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Citation: Cell Death and Disease (2013) 4, e957; doi:10.1038/cddis.2013.489

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J-A Choi1,2, Y-J Lim1,2, S-N Cho1,2, J-H Lee1,2, JA Jeong3, EJ Kim4, JB Park2,3,5, SH Kim4, HS Park4, H-J Kim*,1,2,5 and C-H Song*,1,2,5

Mycobacterial heparin-binding haemagglutinin antigen (HBHA) is a virulence factor that induces apoptosis of macrophages. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis is an important regulatory response that can be utilised to study the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. In the present study, HBHA stimulation induced ER stress sensor molecules in a caspase-dependent manner. Pre-treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with an IjB kinase 2 inhibitor reduced not only C/EBP homology protein expression but also IL-6 and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) production. BAPTA-AM reduced both ER stress responses and caspase activation and strongly suppressed HBHA-induced IL-6 and MCP-1 production in RAW 264.7 cells. Enhanced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and elevated cytosolic [Ca2]i levels were essential for HBHA-induced ER stress responses. Collectively, our data suggest that HBHA induces cytosolic [Ca2]i, which inuences the generation of ROS associated with the production of proinammatory cytokines. These concerted and complex cellular responses induce ER stress-associated apoptosis during HBHA stimulation in macrophages. These results indicate that the ER stress pathway has an important role in the HBHA-induced apoptosis during mycobacterial infection.

Cell Death and Disease (2013) 4, e957; doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2013.489

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Subject Category: Immunity

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major problem, and its spread has been exacerbated by the development of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacteria tuberculosis (Mtb).To address this issue, it is necessary to nd a way to kill intracellular mycobacteria in multidrug-resistant TB patients and to develop highly effective therapeutic methods for treating TB patients. TB is one of the oldest re-emerging diseases. In 2010, there were 8.8 million cases of TB globally,1.1 million deaths from TB among HIV-negative people, and an additional 350 000 deaths from HIV-associated TB.1However, despite this prevalence, the exact pathogenesis ofTB is not completely understood.

Apoptosis is a physiological process that requires the synthesis of a series of proteins to translate an apoptotic signal. Although apoptosis in bacterial infections contributes to organ damage, the induction of apoptosis may be benecial to the host, as it also contributes to the death of microorganisms.2 Macrophages have an essential role in the defence against mycobacterial infections.3 Mtb is one of the most

Keywords: ER stress; macrophage; mycobacteria

Abbreviations: HBHA, heparin-binding hemagglutinin antigen; TB, Tuberculosis; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; ROS, reactive oxygen species; CHOP, C/EBP homology protein; MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1; Mtb, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; NAC, N-acetyl cysteine; IKK, IkB kinase; eIF2a, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2A; NF-kB, Nuclear factor-kB; GADD153, growth arrest and DNA damage-induced gene-153; 4-PBA, 4-phenyl butyric acid; BMDM, bone marrow-derived macrophage; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline

Received 20.6.13; revised 05.11.13; accepted 08.11.13; Edited by M Agostini

Mycobacterial HBHA induces endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species and cytosolic Ca2 in murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells

successful human pathogens because of its ability to survive by manipulating host cells via multiple pathways.46 Recent

studies have shown that apoptosis is an innate defence function of macrophages against Mtb;3,6 virulent Mtb is able to inhibit macrophage apoptosis, and instead trigger necrosis at high intracellular bacterial loads.7 Recently, we have shown that the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response may be related to Mtb-induced apoptosis, and that this process has an important role in controlling the survival of intracellular Mtb.4

The ER has an important role in folding secretory and cellular proteins during their transit, and ER chaperon proteins prevent the toxic accumulation of misfolded secretory proteins. A series of ER chaperons is involved in the regulation of protein synthesis and the induction of cell death.8Although the host-protective effect of apoptosis is generally considered to be responsible for the modulation of intracellularMtb survival, the biological relevance is still unclear.

Previously, we reported that ESAT-6 antigen induces ER stress-mediated apoptosis, that Mtb-infected macrophages

1Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea; 2Infection Signaling Network Research Center, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea; 3Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea; 4Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea and 5Research Institute for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea*Corresponding authors: H-J Kim or C-H Song, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, 266 Munhwa-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon 301-747, South Korea. Tel: +82 42 580 8242 (H-JK) or +82 42 580 8245 (C-HS); Fax: +82 42 585 3686; E-mail: mailto:[email protected]

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after subcellular fractionation with each proper antibody in RAW 264.7 cells. We detected HBHA not only in the ER fraction but also in the cytosol fraction (Figure 1d). These results suggest that HBHA interacts with ER and induces ER stress responses, leading to apoptosis.

