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Yap GS, Shaw MH, Ling Y, Sher A. Genetic analysis of host resistance to intracellular pathogens: lessons from studies of Toxoplasma gondii infection. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:1174-8. [PMID: 16513380 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2005] [Accepted: 10/19/2005] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Cell-mediated immunity to Toxoplasma gondii establishes and maintains a balanced host-pathogen relationship. Recent analyses using spontaneous and genetically engineered mouse mutants have yielded a clearer picture of factors positively and negatively regulating the host immune response and a better understanding of cytokine-inducible intracytoplasmic mechanisms that lead to intracellular pathogen suppression and demise.
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- George S Yap
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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Andrade RM, Wessendarp M, Portillo JAC, Yang JQ, Gomez FJ, Durbin JE, Bishop GA, Subauste CS. TNF receptor-associated factor 6-dependent CD40 signaling primes macrophages to acquire antimicrobial activity in response to TNF-alpha. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:6014-21. [PMID: 16237096 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.9.6014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IFN-gamma is considered an essential stimulus that allows macrophages to acquire activity against intracellular pathogens in response to a second signal such as TNF-alpha. However, protection against important pathogens can take place in the absence of IFN-gamma through mechanisms that are still dependent on TNF-alpha. Engagement of CD40 modulates antimicrobial activity in macrophages. However, it is not known whether CD40 can replace IFN-gamma as priming signal for induction of this response. We show that CD40 primes mouse macrophages to acquire antimicrobial activity in response to TNF-alpha. The effect of CD40 was not caused by modulation of IL-10 and TGF-beta production or TNFR expression and did not require IFN-alphabeta signaling. Induction of antimicrobial activity required cooperation between TNFR-associated factor 6-dependent CD40 signaling and TNFR2. These results support a paradigm where TNFR-associated factor 6 signaling downstream of CD40 alters the pattern of response of macrophages to TNF-alpha leading to induction of antimicrobial activity.
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- Rosa M Andrade
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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Gordon MA, Jack DL, Dockrell DH, Lee ME, Read RC. Gamma interferon enhances internalization and early nonoxidative killing of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium by human macrophages and modifies cytokine responses. Infect Immun 2005; 73:3445-52. [PMID: 15908373 PMCID: PMC1111838 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.6.3445-3452.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) is a critical cytokine in host defense against salmonella infections, but its role in phagocytic killing of intracellular Salmonella spp. has been investigated mainly in animal rather than human cells. We measured the effect of recombinant IFN-gamma (rIFN-gamma) priming on bacterial internalization, intracellular killing, oxidative burst, and cytokine release during phagocytosis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium by human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM). Eleven-day-old MDM, primed for 72 h with rIFN-gamma (100 ng/ml) exhibited an increased proportion of cells with associated bacteria (31% versus 26%, P = 0.036) and a 67% increase in internalized bacteria per cell compared to unprimed cells (P = 0.025). Retrieval of viable bacteria following internalization was reduced 3.6-fold in 72-h primed versus unprimed MDM (interquartile range, 3.1 to 6.4) at 0.5 h due to enhanced early intracellular killing, and this difference was maintained up to 24 h. In contrast, cells primed for only 24 h exhibited no increase in early killing. MDM were competent to produce an early oxidative burst when stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate, which was fully abrogated by the respiratory burst inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium chloride (DPI), but infection of MDM with S. enterica serovar Typhimurium did not cause an increase in the early respiratory burst under unprimed or primed conditions, and DPI had no effect on the early killing of bacteria by primed or unprimed MDM. During 24 h following infection, rIFN-gamma-primed MDM released more interleukin-12 (IL-12) and less IL-10 relative to unprimed cells. We conclude that 72-h priming with rIFN-gamma increases the efficiency of internalization and nonoxidative early intracellular killing of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium by human macrophages and modifies subsequent cytokine release.
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- Melita A Gordon
- Wellcome Trust Tropical Centre, Block E, Royal Infirmary Complex, 70 Pembroke Place, Liverpool L69 3GF, UK.
