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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 78, Issue 1, Pages 8-16Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/sji.12050
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30972225, 30771596]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20110061130010]
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Staphylococcus aureus is the aetiological agent of many hospital- and community-acquired infections. Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) has been shown to play a crucial role in the host defence against S.aureus infection. The aim of this study is to investigate the roles of the heterogeneous TLR family proteins TLR2, TLR4 and RP105 during S.aureus infection. Peritoneal macrophages from mice were exposed to S.aureus. Their production of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, their expression of cell-surface markers and interactions between TLR2, TLR4 and RP105 were assessed in the presence or absence of inhibitory antibodies against TLR2, TLR4/MD-2 and RP105/MD-1 complexes. Our results demonstrate that not only TLR2 but also TLR4 and RP105 are involved in the response of macrophages to S.aureus, that TLR2, TLR4 and RP105 physically interact with each other during S.aureus infection, and that TLR2, TLR4 and RP105 both cooperate and play unique roles in the production of inflammatory cytokines (TNF-, IL-12p40 and IL-10) and chemokine (RANTES) by macrophages after S.aureus infection. This study characterizes the important roles that TLR2, TLR4 and RP105 play in host resistance against S.aureus infection.
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