Characterization of the Toll-like Receptor Expression Profile in Human Multiple Myeloma Cells

Jahangir Abdi, Tuna Mutis, Johan Garssen, Frank Redegeld

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Abstract

Expression and function of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in multiple myeloma (MM) has recently become the focus of several studies. Knowledge of expression and biology of these receptors in MM will provide us with a new insight into the role of an inflammatory environment in disease progression or pathogenesis of MM. However, to date a quite heterogeneous expression pattern of TLRs in MM particularly at gene level has been described while information on the TLR expression at the protein level is largely unavailable. In this study, we investigated the TLR expression in human myeloma cell lines (HMCLs) Fravel, L363, UM6, UM9, OPM1, OPM2, U266, RPMI 8226, XG1, and NCI H929 and primary cells from MM patients at both mRNA and protein level (western blot and flow cytometry). We found that all cell lines and primary cells expressed TLR1, TLR3, TLR4, TLR7, TLR8, and TLR9 mRNA and protein. TLR2 and TLR5 were expressed by the majority of HMCLs at mRNA but were not detectable at protein level, while primary samples showed a low level of TLR2, TLR3 and TLR5 protein expression. Our results indicate that MM cells express a broad range of TLRs with a degree of disparity between gene and protein expression pattern. The clear expression of TLRs in MM cells indicates a propensity for responding to tumor-induced inflammatory signals, which seem inevitable in the MM bone marrow environment. © 2013 Abdi et al.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere60671
Number of pages1
JournalPLoS One
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Apr 2013

Keywords

  • messenger RNA
  • toll like receptor
  • toll like receptor 1
  • toll like receptor 2
  • toll like receptor 3
  • toll like receptor 4
  • toll like receptor 5
  • toll like receptor 7
  • toll like receptor 8
  • toll like receptor 9
  • article
  • controlled study
  • flow cytometry
  • gene expression
  • human
  • human cell
  • multiple myeloma
  • myeloma cell
  • protein expression
  • Western blotting

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