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包涵体膜蛋白在沙眼衣原体致病过程中发挥重要的作用.为确定假定蛋白CT440在沙眼衣原体感染细胞中的定位及特征,本研究采用PCR方法从D型沙眼衣原体的基因组中扩增Ct440基因,克隆入pGEX-6p原核表达载体构建pGEX-6p/Ct440原核表达重组体,重组体转化到XL1-blue大肠杆菌,IPTG诱导表达融合蛋白GST-CT440.纯化后的CT440融合蛋白免疫小鼠制备抗体,间接免疫荧光(IFA)和Western blot测定抗体的特异性.特异性抗体用于分析CT440蛋白在衣原体感染细胞内的定位、表达时相特征及其对衣原体感染的影响.结果表明,CT440蛋白定位于沙眼衣原体包涵体膜上,为沙眼衣原体包涵体膜蛋白;该蛋白在衣原体感染12h后开始表达,直至持续到整个感染周期;转基因在胞浆表达的CT440融合蛋白不影响其后的衣原体感染.本实验为深入研究衣原体与宿主细胞间的相互作用,阐明衣原体致病机制提供了重要的实验依据. 相似文献
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沙眼衣原体和解脲支原体感染的女性生殖道炎症临床分析 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
目的:分析沙眼衣原体和解脲支原体在女性生殖道炎症发生过程中的重要致病作用和临床特征,以期达到早期诊断,早期诊治的目的。方法:对妇科门诊683例初诊为女性急性或慢性生殖道炎症患者的宫颈分泌物进行沙眼衣原体(CT)和解脲支原体(UM)培养和鉴定,及其所致生殖道炎症患者的临床特性、表现进行综合性分析。结果:683例女性生殖道炎症患者检测结果,确诊由沙眼衣原体(CT)和解脲支原体(UM)感染所致的生殖道炎症共计249例,占36.5%(249/683),沙眼衣原体感染者87例(12.7%),解脲支原体感染者205例(30.0%),沙眼衣原体及解脲支原体合并感染者43例(6.3%),淋球菌感染31例(4.5%),其中沙眼衣原体合并淋球菌感染者22例,解脲支原体合并淋球菌感染者5例。结论:在诊断女性生殖道炎症时,由沙眼衣原体和解脲支原体感染所致的生殖道炎症不容忽视,尽管由这两种病原体所致炎症在临床表现上不具有明显的特征,但特定的病原学检查能非常有效地做出早期诊断,结合特异的防治能使本病彻底治愈得以保证。 相似文献
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在机体非感染性炎症疾病过程中,caspase-1的活化引起IL-1β、IL-18、IL-33等促炎细胞因子的分泌是一个重要的过程.而一个被称为NALP3炎性体的多蛋白复合物在caspase-1的活化过程中起到了重要的调节作用.各种外源或内源的刺激可通过不同的信号通路激活NALP3炎性体来活化caspase-1.本文就NALP3炎性体的结构和分布、活化和信号通路及对2型糖尿病、痛风、阿尔兹海默病和肾脏疾病等非感染性炎症疾病的近期研究作一综述. 相似文献
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沙眼衣原体感染可导致沙眼、性传播性疾病、不孕症等疾病,主要病理表现是炎症反应引起的组织损伤和瘢痕.因此,沙眼衣原体诱导产生的炎症因子是导致疾病的关键,沙眼衣原体可直接感染内皮细胞产生各种前炎因子,但其机制目前还不清楚.通过ELISA和免疫印迹等方法,检测到沙眼衣原体感染HeLa229细胞可产生IL-8,IL-1α,IL-1β,IL-6等前炎因子,并且沙眼衣原体感染可以主要激活宿主细胞MAPK/ERK和MAPK/P38信号通路.抑制MAPK/ERK和MAPK/P38信号通路显示,两条通路在沙眼衣原体感染过程中参与调节不同的炎症因子产生.MAPK/P38信号通路的活化参与调控IL-1α,IL-6的产生,而IL-8则同时受MAPK/ERK和MAPK/P38两条通路的调控. 相似文献
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建立小鼠生殖道沙眼衣原体感染模型,观察小鼠生殖道局部促炎性细胞因子的表达。将小鼠生物型沙眼衣原体C. muridarum 1×104 IFU阴道接种于C57B6背景雌性小鼠,取感染后阴道拭子做沙眼衣原体培养,计算IFU,监测小鼠感染和病原体清除情况;80 d后处死小鼠,检测子宫输卵管病理改变;ELISA检测感染过程中小鼠生殖道促炎性细胞因子IL-1α、IL-6、MIP-2和TNF-α产生情况。小鼠感染在第3至第15天维持较高水平,然后病原体被逐渐清除,整个病程约3~5周;病理检测显示子宫输卵有严重炎症、管腔扩张积水,狭窄等;于感染后第3天检测到局部IL-1α、IL-6、MIP-2分泌,第7天达高峰,然后逐渐下降至正常水平( IL-6于11 d恢复正常,IL-1α和 MIP-2于15 d恢复正常)。 TNF-α仅在第7天检测到高水平表达。相对于TNF-α和IL-6,IL-1α和MIP-2维持时间较长。成功建立沙眼衣原体感染小鼠生殖道模型,沙眼衣原体急性感染可诱导小鼠生殖道局部分泌IL-1α、IL-6、MIP-2和TNF-α。 相似文献
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衣原体是一类专性胞内寄生菌,在宿主细胞内生长繁殖呈现独特的双相发育周期。衣原体感染机体后,巨噬细胞参与宿主固有免疫的第一道防线,在抗衣原体感染中发挥着重要作用。同时衣原体逐渐形成多种机制免疫逃逸巨噬细胞的杀伤。现对人类常见致病的肺炎衣原体(Chlamydia pneumonia,Cpn)、沙眼衣原体(Chlamydia tracho-matis,Ct)和鹦鹉热衣原体(Chlamydia psittaci,Cps)感染巨噬细胞后的相互作用机制作一简要概述。 相似文献
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沙眼衣原体是引起沙眼和泌尿生殖道感染的主要病原体。据世界卫生组织2015年统计,全球每年约有1.3亿沙眼衣原体感染新发病例。研究表明CD4^+Th1型细胞免疫应答在抵抗沙眼衣原体感染中发挥着重要作用。因此,研究者依照抗沙眼衣原体感染的免疫应答特点,构建出许多候选疫苗,但都没有成功地应用于临床。近年研究发现,生殖道黏膜组织不仅存在体液免疫和细胞免疫,还驻留着一些引人注目的免疫细胞,提示增强黏膜免疫可作为预防沙眼衣原体感染的潜在途径,是抵抗生殖道沙眼衣原体感染的免疫新策略。本文全面概述了黏膜免疫与女性生殖道沙眼衣原体感染的研究进展,并为今后研制沙眼衣原体疫苗提供一些建议。 相似文献
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DC Gondek AJ Olive G Stary MN Starnbach 《Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)》2012,189(5):2441-2449
Chlamydia trachomatis infection is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the United States. Chlamydia infections that ascend to the upper genital tract can persist, trigger inflammation, and result in serious sequelae such as infertility. However, mouse models in which the vaginal vault is inoculated with C. trachomatis do not recapitulate the course of human disease. These intravaginal infections of the mouse do not ascend efficiently to the upper genital tract, do not cause persistent infection, do not induce significant inflammation, and do not induce significant CD4(+) T cell infiltration. In this article, we describe a noninvasive transcervical infection model in which we bypass the cervix and directly inoculate C. trachomatis into the uterus. We show that direct C. trachomatis infection of the murine upper genital tract stimulates a robust Chlamydia-specific CD4(+) T cell response that is both necessary and sufficient to clear infection and provide protection against reinfection. 相似文献
