Airway epithelium is emerging as a regulator of innate immune responses to a variety of insults including cigarette smoke. The main goal of this study was to explore the effects of cigarette smoke extracts (CSE) on Tolllike receptor (TLR) expression and activation in a human bronchial epithelial cell line (16-HBE). The CSE increased the expression of TLR4 and the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding, the nuclear factor-jB (NF-jB) activation, the release of interleukin-8 (IL-8) and the chemotactic activity toward neutrophils. It did not induce TLR2 expression or extracellular signal-regulated signal kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) activation. The LPS increased the expression of TLR4 and induced both NF-jB and ERK1/2 activation. The combined exposure of 16-HBE to CSE and LPS was associated with ERK activation rather than NF-jB activation and with a further increase of IL-8 release and of chemotactic activity toward neutrophils. Furthermore, CSE decreased the constitutive interferon-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) release and counteracted the effect of LPS in inducing both the IP-10 release and the chemotactic activity toward lymphocytes. In conclusion, cigarette smoke, by altering the expression and the activation of TLR4 via the preferential release of IL-8, may contribute to the accumulation of neutrophils within the airways of smokers.

Pace, E., Ferraro, M., Siena, L., Melis, M., Montalbano, A., Johnson, M., et al. (2008). Cigarette smoke increases TLR4 and modifies LPS mediated responses in airway epithelial cells. IMMUNOLOGY, 124, 401-411 [10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02788.x].

Cigarette smoke increases TLR4 and modifies LPS mediated responses in airway epithelial cells.

BONSIGNORE, Maria Rosaria;
2008-01-01

Abstract

Airway epithelium is emerging as a regulator of innate immune responses to a variety of insults including cigarette smoke. The main goal of this study was to explore the effects of cigarette smoke extracts (CSE) on Tolllike receptor (TLR) expression and activation in a human bronchial epithelial cell line (16-HBE). The CSE increased the expression of TLR4 and the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding, the nuclear factor-jB (NF-jB) activation, the release of interleukin-8 (IL-8) and the chemotactic activity toward neutrophils. It did not induce TLR2 expression or extracellular signal-regulated signal kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) activation. The LPS increased the expression of TLR4 and induced both NF-jB and ERK1/2 activation. The combined exposure of 16-HBE to CSE and LPS was associated with ERK activation rather than NF-jB activation and with a further increase of IL-8 release and of chemotactic activity toward neutrophils. Furthermore, CSE decreased the constitutive interferon-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) release and counteracted the effect of LPS in inducing both the IP-10 release and the chemotactic activity toward lymphocytes. In conclusion, cigarette smoke, by altering the expression and the activation of TLR4 via the preferential release of IL-8, may contribute to the accumulation of neutrophils within the airways of smokers.
2008
Settore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato Respiratorio
Pace, E., Ferraro, M., Siena, L., Melis, M., Montalbano, A., Johnson, M., et al. (2008). Cigarette smoke increases TLR4 and modifies LPS mediated responses in airway epithelial cells. IMMUNOLOGY, 124, 401-411 [10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02788.x].
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