Because ER stress-mediated apoptosis is involved in mycobacterial infection and HBHA induces macrophage apoptosis via caspase activation, we investigated the involvement of the activation of caspases, including the ER stress marker caspase-12. Western blotting showed that HBHA stimulation elicited not only the activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3, but also ER stress resident caspase-12 (Figure 2a). Next, we investigated the relationship between ER stress and caspase-dependent apoptosis after HBHA stimulation in RAW 264.7 cells. Enhanced CHOP expression with HBHA stimulation was signicantly attenuated by caspase inhibition by a pan-caspase inhibitor, z-VAD-fmk, in a dose-dependent manner (Figure 2b). In addition, HBHA-induced activation of capsase-9 and caspase-3 was signicantly reduced by z-VAD-fmk. However, the levels of GRP78 and eIF2a phosphorylation induced by HBHA were not affected by pre-treatment with z-VAD-fmk. These ndings suggest that HBHA-induced CHOP expression is associated with caspase activation, leading to caspase-dependent apoptosis.

To assess the functional signicance of ER stress responses in inducing caspase-dependent apoptosis, the chemical chaperone 4-phenyl butyric acid (4-PBA) was pretreated before HBHA stimulation in RAW 264.7 cells.Production of CHOP and GRP78 was signicantly attenuated by treatment with 10 mM 4-PBA and the levels of caspase-9 and caspase-3 activation in HBHA-treated RAW 264.7 cells were reduced (Figure 2c). HBHA-mediated apoptosis was reduced by improving ER folding capacity with 4-PBA.Overall, these data provide evidence that HBHA-mediated ER stress responses might be associated with caspase-dependent apoptosis.

HBHA-induced proinammatory cytokines elicit CHOP production. A functionally impaired ER emits NF-kB activation, which in turn induces production of proinammatory cytokines.15,16 Because the promoter regions of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) and IL-6 contain consensus-binding sites for NF-kB,17,18 we investigated the relationship between IL-6 and MCP-1 production and the ER stress response in HBHA-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. In total,3.610.57 ng/ml MCP-1 and 2.130.71 ng/ml IL-6 were produced from RAW 264.7 cells after 24-h stimulation with HBHA (Figure 3a). As expected, IkB kinase 2 (IKK2)

inhibitor suppressed the release of MCP-1 and IL-6 in a

Figure 1 HBHA-induced apoptosis is associated with the ER stress response in macrophages. (a) Detection of apoptosis by cell cycle measurement. RAW 264.7 cells were stimulated with HBHA (10 mg/ml) for 24 h. The cells were stained with propidium iodide (PI) solution and the sub-G1 stage was determined by ow cytometry analysis.

Exposure to 500 nM staurosporine (STS) for 6 h was used as positive control. (b) Immunoblot analysis of p-eIF2a, eIF2a, CHOP, GRP78, and b-actin in cell lysates of RAW 264.7 cells stimulated with HBHA (10 mg/ml) for the indicated time period. (c) Immunoblot analysis of CHOP, GRP78, p-eIF2a, caspase-3, and b-actin in BMDM cells stimulated with HBHA (10 mg/ml) for the indicated time period. Lysate of cells treated with 2 mg/ml tunicamycin (TM) for 6 h was used as a positive control. Bands corresponding to each protein were quantied, and the intensities of each protein were normalised to the intensity of actin. p-eIF2a was normalised to the intensity of eIF2a.

Data are representative of at least three independent experiments with similar results. A signicant difference was observed in HBHA-stimulated cells compared with unstimulated control (**Po0.01 and ***Po0.001). (d) Immunoblot analysis of HBHA, GRP78, and a-tubulin in both unstimulated control and HBHA-stimulated (10 mg/ml) cell lysates in RAW 264.7 cells. Subcellular fractionation was performed as described in the Materials and Methods

induce growth arrest and DNA damage-induced gene-153 (GADD153) production, and that siGADD153 treatment increases intracellular bacillary loads.4,9 Seimon et al.10 showed that ER stress is induced in TB granuloma macrophages in areas where apoptotic cells accumulate. Taken together, these results suggest that ER stress responses have important roles in TB pathogenesis.9,10

The identication of specic antigens secreted from mycobacteria is important to understand the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of mycobacterial diseases. Heparin-binding haemagglutinin antigen (HBHA) is a 28-kDa, methylated, surface-exposed protein that has a role in Mtb infectivity.11 We recently reported that HBHA enters macrophages and induces apoptosis through a loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation.12 Although ROS generation and nitric oxide (NO) are closely associated with ER stress responses,13,14 the mechanism of the interaction is not known. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the mechanisms by which ER stress leads to cell death in macrophages during HBHA stimulation as well as the underlying mechanisms of ER stress-associated apoptosis induced by HBHA.

