title: Innate immunity in human embryonic stem cells: comparison with adult human endothelial cells.
abstract: Treatment of human disease with human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived cells is now close to reality, but little is known of their responses to physiological and pathological insult. The ability of cells to respond via activation of Toll like receptors (TLR) is critical in innate immune sensing in most tissues, but also extends to more general danger sensing, e.g. of oxidative stress, in cardiomyocytes. We used biomarker release and gene-array analysis to compare responses in hESC before and after differentiation, and to those in primary human endothelial cells. The presence of cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells was confirmed in differentiated cultures by immunostaining, FACS-sorting and, for cardiomyocytes, beating activity. Undifferentiated hESC did not respond with CXCL8 release to Gram positive or Gram negative bacteria, or a range of PAMPs (pathogen associated molecular patterns) for TLRs 1-9 (apart from flagellin, an activator of TLR5). Surprisingly, lack of TLR-dependent responses was maintained over 4 months of differentiation of hESC, in cultures which included cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells. In contrast, primary cultures of human aortic endothelial cells (HAEC) demonstrated responses to a broad range of PAMPs. Expression of downstream TLR signalling pathways was demonstrated in hESC, and IL-1beta, TNFalpha and INFgamma, which bypass the TLRs, stimulated CXCL8 release. NFkappaB pathway expression was also present in hESC and NFkappaB was able to translocate to the nucleus. Low expression levels of TLRs were detected in hESC, especially TLRs 1 and 4, explaining the lack of response of hESC to the main TLR signals. TLR5 levels were similar between differentiated hESC and HAEC, and siRNA knockdown of TLR5 abolished the response to flagellin. These findings have potential implications for survival and function of grafted hESC-derived cells.
authors.affiliation: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Földes
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Badiger
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paul-Clark
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Zsuzsanna
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lendvai
authors.forename: Jamie S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Nadire N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Sian E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.forename: Jane A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D048430:Cell Shape / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D005408:Flagellin / Q000276:immunology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D051192:Receptors, Pattern Recognition / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C508606:CXCL8 protein, human; D016209:Interleukin-8; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D016328:NF-kappa B; D051192:Receptors, Pattern Recognition; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors; D005408:Flagellin
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