Original Article http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-77572016-0277
7ROOOLNHUHFHSWRUDJRQLVWV Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS and CpG differentially regulate IL-10 competency and frequencies of mouse B10 cells Abstract Zhiqiang LIU1,2 Yang HU1 Pei YU1,3 Mei LIN2
,/H[SUHVVLQJUHJXODWRU\%FHOOV% SOD\DNH\UROHLQLPPXQHV\VWHP EDODQFHE\OLPLWLQJH[FHVVLYHLQÀDPPDWRU\UHVSRQVHV(IIHFWVRIWROOOLNHUHFHSWRU signaling and co-stimulatory molecules on B10 activity during innate and adaptive immune responses are not fully understood. Objective: This study is to determine the effects of P. gingivalis LPS and CpG on B10 cell expansion and
Grace HUANG1
IL-10 competency in vitro. Material and Methods: Spleen B cells were isolated
Toshihisa KAWAI1
IURP&%/-PLFHZLWKRUZLWKRXWIRUPDOLQ¿[HGP. gingivalis immunization.
Martin TAUBMAN1
B cells were cultured for 48 hours under the following conditions: CD40L,
Zuomin WANG
2
CD40L+LPS, CD40L+CpG, and CD40L+LPS+CpG in the presence or absence of
Xiaozhe HAN
1
¿[HGP. gingivalis. Percentages of CD1dhiCD5+%FHOOVZHUHPHDVXUHGE\ÀRZ cytometry. IL-10 mRNA expression and secreted IL-10 were measured by realtime quantitative PCR and by ELISA respectively. Results: P. gingivalis LPS plus &'/VLJQL¿FDQWO\LQFUHDVHG&'GKL&'%FHOOSHUFHQWDJHVDQGVHFUHWHG,/ 10 levels in both immunized and non-immunized mice B cells in the presence or absence of P. gingivalis, compared with control group. Secreted IL-10 levels ZHUHVLJQL¿FDQWO\LQFUHDVHGLQ&'//36WUHDWHGJURXSFRPSDUHGZLWK&'/ treatment group in the absence of P. gingivalis&S*SOXV&'/VLJQL¿FDQWO\ decreased CD1dhiCD5+ B cell percentages, but greatly elevated secreted IL10 levels in immunized and non-immunized mice B cells in the absence of P. gingivalis, compared with CD40L treatment group. Conclusions: P. gingivalis LPS and CpG differentially enhance IL-10 secretion and expansion of mouse B10 cells during innate and adaptive immune responses. Keywords: IL-10. Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS.
Submitted: June 3, 2016 0RGL¿FDWLRQ$XJXVW Accepted: September 20, 2016
Corresponding address: Xiaozhe Han 245 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 - USA Phone: (617) 892-8447 - Fax: (617) 892-8612 e-mail:
[email protected]
1 The Forsyth Institute, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. 2 Capital Medical University, Beijing ChaoYang Hospital, Department of Stomatology, Beijing, China. 3 Sichuan University, West China School of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
J Appl Oral Sci.
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Toll-like receptor agonists Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS and CpG differentially regulate IL-10 competency and frequencies of mouse B10 cells
Introduction
derivatives. In the present study, spleen B cells from P. gingivalis non-immunized and immunized mice were
IL-10 expressing regulatory B cells (B10) is a VSHFL¿F ,/ FRPSHWHQW UHJXODWRU\ % FHOO VXEVHW WKDW KDV EHHQ UHFHQWO\ LGHQWL¿HG LQ ERWK PLFH DQG humans 27. B10 cell down-regulates autoimmune GLVHDVHLQÀDPPDWLRQDQGLPPXQHUHVSRQVHVWKURXJK IL-10 expression, playing crucial regulatory roles in innate and adaptive immunity27. Though mouse B10
co-stimulated with TLR4, TLR9, and CD40 signals to investigate their effects on B10 cell expansion and IL-10 competency in vitro.
