Mice deficient in T-bet form inducible NO synthase–positive granulomas that fail to constrain salmonella
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Mice deficient in T-bet form inducible NO synthase–positive granulomas that fail to constrain salmonella. / Perez-Toledo, Marisol; Beristain Covarrubias, Noni; Channell, Will; Hitchcock, Jessica; Jones, Charlie; Coughlan, Ruth; Bobat, Saeeda; Jones, Nick; Nakamura, Kyoko; Ross, Ewan; Rossiter, Amanda; Rooke, Jessica; Garcia-Gimenez, Alicia; Jossi, Sian; Persaud, Ruby; Marcial-Juarez, Edith; Flores-Langarica, Adriana; Henderson, Ian; Withers, David; Watson, Steve; Cunningham, Adam.
In: Journal of Immunology, Vol. 205, No. 3, 01.08.2020, p. 708-719.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Mice deficient in T-bet form inducible NO synthase–positive granulomas that fail to constrain salmonella
AU - Perez-Toledo, Marisol
AU - Beristain Covarrubias, Noni
AU - Channell, Will
AU - Hitchcock, Jessica
AU - Jones, Charlie
AU - Coughlan, Ruth
AU - Bobat, Saeeda
AU - Jones, Nick
AU - Nakamura, Kyoko
AU - Ross, Ewan
AU - Rossiter, Amanda
AU - Rooke, Jessica
AU - Garcia-Gimenez, Alicia
AU - Jossi, Sian
AU - Persaud, Ruby
AU - Marcial-Juarez, Edith
AU - Flores-Langarica, Adriana
AU - Henderson, Ian
AU - Withers, David
AU - Watson, Steve
AU - Cunningham, Adam
N1 - Funding Information: This work was funded by a grant from the Medical Research Council (MR/N023706/ 1). S.P.W. is a British Heart Foundation chair (CH/03/003). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - Clearance of intracellular infections caused by Salmonella Typhimurium (STm) requires IFN-γ and the Th1-associated transcription factor T-bet. Nevertheless, whereas IFN-γ−/− mice succumb rapidly to STm infections, T-bet−/− mice do not. In this study, we assess the anatomy of immune responses and the relationship with bacterial localization in the spleens and livers of STm-infected IFN-γ−/− and T-bet−/− mice. In IFN-γ−/− mice, there is deficient granuloma formation and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) induction, increased dissemination of bacteria throughout the organs, and rapid death. The provision of a source of IFN-γ reverses this, coincident with subsequent granuloma formation and substantially extends survival when compared with mice deficient in all sources of IFN-γ. T-bet−/− mice induce significant levels of IFN-γ− after challenge. Moreover, T-bet−/− mice have augmented IL-17 and neutrophil numbers, and neutralizing IL-17 reduces the neutrophilia but does not affect numbers of bacteria detected. Surprisingly, T-bet−/− mice exhibit surprisingly wild-type–like immune cell organization postinfection, including extensive iNOS+ granuloma formation. In wild-type mice, most bacteria are within iNOS+ granulomas, but in T-bet−/− mice, most bacteria are outside these sites. Therefore, Th1 cells act to restrict bacteria within IFN-γ–dependent iNOS+ granulomas and prevent dissemination.
AB - Clearance of intracellular infections caused by Salmonella Typhimurium (STm) requires IFN-γ and the Th1-associated transcription factor T-bet. Nevertheless, whereas IFN-γ−/− mice succumb rapidly to STm infections, T-bet−/− mice do not. In this study, we assess the anatomy of immune responses and the relationship with bacterial localization in the spleens and livers of STm-infected IFN-γ−/− and T-bet−/− mice. In IFN-γ−/− mice, there is deficient granuloma formation and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) induction, increased dissemination of bacteria throughout the organs, and rapid death. The provision of a source of IFN-γ reverses this, coincident with subsequent granuloma formation and substantially extends survival when compared with mice deficient in all sources of IFN-γ. T-bet−/− mice induce significant levels of IFN-γ− after challenge. Moreover, T-bet−/− mice have augmented IL-17 and neutrophil numbers, and neutralizing IL-17 reduces the neutrophilia but does not affect numbers of bacteria detected. Surprisingly, T-bet−/− mice exhibit surprisingly wild-type–like immune cell organization postinfection, including extensive iNOS+ granuloma formation. In wild-type mice, most bacteria are within iNOS+ granulomas, but in T-bet−/− mice, most bacteria are outside these sites. Therefore, Th1 cells act to restrict bacteria within IFN-γ–dependent iNOS+ granulomas and prevent dissemination.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.2000089
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.2000089
M3 - Article
C2 - 32591391
VL - 205
SP - 708
EP - 719
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
SN - 0022-1767
IS - 3
ER -