title: Pneumocystis-mediated IL-8 release by macrophages requires coexpression of mannose receptors and TLR2.
abstract: Interaction with the unique fungus Pneumocystis (Pc) promotes IL-8 release by human alveolar macrophages (AM), although the receptor(s) mediating IL-8 release have not been identified. TLR2 recognizes fungal components and mediates release of host defense cytokines and chemokines, although whether TLR2 mediates signaling in response to Pc is not known. In the current study, Pc induced IL-8 release by human AM, and AM pretreatment with anti-TLR2 neutralizing antibody reduced IL-8 release. However, in nonphagocytic human embryonic kidney (HEK)293 cells transfected with human TLR2 cDNA, incubation with Pc did not induce IL-8 release, whereas these same cells released IL-8 in response to the TLR2 agonist lipoteichoic acid. Targeted gene silencing of AM mannose receptors (MR; phagocytic receptors for Pc) using small interfering RNA also reduced Pc-mediated IL-8 release in human AM. However, HEK293 cells transfected with human MR cDNA alone did not release IL-8 in response to Pc. In contrast, HEK293 cells cotransfected with human TLR2 and human MR cDNA released IL-8 in response to Pc. In human AM, Pc promoted direct interaction of MR and TLR2, IL-8 release was reduced markedly upon simultaneous blocking of TLR2 and gene silencing of MR, and IL-8 release was dependent in part on transcription factor NF-kappaB and ERK1/2 and JNK MAPKs. These studies demonstrate that Pc-mediated IL-8 release by human AM requires the coexpression of MR and TLR2 and further supports the concept that combinatorial interactions of macrophage innate receptors provide specificity of host defense cell responses to infectious challenge.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmoary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Kirstein Hall, Room E/KSB-23, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Souvenir D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Tachado
authors.forename: Jianmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jinping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Naimish
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cushion
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koziel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D020868:Gene Silencing; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000378:metabolism*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4 / Q000378:metabolism; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D016209:Interleukin-8; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D051195:Toll-Like Receptor 2; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4