Kensaku Okada1, Hiroki Chikumi2, Miyako Takata1, Kosuke Yamaguchi1, Haruhiko Makino1, Tsuyoshi Kitaura1, Masaki Nakamoto2, Akira Yamasaki1, Tadashi Igishi3, Naoto Burioka4, Eiji Shimizu1. 1. Division of Medical Oncology and Molecular Respirology, Department of Multidisciplinary Internal Medicine, School of Medicine,Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago 683-8504, Japan. 2. Division of Medical Oncology and Molecular Respirology, Department of Multidisciplinary Internal Medicine, School of Medicine,Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago 683-8504, Japan ; †Center for Infectious diseases, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago 683-8504, Japan. 3. †Center for Infectious diseases, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago 683-8504, Japan. 4. ‡Department of Pathological Science and Technology, School of Health Science, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago 683-8503, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clarithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that possesses anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties. Although recent data suggests that macrolide antibiotics enhance Pseudomonas aeruginosa clearance from the lung, involving natural killer (NK) T cells in this process by activating the NKG2D-NKG2D ligand system, the precise underlying mechanism is still unclear. In this study, we examined the effect of clarithromycin on a potent NKG2D ligand, UL16-binding protein 2 (ULBP2), in the lung and its shedding mechanism. METHODS: The gene expressions of ULBP2 and the shredder proteinases of ULBP2, a disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain 10 (ADAM10) and ADAM17, were measured using real-time PCR. The cell surface ULBP2 expression was measured by flow cytometry. The amount of solubilized ULBP2 (sULBP2) was measured using an ELISA. The activity of ADAM17 was examined by measurement of fluorescence intensity from the fluorescence resonance energy transfer peptide substrate cleaved by ADAM17. RESULTS: Clarithromycin significantly induced transcription of ULBP2 and ADAM17 in both A549 and LCSC #2 cells, which endogenously express minimal and abundant levels of ULBP2, respectively. However, there was no significant change on transcription of ADAM10. The same tendency was observed when LCSC #2 cells were treated with tumor necrosis factoralpha processing inhibitor-2 to inhibit ADAM17 activity. The amount of sULBP2 was significantly decreased in both A549 and LCSC #2 cells by treatment with clarithromycin. Finally, clarithromycin significantly inhibited the activity of ADAM17 in LCSC #2 cells. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that clarithromycin induces ULBP2 expression and reduces the amount of sULBP2, by possibly inhibiting the activity of the potent ULBP2-shedding enzyme ADAM17. Because these changes in ULBP2 and sULBP2 levels could activate NKT cells, this finding might indicate a novel mechanism by which clarithromycin improves the clearance of P. aeruginosa in chronic respiratory diseases.
BACKGROUND:Clarithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that possesses anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties. Although recent data suggests that macrolide antibiotics enhance Pseudomonas aeruginosa clearance from the lung, involving natural killer (NK) T cells in this process by activating the NKG2D-NKG2D ligand system, the precise underlying mechanism is still unclear. In this study, we examined the effect of clarithromycin on a potent NKG2D ligand, UL16-binding protein 2 (ULBP2), in the lung and its shedding mechanism. METHODS: The gene expressions of ULBP2 and the shredder proteinases of ULBP2, a disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain 10 (ADAM10) and ADAM17, were measured using real-time PCR. The cell surface ULBP2 expression was measured by flow cytometry. The amount of solubilized ULBP2 (sULBP2) was measured using an ELISA. The activity of ADAM17 was examined by measurement of fluorescence intensity from the fluorescence resonance energy transfer peptide substrate cleaved by ADAM17. RESULTS:Clarithromycin significantly induced transcription of ULBP2 and ADAM17 in both A549 and LCSC #2 cells, which endogenously express minimal and abundant levels of ULBP2, respectively. However, there was no significant change on transcription of ADAM10. The same tendency was observed when LCSC #2 cells were treated with tumor necrosis factoralpha processing inhibitor-2 to inhibit ADAM17 activity. The amount of sULBP2 was significantly decreased in both A549 and LCSC #2 cells by treatment with clarithromycin. Finally, clarithromycin significantly inhibited the activity of ADAM17 in LCSC #2 cells. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that clarithromycin induces ULBP2 expression and reduces the amount of sULBP2, by possibly inhibiting the activity of the potent ULBP2-shedding enzyme ADAM17. Because these changes in ULBP2 and sULBP2 levels could activate NKT cells, this finding might indicate a novel mechanism by which clarithromycin improves the clearance of P. aeruginosa in chronic respiratory diseases.
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Keywords:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa; UL16 binding protein 2; a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain 17 protein; clarithromycin
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