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Publication : Toll-like receptor 3 activation induces antiviral immune responses in mouse sertoli cells.

First Author  Starace D Year  2008
Journal  Biol Reprod Volume  79
Issue  4 Pages  766-75
PubMed ID  18596219 Mgi Jnum  J:140892
Mgi Id  MGI:3814787 Doi  10.1095/biolreprod.108.068619
Citation  Starace D, et al. (2008) Toll-like receptor 3 activation induces antiviral immune responses in mouse sertoli cells. Biol Reprod 79(4):766-75
abstractText  Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns and elicit antimicrobial immune responses. In the testis, viruses can induce pathological conditions, such as orchitis, and may participate in the etiology of testicular cancer; however, the molecular mechanisms involved remain under investigation. It has been suggested that because they constitutively express interferon (IFN)-inducible antiviral proteins, Sertoli cells participate in the testicular antiviral defense system. Previously, we demonstrated a key function of mouse Sertoli cells in the bactericidal testicular defense mechanism mediated by a panel of TLRs. To better characterize the potential role of Sertoli cells in the response against testicular viral infections, we investigated the TLR3 expression and function in these cells. Sertoli cells express TLR3, and under stimulation with the synthetic double-stranded RNA analogue poly (I:C), they produce the proinflammatory molecule ICAM1 and secrete functionally active CCL2 chemokine. Using both pharmacological and genetic approaches, we found that these effects are TLR3-dependent. Moreover, using ELISA, we found that IFNA is constitutively produced and not further inducible, whereas IFNB1 is absent and dramatically induced only by transfected poly (I:C), indicating different control mechanisms underlying IFNA and IFNB1 production. To conclude, poly (I:C) elicits both inflammatory and antiviral responses in Sertoli cells.
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