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Andrade RM, Portillo JAC, Wessendarp M, Subauste CS. CD40 signaling in macrophages induces activity against an intracellular pathogen independently of gamma interferon and reactive nitrogen intermediates. Infect Immun 2005; 73:3115-23. [PMID: 15845519 PMCID: PMC1087328 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.5.3115-3123.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) is the major inducer of classical activation of macrophages. Classically activated mouse macrophages acquire antimicrobial activity that is largely dependent on the production of reactive nitrogen intermediates. However, protection against important intracellular pathogens can take place in the absence of IFN-gamma and nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2). Using Toxoplasma gondii as a model, we investigated if CD40 signaling generates mouse macrophages with effector function against an intracellular pathogen despite the absence of priming with IFN-gamma and lack of production of reactive nitrogen intermediates. CD40-stimulated macrophages acquired anti-T. gondii activity that was not inhibited by a neutralizing anti-IFN-gamma monoclonal antibody but was ablated by the neutralization of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). Moreover, while the induction of anti-T. gondii activity in response to CD40 stimulation was unimpaired in macrophages from IFN-gamma(-/-) mice, macrophages from TNF receptor 1/2(-/-) mice failed to respond to CD40 engagement. In contrast to IFN-gamma-lipopolysaccharide, CD40 stimulation did not induce NOS2 expression and did not trigger production of reactive nitrogen intermediates. Neither N(G)-monomethyl-l-arginine nor diphenyleneiodonium chloride affected the induction of anti-T. gondii activity in response to CD40. Finally, macrophages from NOS2(-/-) mice acquired anti-T. gondii activity in response to CD40 stimulation that was similar to that of macrophages from wild-type mice. These results demonstrate that CD40 induces the antimicrobial activity of macrophages against an intracellular pathogen despite the lack of two central features of classically activated macrophages: priming with IFN-gamma and production of reactive nitrogen intermediates.
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- Rosa M Andrade
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, P.O. Box 670560, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0560, USA
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Foster N, Hulme SD, Barrow PA. Inhibition of IFN-gamma-stimulated proinflammatory cytokines by vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) correlates with increased survival of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium phoP in murine macrophages. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2005; 25:31-42. [PMID: 15684620 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2005.25.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)is a novel Th2 cytokine that has been shown previously to rescue rats and mice from the lethal effect of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We report that VIP inhibited production of the proinflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-alpha)and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), at the mRNA level and that the inhibitory effect of VIP was maintained when macrophages were cocultured with an immunostimulatory concentration of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)(100 U/ml). The concentration of VIP that had optimal inhibitory effect was (1010) M. Furthermore, VIP prevented macrophage killing of a phoP mutant of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium, which is usually attenuated for virulence as a result of its inability to survive inside macrophages. However, although the effect of VIP on inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) was less clear, N-monoethyl arginine (NEMA)(an iNOS inhibitor)did not rescue S. typhimurium from IFN- gamma-induced death, in accordance with previous reports that suggest that iNOS is not an important Salmonella killing pathway in macrophages within the first 24 h. VIP is a potent inhibitor of inflammatory pathways that lead to significant pathologic conditions. However, it increases survival of the normally avirulent phoP mutant and is able to inhibit IFN-gamma-stimulated killing of wild-type S. typhimurium in murine macrophages. Thus, VIP inhibits the proinflammatory type 1 response, thus favoring Salmonella survival.
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- Neil Foster
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN, United Kingdom
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Taylor GA, Feng CG, Sher A. p47 GTPases: regulators of immunity to intracellular pathogens. Nat Rev Immunol 2004; 4:100-9. [PMID: 15040583 DOI: 10.1038/nri1270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Activation of the innate immune system by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma is crucial for host resistance to infection. IFN-gamma induces the expression of a wide range of mediators that undermine the ability of pathogens to survive in host cells, including a newly discovered family of 47-kDa GTPases. Elimination of different p47 GTPases in mice by gene targeting severely cripples IFN-gamma-regulated defence against Toxoplasma gondii, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium spp. and other pathogens. In this article, we review our understanding of the role of p47 GTPases in resistance to intracellular infection and discuss the present evidence concerning their mode of action.
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- Gregory A Taylor
- Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, and the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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Lieberman LA, Banica M, Reiner SL, Hunter CA. STAT1 plays a critical role in the regulation of antimicrobial effector mechanisms, but not in the development of Th1-type responses during toxoplasmosis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:457-63. [PMID: 14688355 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.1.457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The production of IFN-gamma by T cells and the ability of this cytokine to activate the transcription factor STAT1 are implicated in the activation of antimicrobial mechanisms required for resistance to intracellular pathogens. In addition, recent studies have suggested that the ability of STAT1 to inhibit the activation of STAT4 prevents the development of Th1 responses. However, other studies suggest that STAT1 is required to enhance the expression of T-bet, a transcription factor that promotes Th1 responses. To address the role of STAT1 in resistance to T. gondii, Stat1-/- mice were infected with this pathogen, and their response to infection was assessed. Although Stat1-/- mice produced normal serum levels of IL-12 and IFN-gamma, these mice were unable to control parasite replication and rapidly succumbed to this infection. Susceptibility to toxoplasmosis was associated with an inability to up-regulate MHC expression on macrophages, defects in NO production, and the inability to up-regulate some of the IFN-inducible GTPase family of proteins, molecules associated with antitoxoplasma activity. Analysis of T cell responses revealed that STAT1 was not required for the development of a Th1 response, but was required for the infection-induced up-regulation of T-bet. Together these studies suggest that during toxoplasmosis the major role of STAT1 is not in the development of protective T cell responses, but, rather, STAT1 is important in the development of antimicrobial effector mechanisms.
