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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 177, Issue 7, Pages 4252-4256Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.7.4252
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI 63031, AI 57175] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDCR NIH HHS [DE 16326] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 38108] Funding Source: Medline
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Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) is a major etiologic agent for chronic periodontitis. Tissue destruction by Pg results partly from induction of host inflammatory responses through TLR2 signaling. This work examines the role of apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase-recruitment domain (ASC), an adaptor molecule important for M-mediated caspase-1 activation. Results demonstrate that ASC levels are stable upon infection of human THP1 monocytic cells with Pg but decrease after cytokine induction. Using short hairpin RNA, we demonstrate an essential role for ASC in induction of IL-1 beta by TLR2, 4, and 5 agonists, live Escherichia CA, and Pg. Induction of IL-6, IL-8 IL-10, and TNF also requires ASC, but this induction is not inhibited by IL-1 receptor antagonist or caspase-1 inhibitor. Similar results in U937 indicate broad applicability of these findings. Pg-infected ASC knockdown THP1 cells exhibit reduced transcript levels and NF-kappa B activation. These results suggest a role for ASC in cytokine induction by Pg involving both caspase-1-dependent and -independent mechanisms.
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