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Tumour necrosis factor‐α potentiates CR3‐induced respiratory burst by activating p38 MAP kinase in human neutrophils
Author(s) -
Forsberg Maria,
Löfgren Ragnhild,
Zheng Limin,
Stendahl Olle
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.297
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1365-2567
pISSN - 0019-2805
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2001.01270.x
Subject(s) - syk , respiratory burst , p38 mitogen activated protein kinases , tumor necrosis factor alpha , lipopolysaccharide , degranulation , receptor , mapk/erk pathway , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , tyrosine kinase , immunology , chemistry , phosphorylation , biochemistry
Summary CR3 and FcγRs are the main receptors involved in the phagocytic process leading to engulfment and killing of microbes by production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) and degranulation. Various inflammatory mediators, such as tumour necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), are known to prime neutrophils leading to increased bactericidal responses, but the underlying mechanism of priming has only been partially elucidated. The purpose of this study was to investigate how TNF‐α primes neutrophils for subsequent stimuli via either CR3 or FcγR. The receptors were specifically activated with pansorbins (protein‐A‐positive Staphylococcus aureus ) coated with anti‐CR3, anti‐FcγRIIa, or anti‐FcγRIIIb monoclonal antibody. Activation of neutrophils with these particles resulted in ROI production as measured by chemiluminescence. Anti‐CR3 pansorbins induced the most prominent ROI production in neutrophils. TNF‐α potentiated the CR3‐mediated respiratory burst but had little effect on that mediated by FcγRs. The priming effect of TNF‐α on CR3‐mediated ROI production is associated with an increased activation of p38 MAPK as well as tyrosine phosphorylation of p72 syk . Pretreatment of neutrophils with the inhibitors for p38 MAPK and p72 syk markedly suppressed the respiratory burst induced by CR3. Furthermore, TNF‐α induced about a three‐fold increase in the expression of CR3 in neutrophils, an effect which is blocked by the p38 MAPK inhibitor. Taken together, these results showed that TNF‐α potentiates the CR3‐mediated respiratory burst in neutrophils not only by triggering a p38 MAPK‐dependent up‐regulation of CD11b/CD18 but also by modulating the signalling pathways.