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- Linda A Lieberman
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Koski GK, Karikó K, Xu S, Weissman D, Cohen PA, Czerniecki BJ. Cutting Edge: Innate Immune System Discriminates between RNA Containing Bacterial versus Eukaryotic Structural Features That Prime for High-Level IL-12 Secretion by Dendritic Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:3989-93. [PMID: 15034009 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.7.3989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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RNA derived from bacterial but not eukaryotic sources, when transfected into human monocyte-derived dendritic cell precursors, induces high-level IL-12 secretion in conjunction with dendritic cell maturation stimuli. In vitro-transcribed mRNA that mimics the structure of bacterial mRNA in the lack of a long 3'-poly(A) tail likewise induces IL-12 secretion, but this property is lost upon efficient enzymatic 3'-polyadenylation. Among other tested RNAs, only polyuridylic acid induced IL-12 p70. This RNA response phenomenon appears biologically distinct from the classically defined response to dsRNA. RNA-transfected APC also polarize T cells in an IL-12-dependent manner toward the IFN-gamma(high)IL-5 (low) Th1 phenotype, suggesting a link between the detection of appropriately structured RNA and the skewing of immune responses toward those best suited for controlling intracellular microbes. RNA structured to emulate bacterial patterns constitutes a novel vaccine strategy to engender polarized Th1-type immune responses.
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MESH Headings
- 3' Untranslated Regions/genetics
- Adult
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cells, Cultured
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/microbiology
- Dendritic Cells/parasitology
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Immunization/methods
- Interleukin-12/antagonists & inhibitors
- Interleukin-12/metabolism
- Intracellular Fluid/immunology
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Intracellular Fluid/microbiology
- Intracellular Fluid/parasitology
- Poly A/metabolism
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/immunology
- RNA, Double-Stranded/immunology
- RNA, Double-Stranded/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/immunology
- RNA, Protozoan/chemistry
- RNA, Protozoan/immunology
- Transcription, Genetic/immunology
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- Gary K Koski
- Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Andrade RM, Wessendarp M, Subauste CS. CD154 Activates Macrophage Antimicrobial Activity in the Absence of IFN-γ through a TNF-α-Dependent Mechanism. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 171:6750-6. [PMID: 14662879 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.12.6750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Protection against certain intracellular pathogens can take place in the absence of IFN-gamma through mechanisms dependent on TNF-alpha. In this regard, patients with partial defect in IFN-gamma receptor 1 are not susceptible to toxoplasmosis. Thus, we used a model of Toxoplasma gondii infection to investigate whether CD154 modulates IFN-gamma-independent mechanisms of host protection. Human monocyte-derived macrophages treated with recombinant CD154 exhibited increased anti-T. gondii activity. The number of tachyzoites per 100 macrophages at 20 h postinfection was lower in CD154-treated macrophages compared with controls. This was accompanied by a decrease in the percentage of infected cells in CD154-treated macrophages at 20 h compared with 1 h postinfection. CD154-bearing cells also induced antimicrobial activity in T. gondii-infected macrophages. CD154 enhanced macrophage anti-T. gondii activity independently of IFN-gamma. TNF-alpha mediated the effects of CD154 on macrophage anti-T. gondii activity. CD154 increased TNF-alpha production by T. gondii-infected macrophages, and neutralization of TNF-alpha inhibited the effect of CD154 on macrophage anti-T. gondii activity. These results demonstrate that CD154 triggers TNF-alpha-dependent antimicrobial activity in macrophages and suggest that CD154 regulates the mechanisms of host protection that take place when IFN-gamma signaling is deficient.
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- Rosa M Andrade
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0560, USA
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Andrews T, Sullivan KE. Infections in patients with inherited defects in phagocytic function. Clin Microbiol Rev 2003; 16:597-621. [PMID: 14557288 PMCID: PMC207096 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.16.4.597-621.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Patients with defects in phagocytic function are predisposed to intracellular microorganisms and typically have early dissemination of the infection. Recognition of the underlying disorder and aggressive antimicrobial therapy has been beneficial for the patients. Improved understanding of the pathophysiology has also affected patient management by allowing specific, targeted immunomodulatory intervention. The disorders described in this review are not common but have had a significant impact on our understanding of the role of phagocytic cells in host defense. Conversely, understanding the role of the neutrophil and macrophage in infection has benefited not just the patients described in this review but also other patients with similar disease processes.
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- Timothy Andrews
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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