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López-Medrano R, Retuerto-Guerrero M, Blanco-Conde S, Morán-Fernández MB, Rivero-Lezcano OM. Formation of Mycobacterium abscessus colonies in cellular culture in an in vitro infection model. MethodsX 2024; 12:102667. [PMID: 38559385 PMCID: PMC10979082 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus is one of the most important nontuberculous mycobacteria that cause lung diseases. In vitro infection models developed to analyze the immune response are frequently based on the addition of mycobacteria to mononuclear cells or neutrophils from peripheral blood. An important requirement of these assays is that most cells phagocytose mycobacteria, only accomplished by using large multiplicities of infection (1 or more bacteria per cell) which may not adequately reflect the inhalation of a few mycobacteria by the host. We propose modifications that try to mimic some of the conditions in which immune cells deal with mycobacteria. For the preparation of the inoculum mycobacteria are grown in solid media followed by preparation to a single cell suspension. Multiplicities of infection (number of bacteria per cell) are below 0.01. Serum-free cellular media is used to allow the growth of M. abscessus. After several days of incubation Bacterial Colonies in Cellular Culture (BCCC) develop, which are enumerated directly under an inverted microscope. These colonies may represent biofilm formation during chronic infections. •Low multiplicity of infection (below 0.01 bacteria per cell) reflects more realistically conditions encountered by immune cells in the lungs.•The surface of mycobacteria prepared for infection assays that are grown in solid media are less affected than that of mycobacteria grown in liquid media with detergents.•Colony formation in the infected cells may reflect the aggregation and biofilm formation in the lungs during chronic infection.
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- Ramiro López-Medrano
- Microbiología Clínica. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León (SACYL), Altos de Nava, s/n 24071, León, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León (SACYL), Altos de Nava, s/n 24071, León, Spain
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- Servicio de Análisis Clínicos. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León (SACYL), Altos de Nava, s/n 24071, León, Spain
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- Servicio de Reumatología. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León (SACYL), Altos de Nava, s/n 24071, León, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León (SACYL), Altos de Nava, s/n 24071, León, Spain
- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Spain
- Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain
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Mycobacterium avium complex infected cells promote growth of the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microb Pathog 2022; 166:105549. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Rivero-Lezcano OM, Blanco-Conde S, López-Medrano R, López-Fidalgo E, Caño-Herrero M, Nebreda-Mayoral T. Blood antimicrobial activity varies against different Mycobacterium spp. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2017; 107:80-87. [PMID: 29050776 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2017.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In vitro analysis of mycobacterial pathogenicity or host susceptibility has traditionally relied on the infection of macrophages, the target cell of mycobacteria, despite difficulties reproducing their antimycobacterial activity. We have employed alternative models, namely whole blood and leukocytes in plasma, from QuantiFERON negative individuals, and performed infections with the pathogenic M. tuberculosis, the less pathogenic M. avium, M. kansasii and M. chelonae and the occasionally pathogenic M. gordonae and M. bovis. The anticoagulant used in blood extraction, heparin or EDTA, had a major influence in the outcome of the infection. Thus, while in the heparinized models a similar number of bacteria were enumerated in the inoculum and after seven days, in the presence of EDTA a killing effect was observed, despite the inhibitory effect of EDTA on cellular functions like the production of cytokines or reactive oxygen species (ROS). A special case was the rapidly growing mycobacteria M. chelonae, that multiplied in heparinized models but was eliminated in models with EDTA. We verified that EDTA is not responsible for the bactericidal effect, but acts as a bacteriostatic agent. Further work will determine whether blood derived models are a better alternative to the classical macrophage.
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Affiliation(s)
- Octavio Miguel Rivero-Lezcano
- Unidad de Investigación, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), Altos de Nava, s/n, 24008 León, Spain; Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, León, Spain; Fundación Instituto de Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud de Castilla y León (IECSCYL), Soria, Spain.
