S100A9 is indispensable for survival of pneumococcal pneumonia in mice

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S100A8/A9 has important immunomodulatory roles in antibacterial defense, but its relevance in focal pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is understudied. We show that S100A9 was significantly increased in BAL fluids of patients with bacterial but not viral pneumonia and correlated with procalcitonin and sequential organ failure assessment scores. Mice deficient in S100A9 exhibited drastically elevated Zn2+ levels in lungs, which led to bacterial outgrowth and significantly reduced survival. In addition, reduced survival of S100A9 KO mice was characterized by excessive release of neutrophil elastase, which resulted in degradation of opsonophagocytically important collectins surfactant proteins A and D. All of these features were attenuated in S. pneumoniae-challenged chimeric WT→S100A9 KO mice. Similarly, therapy of S. pneumoniae-infected S100A9 KO mice with a mutant S100A8/A9 protein showing increased half-life significantly decreased lung bacterial loads and lung injury. Collectively, S100A9 controls central antibacterial immune mechanisms of the lung with essential relevance to survival of pneumococcal pneumonia. Moreover, S100A9 appears to be a promising biomarker to distinguish patients with bacterial from those with viral pneumonia. Trial registration: Clinical Trials register (DRKS00000620).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

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PLoS pathogens - 19(2023), 7 vom: 26. Juli, Seite e1011493

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Englisch

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Ostermann, Lena [VerfasserIn]
Seeliger, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
David, Sascha [VerfasserIn]
Flasche, Carolin [VerfasserIn]
Maus, Regina [VerfasserIn]
Reinboth, Marieke S [VerfasserIn]
Christmann, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Neumann, Konstantin [VerfasserIn]
Brand, Korbinian [VerfasserIn]
Seltmann, Stephan [VerfasserIn]
Bühling, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Paton, James C [VerfasserIn]
Roth, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
Vogl, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Viemann, Dorothee [VerfasserIn]
Welte, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Maus, Ulrich A [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S100A9 protein, mouse

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Date Completed 21.07.2023

Date Revised 21.07.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

DRKS: DRKS00000620

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1371/journal.ppat.1011493

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NLM359676979