PMID- 31988590 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201112 LR - 20201112 IS - 2219-2840 (Electronic) IS - 1007-9327 (Print) IS - 1007-9327 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 3 DP - 2020 Jan 21 TI - Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin upregulates heme oxygenase-1 in dendritic cells via reactive oxygen species-, mitogen-activated protein kinase-, and Nrf2-dependent pathway. PG - 291-306 LID - 10.3748/wjg.v26.i3.291 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) causes colitis and diarrhea, and is considered a candidate pathogen in inflammatory bowel diseases as well as colorectal cancers. These diseases are dependent on ETBF-secreted toxin (BFT). Dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in directing the nature of adaptive immune responses to bacterial infection and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is involved in the regulation of DC function. AIM: To investigate the role of BFT in HO-1 expression in DCs. METHODS: Murine DCs were generated from specific pathogen-free C57BL/6 and Nrf2(-/-) knockout mice. DCs were exposed to BFT, after which HO-1 expression and the related signaling factor activation were measured by quantitative RT-PCR, EMSA, fluorescent microscopy, immunoblot, and ELISA. RESULTS: HO-1 expression was upregulated in DCs stimulated with BFT. Although BFT activated transcription factors such as NF-kappaB, AP-1, and Nrf2, activation of NF-kappaB and AP-1 was not involved in the induction of HO-1 expression in BFT-exposed DCs. Instead, upregulation of HO-1 expression was dependent on Nrf2 activation in DCs. Moreover, HO-1 expression via Nrf2 in DCs was regulated by mitogen-activated protein kinases such as ERK and p38. Furthermore, BFT enhanced the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inhibition of ROS production resulted in a significant decrease of phospho-ERK, phospho-p38, Nrf2, and HO-1 expression. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that signaling pathways involving ROS-mediated ERK and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases-Nrf2 activation in DCs are required for HO-1 induction during exposure to ETBF-produced BFT. CI - (c)The Author(s) 2020. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Ko, Su Hyuk AU - Ko SH AD - Department of Microbiology and Department of Biomedical Science, Hanyang University College of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Seoul 04763, South Korea. FAU - Jeon, Jong Ik AU - Jeon JI AD - Department of Microbiology and Department of Biomedical Science, Hanyang University College of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Seoul 04763, South Korea. FAU - Woo, Hyun Ae AU - Woo HA AD - Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, South Korea. FAU - Kim, Jung Mogg AU - Kim JM AD - Department of Microbiology and Department of Biomedical Science, Hanyang University College of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Seoul 04763, South Korea. jungmogg@hanyang.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - World J Gastroenterol JT - World journal of gastroenterology JID - 100883448 RN - 0 (Bacterial Toxins) RN - 0 (Enterotoxins) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Heme Oxygenase-1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Bacteroides fragilis toxin) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Metalloendopeptidases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bacterial Toxins/*immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/microbiology MH - Enterotoxins/*immunology MH - Heme Oxygenase-1/*metabolism MH - Metalloendopeptidases/*immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*immunology MH - Up-Regulation PMC - PMC6969884 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin OT - Dendritic cells OT - Heme oxygenase-1 OT - Mitogen-activated protein kinases OT - Nrf2 OT - Signaling COIS- Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors of this study has any conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2020/01/29 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/13 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/21 CRDT- 2020/01/29 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/12/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/01/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/01/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/01/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3748/wjg.v26.i3.291 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - World J Gastroenterol. 2020 Jan 21;26(3):291-306. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i3.291.