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ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2012

Expression of Toll-like receptors in enterocromaffin-like cells and their function in histamine release.

Carolina Bernardi Stefani, Rafael Martins de Oliveira, Angélica Aparecida Antoniellis Silveira, Lucio Fabio Caldas Ferraz, Marcelo Lima Ribeiro, Alessandra Gambero, José Pedrazzoli Júnior

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Article in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Carolina Bernardi StefaniClinical Pharmacology and Gastroenterology Unit, São Francisco University Medical School, Av. São Francisco de Assis 218, Bragança Paulista, SP 12916-900, Brazil.
Rafael Martins de Oliveira
Angélica Aparecida Antoniellis Silveira
Lucio Fabio Caldas Ferraz
Marcelo Lima Ribeiro
Alessandra Gambero
José Pedrazzoli Júnior
Universidade São Francisco · BR

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Abstract

introductionEnterocromaffin-like cells (ECL) are specialized endocrine gastric cells able to release histamine, which in turn controls gastric acid production by parietal cells. Helicobacter pylori infection and other conditions signal in the gastrointestinal tract via Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and modify gastric acid production, but there is no evidence of expression and function of TLRs in ECL cells. In this work, we analyzed gene and protein expression of TLR-2, 4, 5, and 9, and other molecules involved in TLR signaling in ECL cells. MATERIAL AND

methodsECL cells were isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats. The histamine-releasing ability of TLR ligands was also evaluated after culture of the ECL cells for a short time.

resultsWith ECL cells that expressed the TLR-2, TLR-4, TLR-5, and TLR-9 genes we were able to confirm protein expression for TLR-2, TLR-5, and TLR-9. Functionally, ECL cells were able to release histamine in response to TLR-2 stimulation by peptidoglycan (PGN), a TLR-2 ligand. After PGN stimulus, IRAK and p38 phosphorylation could be observed. SB 203580, a p38 inhibitor, reversed PGN-induced histamine release. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a TLR-4 ligand, was also able to induce histamine release in ECL cells, but by a mechanism independent of TLRs.

conclusionsWe have demonstrated for the first time that ECL cells express TLRs and respond to TLR-2 ligand by increasing histamine release. This response could be involved in host defense against gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens but could also contribute to control of gastric acid secretion in the absence of pathogens.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedFemaleGene Expression RegulationHistamineLigandsMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNASignal TransductionStomachToll-Like ReceptorsHistamineLigandsRNAToll-Like Receptors

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