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ArticleHistochemistry and cell biology2008

Subcellular expression pattern and role of IL-15 in pneumococci induced lung epithelial apoptosis.

Andreas C Hocke, Ines K Hartmann, Julia Eitel, Bastian Optiz, Stefanie Scharf, Norbert Suttorp, Stefan Hippenstiel

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Article in Histochemistry and cell biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Andreas C HockeDepartment of Internal Medicine/Infectious and Pulmonary Diseases, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353, Berlin, Germany. andreas.hocke@charite.de
Ines K Hartmann
Julia Eitel
Bastian Optiz
Stefanie Scharf
Norbert Suttorp
Stefan Hippenstiel
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia. Induction of apoptosis in pulmonary epithelial cells by bacteria during pneumonia might be harmful to the host. Interleukin-15 (IL-15) has been demonstrated as an effective inhibitor of apoptosis and is expressed in lung epithelium on the mRNA and protein level. Therefore, we characterized the sub-cellular expression pattern of the short and long IL-15 isoforms in lung epithelial cells in vitro as well as its role in pneumococci-related lung epithelial cell apoptosis. We found an expression pattern for both IL-15 signal peptides in the pulmonary epithelial cell lines A549 and Beas-2B. Moreover, a strong co-localization of IL-15 and IL-15Ralpha was detected on cell surfaces. Compared to pro-inflammatory cytokine stimulation, neither IL-15 nor its trimeric receptor complex was up-regulated after pneumococcal infection. However, overexpression of IL-15 isoforms revealed IL-15LSP and IL-15Vkl as inhibitors of pneumococci induced apoptosis in pulmonary epithelial cells. Thus, IL-15 may act as an anti-apoptotic molecule in pneumococci infection, thereby suggesting IL-15 as a benefical cytokine in pulmonary host defense against infection.

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ApoptosisCell Line, TumorEpithelial CellsHumansInterleukin-15LungPneumonia, PneumococcalProtein IsoformsReceptors, Interleukin-15Respiratory MucosaStreptococcus pneumoniaeTransfectionIL15RA protein, humanInterleukin-15Protein IsoformsReceptors, Interleukin-15

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