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MICROBES AND INFECTION
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages 1440-1449Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.01.002
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Streptococcus pyogenes; chemokine; cytokine; NF-kappa B; AP-1; MAP kinase
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Innate immunity involves a cascade of inflammatory events, resulting in the secretion of chemokines and cytokines to recruit mediator cells in adaptive immunity. To study epithelial inflammatory responses initiated by Streptococcus pyogenes infection, we investigated chemotaxis ability in the supernatant of infected human respiratory epithelial HEp-2 cells. Our results showed that these supernatants showed significantly increased ability to attract monocytes, implying the release of inflammatory chemoattractants; into the medium. Expression of interleukin (IL)-8 and IL-6 in HEp-2 cells was significantly increased at both the mRNA and protein levels after infection with S. pyogenes. Electrophoretic mobility shift and reporter-gene assays demonstrated that the transcription factors NF-kappa B and AP-1, regulated by mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, were activated after streptococcal infection. The increases in mRNAs for IL-8 and IL-6 were abrogated by addition of NF-kappa B and MAP kinase inhibitors, suggesting that the upregulation of IL-8 and IL-6 is mediated through NF-kappa B and MAP kinase signaling pathways. Taken together, our results indicate that S. pyogenes infection of epithelial cells induces the secretion of pro-inflammatory chemokines/cytokines through activation of NF-kappa B and MAP kinase signaling pathways. These early innate responses initiated by S. pyogenes-infected respiratory epithelial cells may recruit immune cells to the airway and induce inflammation. (c) 2006 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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