Clostridium difficile toxin A triggers human colonocyte IL-8 release via mitochondrial oxygen radical generation

Gastroenterology
Dan HeJ T LaMont

Abstract

Clostridium difficile toxin A causes mitochondrial dysfunction resulting in generation of oxygen radicals and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) depletion. We investigated whether mitochondrial dysfunction is involved in nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation and interleukin (IL)-8 release from toxin A-exposed enterocytes. NF-kappaB activation and IL-8 release in response to toxin A were correlated with reactive oxygen intermediate (ROI) generation and ATP production in HT-29 monolayers or HT-29 cells exposed to ethidium bromide (EB) to inhibit mitochondrial function. HT-29 cells exposed to EB showed damaged mitochondria and diminished resting levels of ATP. ROI production in EB-treated cells exposed to toxin A for 30 minutes was significantly reduced. Exposure of wild-type HT-29 cells to toxin A resulted in increased oxygen radical generation and IL-8 production (P < 0.01 vs. control) that was inhibited by antioxidant pretreatment. Degradation of IkappaB was observed within 30 minutes of toxin exposure, before ras homologue (Rho) glucosylation, and was followed by nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB. Toxin A did not increase IL-8 levels in EB-treated cells, whereas IL-8 release in response to IL-1beta was not affected. Our data...Continue Reading

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