ROS-induced ATF3 causes susceptibility to secondary infections during sepsis-associated immunosuppression

Autor: Kerstin Fuchs, Manfred Kneilling, Kamran Ghoreschi, Kyu-Won Kim, Ji-Hyeon Park, Nadejda Valtcheva, Tsonwin Hai, Jürgen Brück, Martin Röcken, Anna Teske, Wolfram Hoetzenecker, Bernd Echtenacher, Konrad Hoetzenecker, Tilo Biedermann, Emmanuella Guenova, Petra Hoffmann, Florian Woelbing, Claus G. Krenn, Kyu Han Kim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Nature Medicine; Vol 18
ISSN: 1078-8956
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2557
Popis: Sepsis, sepsis-induced hyperinflammation and subsequent sepsis-associated immunosuppression (SAIS) are important causes of death. Here we show in humans that the loss of the major reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger, glutathione (GSH), during SAIS directly correlates with an increase in the expression of activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3). In endotoxin-stimulated monocytes, ROS stress strongly superinduced NF-E2-related factor 2 (NRF2)-dependent ATF3. In vivo, this ROS-mediated superinduction of ATF3 protected against endotoxic shock by inhibiting innate cytokines, as Atf3(-/-) mice remained susceptible to endotoxic shock even under conditions of ROS stress. Although it protected against endotoxic shock, this ROS-mediated superinduction of ATF3 caused high susceptibility to bacterial and fungal infections through the suppression of interleukin 6 (IL-6). As a result, Atf3(-/-) mice were protected against bacterial and fungal infections, even under conditions of ROS stress, whereas Atf3(-/-)Il6(-/-) mice were highly susceptible to these infections. Moreover, in a model of SAIS, secondary infections caused considerably less mortality in Atf3(-/-) mice than in wild-type mice, indicating that ROS-induced ATF3 crucially determines susceptibility to secondary infections during SAIS.
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