NR2C2 of macrophages promotes inflammation via NF-κB in LPS-induced orchitis in mice

Author:

Min Ziqian1,Wan Jingyu1,Xin Huan1,Liu Xiaowen1,Rao Xinxu1,Fan Ziling1,Yang Lifang2,Li Dan13ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Life Science, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, China

2. Cancer Research Institute, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China

3. Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Shenzhen, China

Abstract

In brief Bacterial infection can induce testicular inflammation and damage male fertility. This paper reveals the role of nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group C member 2 (NR2C2) in macrophage cells in orchitis caused by bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) infection. Abstract Bacterial infection and induced inflammation are important causes of male infertility. Here, we described the characteristics of expression and the regulatory role of NR2C2 in testicular inflammatory injury induced by infection with the bacterial endotoxin LPS. We found that NR2C2 was highly expressed in the testes and the expression of NR2C2 was upregulated in testicular macrophages in the LPS-induced mouse orchitis model in vivo. In primary testicular macrophages and RAW264.7 cells in vitro, RNA interference with the Nr2c2 gene downregulated the expression of inflammatory factors such as IL-1β and IL-6. In addition, the knockdown of NR2C2 in macrophages alleviated the inhibitory effect of the inflammatory supernatant secreted by the macrophages on the proliferation of spermatogonia GC-1 SPG cells. Mechanistically, NR2C2 activated NF-κB signaling by binding with DR elements in the promotor of the Nfκb gene and promoted the development of inflammation. These data are the first to confirm that during LPS-induced bacterial infection, NR2C2 plays a proinflammatory role by activating IL-1β and IL-6 via the NF-κB pathway in macrophages, consequently inhibiting the proliferation of spermatogonia and damaging the quality of sperm. Our findings reveal the important role of NR2C2 in testicular inflammatory injury induced via LPS and provide a new potential target and a molecular basis for the treatment of male infertility caused by bacterial infection.

Publisher

Bioscientifica

Subject

Cell Biology,Obstetrics and Gynecology,Endocrinology,Embryology,Reproductive Medicine

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