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NALP3 inflammasome, composed of the three proteins NALP3, ASC, and Caspase-1, is a macromolecular complex responsible for the innate immune response against infection with bacterial and viral pathogens. Formation of the inflammasome can lead to the activation of inflammatory caspases, such as Caspase-1, which then activate pro-inflammatory cytokines by proteolytic cleavage. The assembly of the NALP3 inflammasome depends on the protein-interacting domain known as the death domain superfamily. NALP3 inflammasome is assembled via a pyrin domain (PYD)/PYD interaction between ASC and NALP3 and a caspase recruitment domain/caspase recruitment domain interaction between ASC and Caspase-1. As a first step toward elucidating the molecular mechanisms of inflammatory caspase activation by formation of inflammasome, we report the crystal structure of the PYD from NALP3 at 1.7-Å resolution. Although NALP3 PYD has the canonical six-helical bundle structural fold similar to other PYDs, the high resolution structure reveals the possible biologically important homodimeric interface and the dynamic properties of the fold. Comparison with other PYD structures shows both similarities and differences that may be functionally relevant. Structural and sequence analyses further implicate conserved surface residues in NALP3 PYD for ASC interaction and inflammasome assembly. The most interesting aspect of the structure was the unexpected disulfide bond between Cys-8 and Cys-108, which might be important for regulation of the activity of NALP3 by redox potential. 相似文献
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Pan Gao Xian-Fang Meng Hua Su Fang-Fang He Shan Chen Hui Tang Xiu-Juan Tian Di Fan Yu-Mei Wang Jian-She Liu Zhong-Hua Zhu Chun Zhang 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Molecular Cell Research》2014
Numerous studies have shown that the NALP3 inflammasome plays an important role in various immune and inflammatory diseases. However, whether the NALP3 inflammasome is involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy (DN) is unclear. In our study, we confirmed that high glucose (HG) concentrations induced NALP3 inflammasome activation both in vivo and in vitro. Blocking NALP3 inflammasome activation by NALP3/ASC shRNA and caspase-1 inhibition prevented IL-1β production and eventually attenuated podocyte and glomerular injury under HG conditions. We also found that thioredoxin (TRX)-interacting protein (TXNIP), which is a pro-oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory factor, activated NALP3 inflammasome by interacting with NALP3 in HG-exposed podocytes. Knocking down TXNIP impeded NALP3 inflammasome activation and alleviated podocyte injury caused by HG. In summary, the NALP3 inflammasome mediates podocyte and glomerular injury in DN, moreover, TXNIP participates in the formation and activation of the NALP3 inflammasome in podocytes during DN, which represents a novel mechanism of podocyte and glomerular injury under diabetic conditions. 相似文献
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Activation of the NALP3 inflammasome is triggered by low intracellular potassium concentration 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Pétrilli V Papin S Dostert C Mayor A Martinon F Tschopp J 《Cell death and differentiation》2007,14(9):1583-1589