Results

HBHA stimulation induces ER stress responses and apoptosis in murine macrophage cells. HBHA is a mycobacterial antigen that induces apoptosis in host cells. To investigate the interplay between macrophage apoptosis and ER stress responses, we rst conrmed that HBHA induced apoptosis, based on cell cycle analysis using ow cytometry (Figure 1a). We found that HBHA stimulation caused statistically signicant accumulation of cells in the sub-G1 phase in RAW 264.7 cells. The percentage of apoptotic cells increased in a dose-dependent manner after HBHA stimulation. Next, ER stress responses after stimulation with HBHA were examined. Phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2A (eIF2a) was increased in

RAW 264.7 cells following HBHA treatment (Figure 1b). Induction of eIF2a phosphorylation was associated with increased expression of GRP78 and C/EBP homology protein (CHOP), which are indicators of unfolded protein responses. Similarly, each ER stress sensor molecule was also increased following HBHA stimulation in bone marrow-derived macrophage (BMDM) cells. ER stress-mediated apoptosis may also be involved in HBHA-stimulated BMDM cells, as caspase-3 activation is directly correlated with the induction of CHOP (Figure 1c). To examine the association between ER and HBHA, western blotting was performed

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dose-dependent manner (Figure 3a). IKK2 inhibitor strongly inhibited IL-6 production in RAW 264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner (26.33%5.54%, 1.43%1.13%, and

0.31%0.11% at 1, 5, and 10 mM, respectively). MCP-1 production was also reduced by an IKK2 inhibitor in a dose-dependent manner (96.25%9.97%, 48.23%9.22%,

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Figure 2 The ER stress response is involved in HBHA-mediated and caspase-dependent apoptosis. (a) RAW 264.7 cells were stimulated with HBHA (10 mg/ml) for the indicated time period. The cell lysates were analysed by western blotting with antibodies for caspase-12, caspase-9, caspase-3, and b-actin. (b) RAW 264.7 cells were stimulated with HBHA for 24 h in the presence or absence of 1 h pretreatment with z-VAD-fmk. Next, total cell lysates were subjected to western blotting for CHOP, GRP78, p-eIF2a, caspase-9, caspase-3, and b-actin analysis. (c) RAW 264.7 cells were stimulated with HBHA for 24 h in the presence or absence of 1 h pretreatment with 4-PBA.

Next, total cell lysates were subjected to western blotting for CHOP, GRP78, caspase-9, caspase-3, and b-actin analysis. A cell lysate treated with 2 mg/ml TM for 6 h was used as a positive control to induce ER stress. The blots were also probed for b-actin to control for loading. Bands corresponding to each protein were quantied, and the intensities of each protein were normalised to the intensity of actin. Data are representative of at least three independent experiments with similar results. The asterisks indicate signicant differences compared with untreated cells (**Po0.01, ***Po0.001)

and 12.01%2.32% at 1, 5, and 10 mM, respectively). IKK2 inhibitor treatment reduced the production of CHOP, which was increased by HBHA stimulation in RAW 264.7 cells (Figure 3b). As IKKb activation has been shown to be closely related to JNK activation, as well as NF-kB,19

we investigated whether inhibition of JNK could suppress HBHA-induced ER stress (Figure 3c). This suggests that HBHA-induced CHOP production was closely associated with the production of IL-6 and MCP-1 through NF-kB activation.

Enhanced intracellular Ca2 via HBHA stimulation is the major source of ER stress response. Disturbance of Ca2 homeostasis is a causal factor of ER stress, therefore we explored the possibility that HBHA-induced Ca2 release causes ER stress in RAW 264.7 cells. Intracellular Ca2 in

RAW 264.7 cells was measured uorometrically using the Ca2 indicator Fura-2. As reected by the representative traces depicted in Figure 4a, there were transient increases in [Ca2]i after treatment with HBHA. The application of

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Figure 3 IL-6 and MCP-1 production with HBHA stimulation might be associated with CHOP expression in RAW 264.7 cells. (a and b) RAW264.7 cells were preincubated for 30 min with the IKK2 inhibitor IKK2 IV and then stimulated with HBHA (10 mg/ml) for 24 h. (a) Effects of IKK2 inhibition on IL-6 and MCP-1 in supernatants 24 h after HBHA stimulation. Measurement of IL-6 and MCP-1 levels from the supernatant was performed using a CBA ow cytometric assay. LPS (100 ng/ml, 24 h) was used as a positive control. (b) The cells were harvested 24 h after HBHA stimulation, and each total cell lysate was analysed by western blotting for CHOP. (c) RAW264.7 cells were preincubated for 1 h with the JNK inhibitor SP600125 and then stimulated with HBHA (10 mg/ml) for 24 h. The cell lysates were analysed by western blotting with antibodies for CHOP, GRP78, p-eIF2a, and b-actin. Cell lysate treated with 2 mg/ml TM for 6 h was used as a positive control to induce ER stress. Data are representative of at least three independent experiments with similar results. A signicant difference was observed in HBHA-stimulated cells compared with unstimulated control cells (***Po0.001)

