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| Content Provider | Springer Nature Link |
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| Author | Varoga, D. Wruck, C. J. Tohidnezhad, M. Brandenburg, L. Paulsen, F. Mentlein, R. Seekamp, A. Besch, L. Pufe, T. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Gram-positive bacterial bone infections are an important cause of morbidity particularly in immunocompromised patients. Antimicrobial peptides (AP) are effectors of the innate immune system and directly kill microorganisms in the first hours after microbial infection. The aim of the present investigation was to study the expression and regulation of gram-positive specialized human β-defensin-3 (HBD-3) in bone. Samples of healthy and osteomyelitic human bone were assessed for the expression of HBD-3. Using primary and immortalized osteoblasts (SAOS-2 cells), release and regulation of HBD-3 was evaluated after exposure to Staphylococcus aureus supernatant and/or corticosteroids using PCR, immunohistochemistry, Western blot and ELISA. To determine the role of toll-like-receptors-2 and -4 (TLR-2/-4), shRNA was used to downregulate TLRs. An osteomyelitis mouse model was created performed to investigate the release of murine β-defensins using immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR. Cultured osteoblasts and human bone produce HBD-3 under standard conditions. The release increases within hours of bacterial supernatant exposure in cultured osteoblasts. This observation was not made in chronically infected bone samples. The shRNA-technology revealed the necessity of TLR-2 and -4 in HBD-3 induction in osteoblasts. Blocking protein synthesis with cycloheximide showed that the rapid release of HBD-3 is not dependent on a translational de novo synthesis and is not affected by glucocorticoids. The murine osteomyelitis model confirmed the in vivo release uptake of mouse β-defensins-4 (MBD-4) in bone. This report shows the bacterial induction of HBD-3 via TLR-2 and -4 in osteoblasts and suggests a central role of antimicrobial peptides in the prevention of bacterial bone infection. The rapid and effective induction of HBD-3 in osteoblasts incubated with conditioned media from bacteria is more likely a result of a rapid secretion of preformed HBD-3 by osteoblasts rather than a result of enhanced biosynthesis. The increased incidence of gram-positive bacterial bone infection in patients with regular intake of glucocorticoids does not seem to be caused by a deranged HBD-3 release in osteoblasts. |
| Starting Page | 207 |
| Ending Page | 218 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| ISSN | 09486143 |
| Journal | Histochemistry and Cell Biology |
| Volume Number | 131 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| e-ISSN | 1432119X |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
| Publisher Date | 2008-10-17 |
| Publisher Place | Berlin/Heidelberg |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword | Innate immunity Bone Human beta defensin Infection Antimicrobial peptides Medicine/Public Health Anatomy |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Histology Molecular Biology Medical Laboratory Technology |
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