Inflammasomes are Nod-like receptor(NLR)- and caspase-1-containing cytoplasmic multiprotein complexes, which upon their assembly, process and activate the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-18. The inflammasomes harboring the NLR members NALP1, NALP3 and IPAF have been best characterized. While the IPAF inflammasome is activated by bacterial flagellin, activation of the NALP3 inflammasome is triggered not only by several microbial components, but also by a plethora of danger-associated host molecules such as uric acid. How NALP3 senses these chemically unrelated activators is not known. Here, we provide evidence that activation of NALP3, but not of the IPAF inflammasome, is blocked by inhibiting K(+) efflux from cells. Low intracellular K(+) is also a requirement for NALP1 inflammasome activation by lethal toxin of Bacillus anthracis. In vitro, NALP inflammasome assembly and caspase-1 recruitment occurs spontaneously at K(+) concentrations below 90 mM, but is prevented at higher concentrations. Thus, low intracellular K(+) may be the least common trigger of NALP-inflammasome activation. 相似文献
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Pathogen-activated and damage-associated molecular patterns activate the inflammasome in macrophages. We report that mouse macrophages release IL-1β while co-incubated with pro-B (Ba/F3) cells dying, as a result of IL-3 withdrawal, by apoptosis with autophagy, but not when they are co-incubated with living, apoptotic, necrotic or necrostatin-1 treated cells. NALP3-deficient macrophages display reduced IL-1β secretion, which is also inhibited in macrophages deficient in caspase-1 or pre-treated with its inhibitor. This finding demonstrates that the inflammasome is activated during phagocytosis of dying autophagic cells. We show that activation of NALP3 depends on phagocytosis of dying cells, ATP release through pannexin-1 channels of dying autophagic cells, P(2)X(7) purinergic receptor activation, and on consequent potassium efflux. Dying autophagic Ba/F3 cells injected intraperitoneally in mice recruit neutrophils and thereby induce acute inflammation. These findings demonstrate that NALP3 performs key upstream functions in inflammasome activation in mouse macrophages engulfing dying autophagic cells, and that these functions lead to pro-inflammatory responses. 相似文献
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目的:探索沙眼衣原体(Chlamydia trachomatis,Ct)持续感染状态下,NOD1、IL-6及STAT3分子的表达情况和相互关系。方法:利用HeLa229细胞或STAT3基因沉默的HeLa229细胞,分别建立沙眼衣原体的急性感染和持续感染模型;应用Western Blot及ELISA等方法检测不同感染状态下STAT3及NOD1蛋白表达水平以及细胞因子IL-6的分泌水平。结果:HeLa229细胞在Ct感染状态下,STAT3和NOD1以及IL-6表达水平均升高,且于持续感染状态下的升高较急性感染状态下的升高更明显;沉默STAT3基因后,Ct感染的细胞NOD1及IL-6的表达水平下降明显。结论:HeLa229细胞在Ct持续感染状态下,STAT3能上调NOD1及IL-6表达水平,上述分子间存在NOD1-IL-6-STAT3正反馈信号通路。 相似文献
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SeungHye Han Travis B. Lear Jacob A. Jerome Shristi Rajbhandari Courtney A. Snavely Dexter L. Gulick Kevin F. Gibson Chunbin Zou Bill B. Chen Rama K. Mallampalli 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2015,290(29):18124-18133
