PMID- 21923686 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120216 LR - 20221207 IS - 1523-5378 (Electronic) IS - 1083-4389 (Print) IS - 1083-4389 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 5 DP - 2011 Oct TI - Effects of myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) activation on Helicobacter infection in vivo and induction of a Th17 response. PG - 398-404 LID - 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2011.00861.x [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped Gram-negative microaerophilic bacterium associated with a number of gastrointestinal disorders, including gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. Several studies have implicated a Th17 response as a key to protective immunity against Helicobacter. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Wild type (WT) and MyD88-deficient (MyD88(-/-)) mice in the C57BL/6 background were infected with H. felis for 6 and 25 weeks and colonization density and host response evaluated. Real-time PCR was used to determine the expression of cytokines and antimicrobial peptides in the gastric tissue of mice. RESULTS: mRNA expression levels of the Th17 cytokines interleukin-17A (IL-17A) and IL-22 were markedly up-regulated in WT compared with MyD88(-/-) mice both at 6 and at 25 weeks in response to infection with H. felis, indicating that induction of Th17 responses depends on MyD88 signaling. Furthermore, reduction in the expression of Th17-dependent intestinal antimicrobial peptide lipocalin-2 was linked with increased bacterial burden in the absence of MyD88 signaling. CONCLUSION: We provide evidence showing that MyD88-dependent signaling is required for the host to induce a Th17 response for the control of Helicobacter infection. CI - (c) 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. FAU - Obonyo, Marygorret AU - Obonyo M AD - Department of Medicine, San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, La Jolla, 92093-0640, USA. mobonyo@ucsd.edu FAU - Rickman, Barry AU - Rickman B FAU - Guiney, Donald G AU - Guiney DG LA - eng GR - R24 DK080506/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 CA132379/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 CA132384/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - DK080506/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - Helicobacter JT - Helicobacter JID - 9605411 RN - 0 (Acute-Phase Proteins) RN - 0 (Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides) RN - 0 (Cathelicidins) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Defensins) RN - 0 (Lipocalin-2) RN - 0 (Lipocalins) RN - 0 (Myd88 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88) RN - 0 (Oncogene Proteins) RN - 126469-30-5 (Lcn2 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Acute-Phase Proteins/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides MH - Cathelicidins/metabolism MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Defensins/metabolism MH - Gastric Mucosa/metabolism MH - Helicobacter Infections/genetics/*immunology MH - Helicobacter felis/*immunology MH - Lipocalin-2 MH - Lipocalins/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88/genetics/*physiology MH - Oncogene Proteins/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/immunology MH - Th17 Cells/*immunology PMC - PMC3535435 MID - NIHMS294791 EDAT- 2011/09/20 06:00 MHDA- 2012/02/18 06:00 PMCR- 2013/01/03 CRDT- 2011/09/20 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/09/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/02/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/01/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2011.00861.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Helicobacter. 2011 Oct;16(5):398-404. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2011.00861.x.