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- Servicio de Análisis Clínicos, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), Altos de Nava, s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital del Bierzo, Médicos sin Fronteras, 7, Fuentesnuevas-Ponferrada, 24404 León, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), Altos de Nava, s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), Altos de Nava, s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), Altos de Nava, s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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Raposo-García S, Guerra-Laso JM, García-García S, Juan-García J, López-Fidalgo E, Diez-Tascón C, Nebreda-Mayoral T, López-Medrano R, Rivero-Lezcano OM. Immunological response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in blood from type 2 diabetes patients. Immunol Lett 2017; 186:41-45. [PMID: 28377108 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2017.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The convergence of tuberculosis and diabetes represents a co-epidemic that threatens progress against tuberculosis. We have investigated type 2 diabetes as a risk factor for tuberculosis susceptibility, and have used as experimental model whole blood infected in vitro with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Blood samples from diabetic patients were found to have a higher absolute neutrophil count that non-diabetic controls, but their immune functionality seemed impaired because they displayed a lower capacity to phagocytose M. tuberculosis, a finding that had been previously reported only for monocytes. In contrast, an increased production of TNFα was detected in infected blood from diabetic patients. Despite the altered phagocytic capacity showed by cells from these patients, the antimicrobial activity measured in both whole blood and monocyte derived macrophages was similar to that of controls. This unexpected result prompts further improvements in the whole blood model to analyze the immune response of diabetes patients to tuberculosis.
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- Sara Raposo-García
- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain; Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain; Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain; Fundación Instituto de Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud de Castilla y León, Soria, Spain.
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López-Medrano R, Guerra-Laso JM, López-Fidalgo E, Diez-Tascón C, García-García S, Blanco-Conde S, Rivero-Lezcano OM. Plasma contributes to the antimicrobial activity of whole blood against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Innate Immun 2016; 22:557-66. [PMID: 27554054 DOI: 10.1177/1753425916663311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The whole blood model for infection has proven useful to analyze the immunological response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, because it exerts a significant antimicrobial activity. Although this activity has been generally assumed to be cellular, we have found that the leukocyte fraction of blood from healthy volunteers did not kill the bacilli. We have discovered that plasma was responsible for a large proportion, but not all, of the antimicrobial activity. Furthermore, infected monocytes controlled the mycobacterial multiplication when cultivated in the presence of plasma. Intriguingly, serum from the same donors did not share this activity, although it was able to eliminate the non-pathogenic Mycobacterium gordonae To identify the remaining components that participate in the antimycobacterial activity we fractionated blood in leukocytes, plasma, erythrocytes and platelets, and analyzed the bactericidal power of each fraction and their combinations using a factorial design. We found that erythrocytes, but not platelets, participated and showed by flow cytometry that mycobacteria physically associated with erythrocytes. We propose that in exposed healthy individuals that show 'early clearance' of the mycobacteria, the innate response is predominantly humoral, probably through the effect of antimicrobial peptides and proteins.
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- Servicio de Medicina Interna, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, (CAULE), León, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), León, Spain
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), León, Spain Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, León, Spain
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- Servicio de Neumología, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), León, Spain
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- Servicio de Análisis Clínicos, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), León, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), León, Spain Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, León, Spain Fundación Instituto de Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud de Castilla y León (IECSCYL), León, Spain
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Guerra-Laso JM, Raposo-García S, García-García S, Diez-Tascón C, Rivero-Lezcano OM. Microarray analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected monocytes reveals IL26 as a new candidate gene for tuberculosis susceptibility. Immunology 2015; 144:291-301. [PMID: 25157980 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Differences in the activity of monocytes/macrophages, important target cells of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, might influence tuberculosis progression. With the purpose of identifying candidate genes for tuberculosis susceptibility we infected monocytes from both healthy elderly individuals (a tuberculosis susceptibility group) and elderly tuberculosis patients with M. tuberculosis, and performed a microarray experiment. We detected 78 differentially expressed transcripts and confirmed these results by quantitative PCR of selected genes. We found that monocytes from tuberculosis patients showed similar expression patterns for these genes, regardless of whether they were obtained from younger or older patients. Only one of the detected genes corresponded to a cytokine: IL26, a member of the interleukin-10 (IL-10) cytokine family which we found to be down-regulated in infected monocytes from tuberculosis patients. Non-infected monocytes secreted IL-26 constitutively but they reacted strongly to M. tuberculosis infection by decreasing IL-26 production. Furthermore, IL-26 serum concentrations appeared to be lower in the tuberculosis patients. When whole blood was infected, IL-26 inhibited the observed pathogen-killing capability. Although lymphocytes expressed IL26R, the receptor mRNA was not detected in either monocytes or neutrophils, suggesting that the inhibition of anti-mycobacterial activity may be mediated by lymphocytes. Additionally, IL-2 concentrations in infected blood were lower in the presence of IL-26. The negative influence of IL-26 on the anti-mycobacterial activity and its constitutive presence in both serum and monocyte supernatants prompt us to propose IL26 as a candidate gene for tuberculosis susceptibility.
