PMID:15501775

Citation	Mandell, L, Moran, AP, Cocchiarella, A, Houghton, J, Taylor, N, Fox, JG, Wang, TC and Kurt-Jones, EA (2004) Intact gram-negative Helicobacter pylori, Helicobacter felis, and Helicobacter hepaticus bacteria activate innate immunity via toll-like receptor 2 but not toll-like receptor 4. Infect. Immun. 72:6446-54
Abstract	Molecular and genetic studies have demonstrated that members of the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family are critical innate immune receptors. TLRs are recognition receptors for a diverse group of microbial ligands including bacteria, fungi, and viruses. This study demonstrates that distinct TLRs are responsible for the recognition of Helicobacter lipopolysaccharide (LPS) versus intact Helicobacter bacteria. We show that the cytokine-inducing activity of Helicobacter LPS was mediated by TLR4; i.e., TLR4-deficient macrophages were unresponsive to Helicobacter pylori LPS. Surprisingly, the cytokine response to whole Helicobacter bacteria (H. pylori, H. hepaticus, and H. felis) was mediated not by TLR4 but rather by TLR2. Studies of HEK293 transfectants revealed that expression of human TLR2 was sufficient to confer responsiveness to intact Helicobacter bacteria, but TLR4 transfection was not sufficient. Our studies further suggest that cag pathogenicity island genes may modulate the TLR2 agonist activity of H. pylori as cagA+ bacteria were more active on a per-cell basis compared to cagA mutant bacteria for interleukin-8 (IL-8) cytokine secretion. Consistent with the transfection studies, analysis of knockout mice demonstrated that TLR2 was required for the cytokine response to intact Helicobacter bacteria. Macrophages from both wild-type and TLR4-deficient mice produced a robust cytokine secretion response (IL-6 and MCP-1) when stimulated with intact Helicobacter bacteria. In contrast, macrophages from TLR2-deficient mice were profoundly unresponsive to intact Helicobacter stimulation, failing to secrete cytokines even at high (100:1) bacterium-to-macrophage ratios. Our studies suggest that TLR2 may be the dominant innate immune receptor for recognition of gastrointestinal Helicobacter species.
Links	PubMed PMC523003 Online version:10.1128/IAI.72.11.6446-6454.2004
Keywords	Animals; Cell Line; Cytokines/metabolism; Helicobacter felis/immunology; Helicobacter hepaticus/immunology; Helicobacter pylori/immunology; Humans; Immunity, Innate; Lipopolysaccharides/immunology; Macrophages, Peritoneal/immunology; Macrophages, Peritoneal/metabolism; Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics; Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics; Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism; Signal Transduction; Toll-Like Receptor 2; Toll-Like Receptor 4; Toll-Like Receptors
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Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
MOUSE:TLR2		GO:0002218: activation of innate immune response	ECO:0000314:		P		Figure 4(A) shows the results of a SuperArray blot. The assay shows that there is increased levels of mRNA for cytokines and cytokine receptors in the W/T mice treated with whole Helicobacter pylori as opposed to the control. 4(B and C) shows that TLR2 K/O mice do not produce IL-6 (a cytokine) in the presence of H. pylori, but do produce cytokine in the presence of E. coli. This suggests that TLR2 is the dominant toll-like receptor to activate the innate immune system in response to Helicobacter.	complete CACAO 9852

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