increment in [Ca2]i with a latent period of 2025 min (Figure 4a). The effect of HBHA on the increase in Ca2

was also assessed in the absence of extracellular Ca2. The

rate of increase in [Ca2]i was not high compared with cells stimulated in the presence of Ca2. We performed direct measurements of ER [Ca2] in permeabilised cells using the low-afnity Ca2 indicator Mag-Fura. This indicators propensity to become trapped in organelles allowed the evaluation of changes in free [Ca2] in the lumen

of InsP3-sensitive Ca2 stores (i.e., the ER; Figure 4b). Application of a supramaximal dose of InsP3 (1 mM) caused a reversible drop in the 340 and 380 nm Mag-Fura ratio by63.33%11.90% in all tested b-escin-permeabilised cells, demonstrating that the permeabilisation procedure was successful, because InsP3 is membrane impermeant. Subsequent HBHA (10 mg/ml) application elicited a signicant decrease in the Mag-Fura ratio by 38.40%2.77% in61.41%9.08% b-escin-permeabilised cells because of the release of Ca2 from internal stores. These results suggest that HBHA was able to directly release Ca2 from InsP3-sensitive stores (Figure 4b). Therefore, HBHA stimulation hypothetically resulted in extracellular Ca2 inux and the release of cellular Ca2 stores. Next, we tested whether mycobacteria increased [Ca2]i levels in intact cells (Figure 4c). Live mycobacteria increased [Ca2]i levels in RAW 264.7 cells, whereas dead mycobacteria induced only minimal changes in [Ca2]i. The [Ca2]i increase was observed within 40 min after application of live mycobacteria, and in most cases did not return to basal levels. These results suggest that HBHA antigen secreted from mycobacteria may have a role in calcium release from the ER. Next, we investigated the link between ER stress and HBHA-induced Ca2 release in RAW 264.7 cells. An intracellular Ca2 chelator, BAPTA-AM, was used to investigate the role of cytosolic Ca2 increases in inducing ER stress responses. BAPTA-AM reduced not only CHOP production but also eIF2a phosphorylation in HBHA-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells (Figure 4d). Activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3 was also consistently suppressed by BAPTA-AM in a dose-dependent manner. These results showed that HBHA stimulated RAW 264.7 cells in the presence of BAPTA-AM, which chelated HBHA-induced cytosolic calcium, and inhibited the induction of ER stress. As BAPTA-AM can also inactivate IKK,20,21

the production of IL-6 and MCP-1 was analysed. BAPTA-AM strongly suppressed HBHA-induced IL-6 production in RAW 264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner (73.39%0.37%,22.20%9.25%, and 3.81%4.36% at 10, 20, and 30 mM, respectively) and reduced MCP-1 production in a dose-dependent manner (66.20%16.00%, 44.34%17.12%, and 7.32%4.92% at 10, 20, and 30 mM, respectively;

Figure 4e).

Generation of ROS and NO is involved in HBHA-induced ER stress responses. ROS has been implicated in myco-bacterial infection and ER stress.4,9,10 ROS can induce

proinammatory cytokine production through MAPK activation.22 Therefore, we investigated the relationships between ROS synthesis, proinammatory cytokine production, and intracellular Ca2 release. HBHA induced increased ROS generation in RAW 264.7 cells compared with control (Figure 5a). Treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with HBHA for 18 h resulted in enhanced mitochondrial superoxide production (Figure 5b).

Next, we examined CHOP expression in the presence of the ROS scavenger N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) to investigate the interplay between ER stress and ROS generation. HBHA-mediated CHOP production was dramatically reduced by NAC pre-treatment (Figure 5c). NAC treatment reduced the production of IL-6 and MCP-1 with HBHA stimulation

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Figure 4 HBHA induces intracellular Ca2 release in RAW 264.7 cells. RAW 264.7 cells were cultured overnight in 12-well plates over a glass coverslip. (a) Intracellular Ca2 measurements were performed with the uorescent Ca2 indicator Fura-2/AM (5 mM), using the Diaphot inverted uorescence microscope as described in the

Materials and Methods section. Next, HBHA (10 mg/ml) was treated in the presence (normal line) and absence of Ca2 (dashed line) with HBSS solution. Representative recordings of HBHA-evoked cytosolic Ca2 transients were recorded according to the Fura-2 ratio (F340/F380). The colour of the stable cells was green or blue and the colour of cells releasing Ca2 because of HBHA stimulation changed to orange and red. (b) Representative traces of HBHA-induced Ca2 release from ER in RAW 264.7 cells. Cells were incubated with Mag-Fura-2/AM (10 mM) for 1 h and then permeabilised with b-escin (20 mM) for 80100 s. Representative changes in Ca2 release were recorded according to the Mag-Fura ratio (F340/F380) in RAW 264.7 cells treated with HBHA (10 mg/ml) and PBS using the TILL Photonics imaging system (Universal Imaging, West

