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Lipocalin-2 ensures host defense against Salmonella Typhimurium by controlling macrophage iron homeostasis and immune response.

ABSTRACT: Lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) is an innate immune peptide with pleiotropic effects. Lcn2 binds iron-laden bacterial siderophores, chemo-attracts neutrophils and has immunomodulatory and apoptosis-regulating effects. In this study, we show that upon infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, Lcn2 promotes iron export from Salmonella-infected macrophages, which reduces cellular iron content and enhances the generation of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Lcn2 represses IL-10 production while augmenting Nos2, TNF-?, and IL-6 expression. Lcn2(-/-) macrophages have elevated IL-10 levels as a consequence of increased iron content. The crucial role of Lcn-2/IL-10 interactions was further demonstrated by the greater ability of Lcn2(-/-) IL-10(-/-) macrophages and mice to control intracellular Salmonella proliferation in comparison to Lcn2(-/-) counterparts. Overexpression of the iron exporter ferroportin-1 in Lcn2(-/-) macrophages represses IL-10 and restores TNF-? and IL-6 production to the levels found in wild-type macrophages, so that killing and clearance of intracellular Salmonella is promoted. Our observations suggest that Lcn2 promotes host resistance to Salmonella Typhimurium infection by binding bacterial siderophores and suppressing IL-10 production, and that both functions are linked to its ability to shuttle iron from macrophages.

SUBMITTER: Nairz M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4688458 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lipocalin-2 ensures host defense against Salmonella Typhimurium by controlling macrophage iron homeostasis and immune response.

Nairz Manfred M Schroll Andrea A Haschka David D Dichtl Stefanie S Sonnweber Thomas T Theurl Igor I Theurl Milan M Lindner Ewald E Demetz Egon E Aßhoff Malte M Bellmann-Weiler Rosa R Müller Raphael R Gerner Romana R RR Moschen Alexander R AR Baumgartner Nadja N Moser Patrizia L PL Talasz Heribert H Tilg Herbert H Fang Ferric C FC Weiss Günter G

European journal of immunology 20150930 11

Lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) is an innate immune peptide with pleiotropic effects. Lcn2 binds iron-laden bacterial siderophores, chemo-attracts neutrophils and has immunomodulatory and apoptosis-regulating effects. In this study, we show that upon infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, Lcn2 promotes iron export from Salmonella-infected macrophages, which reduces cellular iron content and enhances the generation of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Lcn2 represses IL-10 production while augmentin ...[more]

PMID: 26332507

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Project description:BACKGROUND:The molecular mechanisms underlying bacterial cell death due to stresses or bactericidal antibiotics are complex and remain puzzling. Due to the current crisis of antibiotic resistance, development of effective antibiotics is urgently required. Previously, it has been shown that iron is required for effective killing of bacterial cells by numerous bactericidal antibiotics. RESULTS:We investigated the death or growth inhibition of S. Typhimurium under iron-restricted conditions, following disruption of essential genes, by transposon mutagenesis using transposon sequencing (Tn-seq). Our high-resolution Tn-seq analysis revealed that transposon mutants of S. Typhimurium with insertions in essential genes escaped immediate killing or growth inhibition under iron-restricted conditions for approximately one-third of all previously known essential genes. Based on this result, we classified all essential genes into two categories, iron-dependent essential genes, for which the insertion mutants can grow slowly if iron is restricted, and iron-independent essential genes, for which the mutants become nonviable regardless of iron concentration. The iron-dependency of the iron-dependent essential genes was further validated by the fact that the relative abundance of these essential gene mutants increased further with more severe iron restrictions. Our unexpected observation can be explained well by the common killing mechanisms of bactericidal antibiotics via production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this model, iron restriction would inhibit production of ROS, leading to reduced killing activity following blocking of essential gene functions. Interestingly, the targets of most antibiotics currently in use clinically are iron-dependent essential genes. CONCLUSIONS:Our result suggests that targeting iron-independent essential genes may be a better strategy for future antibiotic development, because blocking their essential gene functions would lead to immediate cell death regardless of the iron concentration. This work expands our knowledge on the role of iron to a broad range of essential functions and pathways, providing novel insights for development of more effective antibiotics.

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Lipocalin-2 ensures host defense against Salmonella Typhimurium by controlling macrophage iron homeostasis and immune response.

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Lipocalin-2 ensures host defense against Salmonella Typhimurium by controlling macrophage iron homeostasis and immune response.

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