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ArticleInfection and immunity2011

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor- and tumor necrosis factor alpha-mediated matrix metalloproteinase production by human osteoblasts and monocytes after infection with Brucella abortus.

Romina Scian, Paula Barrionuevo, Guillermo H Giambartolomei, Carlos A Fossati, Pablo C Baldi, M Victoria Delpino

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Romina ScianInstituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Paula Barrionuevo
Guillermo H Giambartolomei
Carlos A Fossati
Pablo C Baldi
M Victoria Delpino
University of Buenos Aires · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarticular complications are common in human brucellosis, but the pathogenic mechanisms involved are largely unknown. Since matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved in joint and bone damage in inflammatory and infectious diseases, we investigated the production of MMPs by human osteoblasts and monocytes, either upon Brucella abortus infection or upon reciprocal stimulation with factors produced by each infected cell type. B. abortus infection of the normal human osteoblastic cell line hFOB 1.19 triggered a significant release of MMP-2, which was mediated in part by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) acting on these same cells. Supernatants from infected osteoblasts exhibited increased levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 and induced the migration of human monocytes (THP-1 cell line). Infection with B. abortus induced a high MMP-9 secretion in monocytes, which was also induced by heat-killed B. abortus and by the Omp19 lipoprotein from B. abortus. These effects were mediated by Toll-like receptor 2 and by the action of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) produced by these same cells. Supernatants from B. abortus-infected monocytes induced MMP-2 secretion in uninfected osteoblasts, and this effect was mediated by TNF-α. Similarly, supernatants from infected osteoblasts induced MMP-9 secretion in uninfected monocytes. This effect was mediated by GM-CSF, which induced TNF-α production by monocytes, which in turn induced MMP-9 in these cells. These results suggest that MMPs could be potentially involved in the tissue damage observed in osteoarticular brucellosis.

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Brucella abortusCell LineGene Expression RegulationGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansMatrix MetalloproteinasesMonocytesOsteoblastsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorMatrix MetalloproteinasesTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID20956574
PMCPMC3019911
OpenAlexW2153459450

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