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- José M Guerra-Laso
- Servicios de Medicina Interna, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE), León, Spain
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Guerra-Laso JM, González-García S, González-Cortés C, Diez-Tascón C, López-Medrano R, Rivero-Lezcano OM. Macrophages from elders are more permissive to intracellular multiplication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. AGE (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2013; 35:1235-50. [PMID: 22791369 PMCID: PMC3705107 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-012-9451-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2012] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The elderly account for a disproportionate share of all tuberculosis cases, and the population ageing may not fully explain this phenomenon. We have performed in vitro infection experiments to investigate whether there is an immunological basis for the apparent susceptibility of elders to tuberculosis. In our infection model, Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces a higher production of interleukin (IL)-6 and reactive oxygen species in macrophages from elders than from younger adults. This response did not prevent, however, an increased multiplication of M. tuberculosis in macrophages from elders as compared with the growth observed within cells from adults. By performing a factorial experiment, we have found that IFN-γ, but not IL-1β, IL-6 or TNF-α, stimulate the macrophages to restrict the multiplication of the bacterium in macrophages from elders. Although monocytes from elders seem to be in a higher level of activation, we present evidences that protein tyrosine phosphorylation response induced by M. tuberculosis is stronger in monocytes from adults than from elders. Using a protein array that detects 71 tyrosine phosphorylated kinases, we identified Pyk2 as the only kinase that displayed a difference of intensity larger than 50 % in adults than in elders. Furthermore, monocytes from elders that were incubated in the presence of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (genistein and PP2) allowed a higher level of bacterial multiplication. These observations may help to explain the susceptibility of elders to tuberculosis. An unexpected result was that both genistein and its negative control, daidzein, abundant soy isoflavones, promoted intracellular mycobacterial growth.
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- José M. Guerra-Laso
- />Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- />Unidad de Investigación, Hospital de León, Edif. S. Antonio Abad, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- />Unidad de Investigación, Hospital de León, Edif. S. Antonio Abad, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- />Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital de León, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
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- />Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Comarcal del Bierzo, Médicos sin Fronteras, 7, 24411 Fuentesnuevas, Spain
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- />Unidad de Investigación, Hospital de León, Edif. S. Antonio Abad, Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain
- />Fundación Instituto de Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud de Castilla y León, Parque de Santa Clara s/n, 42002 Soria, Spain
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Rivero-Lezcano OM. In vitro infection of human cells with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2013; 93:123-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2012.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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González-Cortés C, Diez-Tascón C, Guerra-Laso JM, González-Cocaño MC, Rivero-Lezcano OM. Non-chemotactic influence of CXCL7 on human phagocytes. Modulation of antimicrobial activity against L. pneumophila. Immunobiology 2012; 217:394-401. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2011.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2011] [Revised: 10/21/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rivero-Lezcano OM, González-Cortés C, Reyes-Ruvalcaba D, Diez-Tascón C. CCL20 is overexpressed in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected monocytes and inhibits the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Clin Exp Immunol 2010; 162:289-97. [PMID: 20819093 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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CCL20 is a chemokine that attracts immature dendritic cells. We show that monocytes, cells characteristic of the innate immune response, infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis express the CCL20 gene at a much higher level than the same cells infected with non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Interferon (IFN)-γ, a fundamental cytokine in the immune response to tuberculosis, strongly inhibits both the transcription and the translation of CCL20. We have also confirmed that dendritic cells are a suitable host for mycobacteria proliferation, although CCL20 does not seem to influence their intracellular multiplication rate. The chemokine, however, down-regulates the characteristic production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by M. tuberculosis in monocytes, which may affect the activity of the cells. Apoptosis mediated by the mycobacteria, possibly ROS-dependent, was also inhibited by CCL20.