Chester, PA, USA). (c) Representative traces of mycobacteria-induced Ca2 release from ER in RAW 264.7 cells. Cells in a nominally Ca2-free HBSS solution were infected with live and 5% formaldehyde-xed bacteria (MOI, 0.5). Cells were incubated with Fura-2/AM (5 mM), and cytosolic Ca2 transients were recorded according to the

Fura-2 ratio as in a. (d) Intracellular Ca2 chelation with BAPTA-AM modulates HBHA-induced ER stress responses and caspase activation. To clarify the effects of BAPTAAM on HBHA-induced ER stress sensor molecules and caspase activation, RAW 264.7 cells were preincubated with BAPTA-AM (10, 20, 30 mM) for 30 min and then stimulated with HBHA (10 mg/ml) for 24 h. Total cell lysate was analysed with western blotting using specic antibodies for each target protein. A cell lysate treated with 2 mg/ml tunicamycin for 6 h was used as a positive control to induce ER stress. The blots were also probed for b-actin to control for loading. Bands corresponding to each protein were quantied, and the intensities of each protein were normalised to the intensity of actin. (e) Intracellular Ca2 chelation with BAPTA-AM modulates HBHA-induced IL-6 and

MCP-1 production. Measurement of IL-6 and MCP-1 levels was performed using the CBA ow cytometric assay. Data are representative of at least three independent experiments with similar results. A signicant difference was observed in HBHA-stimulated cells compared with unstimulated control cells (*Po0.05, **Po0.01, ***Po0.001)

(Figure 5d). These results suggest that ROS, which are induced by HBHA, are associated with the production of CHOP, IL-6, and MCP-1 in RAW 264.7 cells. To determine whether depletion of intracellular Ca2 affected ROS generation in RAW 264.7 cells, BAPTA-AM was used to chelate intracellular Ca2 before HBHA stimulation. BAPTA-

AM signicantly suppressed HBHA-induced ROS production (Figure 5e). In addition, pre-treatment with an IKK2 inhibitor before HBHA stimulation also suppressed ROS production in a dose-dependent manner (Figure 5e). To investigate the role of p38 phosphorylation in HBHA-induced ROS generation, RAW 264.7 cells were pretreated with NAC, and

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Figure 5 HBHA induces ER stress through ROS generation, which is associated with NF-kB activation and intracellular Ca2 release. (a) Analysis of superoxide was evaluated after HBHA stimulation (10 mg/ml) for 24 h in RAW 264.7 cells by ow cytometry. LPS (100 ng/ml, 24 h) was used as the positive control for superoxide.

(b) Representative histograms of ow cytometry experiments demonstrating increase in mean uorescent intensity of MitoSOX following HBHA stimulation (10 mg/ml) as indicated. Analysis of mitochondria ROS was evaluated after HBHA stimulation for the indicated time period in RAW 264.7 cells by ow cytometry. H2O2 (5 mM, 30 min) was used as the positive control for superoxide. (c) ROS-scavenging effect of NAC on HBHA-induced CHOP production. RAW264.7 cells were preincubated with NAC (10, 20, 30 mM) for 1 h and then stimulated with HBHA (10 mg/ml) for 24 h. (d) The ROS scavenger NAC modulates HBHA-induced IL-6 and MCP-1 production. Measurement of IL-6 and MCP-1 levels was performed using the CBA ow cytometric assay. (e) Analysis of superoxide was evaluated after HBHA (10 mg/ml) stimulation for 24 h in the presence or absence of 30 min pretreatment with IKK2 IV (1, 5, 10 mM) or BAPTA-AM (10, 20, 30 mM). Cells were stained with dihydroethidium (20 mM) for 20 min at 37 1C. Analysis of superoxide was evaluated by ow cytometry. (f) The effect of NAC on the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK during HBHA (10 mg/ml) stimulation in RAW 264.7 cells. The cell lysates were analysed using western blotting against phospho-p38 MAPK (p-p38) and p38 MAPK (p38). (g) Western blot analysis of iNOS in RAW 264.7 cells stimulated with

HBHA (10 mg/ml) for 24 h. (h) Nitrite levels in culture supernatants of RAW 264.7 cells were evaluated by Griess reaction. (i) CHOP expression analysis after HBHA (10 mg/ml) stimulation for 24 h in the presence or absence of 30 min pretreatment with N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 0.1, 0.5, 5 mM). Each value represents the mean S.E.M. from three independent experiments performed in duplicate (***Po0.001, **Po0.01, *Po0.05, compared with control). Data are representative of at least

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phosphorylated p38 was analysed after HBHA stimulation. HBHA-enhanced phosphorylation of p38 was also reduced by NAC (Figure 5f). Therefore, HBHA hypothetically induced ROS production and increased ROS-induced proinammatory cytokines, such as IL-6 and MCP-1, through MAPK activation.

