scholarly journals Human Lung Innate Immune Response to Bacillus anthracis Spore Infection

2007 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 3729-3738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaushik Chakrabarty ◽  
Wenxin Wu ◽  
J. Leland Booth ◽  
Elizabeth S. Duggan ◽  
Nancy N. Nagle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Bacillus Anthracis ◽  
Innate Immune Response ◽  
Human Lung ◽  
Rnase Protection Assay ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Rnase Protection ◽  
Cell Signal ◽  
Cytokines And Chemokines

ABSTRACT Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of inhalational anthrax, enters a host through the pulmonary system before dissemination. We have previously shown that human alveolar macrophages participate in the initial innate immune response to B. anthracis spores through cell signal-mediated cytokine release. We proposed that the lung epithelia also participate in the innate immune response to this pathogen, and we have developed a human lung slice model to study this process. Exposure of our model to B. anthracis (Sterne) spores rapidly activated the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways ERK, p38, and JNK. In addition, an RNase protection assay showed induction of mRNA of several cytokines and chemokines. This finding was reflected at the translational level by protein peak increases of 3-, 25-, 9-, 34-, and 5-fold for interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha, IL-8, macrophage inflammatory protein 1α/β, and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, respectively, as determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Inhibition of individual pathways by UO126, SP600125, and SB0203580 decreased induction of chemokines and cytokines by spores, but this depended on the pathways inhibited and the cytokines and chemokines induced. Combining all three inhibitors reduced induction of all cytokines and chemokines tested to background levels. An immunohistochemistry analysis of IL-6 and IL-8 revealed that alveolar epithelial cells and macrophages and a few interstitial cells are the source of the cytokines and chemokines. Taken together, these data showed the activation of the pulmonary epithelium in response to B. anthracis spore exposure. Thus, the lung epithelia actively participate in the innate immune response to B. anthracis infection through cell signal-mediated elaboration of cytokines and chemokines.

scholarly journals Modulation of the Bovine Trophoblastic Innate Immune Response by Brucella abortus

2008 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 1897-1907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alcina V. Carvalho Neta ◽  
Ana P. R. Stynen ◽  
Tatiane A. Paixão ◽  
Karina L. Miranda ◽  
Fabiana L. Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
Innate Immune Response ◽  
Brucella Abortus ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Chemokine Expression ◽  
Trophoblastic Cells ◽  
Proinflammatory Mediators ◽  
Reverse Transcription Pcr ◽  
Cytokines And Chemokines

ABSTRACT Brucellosis is still a widespread zoonotic disease. Very little is known about the interaction between Brucella abortus and trophoblastic cells, which is essential for better understanding the pathogenesis of the Brucella-induced placentitis and abortion, a key event for transmission of the disease. The goal of this study was to evaluate the profile of gene expression by bovine trophoblastic cells during infection with B. abortus. Explants of chorioallantoic membranes were inoculated with B. abortus strain 2308. Microarray analysis was performed at 4 h after infection, and expression of cytokines and chemokines by trophoblastic cells was assessed by real-time reverse transcription-PCR at 6 and 12 h after inoculation. In addition, cytokine and chemokine expression in placentomes from experimentally infected cows was evaluated. Expression of proinflammatory genes by trophoblastic cells was suppressed at 4 h after inoculation, whereas a significant upregulation of CXC chemokines, namely, CXCL6 (GCP-2) and CXCL8 (interleukin 8), was observed at 12 but not at 6 h after inoculation. Placentomes of experimentally infected cows had a similar profile of chemokine expression, with upregulation of CXCL6 and CXCL8. Our data indicate that B. abortus modulates the innate immune response by trophoblastic cells, suppressing the expression of proinflammatory mediators during the early stages of infection that is followed by a delayed and mild expression of proinflammatory chemokines, which is similar to the profile of chemokine expression in the placentomes of experimentally infected cows. This trophoblastic response is likely to contribute to the pathogenesis of B. abortus-induced placentitis.

