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Expression of Toll-like Receptors 2 and 4 and CD14 during Differentiation of HL-60 Cells Induced by Phorbol 12-Myristate 13-Acetate and 1, 25-Dihydroxy-Vitamin D₃¹

Laboratory of Immune Cells Signaling, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences [C. L., Y. W., J. Z., J. S., S. W., W. F., X. W., Z. C.], and Shanghai Cancer Institute [L. G., M. L.] Shanghai 200031, China

Macrophages form a crucial bridge between the innate and adaptive immune response. One of their most important functions is to recognize infectious microorganisms. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are key elements in pathogen recognition, and among them, TLR2 and TLR4 are most discussed. However, expression patterns of TLRs during myeloid cell differentiation to macrophage are unknown. In this study, we examined differentiation in the model human myeloid cell line, HL-60, treated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) or VitD₃. Expression of TLR2, TLR4, and CD14 were measured by reverse transcription-PCR, RNase protection assay, and fluorescence-activated cell sorter assays. After treatment by PMA (1, 10, and 100 nM) for 12, 24, and 48 h, expression of TLR2 and CD14 mRNA was increased in a time- and dose-dependent manner. However, VitD₃ only induced expression of CD14 but not TLR2 in HL-60 cells. TLR4 was expressed constitutively before differentiation and increased slightly after that. Thus, PMA-mediated differentiation of HL-60 cells to macrophages is associated largely with TLR2 expression and, to a much lesser extent, with TLR4. Furthermore, up-regulation of TLR2 and CD14 mRNA expression by PMA was abrogated by a protein kinase C inhibitor, Calphostine C, suggesting the up-regulation of TLR2 and CD14 mRNA is dependent on the activation of protein kinase C. Coexpression of CD14/TLR2 and/or CD14/TLR4 may be essential but not sufficient for the production of tumor necrosis factor- in response to lipopolysaccharide in our system.

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