ :
-
Cluster of differentiation 4-positive
- CD8+ :
-
Cluster of differentiation 8-positive
- CLR:
-
C-type lectin receptor
- CR6:
-
Cytokine response gene 6
- DISC:
-
Death-inducing signalling complex
- EAE:
-
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
- Egr:
-
Early growth response
- G-CSF:
-
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
- Gadd45:
-
Growth arrest and DNA damage 45
- GM-CSF:
-
Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor
- GRAIL:
-
Gene related to anergy in lymphocytes protein
- IFN:
-
Interferon
- IL:
-
Interleukin
- JNK:
-
c-Jun N-terminal kinase
- LPS:
-
Lipopolysaccharide
- M-CSF:
-
Macrophage colony-stimulating factor
- MAPK:
-
Mitogen-activated protein kinase
- MEKK4:
-
MAPK/ERK kinase kinase 4
- MHC:
-
Major histocompatibility complex
- MKK:
-
Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
- MOG:
-
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein
- Myd118:
-
Myeloid differentiation primary response protein 118
- NFAT:
-
Nuclear factor of activated T cells
- NF-κB:
-
Nuclear factor κB
- NKT:
-
Natural killer T cell
- NLR:
-
Nod-like receptor
- PAMP:
-
Pathogen-associated molecular pattern
- PRR:
-
Pattern recognition receptor
- RLR:
-
Retinoic acid-inducible gene (RIG)-I-like receptor
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- STAT:
-
Signal transducer and activator of transcription
- TCR:
-
T cell receptor
- TGF-β:
-
Transforming growth factor beta
- Th:
-
T helper
- TLR:
-
Toll-like receptor
- TNFα:
-
Tumour necrosis factor alpha
- TNFR1:
-
Tumour necrosis factor receptor 1
- vMIA:
-
Viral mitochondrial-localized inhibitor of apoptosis
- ZAP-70:
-
Zeta-chain associated protein of 70 kDa
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I am grateful to Dr. Yvonne Rauter and Alisha Walker for critically reading the manuscript and for helping with the figures. This work was supported by grants of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SCHM1586/3-1) and the Helmholtz Association cross-programme activity “Metabolic Dysfunction and Human Disease”.
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Schmitz, I. (2013). Gadd45 Proteins in Immunity. In: Liebermann, D., Hoffman, B. (eds) Gadd45 Stress Sensor Genes. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 793. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8289-5_4
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