Material and Methods P. gingivalisFXOWXUHDQG¿[DWLRQ
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P. gingivalis (strain ATCC 33277) were grown on
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anaerobic blood agar plates (NHK agar, Northeast
they have been found to be predominantly enriched
Laboratory, Waterville, ME, U.S.A.) in an anaerobic
in spleen CD1dhighCD5+ B cells27.
chamber with 85% N2, 5% H2, and 10% CO2. Single
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colony of P. gingivalis was isolated from the plate
recognition receptors, are specialized transmembrane
and grown in ATCC Medium 2722. After incubation at
proteins that mediate innate immunity through
37°C for 4 d, bacteria number in culture medium was
detecting common structures of many microbial
determined by reading optical density values using
species such as bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS)
spectrophotometer and comparing them with a curve
. Upon recognition of a
derived from a standard plate count. Bacteria were
or viral nucleic acids
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pathogen, TLRs initiate a signaling cascade that
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for 30 min at room temperature, then washed three
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times with sterile phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and
Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) LPS has been
resuspended in PBS at the concentration of 5×108/mL.
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shown to be able to activate both TLR2 and TLR4 due to its unique structure and function2,6, and CpG LV NQRZQ DV 7/5 DJRQLVW WR VWLPXODWH WKH LPPXQH responses
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Interaction between CD40 Ligand (CD40L)
randomly divided into four groups. Group 1 and 2
and CD40 plays an important role in the initiation
were set as non-immunized mice groups in which
and progression of cellular and humoral adaptive
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immunity15. The activation of CD40 on B cells by CD40L
Group 3 and 4 were set as immunized mice groups
is crucial for T cell-dependent B cell proliferation,
and mice were immunized by 1×108¿[HGP. gingivalis
differentiation, and antibody isotype switching11,13,14.
intraperitoneal injection at day 0, then followed by
Recent studies demonstrated that culturing
1×107¿[HGP. gingivalis injection at day 7 to enhance
spleen B cells with LPS or CD40L for 48 h induced
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isolation at day 10. All mice used in the study were
10 production in B cells than control in vitro20. LPS
maintained under pathogen-free conditions in laminar
stimulation of spleen B cells for 24 h induced more
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IL-10 than unstimulated cells28. Spleen B cells with a
by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
CD1d
CD21 CD23 MZ phenotype can produce IL-10
high
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of the Forsyth Institute.
B cell isolation
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Mice were euthanized in CO2 chamber and spleens
stimulatory molecules, such as CD40L, on B10 activity
were harvested. Single splenic cells were yielded by
during innate and adaptive immune responses are
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not clearly understood. Furthermore, there is limited
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information on the role of B10 cells during immune
Ammonium-Chloride-Potassium (ACK) lysis buffer
responses to oral diseases, such as periodontal
(Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA), splenic cells
disease, when encountering oral pathogens and their
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Cell Strainers. Then non-B cells were magnetically
(BioLegend, San Diego, CA, USA) on ice for 30 m using
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predetermined optimal concentrations. Then, all cells
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suspensions were incubated with biotin-conjugated
San Jose, CA, USA) and data were analyzed by
monoclonal antibodies against non-B cell surface
FlowJo v10 software. For each sample, the same gate
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was applied to the other samples to determine their
Ter119) at 4°C for 10 min followed by incubation
CD1dhighCD5+ B cell percentages. Since mouse B10
with magnetic microbeads conjugated anti-biotin
cells has been found to be predominantly enriched
antibodies at 4°C for 15 min. Magnetically labeled
in spleen CD1dhighCD5+ B cells, CD1dhighCD5+ B cell
cells were then depleted by passing through LD
percentage is considered as the proportional indicator
columns (Miltenyi Biotec, Cambridge, MA, USA) under
of B10 cell percentage.
WKH PDJQHWLF ¿HOG RI WKH 4XDGUR0$&6 6HSDUDWRU (Miltenyi Biotec, Cambridge, MA, USA). Unlabeled cells that passed through LD column were collected
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(contained >98.5% CD19+ cells).
following the manufacturer’s instructions. Isolated
B cell culture
mRNA was then reverse transcribed to cDNA using
B cell number was counted by hemacytometer.
the SuperScript™ II Reverse Transcriptase system
Each 1×10 % FHOOV ZHUH FXOWXUHG LQ Nj/
(Invitrogen, San Diego, CA, USA) in the presence
IMDM+GlutaMAXTM (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA,
of random primers following the manufacturer’s
USA) complete medium (contains 10% FCS, 100 U/mL
instructions. Then, real-time quantitative PCR (RT-
penicillin, 100 mg/mL streptomycin, 2 mM L-glutamine,
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