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TNF-alpha Sensitizes HT-29 Colonic Epithelial Cells to Intestinal Lactobacilli.

McCracken, Vance J ; Chun, Taehoon ; Baldeón, Manuel E ; Ahrné, Siv LU ; Molin, Göran LU ; Mackie, Roderick I and Gaskins, H Rex (2002) In Experimental Biology and Medicine 227(8). p.665-670
Abstract
The ability of the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) to influence epithelial interleukin (IL)-8 responses to the intestinal bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum 299v was analyzed in the human HT-29 colonic epithelial cell line. In the absence of TNF-alpha, IL-8 mRNA expression was not detectable by Northern blot analysis in HT-29 cells alone or in HT-29 cells co-cultured with L. plantarum 299v. However, TNF-alpha induced IL-8 mRNA expression, and co-culture of TNF-alpha-treated HT-29 cells with L. plantarum 299v significantly increased IL-8 mRNA expression above levels induced by TNF-alpha alone in an adhesion-dependent manner. The increase in IL-8 mRNA expression was not observed in TNF-alpha-treated HT-29/L.... (More)
The ability of the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) to influence epithelial interleukin (IL)-8 responses to the intestinal bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum 299v was analyzed in the human HT-29 colonic epithelial cell line. In the absence of TNF-alpha, IL-8 mRNA expression was not detectable by Northern blot analysis in HT-29 cells alone or in HT-29 cells co-cultured with L. plantarum 299v. However, TNF-alpha induced IL-8 mRNA expression, and co-culture of TNF-alpha-treated HT-29 cells with L. plantarum 299v significantly increased IL-8 mRNA expression above levels induced by TNF-alpha alone in an adhesion-dependent manner. The increase in IL-8 mRNA expression was not observed in TNF-alpha-treated HT-29/L. plantarum 299v co-cultures using heat-killed lactobacilli or when L. plantarum adhesion was prevented using mannoside or a trans-well membrane. Paradoxically, IL-8 secretion was decreased in TNF-alpha-treated HT-29 cells with L. plantarum 299v relative to cells treated with TNF-alpha alone. TNF-alpha-mediated responsiveness to L. plantarum 299v was further investigated by analyzing expression of a coreceptor for bacterial cell wall products CD14. HT-29 cells expressed CD14 mRNA and cell-surface CD14; however, TNF-alpha did not alter CD14 mRNA or cell-surface expression, and blockade of CD14 with monoclonal antibody MY4 did not alter the IL-8 response to L. plantarum 299v in TNF-alpha-treated HT-29 cells. These results indicate that although TNF-alpha sensitizes HT-29 epithelial cells to intestinal lactobacilli, the bacteria exert a protective effect by downregulating IL-8 secretion. (Less)
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Lactobacillus, intestinal epithelial cell, interleukin-8, CD14
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Experimental Biology and Medicine
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SAGE Publications
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  author       = {{McCracken, Vance J and Chun, Taehoon and Baldeón, Manuel E and Ahrné, Siv and Molin, Göran and Mackie, Roderick I and Gaskins, H Rex}},
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  series       = {{Experimental Biology and Medicine}},
  title        = {{TNF-alpha Sensitizes HT-29 Colonic Epithelial Cells to Intestinal Lactobacilli.}},
  url          = {{http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12192111&dopt=Abstract}},
  volume       = {{227}},
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