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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00955
Keywords
IL-1 family; IL-36 gamma; human epithelial cells; antimicrobial peptides; innate immunity; IL-36 receptor; microbial products; inflammatory mediators
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- National Institutes of Health
- NIAID [1R15AI113457-01A1]
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IL-36 gamma is a proinflamatory cytokine which belongs to the IL-1 family of cytokines. It is expressed in the skin and by epithelial cells (ECs) lining lung and gut tissue. We used human 3-D organotypic cells, that recapitulate either in vivo human vaginal or cervical tissue, to explore the possible role of IL-36 gamma in host defense against pathogens in the human female reproductive tract (FRT). EC were exposed to compounds derived from virus or bacterial sources and induction and regulation of IL-36 gamma and its receptor was determined. Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), flagellin, and synthetic lipoprotein (FSL-1) significantly induced expression of IL-36 gamma in a dose-dependent manner, and appeared to be TLR-dependent. Recombinant IL-36 gamma treatment resulted in self amplification of IL-36 gamma and its receptor (IL-36R) via increased gene expression, and promoted other inflammatory signaling pathways. This is the first report to demonstrate that the IL-36 receptor and IL-36 gamma are present in the human FRT EC and that they are differentially induced by microbial products at this site. We conclude that IL-36 gamma is a driver for epithelial and immune activation following microbial insult and, as such, may play a critical role in host defense in the FRT.
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