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Tanaka M, Mroz P, Dai T, Huang L, Morimoto Y, Kinoshita M, Yoshihara Y, Nemoto K, Shinomiya N, Seki S, Hamblin MR. Photodynamic therapy can induce a protective innate immune response against murine bacterial arthritis via neutrophil accumulation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39823. [PMID: 22761911 PMCID: PMC3383702 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 05/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Local microbial infections induced by multiple-drug-resistant bacteria in the orthopedic field can be intractable, therefore development of new therapeutic modalities is needed. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising alternative modality to antibiotics for intractable microbial infections, and we recently reported that PDT has the potential to accumulate neutrophils into the infected site which leads to resolution of the infection. PDT for cancer has long been known to be able to stimulate the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. Methodology/Principal Findings In the present study, a murine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) arthritis model using bioluminescent MRSA and polystyrene microparticles was established, and both the therapeutic (Th-PDT) and preventive (Pre-PDT) effects of PDT using methylene blue as photosensitizer were examined. Although Th-PDT could not demonstrate direct bacterial killing, neutrophils were accumulated into the infectious joint space after PDT and MRSA arthritis was reduced. With the preconditioning Pre-PDT regimen, neutrophils were quickly accumulated into the joint immediately after bacterial inoculation and bacterial growth was suppressed and the establishment of infection was inhibited. Conclusions/Significance This is the first demonstration of a protective innate immune response against a bacterial pathogen produced by PDT.
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Affiliation(s)
- Masamitsu Tanaka
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Integrated Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- * E-mail: (YM); (MRH)
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * E-mail: (YM); (MRH)
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