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- O M Rivero-Lezcano
- Fundación Instituto de Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud de Castilla y León, Hospital de León, Spain.
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Human phagocytes lack the ability to kill Mycobacterium gordonae, a non-pathogenic mycobacteria. Immunol Lett 2008; 116:72-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2007.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2007] [Revised: 11/02/2007] [Accepted: 11/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Worku S, Hoft DF. Differential effects of control and antigen-specific T cells on intracellular mycobacterial growth. Infect Immun 2003; 71:1763-73. [PMID: 12654790 PMCID: PMC152055 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.4.1763-1773.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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We investigated the effects of peripheral blood mononuclear cells expanded with irrelevant control and mycobacterial antigens on the intracellular growth of Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in human macrophages. More than 90% of the cells present after 1 week of in vitro expansion were CD3(+). T cells were expanded from purified protein derivative-negative controls, persons with latent tuberculosis, and BCG-vaccinated individuals. T cells expanded with nonmycobacterial antigens enhanced the intracellular growth of BCG in suboptimal cultures of macrophages. T cells expanded with live BCG or lysates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly inhibited intracellular BCG. Recent intradermal BCG vaccination significantly enhanced the inhibitory activity of T cells expanded with mycobacterial antigens (P < 0.02), consistent with the induction of memory-immune inhibitory T-cell responses. Selected mycobacterial antigens (Mtb41 > lipoarabinomannan > 38kd > Ag85B > Mtb39) expanded inhibitory T cells, demonstrating the involvement of antigen-specific T cells in intracellular BCG inhibition. We studied the T-cell subsets and molecular mechanisms involved in the memory-immune inhibition of intracellular BCG. Mycobacteria-specific gammadelta T cells were the most potent inhibitors of intracellular BCG growth. Direct contact between T cells and macrophages was necessary for the BCG growth-enhancing and inhibitory activities mediated by control and mycobacteria-specific T cells, respectively. Increases in tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-6, transforming growth factor beta, and vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA expression were associated with the enhancement of intracellular BCG growth. Increases in gamma interferon, FAS, FAS ligand, perforin, granzyme, and granulysin mRNA expression were associated with intracellular BCG inhibition. These culture systems provide in vitro models for studying the opposing T-cell mechanisms involved in mycobacterial survival and protective host immunity.
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- S Worku
- Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Stober CB, Ben-Smith A, Kumararatne D, Lammas DA. Characterisation of the P2X7 receptor-mediated signalling pathway associated with rapid killing of intracellular mycobacteria within human macrophages. Drug Dev Res 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.1177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Caviedes L, Lee TS, Gilman RH, Sheen P, Spellman E, Lee EH, Berg DE, Montenegro-James S. Rapid, efficient detection and drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum by microscopic observation of broth cultures. The Tuberculosis Working Group in Peru. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:1203-8. [PMID: 10699023 PMCID: PMC86377 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1203-1208.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Inexpensive, rapid, and reliable methods of detecting infection by and drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) are crucial to the control of tuberculosis. The novel microscopic observation broth-drug susceptibility assay (MODS) detects early growth of MTB in liquid medium, allowing more timely diagnosis and drug susceptibility testing. Sputum samples from hospitalized patients in Peru were analyzed by using stains, culture, and PCR. Sensitivity of MODS (92%) compared favorably with the most sensitive of the other culture methods (93%). Sputum samples positive for tuberculosis were tested for susceptibility to isoniazid and rifampin with the microwell alamar blue assay (MABA) and MODS. In 89% of cases, there was concordance between MODS and MABA. Of the diagnostic and susceptibility testing methods used, MODS yielded results most rapidly (median, 9.0 and 9.5 days, respectively). MODS is a rapid, inexpensive, sensitive, and specific method for MTB detection and susceptibility testing; it is particularly appropriate for use in developing countries burdened by significant infection rates and increasing numbers of multiple-drug-resistant cases.
