High-Affinity Interaction between Gram-Negative Flagellin and a Cell Surface Polypeptide Results in Human Monocyte Activation
AUTOR(ES)
McDermott, Patrick F.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Flagella from diverse gram-negative bacteria induce tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) synthesis by human monocytes (F. Ciacci-Woolwine, P. F. McDermott, and S. B. Mizel, Infect. Immun. 67:5176–5185, 1999). In this study, we establish that purified flagellin (FliC or FljB), the major filament protein from Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis, S. enterica serovar Typhimurium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is an extremely potent inducer of TNF-α production by human monocytes and THP-1 myelomonocytic cells. Fifty percent of maximal TNF-α production (EC50) was obtained with 1.5 × 10−11 M flagellin (0.75 ng/ml). Mutagenesis studies revealed that the central hypervariable region of flagellin is essential for the TNF-α-inducing activity of the protein. Although less active than the wild-type protein, a Salmonella flagellin mutant composed of only the central hypervariable region retained substantial TNF-α-inducing activity at nanomolar concentrations. In contrast, the conserved amino- and carboxy-terminal regions are inactive. Mutational analysis of the hypervariable region revealed that it contains two equally active TNF-α-inducing domains. The ability of THP-1 cells to respond to purified flagellins is dramatically reduced by mild trypsin treatment of the cells. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the cytokine-inducing activity of flagellins from gram-negative bacteria results from the interaction of these proteins with high-affinity cell surface polypeptide receptors on monocytes.
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