Altered monocyte cyclooxygenase response to lipopolysaccharide in type 1 diabetes.
Beyan, Huriya;
Goodier, Martin R;
Nawroly, Niga S;
Hawa, Mohammed I;
Bustin, Stephen A;
Ogunkolade, William B;
Londei, Marco;
Yousaf, Nasim;
Leslie, R David G;
(2006)
Altered monocyte cyclooxygenase response to lipopolysaccharide in type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes, 55 (12).
pp. 3439-3445.
ISSN 0012-1797
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2337/db06-0447
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Type 1 diabetes is caused by adaptive immune responses, but innate immunity is important because monocytes infiltrate islets. Activated monocytes express cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, promoting prostaglandin-E(2) (PGE(2)) secretion, whereas COX-1 expression is constitutive. We aimed to define monocyte COX expression in type 1 diabetes basally and after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. Isolated CD14(+) monocytes were analyzed for COX mRNA and protein expression from identical twins (discordant for type 1 diabetes) and control subjects. Basal monocyte COX mRNA, protein expression, and PGE(2) secretion were normal in type 1 diabetic subjects. After LPS, twins and control subjects showed a COX mRNA isoform switch with decreased COX-1 mRNA (P < 0.01), increased COX-2 mRNA (P < 0.01), and increased COX-2 protein expression (P < 0.01). Compared with control subjects, both diabetic and nondiabetic twins showed greater LPS-induced downregulation of monocyte COX-1 mRNA (P = 0.02), reduced upregulation of COX-2 mRNA and protein (P < 0.03), and greater inhibition by the COX-2 inhibitor di-isopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) of monocyte PGE(2) (P < 0.007). We demonstrate an alteration in monocyte COX mRNA expression as well as monocyte COX-2 and PGE(2) production after LPS in type 1 diabetic patients and their nondiabetic twins. Because COX-2 response to LPS is proinflammatory, an inherited reduced response would predispose to chronic inflammatory diseases such as type 1 diabetes.