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IMMUNOBIOLOGY
卷 215, 期 1, 页码 53-59出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2009.01.009
关键词
Tooth; Gram-positive bacteria; pattern recognition molecules; immune response; pro-inflammatory cytokines; chemokines
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资金
- INSERM
- Region Rhone-Alpes
- Ministere de I'Education Nationale et de la Recherche
Odontoblasts, dental pulp fibroblasts and immature dendritic cells (DCs) have been involved in the human dental pulp immune response to oral pathogens that invade dentine during the caries process. How they regulate the inflammatory response to Gram-positive bacteria remains nevertheless largely unknown. In this Study we investigated the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1beta (1L-1 beta) and interleukin-8 (CXCL8) in these three cell types upon stimulation with lipoteichoic acid (LTA), a cell wall component of Gram-positive bacteria that activates the pattern recognition molecule Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). We observed that TNF-alpha gene expression was up-regulated in all LTA-stimulated cell types. IL-1 beta gene expression was not or barely detectable in odontoblast-like cells and pulp fibroblasts when stimulated or not, but was expressed ill immature DCs and increased upon stimulation. TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta proteins were detected in DC culture supernatants but not in odontoblast-like cell and pulp fibroblast ones. CXCL8 gene and protein were clearly expressed and increased in the three cell types upon LTA stimulation. These data indicate that LTA-dependent TLR2 activation in odontoblasts and pulp fibroblasts, in contrast to immature DCs, does not lead to significant TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta production, but that all three cell types influence the pulp inflammatory/immune response through CXCL8 synthesis and secretion. (C) 2009 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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