TY - JOUR
T1 - Cathepsin B is involved in the trafficking of TNF-α-containing vesicles to the plasma membrane in macrophages
AU - Ha, Soon Duck
AU - Martins, Andrew
AU - Khazaie, Khashayarsha
AU - Han, Jiahuai
AU - Chan, Bosco M.C.
AU - Kim, Sung Ouk
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - TNF-α is a potent proinflammatory cytpkine, essential for initiating innate immune responses against invading microbes and a key mediator involved in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. To identify molecules involved in the production of TNF-α, we used a functional gene identification method using retroviral integration-mediated mutagenesis, followed by LPS-stimulated TNF-α production analysis in macrophages. We found that cathepsin B, a Iysosomal cysteine proteinase, was required for optimal posttranslational processing of TNF-α in response to the bacterial cell wall component LPS. Mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages from cathepsin B-deflcient mice and macrophages treated with the cathepsin B-specific chemical inhibitor CA074 methyl ester or small interfering RNA against cathepsin B secreted significantly less TNF-α than wild-type or nontreated macrophages. We further showed that the inhibition of cathepsin B caused accumulation of 26-kDa pro-TNF-con-taining vesicles. Ectopic expression of GFP-conjugated pro-TNF further suggests that pro-TNF failed to reach the plasma membrane without intracellular cathepsin B activity. Altogether, these data suggest that intracellular cathepsin B activity is involved in the TNF-α-containing vesicle trafficking to the plasma membrane.
AB - TNF-α is a potent proinflammatory cytpkine, essential for initiating innate immune responses against invading microbes and a key mediator involved in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. To identify molecules involved in the production of TNF-α, we used a functional gene identification method using retroviral integration-mediated mutagenesis, followed by LPS-stimulated TNF-α production analysis in macrophages. We found that cathepsin B, a Iysosomal cysteine proteinase, was required for optimal posttranslational processing of TNF-α in response to the bacterial cell wall component LPS. Mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages from cathepsin B-deflcient mice and macrophages treated with the cathepsin B-specific chemical inhibitor CA074 methyl ester or small interfering RNA against cathepsin B secreted significantly less TNF-α than wild-type or nontreated macrophages. We further showed that the inhibition of cathepsin B caused accumulation of 26-kDa pro-TNF-con-taining vesicles. Ectopic expression of GFP-conjugated pro-TNF further suggests that pro-TNF failed to reach the plasma membrane without intracellular cathepsin B activity. Altogether, these data suggest that intracellular cathepsin B activity is involved in the TNF-α-containing vesicle trafficking to the plasma membrane.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.181.1.690
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.181.1.690
M3 - Article
C2 - 18566436
AN - SCOPUS:47949098831
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 181
SP - 690
EP - 697
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 1
ER -