title: Contrasting responses of human gingival and colonic epithelial cells to lipopolysaccharides, lipoteichoic acids and peptidoglycans in the presence of soluble CD14.
abstract: Gingival epithelial cells may form the first barriers of defense against oral bacteria in periodontal tissues. We stimulated human gingival epithelial cells (keratinocytes) in primary culture, the oral epithelial cell line KB and the colonic epithelial cell line SW620 with various bacterial cell-surface components in the presence or absence of soluble CD14 (sCD14). The SW620 produced interlukin-8 (IL-8) in an sCD14-dependent manner in response to lipopolysaccharide, lipoteichoic acid and peptidoglycan. However, the primary gingival epithelial cells and KB cells did not show enhanced production of IL-8 upon stimulation with these components even in the presence of serum. These human epithelial cells were devoid of membrane CD14, as determined by flow cytometry, and CD14 mRNA expression, as determined by reverse transcriptase-PCR. In contrast, gingival epithelial cells and KB cells expressed the mRNA expression for Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2, TLR4, MD2 and MyD88 to the similar extent to those observed in SW620 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D003106:Colon / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000276:immunology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000276:immunology; D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C495342:TLR2 protein, human; C495345:TLR4 protein, human; D013682:Teichoic Acids; D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors; C009900:lipoteichoic acid