scholarly journals Vaccinia virus immune evasion: mechanisms, virulence and immunogenicity

2013 ◽  
Vol 94 (11) ◽  
pp. 2367-2392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey L. Smith ◽  
Camilla T. O. Benfield ◽  
Carlos Maluquer de Motes ◽  
Michela Mazzon ◽  
Stuart W. J. Ember ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Vaccinia Virus ◽  
Innate Immune Response ◽  
Immune Evasion ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Cytokines And Chemokines ◽  
Host Innate Immune Response ◽  
New Hosts

Virus infection of mammalian cells is sensed by pattern recognition receptors and leads to an innate immune response that restricts virus replication and induces adaptive immunity. In response, viruses have evolved many countermeasures that enable them to replicate and be transmitted to new hosts, despite the host innate immune response. Poxviruses, such as vaccinia virus (VACV), have large DNA genomes and encode many proteins that are dedicated to host immune evasion. Some of these proteins are secreted from the infected cell, where they bind and neutralize complement factors, interferons, cytokines and chemokines. Other VACV proteins function inside cells to inhibit apoptosis or signalling pathways that lead to the production of interferons and pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. In this review, these VACV immunomodulatory proteins are described and the potential to create more immunogenic VACV strains by manipulation of the gene encoding these proteins is discussed.

scholarly journals Exogenous Gamma and Alpha/Beta Interferon Rescues Human Macrophages from Cell Death Induced by Bacillus anthracis

2004 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 1291-1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Gold ◽  
Yoshihiko Hoshino ◽  
Satomi Hoshino ◽  
Marcus B. Jones ◽  
Anna Nolan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Bacillus Anthracis ◽  
Innate Immune Response ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Human Macrophages ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein ◽  
Host Innate Immune Response ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Early Effects

ABSTRACT During the recent bioterrorism-related outbreaks, inhalational anthrax had a 45% mortality in spite of appropriate antimicrobial therapy, underscoring the need for better adjuvant therapies. The variable latency between exposure and development of disease suggests an important role for the host's innate immune response. Alveolar macrophages are likely the first immune cells exposed to inhalational anthrax, and the interferon (IFN) response of these cells comprises an important arm of the host innate immune response to intracellular infection with Bacillus anthracis. Furthermore, IFNs have been used as immunoadjuvants for treatment of another intracellular pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We established a model of B. anthracis infection with the Sterne strain (34F2) which contains lethal toxin (LeTx). 34F2 was lethal to murine and human macrophages. Treatment with IFNs significantly improved cell viability and reduced the number of germinated intracellular spores. Infection with 34F2 failed to induce the latent transcription factors signal transducer and activators of transcription 1 (STAT1) and ISGF-3, which are central to the IFN response. Furthermore, 34F2 reduced STAT1 activation in response to exogenous alpha/beta IFN, suggesting direct inhibition of IFN signaling. Even though 34F2 has LeTx, there was no mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3 cleavage and p38 was normally induced, suggesting that these early effects of B. anthracis infection in macrophages are independent of LeTx. These data suggest an important role for both IFNs in the control of B. anthracis and the potential benefit of using exogenous IFN as an immunoadjuvant therapy.

Induction of innate immune response in fresh human lung tissue ex vivo following P. aeruginosa infection

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Mueller ◽  
Nadine Kraemer ◽  
Peter Braubach ◽  
Danny Jonigk ◽  
Hans-Gerd Fieguth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Innate Immune Response ◽  
Lung Tissue ◽  
Human Lung ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Human Lung Tissue

scholarly journals RIG-I-Like Receptor and Toll-Like Receptor Signaling Pathways Cause Aberrant Production of Inflammatory Cytokines/Chemokines in a Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection Mouse Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (13) ◽  
pp. e02246-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shintaro Yamada ◽  
Masayuki Shimojima ◽  
Ryo Narita ◽  
Yuta Tsukamoto ◽  
Hiroki Kato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Inflammatory Cytokines ◽  
Innate Immune Response ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Toll Like Receptor ◽  
Tlr Signaling ◽  
Cytokines And Chemokines ◽  
Severe Fever

