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Pneumococci induced TLR- and Rac1-dependent NF-kappaB-recruitment to the IL-8 promoter in lung epithelial cells.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Schmeck, Bernd Huber, Sylvia Moog, Kerstin Zahlten, Janine Hocke, Andreas Opitz, Bastian Hammerschmidt, Sven Mitchell, Tim J. Kracht, Michael Rosseau, Simone Suttorp, Norbert Hippenstiel, Stefan |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major pathogen of community-acquired pneumonia. The respiratory epithelium constitutes the first line of defense against invading lung pathogens, including pneumococci. We analyzed the involvement of Toll-like receptors (TLR) and Rho-GTPase signaling in the activation of human lung epithelial cells by pneumococci. S. pneumoniae induced release of interleukin-8 (IL-8) by human bronchial epithelial cell line BEAS-2B. Specific inhibition of Rac1 by Nsc23766 or a dominant-negative mutant of Rac1 strongly reduced cytokine release. In addition, pneumococci-related cell activation (IL-8 release, NF-kappaB-activation) depended on MyD88, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and Cdc42 but not on RhoA. Pneumococci enhanced TLR1 and TLR2 mRNA expression in BEAS-2B cells, whereas TLR4 and TLR6 expression was constitutively high. TLR1 and 2 synergistically recognized pneumococci in cotransfection experiments. TLR4, TLR6, LPS-binding protein, and CD14 seem not to be involved in pneumococci-dependent cell activation. At the IL-8 gene promoter, recruitment of phosphorylated NF-kappaB subunit p65 was blocked by inhibition of Rac1, whereas binding of the phosphorylated activator protein-1 subunit c-Jun to the promoter was not diminished. In summary, these results suggest that S. pneumoniae activate human epithelial cells by TLR1/2 and a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase- and Rac1-dependent NF-kappaB-recruitment to the IL-8 promoter. |
| Starting Page | L730 |
| Ending Page | L737 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1152/ajplung.00271.2005 |
| PubMed reference number | 16299055 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 290 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ajplung.physiology.org/content/ajplung/290/4/l730.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00271.2005 |
| Journal | American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |