Inflammation of the nasal mucosa is associated with susceptibility to experimental pneumococcal challenge in older adults.

Autor: Urban BC; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: Britta.urban@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk., Gonçalves ANA; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Loukov D; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK., Passos FM; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK., Reiné J; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Gonzalez-Dias P; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Solórzano C; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Mitsi E; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Nikolaou E; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; Infection, Immunity and Global Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia., O'Connor D; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Collins AM; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool University Hospitals Trust, Liverpool, UK., Adler H; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK., Pollard A; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK., Rylance J; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK., Gordon SB; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi., Jochems SP; Leiden University Centre for Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands., Nakaya HI; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Ferreira DM; Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: Daniela.ferreira@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Mucosal immunology [Mucosal Immunol] 2024 Oct; Vol. 17 (5), pp. 973-989. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2024.06.010
Abstrakt: Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in the upper respiratory tract is linked to pneumococcal disease development, predominantly affecting young children and older adults. As the global population ages and comorbidities increase, there is a heightened concern about this infection. We investigated the immunological responses of older adults to pneumococcal-controlled human infection by analyzing the cellular composition and gene expression in the nasal mucosa. Our comparative analysis with data from a concurrent study in younger adults revealed distinct gene expression patterns in older individuals susceptible to colonization, highlighted by neutrophil activation and elevated levels of CXCL9 and CXCL10. Unlike younger adults challenged with pneumococcus, older adults did not show recruitment of monocytes into the nasal mucosa following nasal colonization. However, older adults who were protected from colonization showed increased degranulation of cluster of differentiation 8+ T cells, both before and after pneumococcal challenge. These findings suggest age-associated cellular changes, in particular enhanced mucosal inflammation, that may predispose older adults to pneumococcal colonization.
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