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Infection and Immunity, April 2001, p. 2045-2053, Vol. 69, No. 4
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2045-2053.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Synergistic Effect of Muramyldipeptide with Lipopolysaccharide or Lipoteichoic Acid To Induce Inflammatory Cytokines in Human Monocytic Cells in Culture

Shuhua Yang,1 Riyoko Tamai,1 Sachiko Akashi,2 Osamu Takeuchi,3 Shizuo Akira,3 Shunji Sugawara,1 and Haruhiko Takada1,*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575,1 Department of Immunology, Saga Medical School, Saga 849-8501,2 and Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871,3 Japan

Received 29 September 2000/Returned for modification 8 November 2000/Accepted 4 January 2001

An analog of 1alpha ,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, 22-oxyacalcitriol (OCT), differentiated human monocytic THP-1 and U937 cells to express membrane CD14 and rendered the cells responsive to bacterial cell surface components. Both THP-1 and U937 cells expressed Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) on the cell surface and TLR4 mRNA in the cells, irrespective of OCT treatment. In contrast, OCT-treated U937 cells scarcely expressed TLR2 mRNA, while OCT-treated THP-1 cells expressed this transcript. Muramyldipeptide (MDP) by itself exhibited only a weak ability to induce secretion of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-8 (IL-8) in the OCT-differentiated THP-1 cells but showed marked synergistic effects with Salmonella lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or lipoteichoic acid (LTA) from Staphylococcus aureus, both of which exhibited strong activities. Combinatory stimulation with LPS plus LTA did not show a synergistic effect on OCT-differentiated THP-1 cells. Similar results were observed in OCT-differentiated U937 cells, although combination experiments were carried out only with MDP plus LPS. Anti-CD14 monoclonal antibody (MAb) MY4, anti-TLR4 MAb HTA125, and the synthetic lipid A precursor LA-14-PP almost completely inhibited the IL-8-inducing activities of LTA as well as LPS on OCT-treated THP-1 cells, but these treatments increased MDP activity. OCT-treated THP-1 cells primed with MDP exhibited enhanced production of IL-8 upon stimulation with LPS, while the cells primed with LPS showed no change in production upon stimulation with MDP. MDP up-regulated mRNA expression of an adapter molecule to TLRs, MyD88, to an extent similar to that for LPS in OCT-treated THP-1 cells. These findings suggested that LTA as well as LPS activated human monocytic cells in a CD14- and TLR4-dependent manner, whereas MDP exhibited activity in a CD14-, TLR4-, and probably TLR2-independent manner and exhibited synergistic and priming effects on the cells for cytokine production in response to various bacterial components.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. Phone: 81-22-717-8305. Fax: 81-22-717-8309. E-mail: dent-ht{at}mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp.


Infection and Immunity, April 2001, p. 2045-2053, Vol. 69, No. 4
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2045-2053.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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