As NO disrupts ER calcium pump activity and induces ER stress,14 we tested the role of HBHA on NO synthesis in macrophages. HBHA treatment induced substantial iNOS expression in RAW 264.7 cells, which peaked between 6 and 12 h after stimulation, and decreasing thereafter (Figure 5g). HBHA-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells released signicantly greater

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amounts of nitrite at 24 h (23.13.1 mM/2 105). Unstimulated

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Discussion

Generally, infectious intracellular pathogens tend to inhibit apoptosis of their host cells to minimise immune responses. Gan et al.23 suggested that apoptosis, which results in a cellular corpse with an impermeable envelope, limits mycobacterial replication and facilitates antigen presentation.

Many studies have shown that apoptosis is a defence mechanism of macrophages against Mtb.6,23,24 We previously

showed that HBHA leads to the collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential and eventually results in apoptosis.12

However, the exact molecular regulatory mechanisms of HBHA-mediated apoptosis are unclear. In the present study, we found that HBHA was localised in the ER of HBHA-treated RAW 264.7 cells and induced apoptosis by modulating the ER stress pathway (Figure 1). The data suggest that localisation of HBHA in the ER may contribute to the induction of ER stress with HBHA stimulation even though there is no evidence that HBHA is translocated into the ER from the cytosol.

HBHA, which is involved in the attachment of mycobacteria to epithelial cells, is a surface-associated, secreted Mtb protein.25

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Recently, HBHA was demonstrated to have the capacity to bind to macrophages and induce caspase-dependent apoptosis.12 In

the present study, we found that HBHA-mediated apoptosis was associated not only with the caspase-dependent pathway but also with the ER stress pathway. HBHA-induced CHOP production was entirely caspase dependent. Caspase inhibition abolishes the ER stress-induced activation of caspase-3 and apoptotic cell death,26 and a pan-caspase inhibitor delays the onset of CHOP induced by Japanese encephalitis virus.27 Which caspases function upstream and are responsible for the regulation of CHOP induction during HBHA stimulation remains unclear.

The results presented here suggest that unfolded protein response may utilise ER-associated caspases to transduce the CHOP apoptotic signal from the ER. Caspase activation can occur downstream of eIF2a phosphorylation,28,29 and can

also activate PKR kinase in mammalian cells.30 It is therefore likely that eIF2a phosphorylation is both a cause and consequence of caspase activation during HBHA stimulation.

HBHA stimulation induces caspase-dependent CHOP production and is closely associated with apoptosis in murine macrophages. Moreover, reduction of ER stress using 4-PBA results in reduced CHOP production and caspase-3 activation. One interpretation of these results is that that 4-PBA might help to stabilise proteins, thereby improving the folding capacity of the ER.31 These data suggest that macrophage apoptosis may be caused by ER overload and unresolved ER stress in response to HBHA stimulation.

ROS are known to cause severe damage to DNA, proteins, and lipids.32 ROS accumulation induces ER stress-induced apoptosis during mycobacterial infection.4,9 In the present

study, HBHA stimulation induced ER stress-induced apoptosis, and ROS generated by HBHA were associated with ER stress responses. Elevated [Ca2]i was observed in RAW 264.7 cells after HBHA stimulation. Because the ER is a major source of Ca2 elevation, HBHA could result in an increase in Ca2 concentration from the ER. Because enhanced [Ca2]i is responsible for the production of ROS,33 we propose that HBHA stimulation leads to an increase in intracellular ROS production via intracellular Ca2 inux. Intracellular Ca2 levels have an important role in regulating phagosome maturation during Mtb infection.34 However, the exact role of Ca2 during Mtb infection remains unclear. HBHA secreted from mycobacteria might be involved in calcium release from the ER. Our data suggest that intracellular Ca2 levels induced by HBHA stimulation are critical for the stimulatory effects of ROS generation, which causes ER stress-mediated apoptosis in RAW 264.7 cells. An intracellular Ca2 chelator, BAPTA-AM, reduced HBHA-mediated caspase activation and CHOP production. Treatment with BAPTA-AM suppressed HBHA-induced MCP-1 and IL-6 production in RAW 264.7 cells. In a previous study, BAPTA-AM treatment not only induced a decrease in intracellular free Ca2 but also inactivated PKC and IKK.20,21 Both IL-6 and MCP-1 can

induce ROS production;3537 BAPTA-AM may help to suppress ROS production by inhibiting production of IL-6 and MCP-1. Alternatively, BAPTA-AM might reduce protein loads within the ER, leading to an attenuation of ER stress. Together, these data suggest that BAPTA-AM may attenuate ER stress through multiple routes.

