IFN-γ-/- Mice Resist Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Infection by Promoting Early Lung IL-18 Release and PMN-I Accumulation

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Porcine pleuropneumonia is a common infectious disease of pigs caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) expression increases in the lung of pigs after A. pleuropneumoniae infection, but the role of IFN-γ during the infection is still obscure. In this study, an IFN-γ-/- mouse infection model was established, and bacterial load, levels of inflammatory cytokines, and types of neutrophils in the lungs were studied at different times post-A. pleuropneumoniae infection. We found that wild-type (WT) mice were more susceptible to A. pleuropneumoniae than IFN-γ-/- mice. At 6 h postinfection (hpi), the expression of interleukin 18 (IL-18) and IL-1β in the lungs of IFN-γ-/- mice was significantly increased compared to WT mice. The bacterial load and levels of inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and IL-6) of IFN-γ-/- mice were significantly reduced at 12 hpi compared to WT mice. After an initial loss, the numbers of lung polymorphonuclear (PMN)-I cells dramatically increased in the lungs of IFN-γ-/- but not WT mice, whereas PMN-II cells continually decreased. Finally, in vivo administration of IL-18 significantly reduced clinical scores and bacterial load in the lungs of A. pleuropneumoniae-infected mice. This study identifies IFN-γ as a target for regulating the inflammatory response in the lung and provides a basis for understanding the course of clinical bacterial pneumonia and for the formulation of treatment protocols.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:89

Enthalten in:

Infection and immunity - 89(2021), 6 vom: 17. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bao, Chuntong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Baijun [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Rining [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Jiameng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ziheng [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Hexiang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Beinan [VerfasserIn]
Langford, P R [VerfasserIn]
Fei, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Li, Na [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Liancheng [VerfasserIn]

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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
IFN-γ
IL-18
Interleukin-18
Journal Article
Neutrophil
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 20.09.2021

Date Revised 18.11.2021

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/IAI.00069-21

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NLM32243128X