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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages 81-89Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2005.01714.x
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL69031] Funding Source: Medline
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Neutrophils are involved in the initial host response to influenza A virus (IAV) infection and exhibit both activation and depressed function after exposure to the virus. We demonstrate that IAV causes rapid upregulation of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) expression on neutrophils. The neutrophil agonists, formyl-methylpleucyl-alanine (fMLP), C5a and lipopolysaccharide did not alter neutrophil TLR2 expression, whereas PMA and the microbial TLR2 ligands, peptidoglycan (PGN) and zymosan, reduced it. To determine the functional significance of IAV-induced increase in TLR2 expression, IAV-treated neutrophils were exposed to PGN, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and zymosan. Pretreatment with IAV resulted in significantly increased uptake of S. aureus and zymosan and accelerated neutrophil apoptosis when combined with S. aureus. IAV-treated cells generated significantly more H2O2 in response to PGN. These results indicate that IAV increases neutrophil surface expression of TLR2 and modulates functional responses to ligands that bind TLR2. These findings may clarify IAV-induced perturbation of neutrophil functions in vivo.
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