TY - JOUR
T1 - Differential contribution of possible pattern-recognition receptors to advanced glycation end product–induced cellular responses in macrophage-like RAW264.7 cells
AU - Watanabe, Masahiro
AU - Toyomura, Takao
AU - Wake, Hidenori
AU - Liu, Keyue
AU - Teshigawara, Kiyoshi
AU - Takahashi, Hideo
AU - Nishibori, Masahiro
AU - Mori, Shuji
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by JSPS KAKENHI grant numbers 18K06807 and 18K14969, the Wesco Scientific Promotion Foundation, the Ryobi Teien Memory Foundation, and the Okayama Medical Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are considered to be related to the pathogenesis of some inflammatory diseases. AGEs were reported to stimulate the receptor for AGEs (RAGE), which causes inflammatory reactions. However, recently, toll-like receptors (TLRs), in addition to RAGE, have been reported to be related to AGE-mediated cellular responses, and it remains unclear which receptor is responsible for AGE recognition. To reveal the role of pattern-recognition receptors, including TLRs and/or RAGE, in AGE-mediated cellular responses, we generated macrophage-like RAW264.7 knockout (KO) cells lacking these receptors by genome editing using the CRISPR/Cas9 system and assessed AGE-stimulated changes in these cells. Comparison of the established clones suggested that RAGE partially affects the expression of TLRs. In the KO clone lacking TLR4 and TLR2, AGE-stimulated tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) expression and phosphorylation of IκBα, p38, and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) were significantly attenuated, suggesting that AGE-mediated responses are largely dependent on TLRs. On the other hand, on comparison of the AGE-stimulated responses between the KO clone lacking TLR4 and TLR2, and the clone lacking TLR4, TLR2, and RAGE, RAGE played little role in AGE-stimulated TNF-α transcription and ERK phosphorylation. Taken together, this study suggested that AGE-stimulated inflammatory responses occur mainly through TLRs rather than RAGE.
AB - Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are considered to be related to the pathogenesis of some inflammatory diseases. AGEs were reported to stimulate the receptor for AGEs (RAGE), which causes inflammatory reactions. However, recently, toll-like receptors (TLRs), in addition to RAGE, have been reported to be related to AGE-mediated cellular responses, and it remains unclear which receptor is responsible for AGE recognition. To reveal the role of pattern-recognition receptors, including TLRs and/or RAGE, in AGE-mediated cellular responses, we generated macrophage-like RAW264.7 knockout (KO) cells lacking these receptors by genome editing using the CRISPR/Cas9 system and assessed AGE-stimulated changes in these cells. Comparison of the established clones suggested that RAGE partially affects the expression of TLRs. In the KO clone lacking TLR4 and TLR2, AGE-stimulated tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) expression and phosphorylation of IκBα, p38, and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) were significantly attenuated, suggesting that AGE-mediated responses are largely dependent on TLRs. On the other hand, on comparison of the AGE-stimulated responses between the KO clone lacking TLR4 and TLR2, and the clone lacking TLR4, TLR2, and RAGE, RAGE played little role in AGE-stimulated TNF-α transcription and ERK phosphorylation. Taken together, this study suggested that AGE-stimulated inflammatory responses occur mainly through TLRs rather than RAGE.
KW - advanced glycation end products
KW - genome editing
KW - knockout
KW - receptor for advanced glycation end products
KW - toll-like receptor
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U2 - 10.1002/bab.1843
DO - 10.1002/bab.1843
M3 - Article
C2 - 31654427
AN - SCOPUS:85074797655
VL - 67
SP - 265
EP - 272
JO - Journal of Applied Biochemistry
JF - Journal of Applied Biochemistry
SN - 0885-4513
IS - 2
ER -