Effect of the synthetic Toll-like receptor ligands LPS, Pam3CSK4, HKLM and FSL-1 in the function of bovine polymorphonuclear neutrophils

Conejeros, I; Gibson, A J; Werling, D; Munoz-Caro, T; Hermosilla, C; Taubert, A; Burgos, R A

doi:10.1016/j.dci.2015.05.012

Effect of the synthetic Toll-like receptor ligands LPS, Pam3CSK4, HKLM and FSL-1 in the function of bovine polymorphonuclear neutrophils

Conejeros, I; Gibson, A J; Werling, D; Munoz-Caro, T; Hermosilla, C; Taubert, A; Burgos, R A

Authors

I Conejeros

A J Gibson

D Werling

T Munoz-Caro

C Hermosilla

A Taubert

R A Burgos

Abstract

Toll-like receptors (TLR) are a family of pattern recognition receptors that sense microbial associated molecular patterns (MAMP) such as microbial membrane components and nucleic acids of bacterial origin. Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) are the first cell of the innate immune system to arrive at the site of infection or injury and elicit oxidative and non-oxidative microbicidal mechanisms. Observations in human and mouse suggest that TLR ligands can induce direct responses in PMN. So far, there is no information of the effect of synthetic TLR ligands on the response of bovine PMN. The objective of this study was to evaluate the functional response of bovine PMN incubated with four synthetic TLR ligands: ultrapure LPS (TLR4), Pam3CSK4 (TLR2/1), HKLM (TLR2) and FSL-1 (TLR2/6). The results show that all the ligands increment cells size as identified by changes in the FSC-SSC as part of the flow cytometric analysis. Interestingly, only Pam3CSK4 consistently induced a calcium influx, increased ROS production and secretion of gelatinase granules, whereas no response was seen using other ligands. Furthermore, exposure of bovine PMN to ultrapure LPS, Pam3CSK4, HKLM or FSL-1 for 24 hours did not impact on apoptosis of these cells. Our data provide evidence for a selective response of bovine PMNs to TLR ligands.

Citation

Conejeros, I., Gibson, A. J., Werling, D., Munoz-Caro, T., Hermosilla, C., Taubert, A., & Burgos, R. A. (in press). Effect of the synthetic Toll-like receptor ligands LPS, Pam3CSK4, HKLM and FSL-1 in the function of bovine polymorphonuclear neutrophils. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 52(2), 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2015.05.012

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 23, 2015
Deposit Date	Jun 2, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Jun 2, 2015
Journal	Developmental and Comparative Immunology
Print ISSN	0145-305X
Publisher	Elsevier
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	52
Issue	2
Pages	215-225
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2015.05.012
Public URL	https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1400785