In the present study, we showed phosphorylation of p38 was reduced by NAC. ROS are able to inactivate MAPK phosphatases through oxidation of catalytic cysteine residues leading to MAPK activation,22 and proinammatory cytokine production.38 NAC signicantly reduced the expression of IL-6, MCP-1, and CHOP following HBHA stimulation, consistent with previous reports.4,39,40 ROS-mediated ER stress may therefore be the result of increased IL-6 and MCP-1 expression following stimulation with HBHA.41

We have also shown that HBHA-induced nitrite production may be not associated with ER stress responses. This result is consistent with our previous report of no association between nitrite production and ER stress responses during Mtb infection.4 Combined, these results suggest that although HBHA-induced nitrites alone are not sufcient to induce ER stress in macrophages, they may contribute to ER stress responses when combined with other stimuli.

Differences between ER client protein load and folding capacity lead to ER stress.42 When cells experience irreversible ER stress, this pathway eliminates damaged cells by apoptosis. Subsequently, overproduction of proinamma-tory cytokines may contribute to the induction of ER stress responses in macrophages, which was conrmed in the present study: pre-treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with an IKK2 inhibitor reduced ER stress markers after stimulation with HBHA. Consensus-binding sites for NF-kB are located in the promoter region of MCP-1 and IL-6.17,18 Our results regarding

the reduced production of CHOP by selective inhibition of IKK2 indicate that overproduction of proinammatory cytokines may be involved in the induction of ER stress. CHOP expression might be involved of HBHA-induced upregulation of IL-6 and MCP-1 production through the activation of NF-kB.18

Therefore, we propose that HBHA stimulation may cause an imbalance between ER protein folding load and capacity, leading to ER stress.

In conclusion, we demonstrated that HBHA stimulation causes ROS generation induced by disruption of intracellular Ca2 homeostasis, and that ROS stimulate the overproduction of proinammatory cytokines, which leads to ER stress-mediated apoptosis in macrophages. HBHA can induce not only mitochondrial dysfunction but also ER stress via ROS production caused by calcium release or protein-folding stress in the ER. Although HBHA-induced cell death is regulated by various apoptotic stimuli, the ER stress pathway has a signicant role in HBHA-stimulated macrophages. A better understanding of the molecular mechanism of ER stress-induced apoptosis by HBHA may provide insight into the pathogenesis of TB.

Materials and MethodsAnimals. All animal procedures were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Chungnam National University, South Korea (Permit Number: 2010-2-32). All animal experiments were performed in accordance with Korean Food and Drug Administration guidelines.

Preparation of HBHA antigen and reagents. Recombinant HBHA protein from Mycobacterium smegmatis was produced and prepared as described previously.12 A chemical chaperone, 4-PBA and L-NAME, was purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). NAC, BAPTA-AM, IkB kinase 2 inhibitor (IKK2 IV),

JNK inhibitor II (SP600125), and z-VAD-fmk were purchased from Calbiochem (San Diego, CA, USA).

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Cell culture. Murine macrophage cell line RAW 264.7 cells were maintained in Dulbeccos modied Eagles medium (Lonza, Walkersville, MD, USA) supplemented with 10% FBS, penicillin (100 IU/ml), streptomycin (100 mg/ml), and 1%

L-glutamine. After reaching conuence, cells were plated in 12-well dishes at a concentration of 1 105 cells per well. BMDMs were isolated from femurs and

tibias of C57BL/6 mice (68 weeks old) and then differentiated by growth for 35 days in medium containing M-CSF (25 mg/ml; R&D, Minneapolis, MN, USA).

Sub-cellular fractionation. RAW 264.7 macrophages were treated with medium and HBHA (10 mg/ml) for 24 h, harvested, and then washed with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). The cytosolic and ER fractions were puried using the Endoplasmic Reticulum Isolation Kit (Sigma).

Flow cytometric analyses of ROS and cell cycle assay. Cells were harvested with PBS. For ROS staining, dihydroethidium (20 mM; Molecular

Probes, Eugene, OR, USA) was added and incubated at 37 1C for 30 min. After washing with PBS, the cells were xed with 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA). LPS (100 ng/ml; InvivoGen, San Diego, CA, USA) was used as a positive control for ROS production. For mitochondrial ROS staining, RAW 264.7 cells were loaded for 30 min with MitoSOX (10 mM; Molecular Probes), and then washed with PBS.

For cell cycle analysis, cells were xed with 70% ethanol at 20 1C for at least

12 h. Intracellular DNA was labelled with PI (5 mg/ml). Samples were analysed on a FACS Canto II cytometer (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA) and the data processed using Flow Jo (Tree Star, Ashland, OR, USA).

Mtb culture. Mtb strain H37Ra (ATCC 25177) was grown in Middlebrook 7H9 liquid medium supplemented with 10% OADC (oleic acid, albumin, dextrose, catalase), 5% glycerol, and 0.05% Tween-80 and resuspended in PBS at a concentration of 1 108 CFU/ml. Aliquots were frozen at 70 1C until used.

In some experiments, Mtb H37Ra was killed by 1 h incubation at 4 1C in PBS-5% PFA. After xation, PFA was extensively washed off with PBS.

