title: Bovine beta-casein (1-28), a casein phosphopeptide, enhances proliferation and IL-6 expression of mouse CD19+ cells via Toll-like receptor 4.
abstract: This study was conducted to elucidate the target cells and receptors which participate in the mitogenic and interleukin (IL)-6-enhancing effect of bovine beta-casein (1-28), a casein phosphopeptide. When the spleen lymphocyte subset (CD4+, CD8+, and CD19+ cells) from C3H/HeN mice was cultured with the beta-casein (1-28), it exerted a dose-dependent mitogenic effect on CD19+ cells. The effect of beta-casein (1-28) was not apparent in the case of CD19+ cells from C3H/HeJ mouse. In addition, the effect was significantly inhibited by treating the C3H/HeN mouse-derived CD19+ cells with neutralizing antibody for toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that the beta-casein (1-28) exerted an IL-6-enhancing effect on the CD19+ cells. The effect was also abrogated in either C3H/HeJ mouse-derived CD19+ cell culture or the anti-TLR4 antibody-added culture. These results suggest that the beta-casein (1-28) stimulates both proliferation and IL-6 expression of CD19+ cells via TLR4.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Department of Sciences of Functional Foods, Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University, 8304 Minamiminowa, Kamiina, Nagano 399-4598, Japan.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tobita
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Otani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology; D018941:Antigens, CD19 / Q000032:analysis; D002364:Caseins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002417:Cattle; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4 / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D018941:Antigens, CD19; D002364:Caseins; D015850:Interleukin-6; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C493487:Tlr4 protein, mouse; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4