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-Containing Vesicles to the Plasma Membrane in Macrophages1
* Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and
Infectious Diseases Research Group, Siebens-Drake Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada;
Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611-3015; and
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
TNF-
is a potent proinflammatory cytokine, 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-, we used a functional gene identification method using retroviral integration-mediated mutagenesis, followed by LPS-stimulated TNF- production analysis in macrophages. We found that cathepsin B, a lysosomal cysteine proteinase, was required for optimal posttranslational processing of TNF- in response to the bacterial cell wall component LPS. Mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages from cathepsin B-deficient 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- than wild-type or nontreated macrophages. We further showed that the inhibition of cathepsin B caused accumulation of 26-kDa pro-TNF-containing 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--containing vesicle trafficking to the plasma membrane.
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1 This work was supported by Research Grant MOP68841 from the Canadian Institute of Health (to S.O.K.) and by National Institutes of Health Research Grant R01-CA104547-01 (to K.K.).
2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Sung Ouk Kim, Infectious Diseases Research Group, Siebens-Drake Research Institute, Room 119, University of Western Ontario, 1400 Western Road, London, Ontario N6G 2V4, Canada. E-mail address: sung.kim{at}schulich.uwo.ca
3 Abbreviations used in this paper: SNAP, soluble-N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-attachment protein; SNARE, SNAP receptor; siRNA, small interfering RNA; BMDIM, bone marrow-derived immortalized macrophage.
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