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Hypoxia-mediated impairment of the mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibits the bactericidal activity of macrophages.


ABSTRACT: In infected tissues oxygen tensions are low. As innate immune cells have to operate under these conditions, we analyzed the ability of macrophages (M?) to kill Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus aureus in a hypoxic microenvironment. Oxygen restriction did not promote intracellular bacterial growth but did impair the bactericidal activity of the host cells against both pathogens. This correlated with a decreased production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) and reactive nitrogen intermediates. Experiments with phagocyte NADPH oxidase (PHOX) and inducible NO synthase (NOS2) double-deficient M? revealed that in E. coli- or S. aureus-infected cells the reduced antibacterial activity during hypoxia was either entirely or partially independent of the diminished PHOX and NOS2 activity. Hypoxia impaired the mitochondrial activity of infected M?. Inhibition of the mitochondrial respiratory chain activity during normoxia (using rotenone or antimycin A) completely or partially mimicked the defective antibacterial activity observed in hypoxic E. coli- or S. aureus-infected wild-type M?, respectively. Accordingly, inhibition of the respiratory chain of S. aureus-infected, normoxic PHOX(-/-) NOS2(-/-) M? further raised the bacterial burden of the cells, which reached the level measured in hypoxic PHOX(-/-) NOS2(-/-) M? cultures. Our data demonstrate that the reduced killing of S. aureus or E. coli during hypoxia is not simply due to a lack of PHOX and NOS2 activity but partially or completely results from an impaired mitochondrial antibacterial effector function. Since pharmacological inhibition of the respiratory chain raised the generation of ROI but nevertheless phenocopied the effect of hypoxia, ROI can be excluded as the mechanism underlying the antimicrobial activity of mitochondria.

SUBMITTER: Wiese M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3318416 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hypoxia-mediated impairment of the mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibits the bactericidal activity of macrophages.

Wiese Melanie M   Gerlach Roman G RG   Popp Isabel I   Matuszak Jasmin J   Mahapatro Mousumi M   Castiglione Kirstin K   Chakravortty Dipshikha D   Willam Carsten C   Hensel Michael M   Bogdan Christian C   Jantsch Jonathan J  

Infection and immunity 20120117 4


In infected tissues oxygen tensions are low. As innate immune cells have to operate under these conditions, we analyzed the ability of macrophages (Mφ) to kill Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus aureus in a hypoxic microenvironment. Oxygen restriction did not promote intracellular bacterial growth but did impair the bactericidal activity of the host cells against both pathogens. This correlated with a decreased production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) and reactive nitrogen intermediates  ...[more]

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