Title: | Macrophages Subvert Adaptive Immunity to Urinary Tract Infection | ||||
Journal: | PlosPathogens volume | Year: | 2015 | ||
Abstract | Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections with frequent recurrence being a major medical challenge. Development of effective therapies has been impeded by the lack of knowledge of events leading to adaptive immunity. Here, we establish conclusive evidence that an adaptive immune response is generated during UTI, yet this response does not establish sterilizing immunity. To investigate the underlying deficiency, we delineated the na?ve bladder immune cell compartment, identifying resident macrophages as the most populous immune cell. To evaluate their impact on the establishment of adaptive immune responses following infection, we measured bacterial clearance in mice depleted of either circulating monocytes, which give rise to macrophages, or bladder resident macrophages. Surprisingly, mice depleted of resident macrophages, prior to primary infection, exhibited a nearly 2-log reduction in bacterial burden following secondary challenge compared to untreated animals. This increased bacterial clearance, in the context of a challenge infection, was dependent on lymphocytes. Macrophages were the predominant antigen presenting cell to acquire bacteria post-infection and in their absence, bacterial uptake by dendritic cells was increased almost 2-fold. These data suggest that bacterial uptake by tissue macrophages impedes development of adaptive immune responses during UTI, revealing a novel target for enhancing host responses to bacterial infection of the bladder. | ||||
Cite/Figure | |||||
Links | https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1005044#sec023(如需全文,請聯(lián)系我們) |
獨家代理
中國大陸地區(qū)
生產(chǎn)廠家
歐洲荷蘭王國
獨家代理
香港臺灣澳門
Copyright ? 2004-2023 靶點科技(北京)有限公司. 版權(quán)所有. 京ICP備18027329號-1