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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have a central role in the innate immune system of the skin. Epidermal keratinocytes (KCs) express numerous such peptides either constitutively or in response to exposure to microbial compounds. Here, we investigated the regulation of S100A8 (calgranulin A) and S100A9 (calgranulin B), which form an antimicrobial heterodimeric complex also known as calprotectin, in KCs. Culture supernatants of gram-negative bacteria, but not of gram-positive bacteria nor of the yeast Candida albicans, triggered the expression of S100A8 and S100A9. To identify pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) responsible for the upregulation of S100A8 and S100A9, KCs were stimulated with ligands for Toll-like receptors (TLRs). Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed that the TLR5 ligand flagellin increased the mRNA expression of both S100A8 and S100A9. Supernatant from wild-type (WT) Escherichia coli, but not from a flagellin-deficient E. coli strain (?FliC), induced S100A8 and S100A9 protein production in KCs. Moreover, small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of TLR5 expression suppressed the ability of KCs to upregulate S100A8 and S100A9 mRNA expression in response to E. coli supernatant. Like in cell culture, stimulation of human skin explants with E. coli induced the expression of S100A8 and S100A9. Our data suggest that bacterial flagellin induces the upregulation of S100A8/S100A9 via a TLR5-dependent mechanism in epidermal KCs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1523-1747
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
130
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2423-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Calgranulin A, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Calgranulin B, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Escherichia coli Infections, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Flagellin, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Foreskin, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Toll-Like Receptor 5, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Vagina, pubmed-meshheading:20555353-Vulva
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
The antimicrobial heterodimer S100A8/S100A9 (calprotectin) is upregulated by bacterial flagellin in human epidermal keratinocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't