Journal
JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 20, Issue 5, Pages 980-986Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12804
Keywords
pericyte; NOD1; peptidoglycan; TLR4; lipopolysaccharide; vascular biology; inflammation
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [PI13/00090]
- Plan Estatal de I+D+I
- AES
- European Regional Development FEDER funds
- Comunidad de Madrid [S2010-BMD-2312]
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [BIO2011-22738]
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We have recently described the response of human brain pericytes to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) through toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). However, Gram-negative pathogen-associated molecular patterns include not only LPS but also peptidoglycan (PGN). Given that the presence of co-purified PGN in the LPS preparation previously used could not be ruled out, we decided to analyse the expression of the intracellular PGN receptors NOD1 and NOD2 in HBP and compare the responses to their cognate agonists and ultrapure LPS. Our findings show for the first time that NOD1 is expressed in pericytes, whereas NOD2 expression is barely detectable. The NOD1 agonist C12-iE-DAP induced IL6 and IL8 gene expression by pericytes as well as release of cytokines into culture supernatant. Moreover, we demonstrated the synergistic effects of NOD1 and TLR4 agonists on the induction of IL8. Using NOD1 silencing in HBP, we showed a requirement for C12-iE-DAP-dependent signalling. Finally, we could discriminate NOD1 and TLR4 pathways in pericytes by pharmacological targeting of RIPK2, a kinase involved in NOD1 but not in TLR4 signalling cascade. p38 MAPK and NF-B appear to be downstream mediators in the NOD1 pathway. In summary, these results indicate that pericytes can sense Gram-negative bacterial products by both NOD1 and TLR4 receptors, acting through distinct pathways. This provides new insight about how brain pericytes participate in the inflammatory response and may have implications for disease management.
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