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Proinflammatory caspase-2-mediated macrophage cell death induced by a rough attenuated Brucella suis strain.


ABSTRACT: Brucella spp. are intracellular bacteria that cause an infectious disease called brucellosis in humans and many domestic and wildlife animals. B. suis primarily infects pigs and is pathogenic to humans. The macrophage-Brucella interaction is critical for the establishment of a chronic Brucella infection. Our studies showed that smooth virulent B. suis strain 1330 (S1330) prevented programmed cell death of infected macrophages and rough attenuated B. suis strain VTRS1 (a vaccine candidate) induced strong macrophage cell death. To further investigate the mechanism of VTRS1-induced macrophage cell death, microarrays were used to analyze temporal transcriptional responses of murine macrophage-like J774.A1 cells infected with S1330 or VTRS1. In total 17,685 probe sets were significantly regulated based on the effects of strain, time and their interactions. A miniTUBA dynamic Bayesian network analysis predicted that VTRS1-induced macrophage cell death was mediated by a proinflammatory gene (the tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-?] gene), an NF-?B pathway gene (the I?B-? gene), the caspase-2 gene, and several other genes. VTRS1 induced significantly higher levels of transcription of 40 proinflammatory genes than S1330. A Mann-Whitney U test confirmed the proinflammatory response in VTRS1-infected macrophages. Increased production of TNF-? and interleukin 1? (IL-1?) were also detected in the supernatants in VTRS1-infected macrophage cell culture. Hyperphosphorylation of I?B-? was observed in macrophages infected with VTRS1 but not S1330. The important roles of TNF-? and I?B-? in VTRS1-induced macrophage cell death were further confirmed by individual inhibition studies. VTRS1-induced macrophage cell death was significantly inhibited by a caspase-2 inhibitor but not a caspase-1 inhibitor. The role of caspase-2 in regulating the programmed cell death of VTRS1-infected macrophages was confirmed in another study using caspase-2-knockout mice. In summary, VTRS1 induces a proinflammatory, caspase-2- and NF-?B-mediated macrophage cell death. This unique cell death differs from apoptosis, which is not proinflammatory. It is also different from classical pyroptosis, which is caspase-1 mediated.

SUBMITTER: Chen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3125819 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Proinflammatory caspase-2-mediated macrophage cell death induced by a rough attenuated Brucella suis strain.

Chen Fang F   Ding Xicheng X   Ding Ying Y   Xiang Zuoshuang Z   Li Xinna X   Ghosh Debashis D   Schurig Gerhardt G GG   Sriranganathan Nammalwar N   Boyle Stephen M SM   He Yongqun Y  

Infection and immunity 20110404 6


Brucella spp. are intracellular bacteria that cause an infectious disease called brucellosis in humans and many domestic and wildlife animals. B. suis primarily infects pigs and is pathogenic to humans. The macrophage-Brucella interaction is critical for the establishment of a chronic Brucella infection. Our studies showed that smooth virulent B. suis strain 1330 (S1330) prevented programmed cell death of infected macrophages and rough attenuated B. suis strain VTRS1 (a vaccine candidate) induce  ...[more]

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