Stem Cell-Induced Inflammation in Cholesteatoma is Inhibited by the TLR4 Antagonist LPS-RS

Cholesteatoma is a severe non-cancerous lesion of the middle ear characterized by massive inflammation, tissue destruction, and an abnormal growth of keratinized squamous epithelium. We recently demonstrated the presence of pathogenic stem cells within cholesteatoma tissue, unfortunately their potential roles in regulating disease-specific chronic inflammation remain poorly understood. In the presented study, we utilized our established human in vitro cholesteatoma stem cell model for treatments with lipopolysaccharides (LPS), tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), and the TLR4-antagonist LPS from R.sphaeroides(LPS-RS) followed by qPCR, western blot, and immunocytochemistry. Middle ear cholesteatoma stem cells (ME-CSCs) showed a significantly increased expression of TLR4 accompanied by a significantly enhanced LPS-dependent pro-inflammatory gene expression pattern of TNFα, IL-1α, IL-1ß, IL-6, and IL-8 compared to non-pathogenic control cells. LPS-dependent pro-inflammatory gene expression in ME-CSCs was driven by an enhanced activity of NF-B p65 leading to a TNFα-mediated feed-forward-loop of pro-inflammatory NF-B target gene expression. Functional inactivation of TLR4 via the TLR4-antagonist LPS-RS blocked chronic inflammation in ME-CSCs, resulting in a nearly complete loss of IL-1ß, IL-6, and TNFα expression. In summary, we determined that ME-CSCs mediate the inflammatory environment of cholesteatoma via TLR4-mediated NF-B-signaling, suggesting a distinct role of ME-CSCs as drivers of cholesteatoma progression and TLR4 on ME-CSCs as a therapeutic target.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Cells - 9(2020), 1 vom: 14. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schürmann, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Greiner, Johannes F W [VerfasserIn]
Volland-Thurn, Verena [VerfasserIn]
Oppel, Felix [VerfasserIn]
Kaltschmidt, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Sudhoff, Holger [VerfasserIn]
Kaltschmidt, Barbara [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cholesteatoma
IL-6
Inflammation
Inflammation Mediators
Journal Article
LPS-RS
Lipopolysaccharides
NF-κB
NF-kappa B
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Stem cells
TRL4
Toll-Like Receptor 4
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Date Completed 15.01.2021

Date Revised 15.01.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cells9010199

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM30545840X