Cutting Edge: Heat Shock Protein 60 Is a Putative Endogenous Ligand of the Toll-Like Receptor-4 Complex
โ Scribed by Ohashi, K.; Burkart, V.; Flohe, S.; Kolb, H.
- Book ID
- 124169905
- Publisher
- American Association of Immunologists
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 295 KB
- Volume
- 164
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-1767
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Human heat shock protein 60 (hsp60) elicits a potent proinflammatory response in cells of the innate immune system and therefore has been proposed as a danger signal of stressed or damaged cells. We report here that macrophages of C3H/HeJ mice, carrying a mutant Toll-like-receptor (Tlr) 4 are nonresponsive to hsp60. Both the induction of TNF-ฮฑ and NO formation were found dependent on a functional Tlr4 whereas stimulation of macrophages by CpG DNA was Tlr4 independent. We conclude that Tlr4 mediates hsp60 signaling. This is the first report of a putative endogenous ligand of the Tlr4 complex.
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