A threshold level of TLR9 mRNA predicts cellular responsiveness to CpG-ODN in haematological and non-haematological tumour cell lines

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作者
Assaf, Areej [1 ]
Esteves, Helia [1 ]
Curnow, S. John [2 ]
Browning, Michael J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Leicester, Dept Infect Immun & Inflammat, Leicester LE1 9HN, Leics, England
[2] Univ Birmingham, Inst Biomed Res, Div Immun & Infect, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
关键词
Toll like receptor; TLR9; CpG-ODN; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; NF kappa B; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; BACTERIAL-DNA; B-CELLS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; CANCER CELLS; EXPRESSION; ACTIVATION; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES; PATHWAY; TOLL-LIKE-RECEPTOR-4;
D O I
10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.06.003
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The human toll like receptor 9 (TLR9) detects differences between microbial and host DNA, based on unmethylated deoxycytidyl deoxyguanosine dinucleotide (CpG) motifs, leading to activation of both innate and adaptive immune mechanisms. The synthetic TLR9 agonist, CpG-ODN, can substitute for microbial DNA in these responses, and is in clinical trials as an immunomodulatory agent in diseases as diverse as infections, cancer and allergic disorders. Human TLR9 is expressed on cells of haematopoietic origin (principally plasmacytoid dendritic cells and B cells), but has also been described as being expressed on a number of other cell types. In order to clarify the expression and function of TLR9 in a range of cells of both haematopoietic and non-haematopoietic origin, we investigated the level of expression of TLR9 mRNA, and the ability of the cells to respond to CpG-ODN by upregulation of cell surface markers, cytokine production, cellular proliferation and activation of NF kappa B. Our data show that the cellular response to CpG-ODN depended on a threshold level of expression of TLR9. TLR9 was widely expressed amongst B cell tumours (with the exception of myeloma cell lines), but we did not find either threshold levels of expression of TLR9 or responses to CpG-ODN in several myeloma or myeloid tumour cell lines or any non-haematological turnout cell lines tested in our study. TLR9-positive cells varied significantly in their responses to CpG-ODN, and the level of TLR9 expression beyond the threshold did not correlate with the magnitude of the response to CpG-ODN. Finally, CpG-ODN induced NF kappa B activation and increased cellular proliferation in Hek293 cells that had been stably transfected with hTLR9, but did not affect the expression of surface markers or synthesis of IL-6, IL-10 or TNF-alpha. Thus both haematological and non-haematological cells expressing appropriate levels of TLR9 respond to CpG-ODN, but the nature of the TLR9-mediated response is dependent on cell type. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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