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Infection and Immunity, February 1999, p. 688-693, Vol. 67, No. 2
Unité
d'Immuno-Allergie1 and
Département de Bactériologie et de Mycologie,
Received 27 October 1998/Accepted 19 November 1998
Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is a chemokine that belongs to the
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Involvement of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways in
Interleukin-8 Production by Human Monocytes and Polymorphonuclear
Cells Stimulated with Lipopolysaccharide or Mycoplasma
fermentans Membrane Lipoproteins
-chemokine or CXC subfamily and is produced by a wide variety of human cells, including monocytes and polymorphonuclear cells (PMN). IL-8 is secreted in response to inflammatory
stimuli, notably bacterial products such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS),
but little is known about the mechanisms by which these agents
mediate IL-8 induction. In this report, we show that Mycoplasma
fermentans lipid-associated membrane proteins (LAMPf) induce the
production of high levels of IL-8 by THP-1 (human monocyte) cells and
PMN at the same extent as LPS. It was previously demonstrated that stimulation of monocytic cells with either LPS or LAMPf led to a series
of common downstream signaling events, including the activation of
protein tyrosine kinase and of mitogen-activated protein kinase
cascades. By using PD-98059 and SB203580, two potent and selective
inhibitors of MEK1 (a kinase upstream of ERK1/2) and p38, respectively,
we have demonstrated that both ERK1/2 and p38 cascades play a key role
in the production of IL-8 by monocytes and PMN stimulated with
bacterial fractions.
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Roussel, Anti-infectious Group, 102 route de Noisy, 93235 Romainville Cedex, France. Phone: 33-1-49916199. Fax: 33-1-49916380. E-mail: Georges.Rawadi{at}hmrag.com.
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