Outer membrane protein A of Acinetobacter baumannii regulates pulmonary inflammation through the TLR2-NF-κB pathway

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Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is characterized by a high prevalence of drug resistance; how to effectively treat it is still a major clinical challenge. Our previous experiments confirmed that ompA, which is one of the most well-characterized virulence factors, may be dependent on the caspase-1 pathway-stimulated expression of NLRP3 inflammasome to enhance inflammation. TLRs (i.e., TLR2, etc.) is the initiating signal for NLRP3 inflammasome activation; how it relates to ompA in its underlying pathogenic mechanism is not clear. In this study, we proofed that ompA promoted NLRP3 inflammasome activation while the TLR2-NF-κB pathway was also activated after A. baumannii infection. Additionally, the expression of NLRP3 inflammasome-associated proteins and genes was inhibited by silencing TLR2 and NLRP3. This indicated that ompA might depend on the TLR2-NF-κB pathway to assemble and activate the NLRP3 inflammasome. OmpA promoted the assembly of the NLRP3 inflammasome through the TLR2-NF-κB pathway and inhibited the degradation of caspase-1 by the proteasome so that a large number of mature IL-1β/IL-18 and other proinflammatory factors were released extracellularly to enhance the body's inflammatory response. Taken together, the results of the joint pre-study confirmed a novel TLR2-NF-κB/NLRP3/caspase-1-modulated mechanism underpinning ompA activity, the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway may be as a potential immunomodulatory target against A. baumannii infections.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:284

Enthalten in:

Veterinary microbiology - 284(2023) vom: 20. Sept., Seite 109812

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yumei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Laibing [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Chaolun [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Baofei [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Shipeng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiangyan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Zijiang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaoying [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

149024-69-1
Acinetobacter baumannii
Caspase 1
EC 3.4.22.36
Inflammasome
Inflammasomes
Journal Article
NF-kappa B
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein
OMPA outer membrane proteins
Outer membrane protein A (ompA)
Pneumonia
TLR2-NF-κB pathway
Toll-Like Receptor 2

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Date Completed 04.09.2023

Date Revised 04.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109812

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NLM35844912X