Journal
CELLULAR SIGNALLING
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 806-814Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2013.12.016
Keywords
Macrophages; Staphylococcus aureus; Toll-like receptor 2; Phagocytosis; Autophagy; c-Jun N-terminal kinase
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [81170030, 81270082, 81300027]
- National Education Ministry of China [20113420110006]
- Annual Research Project of Anhui Province [10021303028]
- Key Lab of Geriatric Molecular Medicine of Anhui Province [1206c0805028]
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Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) is involved in phagocytosis and autophagy to enhance host innate immune response to bacterial infection. TLR2 has been reported to participate in the recognition of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). However, the role of TLR2 in phagocytosis and autophagy in S. aureus-stimulated macrophages and the underlying mechanisms as yet remain unclear. In the present study, stimulation of mouse macrophage cell line RAW264.7 with S. aureus activated multiple signaling pathways including mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), phosphatidylinositide 34cinase (PI3K) and Racl and triggered autophagy process. Knockdown of TLR2 by siRNA significantly reduced phagocytosis and autophagy of macrophages upon S. aureus infection. Interestingly, TLR2 siRNA markedly attenuated S. aureus-induced phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) but not p38 or extracellular regulated protein kinase (ERIC) in macrophages. Similarly, SP600125, a JNK inhibitor, also down-regulated phagocytosis and autophagy in S. aureus-stimulated macrophages. Furthermore, TLR2 siRNA and SP600125 simultaneous treatment showed similar phagocytosis and autophagy compared to that in TLR2 siRNA treatment alone. Collectively, our results indicate that TLR2 may be critical for phagocytosis and autophagy through JNK signaling pathway, and provide an underlying mechanistic link between innate immune receptor and induction of phagocytosis and autophagy in S. aureus-stimulated macrophages. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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