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Leah E Cole, Michelle H W Laird, Anna Seekatz, Araceli Santiago, Zhaozhao Jiang, Eileen Barry, Kari Ann Shirey, Katherine A Fitzgerald, Stefanie N Vogel, Phagosomal retention of Francisella tularensis results in TIRAP/Mal-independent TLR2 signaling, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Volume 87, Issue 2, Feb 2010, Pages 275–281, https://doi.org/10.1189/jlb.0909619
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Abstract
Enhanced or prolonged interaction between an agonist and TLR2 can overcome the need for TIRAP.
TLR2 plays a central role in the activation of innate immunity in response to Ft, the causative agent of tularemia. We reported previously that Ft LVS elicited strong, dose-dependent NF-κB reporter activity in TLR2-expressing human embryo kidney 293 T cells and that Ft LVS-induced murine macrophage proinflammatory cytokine gene and protein expression is TLR2-dependent. We demonstrated further that Ft can signal through TLR2 from within the phagosome and that phagosomal retention of Ft leads to greatly increased expression of a subset of proinflammatory genes. The two adaptor proteins associated with TLR2-mediated signaling are MyD88 and TIRAP. Although MyD88 is absolutely required for the Ft-induced macrophage cytokine response, the requirement for TIRAP can be overcome through retention of Ft within the phagosome. TIRAP-independent signaling was observed whether Ft was retained in the phagosome as a result of bacterial mutation (LVSΔiglC) or BFA-mediated inhibition of phagosome acidification. The requirement for TIRAP in TLR2 signaling could also be overcome by increasing the concentrations of synthetic bacterial TLR2 agonists. Taken together, these data suggest that prolonging or enhancing the interaction between TLR2 and its agonist overcomes the “bridging” function ascribed previously to TIRAP.
