Gram-negative, but not Gram-positive, bacteria elicit strong PGE2 production in human monocytes.
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria induce different cytokine patterns in human mononuclear cells. We have seen that Gram-positives preferentially induce IL-12 and TNF-alpha, whereas Gram-negatives induce more IL-10, IL-6, and IL-8. In this study, we compared the capacity of these two groups of bacteria to induce PGE2. Monocytes stimulated with Gram-negative bacterial species induced much more PGE2 than did Gram-positive bacteria (5600 +/- 330 vs. 1700 +/- 670 pg/mL, p < 0.001). Blocking of COX-2 by NS398 abolished PGE2 production, but did not alter the cytokine patterns induced by Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. We suggest that Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria may stimulate different innate effector functions; Gram-positive bacteria promoting cell-mediated effector functions whereas Gram-negative bacteria inducing mediators inhibiting the same.
Hessle
Christina C
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Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Göteborg University, Guldhedsgatan 10, SE-413 46 Göteborg, Sweden. christina.hessle@microbio.gu.se
Andersson
Bengt
B
Wold
Agnes E
AE
D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007249:Inflammation / Q000382:microbiology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000502:physiology
D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D016207:Cytokines; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D015232:Dinoprostone