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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Hog confinement workers are at high risk to develop chronic bronchitis as a result of their exposure to organic dust. Chronic bronchitis is characterized by inflammatory changes of the airway epithelium. A key mediator in inflammation is Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). We investigated the role of TLR2 in pulmonary inflammation induced by hog confinement dust. Normal human bronchial epithelial cells (NHBE) were grown in culture and exposed to hog confinement dust extract. Hog confinement dust upregulated airway epithelial cell TLR2 mRNA in a concentration- and time-dependent manner using real-time PCR. There was a similar increase in TLR2 protein at 48 h as shown by Western blot. TLR2 was upregulated on the surface of airway epithelial cells as shown by flow cytometry. A similar upregulation of pulmonary TLR2 mRNA and protein was shown in a murine model of hog confinement dust exposure. Hog confinement dust is known to stimulate epithelial cells to produce IL-6. To determine whether TLR2 expression was being regulated by IL-6, the production of IL-6 was blocked using an IL-6-neutralizing antibody. This resulted in attenuation of the dust-induced upregulation of TLR2. To further demonstrate the importance of IL-6 in the regulation of TLR2, NHBE were directly stimulated with recombinant human IL-6. IL-6 alone was able to upregulate TLR2 in airway epithelial cells. Hog confinement dust upregulates TLR2 in the airway epithelium through an IL-6-dependent mechanism.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1040-0605
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
294
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L1049-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Toll-like receptor 2 is upregulated by hog confinement dust in an IL-6-dependent manner in the airway epithelium.
pubmed:affiliation
Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Section, Deptartment of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5300, USA. kbailey@unmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article