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Infection and Immunity, May 2006, p. 2686-2696, Vol. 74, No. 5
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.74.5.2686-2696.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Mycobacterial 38-Kilodalton Glycolipoprotein Antigen Activates the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway and Release of Proinflammatory Cytokines through Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in Human Monocytes

Saet-Byel Jung,1,{dagger} Chul-Su Yang,1,{dagger} Ji-Sook Lee,2 A-Rum Shin,1 Sung-Soo Jung,3 Ji Woong Son,4 Clifford V. Harding,5 Hwa-Jung Kim,1 Jeong-Kyu Park,1 Tae-Hyun Paik,2 Chang-Hwa Song,1* and Eun-Kyeong Jo1*

Departments of Microbiology,1 Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 301-747, South Korea,3 Departments of Microbiology,2 Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Nonsan, Chungnam 320-711, South Korea,4 Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-72885

Received 6 October 2005/ Returned for modification 17 December 2005/ Accepted 20 February 2006

Although the 38-kDa glycolipoprotein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv is known to evoke prominent cellular and humoral immune responses in human tuberculosis (TB), little information is known about intracellular regulatory mechanisms involved in 38-kDa antigen (Ag)-induced host responses. In this study, we found that purified 38-kDa glycolipoprotein activates mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs; extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 [ERK1/2] and p38) and induces tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-{alpha}) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) in human monocytes. When the 38-kDa Ag was applied to monocytes from TB patients and healthy controls, the activation of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK and the subsequent cytokine secretion were greater in the monocytes from the active pulmonary TB patients than in monocytes from the healthy controls. Additionally, neutralizing antibodies for Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) or TLR4 significantly reduced the ERK1/2 and p38 activation induced by the 38-kDa protein when the antibodies were applied to HEK293 cells overexpressing TLR2 or TLR4 as well as human primary monocytes. Furthermore, the inhibition of TLR2 significantly, and that of TLR4 partially, decreased the 38-kDa Ag-induced secretion of TNF-{alpha} and IL-6 in human monocytes. The intact protein moieties of the 38-kDa protein were responsible for biologic activities by this Ag. These data collectively demonstrate that the 38-kDa glycolipoprotein, acting through both TLR2 and TLR4, induces the activation of the ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK pathways, which in turn play an essential role in TNF-{alpha} and IL-6 expression during mycobacterial infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 6 Munhwa-dong, Jungku, Daejeon 301-747, South Korea. Phone: 82-42-580-8243. Fax: 82-42-585-3686. E-mail for E.-K. Jo: hayoungj{at}cnu.ac.kr. E-mail for C.-H. Song: songch{at}cnu.ac.kr.

Editor: D. L. Burns

{dagger} These authors contributed equally to this work.

Infection and Immunity, May 2006, p. 2686-2696, Vol. 74, No. 5
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.74.5.2686-2696.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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