PMID- 25499802 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150304 LR - 20150102 IS - 1872-9142 (Electronic) IS - 0161-5890 (Linking) VI - 64 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Mar TI - Z-100, extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain Aoyama B, promotes TNF-alpha production via nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing 2 (Nod2)-dependent NF-kappaB activation in RAW264.7 cells. PG - 218-27 LID - S0161-5890(14)00329-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.11.017 [doi] AB - Macrophages are a major component of the innate immune system, and the cytokines they secrete are involved in antitumor responses. Z-100 is obtained from hot-water extract of human-type Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain Aoyama B and activates the innate immune response. However, while Z-100 is known to modulate macrophage activity, the mechanism behind this modulation is not fully understood. We evaluated the effects of Z-100 on the murine macrophage cell line RAW264.7. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production from RAW264.7 cells was strongly induced by Z-100 and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) stimulation but only weakly induced by Z-100 alone. Quantitative gene expression analysis showed that nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing 2 (Nod2) expression was up-regulated by IFN-gamma treatment in RAW264.7 cells while Z-100-induced TNF-alpha production was attenuated by Nod2 gene silencing. Further, componential analysis demonstrated that muramic acid and amino acids distinctive of muramyl dipeptide (MDP) were contained within Z-100 and Z-100Fr I, the low-molecular-weight fraction containing components <3 kDa in size. In addition, Z-100Fr I enhanced TNF-alpha production in RAW264.7 cells and promoted NOD2-dependent nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) activation in murine NOD2-expressing SEAP reporter HEK293 (HEK-Blue-mNOD2) cells. Taken together, these results suggest that Z-100 contains MDP-like molecules and augments NF-kappaB signaling via the direct activation of Nod2 in macrophages, which might be one mechanism driving the innate immune responses induced by Z-100 in cancer immunotherapy. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Katsunuma, Kokichi AU - Katsunuma K AD - Central Research Laboratories, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2512-1, Numagami, Oshikiri, Kumagaya City 360-0111, Saitama, Japan. Electronic address: koukichi-katsunuma@zeria.co.jp. FAU - Yoshinaga, Koji AU - Yoshinaga K AD - Central Research Laboratories, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2512-1, Numagami, Oshikiri, Kumagaya City 360-0111, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Ohira, Yuta AU - Ohira Y AD - Central Research Laboratories, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2512-1, Numagami, Oshikiri, Kumagaya City 360-0111, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Eta, Runa AU - Eta R AD - Central Research Laboratories, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2512-1, Numagami, Oshikiri, Kumagaya City 360-0111, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Sato, Takanori AU - Sato T AD - Central Research Laboratories, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2512-1, Numagami, Oshikiri, Kumagaya City 360-0111, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Horii, Takayuki AU - Horii T AD - Central Research Laboratories, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2512-1, Numagami, Oshikiri, Kumagaya City 360-0111, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Tanaka, Takao AU - Tanaka T AD - Central Research Laboratories, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2512-1, Numagami, Oshikiri, Kumagaya City 360-0111, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Takei, Mineo AU - Takei M AD - Central Research Laboratories, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2512-1, Numagami, Oshikiri, Kumagaya City 360-0111, Saitama, Japan. FAU - Seto, Koichi AU - Seto K AD - Central Research Laboratories, Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2512-1, Numagami, Oshikiri, Kumagaya City 360-0111, Saitama, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20141208 PL - England TA - Mol Immunol JT - Molecular immunology JID - 7905289 RN - 0 (Lipids) RN - 0 (Mannans) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (specific substance maruyama) RN - 53678-77-6 (Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine) SB - IM MH - Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Lipids/chemistry/*isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Macrophages/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Mannans/chemistry/*isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Molecular Weight MH - Mycobacterium tuberculosis/*chemistry MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein/*metabolism MH - Protein Transport/drug effects MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*biosynthesis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Macrophages OT - NF-kappaB OT - Nod2 OT - Z-100 EDAT- 2014/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2015/03/05 06:00 CRDT- 2014/12/16 06:00 PHST- 2014/07/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/11/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/11/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/12/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/03/05 06:00 [medline] AID - S0161-5890(14)00329-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.11.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Immunol. 2015 Mar;64(1):218-27. doi: 10.1016/j.molimm.2014.11.017. Epub 2014 Dec 8.