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IPSE, a urogenital parasite-derived immunomodulatory molecule, suppresses bladder pathogenesis and anti-microbial peptide gene expression in bacterial urinary tract infection

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العنوان: IPSE, a urogenital parasite-derived immunomodulatory molecule, suppresses bladder pathogenesis and anti-microbial peptide gene expression in bacterial urinary tract infection
المؤلفون: Evaristus C. Mbanefo, Loc Le, Luke F. Pennington, Yi- Ju Hsieh, Justin I. Odegaard, Kristina Lapira, Theodore S. Jardetzky, Franco H. Falcone, Michael H. Hsieh
المصدر: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2020.
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases
مصطلحات موضوعية: Schistosome, Schistosoma, Haematobium, IPSE, α-1, Bladder, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
الوصف: Abstract Background Parasitic infections can increase susceptibility to bacterial co-infections. This may be true for urogenital schistosomiasis and bacterial urinary tract co-infections (UTI). We previously reported that this co-infection is facilitated by S. haematobium eggs triggering interleukin-4 (IL-4) production and sought to dissect the underlying mechanisms. The interleukin-4-inducing principle from Schistosoma mansoni eggs (IPSE) is one of the most abundant schistosome egg-secreted proteins and binds to IgE on the surface of basophils and mast cells to trigger IL-4 release. IPSE can also translocate into host nuclei using a nuclear localization sequence (NLS) to modulate host transcription. We hypothesized that IPSE is the factor responsible for the ability of S. haematobium eggs to worsen UTI pathogenesis. Methods Mice were intravenously administered a single 25 μg dose of recombinant S. haematobium-derived IPSE, an NLS mutant of IPSE or PBS. Following IPSE exposure, mice were serially weighed and organs analyzed by histology to assess for toxicity. Twenty-four hours after IPSE administration, mice were challenged with the uropathogenic E. coli strain UTI89 by urethral catheterization. Bacterial CFU were measured using urine. Bladders were examined histologically for UTI-triggered pathogenesis and by PCR for antimicrobial peptide and pattern recognition receptor expression. Results Unexpectedly, IPSE administration did not result in significant differences in urine bacterial CFU. However, IPSE administration did lead to a significant reduction in UTI-induced bladder pathogenesis and the expression of anti-microbial peptides in the bladder. Despite the profound effect of IPSE on UTI-triggered bladder pathogenesis and anti-microbial peptide production, mice did not demonstrate systemic ill effects from IPSE exposure. Conclusions Our data show that IPSE may play a major role in S. haematobium-associated urinary tract co-infection, albeit in an unexpected fashion. These findings also indicate that IPSE either works in concert with other IL-4-inducing factors to increase susceptibility of S. haematobium-infected hosts to bacterial co-infection or does not contribute to enhancing vulnerability to this co-infection.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1756-3305
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1756-3305
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04490-8
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/57db53dd11c442ff85e265dc6750f3c5
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.57db53dd11c442ff85e265dc6750f3c5
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تدمد:17563305
DOI:10.1186/s13071-020-04490-8