Arcidiacono Diletta, Odom Sandra, Frossi Barbara, Rivera Juan, Paccani Silvia R, Baldari Cosima T, Pucillo Carlo, Montecucco Cesare, de Bernard Marina
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Via G. Colombo 3, 35121 Padua, Italy.
Cell Microbiol. 2008 Apr;10(4):899-907. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.01092.x. Epub 2007 Nov 15.
Many strains of Vibrio cholerae produce a cytolysin (VCC) that forms oligomeric transmembrane pores responsible for vacuolization of several cell types in culture. Here we suggest that VCC could contribute to the T helper 2 (Th2) response seen in the natural infection; acting through TLR2, VCC enhances mast cells secretion of IL-4, IL-6 and TNF-alpha by 330-, 290- and 550-fold respectively. Moreover, VCC-induced cytokine production is dependent on increased cytosolic Ca(2+) and on the presence of the Src family kinases Lyn and Fyn, known to be required for FcepsilonRI-dependent activation of mast cells. These findings strongly suggest that VCC has a pro-inflammatory activity promoting a Th2-type immune profile.
许多霍乱弧菌菌株会产生一种细胞溶素(VCC),它能形成寡聚跨膜孔,导致培养中的多种细胞类型出现空泡化。在此我们提出,VCC可能促成了自然感染中所见的辅助性T细胞2(Th2)反应;通过Toll样受体2(TLR2)发挥作用,VCC分别使肥大细胞分泌白细胞介素-4(IL-4)、白细胞介素-6(IL-6)和肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)增加330倍、290倍和550倍。此外,VCC诱导的细胞因子产生依赖于胞质钙离子(Ca²⁺)的增加以及Src家族激酶Lyn和Fyn的存在,已知这两种激酶是FcεRI依赖性肥大细胞激活所必需的。这些发现有力地表明,VCC具有促进Th2型免疫特征的促炎活性。