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  1. Article ; Online: Intestinal restriction of Salmonella Typhimurium requires caspase-1 and caspase-11 epithelial intrinsic inflammasomes.

    Shauna M Crowley / Xiao Han / Joannie M Allaire / Martin Stahl / Isabella Rauch / Leigh A Knodler / Bruce A Vallance

    PLoS Pathogens, Vol 16, Iss 4, p e

    2020  Volume 1008498

    Abstract: We investigated the role of the inflammasome effector caspases-1 and -11 during Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection of murine intestinal epithelial cells (IECs). Salmonella burdens were significantly greater in the intestines of caspase-1/ ... ...

    Abstract We investigated the role of the inflammasome effector caspases-1 and -11 during Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection of murine intestinal epithelial cells (IECs). Salmonella burdens were significantly greater in the intestines of caspase-1/11 deficient (Casp1/11-/-), Casp1-/- and Casp11-/- mice, as compared to wildtype mice. To determine if this reflected IEC-intrinsic inflammasomes, enteroid monolayers were derived and infected with Salmonella. Casp11-/- and wildtype monolayers responded similarly, whereas Casp1-/- and Casp1/11-/- monolayers carried significantly increased intracellular burdens, concomitant with marked decreases in IEC shedding and death. Pretreatment with IFN-γ to mimic inflammation increased caspase-11 levels and IEC death, and reduced Salmonella burdens in Casp1-/- monolayers, while high intracellular burdens and limited cell shedding persisted in Casp1/11-/- monolayers. Thus caspase-1 regulates inflammasome responses in IECs at baseline, while proinflammatory activation of IECs reveals a compensatory role for caspase-11. These results demonstrate the importance of IEC-intrinsic canonical and non-canonical inflammasomes in host defense against Salmonella.
    Keywords Immunologic diseases. Allergy ; RC581-607 ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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  2. Article ; Online: Direct Clinical Evidence Recommending the Use of Proteinase K or Dithiothreitol to Pretreat Sputum for Detection of SARS-CoV-2

    Jing Peng / Yanjun Lu / Juan Song / Bruce A. Vallance / Kevan Jacobson / Hong Bing Yu / Ziyong Sun

    Frontiers in Medicine, Vol

    2020  Volume 7

    Abstract: One of the primary tools for diagnosing COVID-19 is the nucleic acid-based real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test performed on respiratory specimens. The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in lower respiratory specimens (such ... ...

    Abstract One of the primary tools for diagnosing COVID-19 is the nucleic acid-based real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test performed on respiratory specimens. The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in lower respiratory specimens (such as sputum) is higher than that for upper respiratory specimens (such as nasal and pharyngeal swabs). However, sputum specimens are usually quite viscous, requiring a homogenization process prior to nucleic acid (NA) extraction for RT-PCR. Sputum specimens from COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients were treated with four commonly used reagents—saline, N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NALC), proteinase K (PK), and dithiothreitol (DTT), prior to NA extraction. These reagents were then compared for their performance in diagnosing COVID-19 in real clinical practice. The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in PK- or DTT-treated sputum was comparable, and higher than that in sputum treated with NALC or saline. While there was a 4.8% (1/21) false negative rate for the PK- and DTT-treated sputum, neither treatment showed any false positive cases among patients with non-COVID diseases. Moreover, sputum pretreated with saline, NALC, PK or DTT showed higher detection rates of SARS-CoV-2 as compared to pharyngeal swabs. Taken together, we provide direct evidence recommending the use of PK or DTT to pretreat sputum samples to facilitate SARS-CoV-2 detection by clinical laboratories. Moreover, our methods should help to standardize the procedure of processing sputum specimens and improve the ability to detect SARS-CoV-2 in these samples.
    Keywords sputum ; detection of SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 ; proteinase K (PK) ; DTT ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920 ; covid19
    Subject code 630
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
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  3. Article ; Online: Interleukin-37 regulates innate immune signaling in human and mouse colonic organoids

    Joannie M. Allaire / Anita Poon / Shauna M. Crowley / Xiao Han / Zohreh Sharafian / Navjit Moore / Martin Stahl / Brian Bressler / Pascal M. Lavoie / Kevan Jacobson / Xiaoxia Li / Bruce A. Vallance

    Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2021  Volume 14

    Abstract: Abstract Intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) reside in close proximity to the gut microbiota and are hypo-responsive to bacterial products, likely to prevent maladaptive inflammatory responses. This is in part due to their strong expression of Single Ig IL- ...

