Activation of airway epithelial bitter taste receptors by Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolones modulates calcium, cyclic-AMP, and nitric oxide signaling.

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Activation of airway epithelial bitter taste receptors by Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolones modulates calcium, cyclic-AMP, and nitric oxide signaling.

J Biol Chem. 2018 May 10;:

Authors: Freund JR, Mansfield CJ, Doghramji LJ, Adappa ND, Palmer JN, Kennedy DW, Reed DR, Jiang P, Lee RJ

Abstract
Bitter taste receptors (T2Rs), discovered in many tissues outside the tongue, have recently become potential therapeutic targets. We showed previously that airway epithelial cells express several T2Rs that activate innate immune responses that may be important for treatment of airway diseases such as chronic rhinosinusitis. It is imperative to more clearly understand what compounds activate airway T2Rs as well as their full range of functions. T2R isoforms in airway motile cilia (T2Rs 4, 14, 16, and 38) produce bactericidal levels of nitric oxide (NO) that also increase ciliary beating, promoting clearance of mucus and trapped pathogens. Bacterial quorum-sensing acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) activate T2Rs and stimulate these responses in primary airway cells.  Quinolones are another type of quorum sensing molecule used by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  To elucidate if bacterial quinolones activate airway T2Rs, we analyzed calcium, cAMP, and NO dynamics using a combination of fluorescent indicator dyes and FRET-based protein biosensors.  T2R-transfected HEK293T cells, several lung epithelial cell lines, and primary sinonasal cells grown and differentiated at air-liquid interface were tested with 2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4-quinolone (known as Pseudomonas quinolone signal; PQS), 2,4-dihydroxyquinolone (DHQ), and 4-hydroxy-2-heptylquinolone (HHQ). In HEK293T cells, PQS activated T2R4, 16, and 38 while HHQ activated T2R14.  DHQ had no effect.  PQS and HHQ increased calcium and decreased both baseline and stimulated cAMP levels in cultured and primary airway cells.  In primary cells, PQS and HHQ activated levels of NO synthesis previously shown to be bactericidal. This study suggests airway T2R-mediated immune responses are activated by bacterial quinolones as well as AHLs.

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