Pseudomonas aeruginosa DnaK Stimulates the Production of Pentraxin 3 via TLR4-Dependent NF-kappa B and ERK Signaling Pathways
- Authors
- Jeon, Jisu; Lee, Yeji; Yu, Hyeonseung; Ha, Unhwan
- Issue Date
- 5월-2021
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- DnaK; ERK; NF-& #954; B; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; PTX3
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v.22, no.9
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
- Volume
- 22
- Number
- 9
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/128146
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijms22094652
- ISSN
- 1661-6596
- Abstract
- Microbe-derived factors trigger innate immune responses through the production of inflammatory mediators, including pentraxin 3 (PTX3). PTX3 is a soluble pattern recognition molecule that stimulates the clearance of clinically important bacterial pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, the P. aeruginosa factors responsible for the production of PTX3 have not been elucidated. In this study, we found that P. aeruginosa DnaK, a homolog of heat shock protein 70, induced PTX3 production. Induction was mediated by intracellular signals transmitted through the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling pathway. Following receptor engagement, the stimulatory signals were relayed initially through the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) signaling pathway and subsequently by extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK), which are mitogen-activated protein kinases. However, ERK activation was negatively controlled by NF-kappa B, implying the existence of negative crosstalk between the NF-kappa B and the ERK pathways. These data suggest that P. aeruginosa DnaK acts as a pathogen-associated molecular pattern to trigger modulation of host defense responses via production of PTX3.
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