Specificity of the innate immune responses to different classes of non-tuberculous mycobacteria

Copyright © 2023 Hu, Koch, Lamers, Forn-Cuní and Spaink..

Mycobacterium avium is the most common nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species causing infectious disease. Here, we characterized a M. avium infection model in zebrafish larvae, and compared it to M. marinum infection, a model of tuberculosis. M. avium bacteria are efficiently phagocytosed and frequently induce granuloma-like structures in zebrafish larvae. Although macrophages can respond to both mycobacterial infections, their migration speed is faster in infections caused by M. marinum. Tlr2 is conservatively involved in most aspects of the defense against both mycobacterial infections. However, Tlr2 has a function in the migration speed of macrophages and neutrophils to infection sites with M. marinum that is not observed with M. avium. Using RNAseq analysis, we found a distinct transcriptome response in cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction for M. avium and M. marinum infection. In addition, we found differences in gene expression in metabolic pathways, phagosome formation, matrix remodeling, and apoptosis in response to these mycobacterial infections. In conclusion, we characterized a new M. avium infection model in zebrafish that can be further used in studying pathological mechanisms for NTM-caused diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 13(2022) vom: 15., Seite 1075473

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu, Wanbin [VerfasserIn]
Koch, Bjørn E V [VerfasserIn]
Lamers, Gerda E M [VerfasserIn]
Forn-Cuní, Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
Spaink, Herman P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Leukocyte migration
Metabolism
Nontuberculous mycobacterium
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tlr2
Toll-Like Receptor 2
Zebrafish

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.02.2023

Date Revised 17.02.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2022.1075473

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352514124