Park Ok-Jin, Cho Min-Kyung, Yun Cheol-Heui, Han Seung Hyun
Department of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, DRI and BK21 Plus Program, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-749, Republic of Korea.
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea.
Immunobiology. 2015 Sep;220(9):1067-74. doi: 10.1016/j.imbio.2015.05.008. Epub 2015 May 11.
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram-negative bacterium frequently isolated from lesions of patients with localized aggressive periodontitis. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a major cell wall component of Gram-negative bacteria, stimulates innate immune cells via Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) to initiate inflammatory responses. In this study, we purified LPS from A. actinomycetemcomitans (AaLPS) and investigated its ability to induce the expression of chemokines, which play an important role in recruitment of leukocytes to the infection site. AaLPS induced the expression of chemokines, MCP-1, MIP-1α, and IP-10 in murine macrophages, leading to the infiltration of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in a transwell system. Although TLR4 was essential for the induction of all these chemokines by AaLPS, MCP-1 and MIP-1α expressions were MyD88-dependent, but IP-10 expression was MyD88-independent, as determined using macrophages from mice deficient in TLR4 or MyD88. Furthermore, the activation of ERK and JNK were necessary for the expression of MCP-1 and MIP-1α, whereas p38 MAP kinase and JNK activations were required for IP-10 expression. In addition, IFN-β/STAT1 signaling was exclusively involved in IP-10 expression but not in MCP-1 or MIP-1α expression. AaLPS also activated the transcription factors, NF-κB, AP-1, NF-IL6, and ISRE, all of which are involved in chemokine gene expression. These results suggest that AaLPS induces the expression of chemokines MCP-1, MIP-1α, and IP-10 through TLR4 in murine macrophages. Further, the induction of MCP-1 and MIP-1α requires MyD88, ERK, and JNK, whereas the induction of IP-10 requires JNK, p38 MAP kinase, and IFN-β/STAT1.
伴放线聚集杆菌是一种革兰氏阴性菌,常从局限性侵袭性牙周炎患者的病变部位分离得到。脂多糖(LPS)是革兰氏阴性菌的主要细胞壁成分,通过Toll样受体4(TLR4)刺激先天免疫细胞,引发炎症反应。在本研究中,我们从伴放线聚集杆菌中纯化了LPS(AaLPS),并研究了其诱导趋化因子表达的能力,趋化因子在白细胞募集到感染部位的过程中起重要作用。AaLPS诱导小鼠巨噬细胞中趋化因子MCP-1、MIP-1α和IP-10的表达,导致外周血单核细胞在transwell系统中浸润。尽管TLR4对于AaLPS诱导所有这些趋化因子至关重要,但使用TLR4或MyD88缺陷小鼠的巨噬细胞测定发现,MCP-1和MIP-1α的表达依赖MyD88,而IP-10的表达不依赖MyD88。此外,ERK和JNK的激活对于MCP-1和MIP-1α的表达是必需的,而p38丝裂原活化蛋白激酶和JNK的激活是IP-10表达所必需的。此外,IFN-β/STAT1信号通路仅参与IP-10的表达,而不参与MCP-1或MIP-1α的表达。AaLPS还激活了转录因子NF-κB、AP-1、NF-IL6和ISRE,所有这些转录因子都参与趋化因子基因的表达。这些结果表明,AaLPS通过TLR4在小鼠巨噬细胞中诱导趋化因子MCP-1、MIP-1α和IP-10的表达。此外,MCP-1和MIP-1α的诱导需要MyD88、ERK和JNK,而IP-10的诱导需要JNK、p38丝裂原活化蛋白激酶和IFN-β/STAT1。