Could the Adoptive Transfer of Memory Lymphocytes be an Alternative Treatment for Acinetobacter baumannii Infections?

Autor: Tania Cebrero-Cangueiro, Soraya Herrera-Espejo, María Paniagua, Gema Labrador-Herrera, José Miguel Cisneros, Jerónimo Pachón, María Eugenia Pachón-Ibáñez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 25, Iss 19, p 10550 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 25191055
1422-0067
1661-6596
DOI: 10.3390/ijms251910550
Popis: We evaluated the efficacy of the adoptive transfer of memory B, CD4+, and CD8+ T lymphocytes compared with sulbactam and tigecycline in an experimental murine pneumonia model by two multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains, colistin-susceptible AbCS01 and colistin-resistant AbCR17. Pharmacodynamically optimized antimicrobial dosages were administered for 72 h, and intravenous administration of 2 × 106 of each of the memory cells in a single dose 30 min post-infection. Bacterial lung and blood counts and mortality rates were analyzed. Results showed that a single dose of memory B or CD4+ T cells was as effective as sulbactam in terms of bacterial clearance from the lungs and blood compared with the untreated mice or the tigecycline-treated mice inoculated with the AbCS01 strain. In the pneumonia model by AbCR17, a single dose of memory B or CD4+ T cells also reduced the bacterial load in the lungs compared with both antibiotic groups and was more efficacious than tigecycline in terms of blood clearance. Regarding survival, the adoptive transfer of memory B or CD4+ T cells was as effective as three days of sulbactam treatment for both strains. These data suggest that adoptive memory cell transfer could be a new effective treatment of multidrug-resistant A. baumannii infections.
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