title: Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM)-1 participates in Schistosoma mansoni inflammatory responses.
abstract: Inflammatory responses to microbial products are amplified by a pathway mediated by triggering a receptor expressed on the myeloid cells (TREM)-1. Relatively a few studies have been performed to investigate the role of TREM-1 in macrophage activation in response to parasitic infection. In this study, we delineate the role of the innate immunoreceptor TREM-1 in the parasite Schistosoma mansoni infection model from early to late (chronic) phases of infection. Flow cytometry analysis revealed gradual increase in the production of TREM-1 protein on CD11b(+) myeloid cells, with maximum production at 5 weeks p.i. Similar results in the pattern of TREM-1 mRNA expressions in splenic CD11b(+) cells from infected mice were obtained by real-time PCR. However, unlike in spleen, the TREM-1 mRNA expression in liver tissue showed no significant increase throughout the infection, including periods of maximum production of parasite eggs. Administration of schistosoma egg homogenate antigen to stimulate J774A.1 cells inhibited TREM-1 expression on the surface, indicating that some substances of the Schistosma eggs may inhibit the expression of TREM-1 on macrophages, lowering the macrophage-mediated inflammatory response of infected hosts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: P-C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: C-N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Y-J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F-S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tsaihong
authors.forename: K-M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D039481:CD11b Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D002460:Cell Line; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D022423:Myeloid Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000276:immunology*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D000073871:Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1
chemical_list: D039481:CD11b Antigen; C509295:ITGAM protein, human; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C408842:TREM1 protein, human; D000073871:Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1