    Abstract Abstract Intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) reside in close proximity to the gut microbiota and are hypo-responsive to bacterial products, likely to prevent maladaptive inflammatory responses. This is in part due to their strong expression of Single Ig IL-1 related receptor (SIGIRR), a negative regulator of interleukin (IL)-1 and toll-like receptor signaling. IL-37 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that inhibits innate signaling in diverse cells by signaling through SIGIRR. Despite the strong expression of SIGIRR by IEC, few studies have examined whether IL-37 can suppress their innate immune signaling. We characterized innate immune responses of human and murine colonoids to bacteria (FliC, LPS) and host (IL-1β) products and the role of IL-37/SIGIRR in regulating these responses. We demonstrated that human colonoids responded only to FliC, but not to LPS or IL-1β. While colonoids derived from different donors displayed significant inter-individual variability in the magnitude of their innate responses to FliC stimulation, all colonoids released a variety of chemokines. Interestingly, IL-37 attenuated these responses through inhibition of p38 and NFκB signaling pathways. We determined that this suppression by IL-37 was SIGIRR dependent, in murine organoids. Along with species-specific differences in IEC innate responses, we show that IL-37 can promote IEC hypo-responsiveness by suppressing inflammatory signaling.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 616
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
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  4. Article ; Online: Macrophage β2-Integrins Regulate IL-22 by ILC3s and Protect from Lethal Citrobacter rodentium-Induced Colitis

    Baomei Wang / Jong-Hyung Lim / Tetsuhiro Kajikawa / Xiaofei Li / Bruce A. Vallance / Niki M. Moutsopoulos / Triantafyllos Chavakis / George Hajishengallis

    Cell Reports, Vol 26, Iss 6, Pp 1614-1626.e

    2019  Volume 5

    Abstract: Summary: β2-integrins promote neutrophil recruitment to infected tissues and are crucial for host defense. Neutrophil recruitment is defective in leukocyte adhesion deficiency type-1 (LAD1), a condition caused by mutations in the CD18 (β2-integrin) gene. ...

    Abstract Summary: β2-integrins promote neutrophil recruitment to infected tissues and are crucial for host defense. Neutrophil recruitment is defective in leukocyte adhesion deficiency type-1 (LAD1), a condition caused by mutations in the CD18 (β2-integrin) gene. Using a model of Citrobacter rodentium (CR)-induced colitis, we show that CD18−/− mice display increased intestinal damage and systemic bacterial burden, compared to littermate controls, ultimately succumbing to infection. This phenotype is not attributed to defective neutrophil recruitment, as it is shared by CXCR2−/− mice that survive CR infection. CR-infected CD18−/− mice feature prominent upregulation of IL-17 and downregulation of IL-22. Exogenous IL-22 administration, but not endogenous IL-17 neutralization, protects CD18−/− mice from lethal colitis. β2-integrin expression on macrophages is mechanistically linked to Rac1/ROS-mediated induction of noncanonical-NLRP3 (nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich-containing family, pyrin domain-containing-3) inflammasome-dependent IL-1β production, which promotes ILC3-derived IL-22. Therefore, β2-integrins are required for protective IL-1β-dependent IL-22 responses in colitis, and the identified mechanism may underlie the association of human LAD1 with colitis. : Wang et al. show that β2-integrin expression on intestinal macrophages is required for Rac1/ROS-mediated induction of noncanonical-NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent IL-1β production, which in turn promotes ILC3-derived IL-22. Reduced production of IL-22 due to β2-integrin deficiency in mice causes lethal C. rodentium colitis. Keywords: Citrobacter rodentium, infection, colitis, β2-integrins, leukocyte adhesion deficiency, macrophages, innate lymphoid cells, IL-22, innate immunity, inflammation
    Keywords Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
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  5. Article ; Online: Intestinal-epithelial LSD1 controls goblet cell maturation and effector responses required for gut immunity to bacterial and helminth infection.

    Naveen Parmar / Kyle Burrows / Pia M Vornewald / Håvard T Lindholm / Rosalie T Zwiggelaar / Alberto Díez-Sánchez / Mara Martín-Alonso / Madeleine Fosslie / Bruce A Vallance / John Arne Dahl / Colby Zaph / Menno J Oudhoff

    PLoS Pathogens, Vol 17, Iss 3, p e

    2021  Volume 1009476

    Abstract: Infectious and inflammatory diseases in the intestine remain a serious threat for patients world-wide. Reprogramming of the intestinal epithelium towards a protective effector state is important to manage inflammation and immunity and can be ... ...

