牛子宫内膜的上皮细胞和基质细胞在先天免疫中具有作用,并通过 Toll 样受体 TLR2、TLR1 和 TLR6 体外引发对细菌脂肽的炎症反应。
Epithelial and stromal cells of bovine endometrium have roles in innate immunity and initiate inflammatory responses to bacterial lipopeptides in vitro via Toll-like receptors TLR2, TLR1, and TLR6.
机构信息
Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom.
出版信息
Endocrinology. 2014 Apr;155(4):1453-65. doi: 10.1210/en.2013-1822. Epub 2014 Jan 17.
Bacteria often infect the endometrium of cattle to cause endometritis, uterine disease, and infertility. Lipopeptides are commonly found among bacteria and are detected by the Toll-like receptor (TLR) cell surface receptor TLR2 on immune cells. Heterodimers of TLR2 with TLR1 or TLR6 activate MAPK and nuclear factor-κB intracellular signaling pathways to stimulate inflammatory responses. In the endometrium, epithelial and stromal cells are the first to encounter invading bacteria, so the present study explored whether endometrial cells can also mount inflammatory responses to bacterial lipopeptides via TLRs. The supernatants of pure populations of primary bovine endometrial epithelial and stromal cells accumulated the cytokine IL-6 and the chemokine IL-8 in response to triacylated or diacylated bacterial lipopeptides. The accumulation of IL-6 and IL-8 in response to triacylated lipopeptides was reduced by small interfering RNA targeting TLR2 or TLR1 but not TLR6, whereas cellular responses to diacylated lipopeptide were reduced by small interfering RNA targeting TLR2, TLR1, or TLR6. Both lipopeptides induced rapid phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38, and nuclear factor-κB in endometrial cells, and inhibitors of ERK1/2 or p38 limited the accumulation of IL-6. The ovarian steroids estradiol and progesterone had little impact on inflammatory responses to lipopeptides. The endometrial epithelial and stromal cell responses to lipopeptides via TLR2, TLR1, and TLR6 provide a mechanism linking a wide range of bacterial infections to inflammation of the endometrium.
细菌常感染牛的子宫内膜引起子宫内膜炎、子宫疾病和不孕。脂肽是细菌中常见的物质,通过免疫细胞表面的 Toll 样受体 (TLR) 细胞受体 TLR2 进行检测。TLR2 与 TLR1 或 TLR6 的异二聚体激活 MAPK 和核因子-κB 细胞内信号通路,刺激炎症反应。在子宫内膜中,上皮细胞和基质细胞是首先遇到入侵细菌的细胞,因此本研究探讨了子宫内膜细胞是否也可以通过 TLR 对细菌脂肽产生炎症反应。纯培养的牛子宫内膜上皮细胞和基质细胞的上清液在对三酰化或二酰化细菌脂肽的反应中积累细胞因子 IL-6 和趋化因子 IL-8。针对 TLR2 或 TLR1 的小干扰 RNA 减少了三酰化脂肽诱导的 IL-6 和 IL-8 的积累,但不减少针对 TLR6 的积累,而针对 TLR2、TLR1 或 TLR6 的小干扰 RNA 减少了二酰化脂肽的细胞反应。两种脂肽均诱导子宫内膜细胞中 ERK1/2、p38 和核因子-κB 的快速磷酸化,ERK1/2 或 p38 的抑制剂限制了 IL-6 的积累。卵巢类固醇雌激素和孕激素对脂肽的炎症反应影响不大。TLR2、TLR1 和 TLR6 介导的子宫内膜上皮细胞和基质细胞对脂肽的反应为将广泛的细菌感染与子宫内膜炎的炎症联系起来提供了一种机制。