PMID- 22479555 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121105 LR - 20211203 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 3 DP - 2012 TI - Unlike for human monocytes after LPS activation, release of TNF-alpha by THP-1 cells is produced by a TACE catalytically different from constitutive TACE. PG - e34184 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0034184 [doi] LID - e34184 AB - BACKGROUND: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine today identified as a key mediator of several chronic inflammatory diseases. TNF-alpha, initially synthesized as a membrane-anchored precursor (pro-TNF-alpha), is processed by proteolytic cleavage to generate the secreted mature form. TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) is currently the first and single protease described as responsible for the inducible release of soluble TNF-alpha. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here, we demonstrated the presence on THP-1 cells as on human monocytes of a constitutive proteolytical activity able to cleave pro-TNF-alpha. Revelation of the cell surface TACE protein expression confirmed that the observed catalytic activity is due to TACE. However, further studies using effective and innovative TNF-alpha inhibitors, as well as a highly selective TACE inhibitor, support the presence of a catalytically different sheddase activity on LPS activated THP-1 cells. It appears that this catalytically different TACE protease activity might have a significant contribution to TNF-alpha release in LPS activated THP-1 cells, by contrast to human monocytes where the TACE activity remains catalytically unchanged even after LPS activation. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: On the surface of LPS activated THP-1 cells we identified a releasing TNF-alpha activity, catalytically different from the sheddase activity observed on human monocytes from healthy donors. This catalytically-modified TACE activity is different from the constitutive shedding activity and appears only upon stimulation by LPS. FAU - Moreira-Tabaka, Helena AU - Moreira-Tabaka H AD - Laboratoire d'Innovation Therapeutique, UMR 7200, Faculte de Pharmacie, Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France. heltab@basmed.am.wroc.pl FAU - Peluso, Jean AU - Peluso J FAU - Vonesch, Jean-Luc AU - Vonesch JL FAU - Hentsch, Didier AU - Hentsch D FAU - Kessler, Pascal AU - Kessler P FAU - Reimund, Jean-Marie AU - Reimund JM FAU - Dumont, Serge AU - Dumont S FAU - Muller, Christian D AU - Muller CD LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120330 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (2-(1-(hydroxycarbamoyl)-4-phenyl-3-butenyl)-2'-isobutyl-2'-(methanesulfonyl)-4-methylvalerohydrazide) RN - 0 (Benzoquinones) RN - 0 (Hydroxamic Acids) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Pentacyclic Triterpenes) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 0 (Triterpenes) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 3.4.- (Peptide Hydrolases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (ADAM Proteins) RN - EC 3.4.24.86 (ADAM17 Protein) RN - EC 3.4.24.86 (ADAM17 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.86 (Adam17 protein, mouse) RN - L8GG98663L (celastrol) RN - O60IE26NUF (thymoquinone) SB - IM MH - ADAM Proteins/*metabolism MH - ADAM17 Protein MH - Animals MH - Benzoquinones/pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Chronic Disease MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods MH - Flow Cytometry/methods MH - Humans MH - Hydroxamic Acids/pharmacology MH - Inflammation MH - Inhibitory Concentration 50 MH - Lipopolysaccharides/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Microscopy, Confocal/methods MH - Monocytes/*cytology MH - Pentacyclic Triterpenes MH - Peptide Hydrolases/metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Sulfonamides/pharmacology MH - Triterpenes/pharmacology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*metabolism PMC - PMC3316627 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2012/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2012/11/06 06:00 PMCR- 2012/03/30 CRDT- 2012/04/06 06:00 PHST- 2011/05/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/02/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/04/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/11/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/03/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-11-09370 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0034184 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e34184. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034184. Epub 2012 Mar 30.