title: HSP70 stimulates cytokine production through a CD14-dependant pathway, demonstrating its dual role as a chaperone and cytokine.
abstract: Here, we demonstrate a previously unknown function for the 70-kDa heat-shock protein (HSP70) as a cytokine. HSP70 bound with high affinity to the plasma membrane, elicited a rapid intracellular calcium flux, activated nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB and upregulated the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-6 in human monocytes. Furthermore, two different signal transduction pathways were activated by exogenous HSP70: one dependent on CD14 and intracellular calcium, which resulted in increased IL-1beta, IL-6 and TNF-alpha; and the other independent of CD14 but dependent on intracellular calcium, which resulted in an increase in TNF-alpha but not IL-1beta or IL-6. These findings indicate that CD14 is a co-receptor for HSP70-mediated signaling in human monocytes and are indicative of an previously unrecognized function for HSP70 as an extracellular protein with regulatory effects on human monocytes, having a dual role as chaperone and cytokine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asea
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kraeft
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kurt-Jones
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Finberg
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Calderwood
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors / Q000276:immunology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors; D016328:NF-kappa B; C000606204:NFKBIA protein, human; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D002118:Calcium