IFN-? Hinders Recovery from Mucosal Inflammation during Antibiotic Therapy for Salmonella Gut Infection

Autor: Anna Angelika Mueller, Sukumar Namineni, Tamas Dolowschiak, Lynn Joanna Pisan, Boas Felmy, Rounak Feigelman, Christian von Mering, Mathias Heikenwalder, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, Mikael E. Sellin, Bidong Dinh Nguyen, Sandra Y. Wotzka, Christoph Mueller
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Cell Host & Microbe
Cell Host & Microbe, 20 (2)
Cell Host Microbe
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.06.008
Popis: Salmonella Typhimurium (S.Tm) causes acute enteropathy resolving after 4-7 days. Strikingly, antibiotic therapy does not accelerate disease resolution. We screened for factors blocking remission using a S.Tm enterocolitis model. The antibiotic ciprofloxacin clears pathogen stool loads within 3-24 hr, while gut pathology resolves more slowly (ψ50: ∼48 hr, remission: 6-9 days). This delayed resolution is mediated by an interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-dependent response that is triggered during acute infection and continues throughout therapy. Specifically, IFN-γ production by mucosal T and NK cells retards disease resolution by maintaining signaling through the transcriptional regulator STAT1 and boosting expression of inflammatory mediators like IL-1β, TNF, and iNOS. Additionally, sustained IFN-γ fosters phagocyte accumulation and hampers antimicrobial defense mediated by IL-22 and the lectin REGIIIβ. These findings reveal a role for IFN-γ in delaying resolution of intestinal inflammation and may inform therapies for acute Salmonella enteropathy, chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, or disease resolution during antibiotic treatment.
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