Dihydroartemisinin regulates immune cell heterogeneity by triggering a cascade reaction of CDK and MAPK phosphorylation

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND TARGETED THERAPY(2022)

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Artemisinin (ART) and dihydroartemisinin (DHA), apart from their profound anti-malaria effect, can also beneficially modulate the host immune system; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we report that DHA selectively induced T-cell activation, with an increased proportion of Ki67 + CD4 + T cells, CD25 + CD4 + T cells, interferon (IFN)-γ-producing CD8 + T cells, Brdu + CD8 + T cells and neutrophils, which was found to enhance cellular immunity to experimental malaria and overcome immunosuppression in mice. We further revealed that DHA upregulated the expression of cell proliferation-associated proteins by promoting the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), and activator protein 1 in the spleen. This study is the first to provide robust evidence that DHA selectively induced the expansion of subsets of splenic T cells through phosphorylated CDKs and MAPK to enhance cellular immune responses under non-pathological or pathological conditions. The data significantly deepened our knowledge in the mechanism underlying DHA-mediated immunomodulation.
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Immunotherapy,Molecular medicine,Medicine/Public Health,general,Internal Medicine,Cancer Research,Cell Biology,Pathology,Oncology
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