Staphylococcal LTA antagonizes the B cell-mitogenic potential of LPS.
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Abstract | :
Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) of Gram-positive bacteria is regarded as the counterpart biomolecule of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram-negative bacteria because of their structural and immunological similarities. Although LPS induces a strong polyclonal expansion of B cells, little is known about the effect of LTA on B cell proliferation. In the present study, we prepared LTAs from Gram-positive bacteria and examined their effect on splenic B cell proliferation. Unlike LPS, LTA did not induce B cell proliferation. Instead, Staphylococcus aureus LTA (Sa.LTA) appeared to inhibit LPS-induced B cell proliferation in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo models. Such effect was observed neither in splenocytes from Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2)-deficient mice nor in the purified splenic B cells. Furthermore, decreased ERK phosphorylation appeared to be responsible for this phenomenon. Collectively, our results support that Sa.LTA inhibited LPS-induced B cell proliferation through the decrease of ERK phosphorylation via TLR2 signaling pathway. |
Year of Publication | :
2018
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Journal | :
Scientific reports
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Volume | :
8
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Issue | :
1
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Number of Pages | :
1496
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Date Published | :
2018
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URL | :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19653-y
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DOI | :
10.1038/s41598-018-19653-y
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Short Title | :
Sci Rep
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