The extracellular innate-immune effector HMGB1 limits pathogenic bacterial biofilm proliferation

Herein, we describe an extracellular function of the vertebrate high-mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1) in the proliferation of bacterial biofilms. Within host cells, HMGB1 functions as a DNA architectural protein, similar to the ubiquitous DNABII family of bacterial proteins; despite that, these proteins share no amino acid sequence identity. Extracellularly, HMGB1 induces a proinflammatory immune response, whereas the DNABII proteins stabilize the extracellular DNA-dependent matrix that maintains bacterial biofilms. We showed that when both proteins converged on extracellular DNA within bacterial biofilms, HMGB1, unlike the DNABII proteins, disrupted biofilms both in vitro (including the high-priority ESKAPEE pathogens) and in vivo in 2 distinct animal models, albeit with induction of a strong inflammatory response that we attenuated by a single engineered amino acid change. We propose a model where extracellular HMGB1 balances the degree of induced inflammation and biofilm containment without excessive release of biofilm-resident bacteria.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:131

Enthalten in:

The Journal of clinical investigation - 131(2021), 16 vom: 16. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Devaraj, Aishwarya [VerfasserIn]
Novotny, Laura A [VerfasserIn]
Robledo-Avila, Frank H [VerfasserIn]
Buzzo, John R [VerfasserIn]
Mashburn-Warren, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Jurcisek, Joseph A [VerfasserIn]
Tjokro, Natalia O [VerfasserIn]
Partida-Sanchez, Santiago [VerfasserIn]
Bakaletz, Lauren O [VerfasserIn]
Goodman, Steven D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial infections
DNA, Bacterial
Drug therapy
HMGB1 Protein
Immunology
Immunotherapy
Infectious disease
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 08.11.2021

Date Revised 17.11.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1172/JCI140527

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32940704X