NO synthesis by macrophages. Nitrite production by macrophages was measured by the Griess reaction.4 Equal volumes of cell-free supernatant and Griess reagent (1% sulfanilamine, 0.1% N-(1naphyl)-ethylene-diamine dihydrochloride, 2.5% H3PO4) were mixed. NaNO2 was used as a standard. Plates were read on a Vmax kinetic microplate reader (Molecular Devices Co., Menlo Park, CA, USA) at 540 nm.

Mouse cytokine analysis. Cell culture supernatants for cytokine proling were recovered after 24 h stimulation and kept frozen until batch analysis. Proinammatory cytokines, including IL-6 and MCP-1, were quantied using a mouse inammatory cytokine cytometric bead array kit (CBA; BD Biosciences, San Diego, CA, USA), a method for capturing a soluble analyte or set of analytes with beads of known size and uorescence, allowing for detection using a FACS Canto II cytometer (BD Biosciences).

Western blotting analysis. Western blot analysis was performed as described previously.9 Anti-CHOP, anti-caspase-12, anti-caspase-9, anti-caspase-3, and anti-GRP78/BiP were obtained from Cell Signaling (Denvers, MA, USA), anti-phospho (Ser-51)-eIF2a was obtained from Assay Designs, (Farmingdale,

NY, USA), anti-iNOS and anti-b-actin were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). Goat anti-rabbit-IgG-HRP (Cell Signaling)

and rabbit anti-mouse-IgG-HRP (Calbiochem) were use as secondary antibodies. Membranes were developed using a chemiluminescent reagent (ECL; Millipore Corporation, Billerica, MA, USA), and were subsequently exposed to chemiluminescence lm to visualise proteins.

Ca2 measurements. Changes in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2]i) in RAW 264.7 cells were detected as described previously.9

To measure ER calcium content, RAW 264.7 cells adhering to the coverslip at the bottom of the perfusion chamber were incubated with Mag-Fura-2/AM (10 mM;

Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) for 1 h at 37 1C and then permeabilised for 80100 s with b-escin (20 mM; Sigma) in intracellular medium (125 mM KCl, 19 mM NaCl, 10 mM HEPES, and 1 mM EGTA, pH 7.3). Next, permeabilised RAW 264.7 cells were washed with intracellular medium for 5 min to remove cytosolic dye, and then were superfused for 1 min with loading buffer (125 mM KCl, 19 mM NaCl, 10 mM HEPES, 1 mM EGTA, 0.65 mM CaCl2 (free Ca2, 200 nM), 1.4 mM

MgCl2, and 3 mM Na2ATP, pH 7.3) to activate SERCA and load Ca2 stores.

After Ca2 loading, RAW 264.7 cells were superfused with release buffer (125 mM KCl, 19 mM NaCl, 10 mM HEPES, 1 mM EGTA, and 3 mM Na2ATP, pH7.3) to inactivate SERCA. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-sensitive Ca2 release channels were activated by adding IP3 (1 mM; Biomol Research

Laboratories, Plymouth, PA, USA) to the release buffer.

Statistical analyses. All experiments were performed independently and repeated at least three times. A P-value o0.05 was considered to be statistically signicant in Students t-tests. Data are presented as the means95%

condence interval.

Conict of InterestThe authors declare no conict of interest.

Acknowledgements. This study was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (20100025985) and by the NRF grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (2007-0054932) and by a grant of the Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (A121496).

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Mycobacterial heparin-binding haemagglutinin antigen (HBHA) is a virulence factor that induces apoptosis of macrophages. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis is an important regulatory response that can be utilised to study the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. In the present study, HBHA stimulation induced ER stress sensor molecules in a caspase-dependent manner. Pre-treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with an IκB kinase 2 inhibitor reduced not only C/EBP homology protein expression but also IL-6 and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) production. BAPTA-AM reduced both ER stress responses and caspase activation and strongly suppressed HBHA-induced IL-6 and MCP-1 production in RAW 264.7 cells. Enhanced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and elevated cytosolic [Ca ²⁺ ]_i levels were essential for HBHA-induced ER stress responses. Collectively, our data suggest that HBHA induces cytosolic [Ca²⁺ ]_i , which influences the generation of ROS associated with the production of proinflammatory cytokines. These concerted and complex cellular responses induce ER stress-associated apoptosis during HBHA stimulation in macrophages. These results indicate that the ER stress pathway has an important role in the HBHA-induced apoptosis during mycobacterial infection.

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Mycobacterial HBHA induces endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis through the generation of reactive oxygen species and cytosolic Ca2+ in murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells

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Choi, J-a; Lim, Y-j; Cho, S-n; Lee, J-h; Jeong, J A; Kim, E J; Park, J B; Kim, S H; Park, H S; Kim, H-j; Song, C-h

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