Novel Noncompetitive IL-1 Receptor–Biased Ligand Prevents Infection- and Inflammation-Induced Preterm Birth

作者：Mathieu Nadeau‐Vallée, Christiane Quiniou, Julia Palacios, Xin Hou, Atefeh Erfani, Ankush Madaan, Mélanie Sanchez, Kelycia B Leimert, Amarilys Boudreault, François Duhamel, José Carlos Rivera, Tang Zhu, Baraa Noueihed, Sarah A. Robertson, Xin Ni, David M. Olson, William D. Lubell, Sylvie Girard, Sylvain Chemtob · 发表于：The Journal of Immunology · 年份：2015 · DOI：10.4049/jimmunol.1500758 · 被引用次数：120 · 研究领域：Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis、Pregnancy-related medical research、Immune Response and Inflammation

Preterm birth (PTB) is firmly linked to inflammation regardless of the presence of infection. Proinflammatory cytokines, including IL-1β, are produced in gestational tissues and can locally upregulate uterine activation proteins. Premature activation of the uterus by inflammation may lead to PTB, and IL-1 has been identified as a key inducer of this condition. However, all currently available IL-1 inhibitors are large molecules that exhibit competitive antagonism properties by inhibiting all IL-1R signaling, including transcription factor NF-κB, which conveys important physiological roles. We hereby demonstrate the efficacy of a small noncompetitive (all-d peptide) IL-1R-biased ligand, termed rytvela (labeled 101.10) in delaying IL-1β-, TLR2-, and TLR4-induced PTB in mice. The 101.10 acts without significant inhibition of NF-κB, and instead selectively inhibits IL-1R downstream stress-associated protein kinases/transcription factor c-jun and Rho GTPase/Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase signaling pathways. The 101.10 is effective at decreasing proinflammatory and/or prolabor genes in myometrium tissue and circulating leukocytes in all PTB models independently of NF-κB, undermining NF-κB role in preterm labor. In this work, biased signaling modulation of IL-1R by 101.10 uncovers a novel strategy to prevent PTB without inhibiting NF-κB.