The inflammasome is a multiprotein complex that augments the proinflammatory response by increasing the generation and cellular release of key cytokines. Specifically, the NALP3 inflammasome requires two-step signaling, priming and activation, to be functional to release the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. The priming process, through unknown mechanisms, increases the protein levels of NALP3 and pro-IL-1β in cells. Here we show that LPS increases the NALP3 protein lifespan without significantly altering steady-state mRNA in human cells. LPS exposure reduces the ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal processing of NALP3 by inducing levels of an E3 ligase component, FBXO3, which targets FBXL2. The latter is an endogenous mediator of NALP3 degradation. FBXL2 recognizes Trp-73 within NALP3 for interaction and targets Lys-689 within NALP3 for ubiquitin ligation and degradation. A unique small molecule inhibitor of FBXO3 restores FBXL2 levels, resulting in decreased NALP3 protein levels in cells and, thereby, reducing the release of IL-1β and IL-18 in human inflammatory cells after NALP3 activation. Our findings uncover NALP3 as a molecular target for FBXL2 and suggest that therapeutic targeting of the inflammasome may serve as a platform for preclinical intervention. 相似文献
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Cutting edge: alum adjuvant stimulates inflammatory dendritic cells through activation of the NALP3 inflammasome 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Kool M Pétrilli V De Smedt T Rolaz A Hammad H van Nimwegen M Bergen IM Castillo R Lambrecht BN Tschopp J 《Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)》2008,181(6):3755-3759
Adjuvants are vaccine additives that stimulate the immune system without having any specific antigenic effect of itself. In this study we show that alum adjuvant induces the release of IL-1beta from macrophages and dendritic cells and that this is abrogated in cells lacking various NALP3 inflammasome components. The NALP3 inflammasome is also required in vivo for the innate immune response to OVA in alum. The early production of IL-1beta and the influx of inflammatory cells into the peritoneal cavity is strongly reduced in NALP3-deficient mice. The activation of adaptive cellular immunity to OVA-alum is initiated by monocytic dendritic cell precursors that induce the expansion of Ag-specific T cells in a NALP3-dependent way. We propose that, in addition to TLR stimulators, agonists of the NALP3 inflammasome should also be considered as vaccine adjuvants. 相似文献
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The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common cause of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. In women C. trachomatis can establish persistent genital infections that lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and sterility. In contrast to natural infections in humans, experimentally induced infections with C. trachomatis in mice are rapidly cleared. The cytokine interferon-γ (IFNγ) plays a critical role in the clearance of C. trachomatis infections in mice. Because IFNγ induces an antimicrobial defense system in mice but not in humans that is composed of a large family of Immunity Related GTPases (IRGs), we questioned whether mice deficient in IRG immunity would develop persistent infections with C. trachomatis as observed in human patients. We found that IRG-deficient Irgm1/m3((-/-)) mice transiently develop high bacterial burden post intrauterine infection, but subsequently clear the infection more efficiently than wildtype mice. We show that the delayed but highly effective clearance of intrauterine C. trachomatis infections in Irgm1/m3((-/-)) mice is dependent on an exacerbated CD4(+) T cell response. These findings indicate that the absence of the predominant murine innate effector mechanism restricting C. trachomatis growth inside epithelial cells results in a compensatory adaptive immune response, which is at least in part driven by CD4(+) T cells and prevents the establishment of a persistent infection in mice. 相似文献