| First Author | Kissner TL | Year | 2011 |
| Journal | PLoS One | Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 | Pages | e15985 |
| PubMed ID | 21283748 | Mgi Jnum | J:223710 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5660097 | Doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0015985 |
| Citation | Kissner TL, et al. (2011) Activation of MyD88 signaling upon staphylococcal enterotoxin binding to MHC class II molecules. PLoS One 6(1):e15985 |
| abstractText | Ligands binding to Toll-like receptor (TLR), interleukin 1 receptor (IL-1R), or IFN-gammaR1 are known to trigger MyD88-mediated signaling, which activates pro-inflammatory cytokine responses. Recently we reported that staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEA or SEB), which bind to MHC class II molecules on APCs and cross link T cell receptors, activate MyD88- mediated pro-inflammatory cytokine responses. We also reported that MyD88(-/-) mice were resistant to SE- induced toxic shock and had reduced levels of serum cytokines. In this study, we investigated whether MHC class II- SE interaction by itself is sufficient to activate MyD88 in MHC class II(+) cells and induce downstream pro-inflammatory signaling and production of cytokines such as TNF-alpha and IL-1beta. Here we report that human monocytes treated with SEA, SEB, or anti-MHC class II monoclonal antibodies up regulated MyD88 expression, induced activation of NF-kB, and increased expression of IL-1R1 accessory protein, TNF-alpha and IL-1beta. MyD88 immunoprecipitated from cell extracts after SEB stimulation showed a greater proportion of MyD88 phosphorylation compared to unstimulated cells indicating that MyD88 was a component of intracellular signaling. MyD88 downstream proteins such as IRAK4 and TRAF6 were also up regulated in monocytes after SEB stimulation. In addition to monocytes, primary B cells up regulated MyD88 in response to SEA or SEB stimulation. Importantly, in contrast to primary B cells, MHC class II deficient T2 cells had no change of MyD88 after SEA or SEB stimulation, whereas MHC class II-independent activation of MyD88 was elicited by CpG or LPS. Collectively, these results demonstrate that MHC class II utilizes a MyD88-mediated signaling mechanism when in contact with ligands such as SEs to induce pro-inflammatory cytokines. |
