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Effect of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Lysate on Interleukin-8 Gene Expression in Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells

Authors
 Myung Hyun Sohn  ;  Kyung Eun Lee  ;  Sung Yon Choi  ;  Byoung Chul Kwon  ;  Myung Woong Chang  ;  Kyu-Earn Kim 
Citation
 CHEST, Vol.128(1) : 322-326, 2005 
Journal Title
CHEST
ISSN
 0012-3692 
Issue Date
2005
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of lower respiratory disease. Several studies have suggested that respiratory infection by M pneumoniae is associated with reactive airway disease and asthma. Interleukin (IL)-8 has been suggested to have a role in the pathogenesis of the allergic inflammation of bronchial asthma, and is well known to be expressed in bronchial epithelial cells.
MEASUREMENTS: An examination was carried out into the effect of M pneumoniae lysate (MPL) and the role of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) on IL-8 expression in human lung epithelial cells. A549 cells were seeded at a density of 5 x 10(4) cells per well and incubated in basal medium for a further 24 h. IL-8 levels were determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. MAPK phosphorylation was assessed by Western blotting.
RESULTS: In A549 cells, MPL induced IL-8 release in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Pretreatment with PD 98059, which blocks the activation of MAPK/ERK kinase 1, inhibited MPL-induced IL-8 production by 64.4% at 25 micromol/L. Stimulation of A549 cells by MPL also caused an increase in the activity of ERK, compared with the nonstimulated cells. The MPL stimulation had no effect on the activities of p38.
CONCLUSION: These observations suggest that activation of ERK by MPL may be one of the mechanisms that result in an increase of the production of IL-8.
Full Text
http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1083474&resultClick=1
DOI
10.1378/chest.128.1.322
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pediatrics (소아과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Yonsei Biomedical Research Center (연세의생명연구원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Kyu Earn(김규언)
Sohn, Myung Hyun(손명현) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2478-487X
Lee, Kyung Eun(이경은)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/150586
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