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- L Caviedes
- Department of Pathology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Medicina y Agricultura (AB PRISMA), Lima, Peru
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Klingler K, Tchou-Wong KM, Brändli O, Aston C, Kim R, Chi C, Rom WN. Effects of mycobacteria on regulation of apoptosis in mononuclear phagocytes. Infect Immun 1997; 65:5272-8. [PMID: 9393826 PMCID: PMC175759 DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.12.5272-5278.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Since apoptosis is observed in tuberculous granulomata, we investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying the apoptotic pathway in an in vitro model of mycobacterial infection of mononuclear phagocytes. We postulated that Mycobacterium tuberculosis could trigger the apoptotic pathway in macrophages, resulting in death of the microorganism by modulating the expression of bcl-2, bax, bcl-xL, and bcl-xS. We found that the mRNA of bcl-2, an inhibitor of apoptosis, was downregulated in peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) between 2 and 6 h following infection with M. bovis BCG or induction with heat-killed M. tuberculosis H37Ra. Western analysis showed a downregulation of the Bcl-2 protein, with a half-life of 24 h. At the same time points, there was no change in the expression of Bax or Bcl-xS, inducers of apoptosis, but Bcl-xL, another inhibitor of apoptosis, was minimally upregulated by BCG. To determine if apoptosis could be a mechanism for growth inhibition in vivo, we obtained alveolar macrophages by bronchoalveolar lavage from involved sites in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Using the TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase mediated nick end labeling) technique, we observed significantly more apoptosis in involved segments of five tuberculosis patients (14.8 +/- 1.9%) than in those of normal controls (<1%, P = 0.02) or in uninvolved segments (4.3 +/- 0.9%, P < 0.05). We conclude that apoptosis of mononuclear phagocytes induced by M. tuberculosis occurs in vivo and that in an in vitro model of mycobacterial infection, apoptosis may be mediated by downregulation of Bcl-2.
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- K Klingler
- Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA
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Pithie AD, Lammas DA, Fazal N, Rahelu M, Bartlett R, Gaston JS, Kumararatne DS. CD4+ cytolytic T cells can destroy autologous and MHC-matched macrophages but fail to kill intracellular Mycobacterium bovis-BCG. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1995; 11:145-54. [PMID: 7543788 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.1995.tb00101.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Mycobacterium bovis-BCG infected macrophages were exposed in vitro to PPD-stimulated T lymphocytes from tuberculin responsive donors or to a panel of mycobacterial-antigen specific CD4+ T cell clones. Both polyclonal and clonal T cells caused considerable antigen-specific lysis of autologous or MHC class II matched macrophages. However, lysis of infected macrophages did not significantly affect the number of viable mycobacteria which were released into the culture media from lysed macrophages. In tuberculosis, CD4+ cytolytic T cells may be primarily involved in tissue destruction and lack a significant role in acquired cellular immunity.
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Affiliation(s)
- A D Pithie
- Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK
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Fazal N, Lammas DA, Rahelu M, Pithie AD, Gaston JS, Kumararatne DS. Lysis of human macrophages by cytolytic CD4+ T cells fails to affect survival of intracellular Mycobacterium bovis-bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Clin Exp Immunol 1995; 99:82-9. [PMID: 7813114 PMCID: PMC1534143 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1995.tb03476.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Human CD4+, mycobacteria-specific, cytolytic T cell clones were used to lyse BCG-infected macrophages, and the effect on the subsequent growth and viability of the organisms was examined. The survival of released bacteria following cell lysis was assessed by both 3H-uridine labelling and colony-forming unit (CFU) estimation. The results indicate that even when effective antigen-specific or lectin-mediated cytolysis of the infected macrophages was achieved, there was no evidence for a direct mycobactericidal effect on the intracellular bacteria. This remained the case even if the period of co-culture of T cells and macrophages was extended up to 48 h. Pretreatment of the macrophages with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) was not able to act together with T cell-mediated lysis to produce inhibition of mycobacterial growth.
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Affiliation(s)
- N Fazal
- Department of Immunology, University of Birmingham, UK
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