Intramacrophage lipid accumulation compromises T cell responses and is associated with impaired drug therapy against visceral leishmaniasis

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Under perturbing conditions such as infection with Leishmania, a protozoan parasite living within the phagosomes in mammalian macrophages, cellular and organellar structures, and metabolism are dynamically regulated for neutralizing the pressure of parasitism. However, how modulations of the host cell metabolic pathways support Leishmania infection remains unknown. Herein, we report that lipid accumulation heightens the susceptibility of mice to L. donovani infection and promotes resistance to first-line anti-leishmanial drugs. Despite being pro-inflammatory, the in vitro generated uninfected lipid-laden macrophages (LLMs) or adipose-tissue macrophages (ATMs) display lower levels of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. Upon infection, LLMs secrete higher IL-10 and lower IL-12p70 cytokines, inhibiting CD4+ T cell activation and Th1 response suggesting a key modulatory role for intramacrophage lipid accumulation in anti-leishmanial host defence. We, therefore, examined this causal relationship between lipids and immunomodulation using an in vivo high-fat diet (HFD) mouse model. HFD increased the susceptibility to L. donovani infection accompanied by a defective CD4+ Th1 and CD8+ T cell response. The white adipose tissue of HFD mice displays increased susceptibility to L. donovani infection with the preferential infection of F4/80+ CD11b+ CD11c+ macrophages with higher levels of neutral lipids reserve. The HFD increased resistance to a first-line anti-leishmanial drug associated with a defective adaptive immune response. These data demonstrate that the accumulation of neutral lipids contributes to susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis hindering host-protective immune response and reducing the efficacy of antiparasitic drug therapies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:170

Enthalten in:

Immunology - 170(2023), 4 vom: 27. Dez., Seite 510-526

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Araújo, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Moreira, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Mesquita, Inês [VerfasserIn]
Ferreira, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Mendes-Frias, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Barros-Carvalho, Sónia [VerfasserIn]
Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Duarte-Oliveira, Cláudio [VerfasserIn]
Cunha, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Carvalho, Agostinho [VerfasserIn]
Saha, Bhaskar [VerfasserIn]
Cordeiro-da-Silva, Anabela [VerfasserIn]
Estaquier, Jérôme [VerfasserIn]
Silvestre, Ricardo [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Lipids
Macrophage
Parasitic-protozoan
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
T cell

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Date Completed 06.11.2023

Date Revised 08.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/imm.13686

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361334079