    Abstract Infectious and inflammatory diseases in the intestine remain a serious threat for patients world-wide. Reprogramming of the intestinal epithelium towards a protective effector state is important to manage inflammation and immunity and can be therapeutically targeted. The role of epigenetic regulatory enzymes within these processes is not yet defined. Here, we use a mouse model that has an intestinal-epithelial specific deletion of the histone demethylase Lsd1 (cKO mice), which maintains the epithelium in a fixed reparative state. Challenge of cKO mice with bacteria-induced colitis or a helminth infection model both resulted in increased pathogenesis. Mechanistically, we discovered that LSD1 is important for goblet cell maturation and goblet-cell effector molecules such as RELMß. We propose that this may be in part mediated by directly controlling genes that facilitate cytoskeletal organization, which is important in goblet cell biology. This study therefore identifies intestinal-epithelial epigenetic regulation by LSD1 as a critical element in host protection from infection.
    Keywords Immunologic diseases. Allergy ; RC581-607 ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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  6. Article ; Online: Fasting increases microbiome-based colonization resistance and reduces host inflammatory responses during an enteric bacterial infection.

    Franziska A Graef / Larissa S Celiberto / Joannie M Allaire / Mimi T Y Kuan / Else S Bosman / Shauna M Crowley / Hyungjun Yang / Justin H Chan / Martin Stahl / Hongbing Yu / Candice Quin / Deanna L Gibson / Elena F Verdu / Kevan Jacobson / Bruce A Vallance

    PLoS Pathogens, Vol 17, Iss 8, p e

    2021  Volume 1009719

    Abstract: Reducing food intake is a common host response to infection, yet it remains unclear whether fasting is detrimental or beneficial to an infected host. Despite the gastrointestinal tract being the primary site of nutrient uptake and a common route for ... ...

    Abstract Reducing food intake is a common host response to infection, yet it remains unclear whether fasting is detrimental or beneficial to an infected host. Despite the gastrointestinal tract being the primary site of nutrient uptake and a common route for infection, studies have yet to examine how fasting alters the host's response to an enteric infection. To test this, mice were fasted before and during oral infection with the invasive bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Fasting dramatically interrupted infection and subsequent gastroenteritis by suppressing Salmonella's SPI-1 virulence program, preventing invasion of the gut epithelium. Virulence suppression depended on the gut microbiota, as Salmonella's invasion of the epithelium proceeded in fasting gnotobiotic mice. Despite Salmonella's restored virulence within the intestines of gnotobiotic mice, fasting downregulated pro-inflammatory signaling, greatly reducing intestinal pathology. Our study highlights how food intake controls the complex relationship between host, pathogen and gut microbiota during an enteric infection.
    Keywords Immunologic diseases. Allergy ; RC581-607 ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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  7. Article ; Online: Fasting increases microbiome-based colonization resistance and reduces host inflammatory responses during an enteric bacterial infection

    Franziska A. Graef / Larissa S. Celiberto / Joannie M. Allaire / Mimi T. Y. Kuan / Else S. Bosman / Shauna M. Crowley / Hyungjun Yang / Justin H. Chan / Martin Stahl / Hongbing Yu / Candice Quin / Deanna L. Gibson / Elena F. Verdu / Kevan Jacobson / Bruce A. Vallance

    PLoS Pathogens, Vol 17, Iss

    2021  Volume 8

    Abstract: Reducing food intake is a common host response to infection, yet it remains unclear whether fasting is detrimental or beneficial to an infected host. Despite the gastrointestinal tract being the primary site of nutrient uptake and a common route for ... ...

    Abstract Reducing food intake is a common host response to infection, yet it remains unclear whether fasting is detrimental or beneficial to an infected host. Despite the gastrointestinal tract being the primary site of nutrient uptake and a common route for infection, studies have yet to examine how fasting alters the host’s response to an enteric infection. To test this, mice were fasted before and during oral infection with the invasive bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Fasting dramatically interrupted infection and subsequent gastroenteritis by suppressing Salmonella’s SPI-1 virulence program, preventing invasion of the gut epithelium. Virulence suppression depended on the gut microbiota, as Salmonella’s invasion of the epithelium proceeded in fasting gnotobiotic mice. Despite Salmonella’s restored virulence within the intestines of gnotobiotic mice, fasting downregulated pro-inflammatory signaling, greatly reducing intestinal pathology. Our study highlights how food intake controls the complex relationship between host, pathogen and gut microbiota during an enteric infection. Author summary Most animals, including humans, lose their appetites when sick. Whether this sickness behavior has evolved as a protective mechanism is unclear. In addition, fasting therapies have become popular in recent years and show promise for treating chronic inflammatory diseases, but it is uncertain whether fasting-induced immunosuppression could leave an already fasted host more vulnerable to infection than a fed host. To test this, we fasted mice and orally infected them with the invasive bacterium Salmonella Typhimurium. This pathogen causes gastroenteritis (food poisoning) in humans and in antibiotic-pretreated mice. Notably, the fasted mice were protected from infection. While Salmonella rapidly expanded in the intestines of fed mice, their expansion was reduced in fasted mice. Moreover, Salmonella in the fasted mice did not cause any intestinal tissue damage as the bacteria were unable to invade the intestinal ...
    Keywords Immunologic diseases. Allergy ; RC581-607 ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 572 ; 630
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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  8. Article ; Online: Bacterial AB5 toxins inhibit the growth of gut bacteria by targeting ganglioside-like glycoconjugates