ABSTRACT Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease caused by a tick-borne phlebovirus of the family Bunyaviridae, SFTS virus (SFTSV). Wild-type and type I interferon (IFN-I) receptor 1-deficient (IFNAR1−/−) mice have been established as nonlethal and lethal models of SFTSV infection, respectively. However, the mechanisms of IFN-I production in vivo and the factors causing the lethal disease are not well understood. Using bone marrow-chimeric mice, we found that IFN-I signaling in hematopoietic cells was essential for survival of lethal SFTSV infection. The disruption of IFN-I signaling in hematopoietic cells allowed an increase in viral loads in serum and produced an excess of multiple inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. The production of IFN-I and inflammatory cytokines was abolished by deletion of the signaling molecules IPS-1 and MyD88, essential for retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptor (RLR) and Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling, respectively. However, IPS-1−/− MyD88−/− mice exhibited resistance to lethal SFTS with a moderate viral load in serum. Taken together, these results indicate that adequate activation of RLR and TLR signaling pathways under low to moderate levels of viremia contributed to survival through the IFN-I-dependent antiviral response during SFTSV infection, whereas overactivation of these signaling pathways under high levels of viremia resulted in abnormal induction of multiple inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, causing the lethal disease. IMPORTANCE SFTSV causes a severe infectious disease in humans, with a high fatality rate of 12 to 30%. To know the pathogenesis of the virus, we need to clarify the innate immune response as a front line of defense against viral infection. Here, we report that a lethal animal model showed abnormal induction of multiple inflammatory cytokines and chemokines by an uncontrolled innate immune response, which triggered the lethal SFTS. Our findings suggest a new strategy to target inflammatory humoral factors to treat patients with severe SFTS. Furthermore, this study may help the investigation of other tick-borne viruses.

Innate immune response is activated by TLR 4 signaling in human lung transplant recipients

2004 ◽  
Vol 65 (9-10) ◽  
pp. S31
Author(s):  
S. Ramachandran ◽  
K. Parekh ◽  
F. Fernandez ◽  
A. Patterson ◽  
T. Mohanakumar
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Innate Immune Response ◽  
Lung Transplant ◽  
Human Lung ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Lung Transplant Recipients

scholarly journals Innate Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection: From Cells to Soluble Mediators

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (13) ◽  
pp. 7017
Author(s):  
Daniela Ricci ◽  
Marilena Paola Etna ◽  
Fabiana Rizzo ◽  
Silvia Sandini ◽  
Martina Severa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Innate Immune Response ◽  
Adaptive Immune Response ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Inborn Errors ◽  
Multiple Strategies ◽  
Cytokines And Chemokines ◽  
Causes Of Disease ◽  
Combined Action

The vulnerability of humankind to SARS-CoV-2 in the absence of a pre-existing immunity, the unpredictability of the infection outcome, and the high transmissibility, broad tissue tropism, and ability to exploit and subvert the immune response pose a major challenge and are likely perpetuating the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, this peculiar infectious scenario provides researchers with a unique opportunity for studying, with the latest immunological techniques and understandings, the immune response in SARS-CoV-2 naïve versus recovered subjects as well as in SARS-CoV-2 vaccinees. Interestingly, the current understanding of COVID-19 indicates that the combined action of innate immune cells, cytokines, and chemokines fine-tunes the outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the related immunopathogenesis. Indeed, the emerging picture clearly shows that the excessive inflammatory response against this virus is among the main causes of disease severity in COVID-19 patients. In this review, the innate immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection is described not only in light of its capacity to influence the adaptive immune response towards a protective phenotype but also with the intent to point out the multiple strategies exploited by SARS-CoV-2 to antagonize host antiviral response and, finally, to outline inborn errors predisposing individuals to COVID-19 disease severity.

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