期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 32, 期 6, 页码 490-497出版社
AMER THORACIC SOC
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2004-0300OC
关键词
pneumocystis; alveolar epithelial cells; nuclear factor-kappa B; chemokines
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL62150, R01 HL55934, R01 HL062150] Funding Source: Medline
Exuberant inflammatory responses are associated with respiratory failure during Pneumocystis pneumonia. Alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) promote Pneumocystis attachment and proliferation, but also contribute prominently to host cytokine-mediated inflammation during pneumonia. Recent investigations indicate that AECs produce macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) following challenge with Pneumocystis carinii. Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) is a ubiquitous transcription factor critical for regulation of proinflammatory cytokine expression. Herein, we assess rat AEC NF-kappa B responses to challenge with a P. carinii P-glucan cell wall component (PCBG). Prominent nuclear translocation of p65 NF-kappa B was demonstrated following PCBG challenge. NF-kappa B activation was in part mediated through Protein Kinase C (PKC) signaling pathways. PCBG challenge of AECs was also shown to induce MIP-2 and TNF-alpha mRNA production, a response that was ameliorated by NF-kappa B inhibition. MIP-2 protein expression was also dramatically increased by PCBG challenge, in a manner that was significantly attenuated by both PKC and NF-kappa B inhibition. The data further demonstrate that AEC chemokine responses were not mediated by the recently described dectin-1 receptor, but instead involved participation of cell surface lactosylceramide. These data support a significant role for AECs in host responses during Pneumocystis pneumonia, and further indicate that beta-glucan induces inflammatory cytokine production through NF-kappa B-dependent mechanisms.
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