Differential Toll-Like Receptor-Signalling of Burkholderia pseudomallei Lipopolysaccharide in Murine and Human Models.

The Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei causes melioidosis and is a CDC category B bioterrorism agent. Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 impairs host defense during pulmonary B.pseudomallei infection while TLR4 only has limited impact. We investigated the role of TLRs in B.pseudomallei-lipopo...

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Main Authors: Tassili A F Weehuizen, Joann L Prior, Thomas W van der Vaart, Sarah A Ngugi, Sergey A Nepogodiev, Robert A Field, Liesbeth M Kager, Cornelis van 't Veer, Alex F de Vos, W Joost Wiersinga
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145397
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author Tassili A F Weehuizen
Joann L Prior
Thomas W van der Vaart
Sarah A Ngugi
Sergey A Nepogodiev
Robert A Field
Liesbeth M Kager
Cornelis van 't Veer
Alex F de Vos
W Joost Wiersinga
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Joann L Prior
Thomas W van der Vaart
Sarah A Ngugi
Sergey A Nepogodiev
Robert A Field
Liesbeth M Kager
Cornelis van 't Veer
Alex F de Vos
W Joost Wiersinga
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description The Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei causes melioidosis and is a CDC category B bioterrorism agent. Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 impairs host defense during pulmonary B.pseudomallei infection while TLR4 only has limited impact. We investigated the role of TLRs in B.pseudomallei-lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced inflammation. Purified B.pseudomallei-LPS activated only TLR2-transfected-HEK-cells during short stimulation but both HEK-TLR2 and HEK-TLR4-cells after 24 h. In human blood, an additive effect of TLR2 on TLR4-mediated signalling induced by B.pseudomallei-LPS was observed. In contrast, murine peritoneal macrophages recognized B.pseudomallei-LPS solely through TLR4. Intranasal inoculation of B.pseudomallei-LPS showed that both TLR4-knockout(-/-) and TLR2x4-/-, but not TLR2-/- mice, displayed diminished cytokine responses and neutrophil influx compared to wild-type controls. These data suggest that B.pseudomallei-LPS signalling occurs solely through murine TLR4, while in human models TLR2 plays an additional role, highlighting important differences between specificity of human and murine models that may have important consequences for B.pseudomallei-LPS sensing by TLRs and subsequent susceptibility to melioidosis.
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spelling doaj-art-fd71441681d2486eaba25efa5b15a2d12025-08-20T03:46:21ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-011012e014539710.1371/journal.pone.0145397Differential Toll-Like Receptor-Signalling of Burkholderia pseudomallei Lipopolysaccharide in Murine and Human Models.Tassili A F WeehuizenJoann L PriorThomas W van der VaartSarah A NgugiSergey A NepogodievRobert A FieldLiesbeth M KagerCornelis van 't VeerAlex F de VosW Joost WiersingaThe Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei causes melioidosis and is a CDC category B bioterrorism agent. Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 impairs host defense during pulmonary B.pseudomallei infection while TLR4 only has limited impact. We investigated the role of TLRs in B.pseudomallei-lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced inflammation. Purified B.pseudomallei-LPS activated only TLR2-transfected-HEK-cells during short stimulation but both HEK-TLR2 and HEK-TLR4-cells after 24 h. In human blood, an additive effect of TLR2 on TLR4-mediated signalling induced by B.pseudomallei-LPS was observed. In contrast, murine peritoneal macrophages recognized B.pseudomallei-LPS solely through TLR4. Intranasal inoculation of B.pseudomallei-LPS showed that both TLR4-knockout(-/-) and TLR2x4-/-, but not TLR2-/- mice, displayed diminished cytokine responses and neutrophil influx compared to wild-type controls. These data suggest that B.pseudomallei-LPS signalling occurs solely through murine TLR4, while in human models TLR2 plays an additional role, highlighting important differences between specificity of human and murine models that may have important consequences for B.pseudomallei-LPS sensing by TLRs and subsequent susceptibility to melioidosis.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145397
spellingShingle Tassili A F Weehuizen
Joann L Prior
Thomas W van der Vaart
Sarah A Ngugi
Sergey A Nepogodiev
Robert A Field
Liesbeth M Kager
Cornelis van 't Veer
Alex F de Vos
W Joost Wiersinga
Differential Toll-Like Receptor-Signalling of Burkholderia pseudomallei Lipopolysaccharide in Murine and Human Models.
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title Differential Toll-Like Receptor-Signalling of Burkholderia pseudomallei Lipopolysaccharide in Murine and Human Models.
title_full Differential Toll-Like Receptor-Signalling of Burkholderia pseudomallei Lipopolysaccharide in Murine and Human Models.
title_fullStr Differential Toll-Like Receptor-Signalling of Burkholderia pseudomallei Lipopolysaccharide in Murine and Human Models.
title_full_unstemmed Differential Toll-Like Receptor-Signalling of Burkholderia pseudomallei Lipopolysaccharide in Murine and Human Models.
title_short Differential Toll-Like Receptor-Signalling of Burkholderia pseudomallei Lipopolysaccharide in Murine and Human Models.
title_sort differential toll like receptor signalling of burkholderia pseudomallei lipopolysaccharide in murine and human models
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145397
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