Bacterial polyphosphates induce CXCL4 and synergize with complement anaphylatoxin C5a in lung injury

Copyright © 2022 Roewe, Walachowski, Sharma, Berthiaume, Reinhardt and Bosmann..

Polyphosphates are linear polymers of inorganic phosphates that exist in all living cells and serve pleiotropic functions. Bacteria produce long-chain polyphosphates, which can interfere with host defense to infection. In contrast, short-chain polyphosphates are released from platelet dense granules and bind to the chemokine CXCL4. Here, we report that long-chain polyphosphates induced the release of CXCL4 from mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages and peritoneal macrophages in a dose-/time-dependent fashion resulting from an induction of CXCL4 mRNA. This polyphosphate effect was lost after pre-incubation with recombinant exopolyphosphatase (PPX) Fc fusion protein, demonstrating the potency of long chains over monophosphates and ambient cations. In detail, polyphosphate chains >70 inorganic phosphate residues were required to reliably induce CXCL4. Polyphosphates acted independently of the purinergic P2Y1 receptor and the MyD88/TRIF adaptors of Toll-like receptors. On the other hand, polyphosphates augmented LPS/MyD88-induced CXCL4 release, which was explained by intracellular signaling convergence on PI3K/Akt. Polyphosphates induced Akt phosphorylation at threonine-308. Pharmacologic blockade of PI3K (wortmannin, LY294002) antagonized polyphosphate-induced CXCL4 release from macrophages. Intratracheal polyphosphate administration to C57BL/6J mice caused histologic signs of lung injury, disruption of the endothelial-epithelial barrier, influx of Ly6G+ polymorphonuclear neutrophils, depletion of CD11c+SiglecF+ alveolar macrophages, and release of CXCL4. Long-chain polyphosphates synergized with the complement anaphylatoxin, C5a, which was partly explained by upregulation of C5aR1 on myeloid cells. C5aR1-/- mice were protected from polyphosphate-induced lung injury. C5a generation occurred in the lungs and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of polyphosphate-treated C57BL/6J mice. In conclusion, we demonstrate that polyphosphates govern immunomodulation in macrophages and promote acute lung injury.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 13(2022) vom: 14., Seite 980733

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Roewe, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Walachowski, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Arjun [VerfasserIn]
Berthiaume, Kayleigh A [VerfasserIn]
Reinhardt, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Bosmann, Markus [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

37270-94-3
80295-54-1
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Anaphylatoxins
Complement C5a
EC 2.7.1.-
EC 2.7.11.1
Immunologic Factors
Immunology
Infection
Innate immunity
Journal Article
Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
Platelet Factor 4
Platelet factor 4
Polyphosphates
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sepsis

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Date Completed 22.11.2022

Date Revised 09.12.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2022.980733

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349188955