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Crosstalk between sentinel and helper macrophages permits neutrophil migration into infected uroepithelium.

ABSTRACT: The phagocytes of the innate immune system, macrophages and neutrophils, contribute to antibacterial defense, but their functional specialization and cooperation is unclear. Here, we report that three distinct phagocyte subsets play highly coordinated roles in bacterial urinary tract infection. Ly6C(-) macrophages acted as tissue-resident sentinels that attracted circulating neutrophils and Ly6C(+) macrophages. Such Ly6C(+) macrophages played a previously undescribed helper role: once recruited to the site of infection, they produced the cytokine TNF, which caused Ly6C(-) macrophages to secrete CXCL2. This chemokine activated matrix metalloproteinase-9 in neutrophils, allowing their entry into the uroepithelium to combat the bacteria. In summary, the sentinel macrophages elicit the powerful antibacterial functions of neutrophils only after confirmation by the helper macrophages, reminiscent of the licensing role of helper T cells in antiviral adaptive immunity. These findings identify helper macrophages and TNF as critical regulators in innate immunity against bacterial infections in epithelia.

SUBMITTER: Schiwon M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4258064 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crosstalk between sentinel and helper macrophages permits neutrophil migration into infected uroepithelium.

Schiwon Marzena M Weisheit Christina C Franken Lars L Gutweiler Sebastian S Dixit Akanksha A Meyer-Schwesinger Catherine C Pohl Judith-Mira JM Maurice Nicholas J NJ Thiebes Stephanie S Lorenz Kristina K Quast Thomas T Fuhrmann Martin M Baumgarten Georg G Lohse Martin J MJ Opdenakker Ghislain G Bernhagen Jürgen J Bucala Rick R Panzer Ulf U Kolanus Waldemar W Gröne Hermann-Josef HJ Garbi Natalio N Kastenmüller Wolfgang W Knolle Percy A PA Kurts Christian C Engel Daniel R DR

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The phagocytes of the innate immune system, macrophages and neutrophils, contribute to antibacterial defense, but their functional specialization and cooperation is unclear. Here, we report that three distinct phagocyte subsets play highly coordinated roles in bacterial urinary tract infection. Ly6C(-) macrophages acted as tissue-resident sentinels that attracted circulating neutrophils and Ly6C(+) macrophages. Such Ly6C(+) macrophages played a previously undescribed helper role: once recruited ...[more]

PMID: 24485454

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Crosstalk between sentinel and helper macrophages permits neutrophil migration into infected uroepithelium.

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Crosstalk between sentinel and helper macrophages permits neutrophil migration into infected uroepithelium.

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