title: Mechanisms involved in apoptosis of human macrophages induced by lipopolysaccharide from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in the presence of cycloheximide.
abstract: Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is a major periodontopathic bacterium with multiple virulence factors, including lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Previous reports have demonstrated that LPS induced apoptosis in a murine macrophage-like cell line, J744.1, as well as in peritoneal macrophages from C3H/HeN mice in the presence of cycloheximide (CHX). However, the detailed molecular mechanisms involved in the apoptosis of macrophages induced by LPS and CHX are not well known. To clarify the possible role of LPS in the induction of macrophage apoptosis, we investigated cell death induced by LPS from A. actinomycetemcomitans and CHX in human macrophage-like U937 cells, which were differentiated by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), and also assessed the molecular mechanisms involved in the process. We found that TPA-differentiated U937 cells usually showed resistance to LPS-induced apoptosis. However, in the presence of CHX, LPS induced release of cytochrome c without modifying steady-state levels of Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Bax, and Bak. Treatment with LPS in the presence of CHX also led to activation of caspase-3 and apoptosis via, in part, the CD14/toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). The induction of cytochrome c release may have been due to dephosphorylation of Akt and Bad, which were cooperatively induced by CHX and LPS. However, endogenous tumor necrosis factor alpha- and Fas-induced signals, extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinases and I-kappa B alpha/nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) were not required for caspase-3-dependent apoptosis. These results emphasize the possible important role of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway leading to caspase-3 activation in LPS-induced apoptosis of human macrophages in the presence of CHX.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Dental School, Showa University, Tokyo 145-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isatsu
authors.forename: Tatsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aiuchi
authors.forename: Kazuyasu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Kohji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D016976:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000382:microbiology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors; D020298:U937 Cells
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C495345:TLR4 protein, human; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors; D045304:Cytochromes c; D003513:Cycloheximide; C505407:CASP3 protein, human; C505409:Casp3 protein, mouse; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases