Glucocorticoids target suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1) and type 1 interferons to regulate Toll-like receptor-induced STAT1 activation.

Endogenous and pharmacologic glucocorticoids (GCs) limit inflammatory cascades initiated by Toll-like receptor (TLR) activation. A long-standing clinical observation has been the delay between GC administration and the manifestation of GC's anti-inflammatory actions. We hypothesized that the GCs would have inhibitory effects that target late temporal pathways that propagate proinflammatory signals. Here we interrogated signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 regulation by GC and its consequences for cytokine production during activation of macrophages with TLR-specific ligands. We found that robust activation does not occur until 2-3 h after TLR engagement, and that GC suppression of duanyu18131 phosphorylation first manifests at this time. GC attenuates TLR4-mediated duanyu18131 activation only through induction of suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1), which increases throughout the 6-h period after treatment. Inhibition of TLR3-mediated duanyu18131 activation occurs via two mechanisms, impairment of type I IFN secretion and induction of SOCS1. Our data show that SOCS1 and type I interferons are critical GC targets for regulating duanyu18131 activity and may account for overall GC effectiveness in inflammation suppression in the clinically relevant time frame.

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