Sialyl residues modulate LPS-mediated signaling through the Toll-like receptor 4 complex.
We previously reported that neuraminidase (NA) pretreatment of human PBMCs markedly increased their cytokine response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). To study the mechanisms by which this occurs, we transfected HEK293T cells with plasmids encoding TLR4, CD14, and MD2 (three components of the LPS recept...
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| author | Chiguang Feng Nicholas M Stamatos Anatoliy I Dragan Andrei Medvedev Melissa Whitford Lei Zhang Chang Song Prasad Rallabhandi Leah Cole Quan M Nhu Stefanie N Vogel Chris D Geddes Alan S Cross |
| author_facet | Chiguang Feng Nicholas M Stamatos Anatoliy I Dragan Andrei Medvedev Melissa Whitford Lei Zhang Chang Song Prasad Rallabhandi Leah Cole Quan M Nhu Stefanie N Vogel Chris D Geddes Alan S Cross |
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| description | We previously reported that neuraminidase (NA) pretreatment of human PBMCs markedly increased their cytokine response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). To study the mechanisms by which this occurs, we transfected HEK293T cells with plasmids encoding TLR4, CD14, and MD2 (three components of the LPS receptor complex), as well as a NFκB luciferase reporting system. Both TLR4 and MD2 encoded by the plasmids are α-2,6 sialylated. HEK293T cells transfected with TLR4/MD2/CD14 responded robustly to the addition of LPS; however, omission of the MD2 plasmid abrogated this response. Addition of culture supernatants from MD2 (sMD2)-transfected HEK293T cells, but not recombinant, non-glycosylated MD2 reconstituted this response. NA treatment of sMD2 enhanced the LPS response as did NA treatment of the TLR4/CD14-transfected cell supplemented with untreated sMD2, but optimal LPS-initiated responses were observed with NA-treated TLR4/CD14-transfected cells supplemented with NA-treated sMD2. We hypothesized that removal of negatively charged sialyl residues from glycans on the TLR4 complex would hasten the dimerization of TLR4 monomers required for signaling. Co-transfection of HEK293T cells with separate plasmids encoding either YFP- or FLAG-tagged TLR4, followed by treatment with NA and stimulation with LPS, led to an earlier and more robust time-dependent dimerization of TLR4 monomers on co-immunoprecipitation, compared to untreated cells. These findings were confirmed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) analysis. Overexpression of human Neu1 increased LPS-initiated TLR4-mediated NFκB activation and a NA inhibitor suppressed its activation. We conclude that (1) sialyl residues on TLR4 modulate LPS responsiveness, perhaps by facilitating clustering of the homodimers, and that (2) sialic acid, and perhaps other glycosyl species, regulate MD2 activity required for LPS-mediated signaling. We speculate that endogenous sialidase activity mobilized during cell activation may play a role in this regulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d1a75ee7f6f44000aa3d9aa8b1ba3a102022-12-21T19:42:26ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-0174e3235910.1371/journal.pone.0032359Sialyl residues modulate LPS-mediated signaling through the Toll-like receptor 4 complex.Chiguang FengNicholas M StamatosAnatoliy I DraganAndrei MedvedevMelissa WhitfordLei ZhangChang SongPrasad RallabhandiLeah ColeQuan M NhuStefanie N VogelChris D GeddesAlan S CrossWe previously reported that neuraminidase (NA) pretreatment of human PBMCs markedly increased their cytokine response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). To study the mechanisms by which this occurs, we transfected HEK293T cells with plasmids encoding TLR4, CD14, and MD2 (three components of the LPS receptor complex), as well as a NFκB luciferase reporting system. Both TLR4 and MD2 encoded by the plasmids are α-2,6 sialylated. HEK293T cells transfected with TLR4/MD2/CD14 responded robustly to the addition of LPS; however, omission of the MD2 plasmid abrogated this response. Addition of culture supernatants from MD2 (sMD2)-transfected HEK293T cells, but not recombinant, non-glycosylated MD2 reconstituted this response. NA treatment of sMD2 enhanced the LPS response as did NA treatment of the TLR4/CD14-transfected cell supplemented with untreated sMD2, but optimal LPS-initiated responses were observed with NA-treated TLR4/CD14-transfected cells supplemented with NA-treated sMD2. We hypothesized that removal of negatively charged sialyl residues from glycans on the TLR4 complex would hasten the dimerization of TLR4 monomers required for signaling. Co-transfection of HEK293T cells with separate plasmids encoding either YFP- or FLAG-tagged TLR4, followed by treatment with NA and stimulation with LPS, led to an earlier and more robust time-dependent dimerization of TLR4 monomers on co-immunoprecipitation, compared to untreated cells. These findings were confirmed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) analysis. Overexpression of human Neu1 increased LPS-initiated TLR4-mediated NFκB activation and a NA inhibitor suppressed its activation. We conclude that (1) sialyl residues on TLR4 modulate LPS responsiveness, perhaps by facilitating clustering of the homodimers, and that (2) sialic acid, and perhaps other glycosyl species, regulate MD2 activity required for LPS-mediated signaling. We speculate that endogenous sialidase activity mobilized during cell activation may play a role in this regulation.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3322133?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Chiguang Feng Nicholas M Stamatos Anatoliy I Dragan Andrei Medvedev Melissa Whitford Lei Zhang Chang Song Prasad Rallabhandi Leah Cole Quan M Nhu Stefanie N Vogel Chris D Geddes Alan S Cross Sialyl residues modulate LPS-mediated signaling through the Toll-like receptor 4 complex. PLoS ONE |
| title | Sialyl residues modulate LPS-mediated signaling through the Toll-like receptor 4 complex. |
| title_full | Sialyl residues modulate LPS-mediated signaling through the Toll-like receptor 4 complex. |
| title_fullStr | Sialyl residues modulate LPS-mediated signaling through the Toll-like receptor 4 complex. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sialyl residues modulate LPS-mediated signaling through the Toll-like receptor 4 complex. |
| title_short | Sialyl residues modulate LPS-mediated signaling through the Toll-like receptor 4 complex. |
| title_sort | sialyl residues modulate lps mediated signaling through the toll like receptor 4 complex |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3322133?pdf=render |
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