Project description:A greater understanding of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regulation is required for dissecting protective versus detrimental immunity to pathogens that cause chronic infections such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We have shown that systemic administration of BCG or b-glucan reprograms HSCs in the BM via a type II interferon (IFN-II) or IL1 response, respectively, that confers protective trained immunity against Mtb. Yet, whether BCG/β-Glucan is unique in its ability to induce this protection remains unknown. Herein, we demonstrate that unlike BCG or b-glucan, Mtb reprograms HSCs via IFN-I response that suppresses myelopoiesis and impairs protective trained immunity to Mtb. Mechanistically, IFN-I response dysregulates iron metabolism, depolarizes mitochondrial membrane potential, and induces cell death in myeloid progenitors. Finally, activation of IFN-I/iron axis in myeloid progenitors generates a detrimental trained immunity to Mtb infection. These results identify an unanticipated immune evasion strategy of Mtb in the bone marrow that controls the magnitude and anti-microbial capacity of innate immunity to infection
Project description:A greater understanding of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regulation is required for dissecting protective versus detrimental immunity to pathogens that cause chronic infections such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We have shown that systemic administration of BCG or b-glucan reprograms HSCs in the BM via a type II interferon (IFN-II) or IL1 response, respectively, that confers protective trained immunity against Mtb. Yet, whether BCG/β-Glucan is unique in its ability to induce this protection remains unknown. Herein, we demonstrate that unlike BCG or b-glucan, Mtb reprograms HSCs via IFN-I response that suppresses myelopoiesis and impairs protective trained immunity to Mtb. Mechanistically, IFN-I response dysregulates iron metabolism, depolarizes mitochondrial membrane potential, and induces cell death in myeloid progenitors. Finally, activation of IFN-I/iron axis in myeloid progenitors generates a detrimental trained immunity to Mtb infection. These results identify an unanticipated immune evasion strategy of Mtb in the bone marrow that controls the magnitude and anti-microbial capacity of innate immunity to infection
Project description:A greater understanding of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regulation is required for dissecting protective versus detrimental immunity to pathogens that cause chronic infections such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We have shown that systemic administration of BCG or b-glucan reprograms HSCs in the BM via a type II interferon (IFN-II) or IL1 response, respectively, that confers protective trained immunity against Mtb. Yet, whether BCG/β-Glucan is unique in its ability to induce this protection remains unknown. Herein, we demonstrate that unlike BCG or b-glucan, Mtb reprograms HSCs via IFN-I response that suppresses myelopoiesis and impairs protective trained immunity to Mtb. Mechanistically, IFN-I response dysregulates iron metabolism, depolarizes mitochondrial membrane potential, and induces cell death in myeloid progenitors. Finally, activation of IFN-I/iron axis in myeloid progenitors generates a detrimental trained immunity to Mtb infection. These results identify an unanticipated immune evasion strategy of Mtb in the bone marrow that controls the magnitude and anti-microbial capacity of innate immunity to infection
Project description:Expression profiling of superficial bladder tumours to delineate the expression pattern differences between non-recurring and recurring tumours.
Project description:Infection is able to elicit innate immunological memory by enhancing a long-term myeloid output even after the inciting infectious agent has been cleared. However, mechanisms underlying such a regulation are not fully understood. Using a mouse polymicrobial peritonitis (sepsis) model, we show that severe infection leads to increased, sustained myelopoiesis after the infection is resolved. The infection experience is imprinted in the bone marrow (BM) stromal cells, in the form of a constitutive upregulation of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP1). TIMP1 antagonizes the function of ADAM10, an essential cleavage enzyme for the activation of Notch which in turn suppresses myelopoiesis. While TIMP1 is dispensable for myelopoiesis under the steady state, increased TIMP1 enhances myelopoiesis post infection. Thus, our data reveal that infection could establish an inflammatory memory in the BM niche to support a long-term enhanced output of innate immune cells.
Project description:The innate immune system plays an essential role in regulating the immune responses to kidney transplantation, but the mechanisms through which innate immune cells influence long-term graft survival are unclear. The current study highlights the vital role of trained immunity in kidney allograft survival. Trained immunity describes the epigenetic and metabolic changes that innate immune cells undergo following an initial stimulus, allowing them have a stronger inflammatory response to subsequent stimuli. We stimulated healthy peripheral blood mononuclear cells with pretransplant and posttransplant serum of kidney transplant patients and immunosuppressive drugs in an in vitro trained immunity assay and measured tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 6 cytokine levels in the supernatant as a readout for trained immunity. We show that the serum of kidney transplant recipients collected 1 week after transplantation can suppress trained immunity. Importantly, we found that kidney transplant recipients whose serum most strongly suppressed trained immunity rarely experienced graft loss. This suppressive effect of posttransplant serum is likely mediated by previously unreported effects of immunosuppressive drugs. Our findings provide mechanistic insights into the role of innate immunity in kidney allograft survival, uncovering trained immunity as a potential therapeutic target for improving graft survival.