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Infect Immun, May 1998, p. 2200-2206, Vol. 66, No. 5
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Inflammatory Mediators in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells after Invasion by Trichinella spiralis

Chris K. F. Li,1 Rashmi Seth,2 Trevor Gray,2 Roger Bayston,3 Yashwant R. Mahida,4 and Derek Wakelin1,*

Departments of Life Science,1 Histopathology,2 and Microbiology3 and Division of Gastroenterology,4 University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Received 10 November 1997/Returned for modification 23 December 1997/Accepted 18 February 1998

Epithelial cells are the first point of host contact for invasive intestinal pathogens and may initiate mucosal inflammatory responses via production of proinflammatory cytokines and mediators. The aim of the present study was to investigate in vitro the initial invasion of a parasitic nematode (Trichinella spiralis), to measure the early production of specific epithelial cytokines and inflammatory mediators after invasion, and to compare these responses with those to invasive bacteria. Monolayers of human colonic epithelial cell lines (HT29, T84, and Caco-2) were infected by T. spiralis or Listeria monocytogenes. Bile-activated infective larvae of T. spiralis invaded and migrated into the epithelial cell monolayers, leaving trails of dead cells. Transmission electron microscopy studies of damaged cells along the trail showed a progressive increase in size, disruption of cell membranes, loss or dilution of cytoplasmic proteins, and swelling of mitochondria and nuclei. However, no nuclear fragmentation was observed. With reverse transcription-PCR and an enzyme-linked oligonucleotide chemiluminescent assay, mRNA transcripts of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta ), IL-8, and epithelial neutrophil-activating peptide 78 were shown to increase in epithelial cells invaded by T. spiralis or L. monocytogenes, but only L. monocytogenes elicited increased inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA. No increase in tumor necrosis factor alpha or transforming growth factor beta  mRNA was seen after T. spiralis invasion. Increased levels of IL-8 were also released from the basolateral surfaces of infected monolayers as detected by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Induction and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines in epithelial cells after nematode or bacterial invasion may initiate the acute inflammatory response of the small intestine. The upregulation of iNOS in bacterial infections may contribute to mucosal defense and may also be associated with subsequent cell death, whereas different mechanisms appear to operate after nematode invasion.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-(115)-9513232. Fax: 44-(115)-9513252. E-mail: D.Wakelin{at}nottingham.ac.uk.

Infect Immun, May 1998, p. 2200-2206, Vol. 66, No. 5
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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