    Robert T. Patry / Martin Stahl / Maria Elisa Perez-Munoz / Harald Nothaft / Cory Q. Wenzel / Jessica C. Sacher / Colin Coros / Jens Walter / Bruce A. Vallance / Christine M. Szymanski

    Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2019  Volume 13

    Abstract: Bacterial AB5 toxins, such as cholera toxin, bind to oligosaccharides on the host cell surface and play key roles in the pathogenesis of diarrheal disease. Here, Patry et al. show that these toxins bind also to bacterial oligosaccharides and inhibit the ... ...

    Abstract Bacterial AB5 toxins, such as cholera toxin, bind to oligosaccharides on the host cell surface and play key roles in the pathogenesis of diarrheal disease. Here, Patry et al. show that these toxins bind also to bacterial oligosaccharides and inhibit the growth of Campylobacter jejuni and gut commensal bacteria.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Publishing Group
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  9. Article ; Online: EspF is crucial for Citrobacter rodentium-induced tight junction disruption and lethality in immunocompromised animals.

    Xue Xia / Yue Liu / Andrea Hodgson / Dongqing Xu / Wenxuan Guo / Hongbing Yu / Weifeng She / Chenxing Zhou / Lei Lan / Kai Fu / Bruce A Vallance / Fengyi Wan

    PLoS Pathogens, Vol 15, Iss 6, p e

    2019  Volume 1007898

    Abstract: Attaching/Effacing (A/E) bacteria include human pathogens enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), and their murine equivalent Citrobacter rodentium (CR), of which EPEC and EHEC are important causative agents of ... ...

    Abstract Attaching/Effacing (A/E) bacteria include human pathogens enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), and their murine equivalent Citrobacter rodentium (CR), of which EPEC and EHEC are important causative agents of foodborne diseases worldwide. While A/E pathogen infections cause mild symptoms in the immunocompetent hosts, an increasing number of studies show that they produce more severe morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised and/or immunodeficient hosts. However, the pathogenic mechanisms and crucial host-pathogen interactions during A/E pathogen infections under immunocompromised conditions remain elusive. We performed a functional screening by infecting interleukin-22 (IL-22) knockout (Il22-/-) mice with a library of randomly mutated CR strains. Our screen reveals that interruption of the espF gene, which encodes the Type III Secretion System effector EspF (E. coli secreted protein F) conserved among A/E pathogens, completely abolishes the high mortality rates in CR-infected Il22-/- mice. Chromosomal deletion of espF in CR recapitulates the avirulent phenotype without impacting colonization and proliferation of CR, and EspF complement in ΔespF strain fully restores the virulence in mice. Moreover, the expression levels of the espF gene are elevated during CR infection and CR induces disruption of the tight junction (TJ) strands in colonic epithelium in an EspF-dependent manner. Distinct from EspF, chromosomal deletion of other known TJ-damaging effector genes espG and map failed to impede CR virulence in Il22-/- mice. Hence our findings unveil a critical pathophysiological function for EspF during CR infection in the immunocompromised host and provide new insights into the complex pathogenic mechanisms of A/E pathogens.
    Keywords Immunologic diseases. Allergy ; RC581-607 ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  10. Article ; Online: Bacterial AB5 toxins inhibit the growth of gut bacteria by targeting ganglioside-like glycoconjugates

    Robert T. Patry / Martin Stahl / Maria Elisa Perez-Munoz / Harald Nothaft / Cory Q. Wenzel / Jessica C. Sacher / Colin Coros / Jens Walter / Bruce A. Vallance / Christine M. Szymanski

    Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2019  Volume 13

    Abstract: Bacterial AB5 toxins, such as cholera toxin, bind to oligosaccharides on the host cell surface and play key roles in the pathogenesis of diarrheal disease. Here, Patry et al. show that these toxins bind also to bacterial oligosaccharides and inhibit the ... ...

    Abstract Bacterial AB5 toxins, such as cholera toxin, bind to oligosaccharides on the host cell surface and play key roles in the pathogenesis of diarrheal disease. Here, Patry et al. show that these toxins bind also to bacterial oligosaccharides and inhibit the growth of Campylobacter jejuni and gut commensal bacteria.
    Keywords Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
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