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  • Title: Interferon-gamma up-regulates toll-like receptor 4 and cooperates with lipopolysaccharide to produce macrophage-derived chemokine and interferon-gamma inducible protein-10 in human bladder cancer cell line RT4.
    Author: Yamada H, Odonnell MA, Matsumoto T, Luo Y.
    Journal: J Urol; 2005 Sep; 174(3):1119-23. PubMed ID: 16094077.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Previously we have reported that RT4, a well differentiated human bladder cancer line, increases the expression of macrophage derived chemokine (MDC) and interferon (IFN)-gamma-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) in response to IFN-gamma and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. In this study we examined the signal mechanisms for inducting these 2 chemokines in RT4 cells by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MDC and IP-10 expression was evaluated by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Signal molecule activation was examined by Western blotting and electrophoretic mobility shift assay. The expression of toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 was analyzed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and flow cytometry. RESULTS: LPS did not induce RT4 cells to produce IP-10 and MDC. However, LPS plus IFN-gamma synergized the productions of the 2 chemokines. IFN-gamma up-regulated the expression of TLR-4, which is an LPS binding receptor. Although LPS and IFN-gamma alone marginally activated nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB but not AP-1, LPS plus IFN-gamma augmented NF-kappaB and AP-1. Specific inhibition of NF-kappaB and AP-1 pathways decreased the production of MDC and IP-10. Extracellular regulated kinase (ERK)1/2, an upstream signal of AP-1, was also responsive to LPS and/or IFN-gamma. TNF-alpha also activated NF-kappaB, AP-1 and ERK1/2. However, TNF-alpha plus IFN- gamma was associated with the activation of NF-kappaB but not of AP-1/ERK1/2 for the induction of MDC and IP-10. CONCLUSIONS: IFN-gamma enhances LPS for the induction of MDC and IP-10 through up-regulation of TLR-4, and the signal pathways of NF-kappaB and AP-1/ERK1/2. This mechanism may help us understand inflammatory responses of the bladder to localized bacterial infection.
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