Toll-like receptor 4 mediates intracellular signaling without TNF-α release in response to Cryptococcus neoformans polysaccharide capsule

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Shoham, S
Huang, C
Chen, JM
Golenbock, DT
Levitz, SM
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[1] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Evans Mem Dept Clin Res, Infect Dis Sect, Boston, MA 02118 USA
[2] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Boston, MA 02118 USA
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10.4049/jimmunol.166.7.4620
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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Toll-like receptors (TLR) 2 and 4 are cell surface receptors that in association with CD14 enable phagocytic inflammatory responses to a variety of microbial products. Activation via these receptors triggers signaling cascades, resulting in nuclear translocation or NF-kappaB and a proinflammatory response including TNF-alpha production. We investigated whether TLRs participate in the host response to Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan (GXM), the major capsular polysaccharide of this fungus. Chinese hamster ovary fibroblasts transfected with human TLR2, TLR4, and/or CD14 bound fluorescently labeled GXM. The transfected Chinese hamster ovary cells were challenged with GXM, and activation of an NF-kappaB-dependent reporter construct was evaluated. Activation was observed in cells transfected with both CD14 and TLR4. GXM also stimulated nuclear NF-kappaB translocation in PBMC and RAW 264.7 cells. However, stimulation of these cells with GXM resulted in neither TNF-alpha secretion nor activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, p38, and stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. These findings suggest that TLRs, in conjunction with CD14, function as pattern recognition receptors for GXM. Furthermore, whereas GXM stimulates cells to translocate NF-kappaB to the nucleus, it does not induce activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways or release of TNF-alpha. Taken together, these observations suggest a novel scenario whereby GXM stimulates cells via CD14 and TLR4, resulting in an incomplete activation of pathways necessary for TNF-alpha production.
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