Subcellular Expression Pattern and Role of IL-15 in Pneumococci Induced Lung Epithelial Apoptosis

Overview

Journal Histochem Cell Biol

Publisher Springer

Specialties Biochemistry
Cell Biology

Date 2008 Mar 28

PMID 18365236

Citations 5

Authors

Andreas C Hocke

Ines K Hartmann

Julia Eitel

Bastian Optiz

Stefanie Scharf

Norbert Suttorp

Stefan Hippenstiel

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Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading causative agent of community-acquired pneumonia. Induction of apoptosis in pulmonary epithelial cells by bacteria during pneumonia might be harmful to the host. Interleukin-15 (IL-15) has been demonstrated as an effective inhibitor of apoptosis and is expressed in lung epithelium on the mRNA and protein level. Therefore, we characterized the sub-cellular expression pattern of the short and long IL-15 isoforms in lung epithelial cells in vitro as well as its role in pneumococci-related lung epithelial cell apoptosis. We found an expression pattern for both IL-15 signal peptides in the pulmonary epithelial cell lines A549 and Beas-2B. Moreover, a strong co-localization of IL-15 and IL-15Ralpha was detected on cell surfaces. Compared to pro-inflammatory cytokine stimulation, neither IL-15 nor its trimeric receptor complex was up-regulated after pneumococcal infection. However, overexpression of IL-15 isoforms revealed IL-15LSP and IL-15Vkl as inhibitors of pneumococci induced apoptosis in pulmonary epithelial cells. Thus, IL-15 may act as an anti-apoptotic molecule in pneumococci infection, thereby suggesting IL-15 as a benefical cytokine in pulmonary host defense against infection.

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