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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages 194-201Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023309928879
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tumor necrosis factor-alpha; interleukin-10; monocyte chemotactic protein-1; human monocytes; mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway
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The role of mitogen-activated protein kinase ( MAPK) pathways in the secretion of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-10, IL-8, and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) was investigated in human monocytes that were infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Analysis of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and p38 kinase showed rapid phosphorylation of both subfamilies in response to M. tuberculosis H37Rv. Using highly specific inhibitors of p38 (SB203580) and of MAPK kinase-1 (U0126 and PD98059), we found that both p38 and ERK were essential for M. tuberculosis H37Rv-induced TNF-alpha production, whereas activation of the p38 pathway, but not that of ERK, was essential for M. tuberculosis H37Rv-induced IL-10 production. Interestingly, the ERK pathway, but not that of p38, was critical for MCP-1 secretion from human monocytes that were infected with M. tuberculosis H37Rv. However, IL-8 secretion was not regulated by ERK1/2 or p38 MAPK. Collectively, these results suggest that induction of the MAPK pathway is required for the expression of TNF-alpha, IL-10, and MCP-1 by human monocytes during M. tuberculosis H37Rv infection.
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