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Infection and Immunity, April 2001, p. 2017-2024, Vol. 69, No. 4
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2017-2024.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Chemokine-Dependent Neutrophil Recruitment in a
Murine Model of Legionella Pneumonia: Potential Role of
Neutrophils as Immunoregulatory Cells
Kazuhiro
Tateda,1,2
Thomas A.
Moore,1
Michael W.
Newstead,1
Wan C.
Tsai,1
Xianying
Zeng,1
Jane C.
Deng,1
Gina
Chen,1
Raju
Reddy,1
Keizo
Yamaguchi,2 and
Theodore
J.
Standiford1,*
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical
Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0360,1 and
Department of Microbiology, Toho University School of
Medicine, Tokyo 143-0015, Japan2
Received 13 September 2000/Returned for modification 27 November
2000/Accepted 2 January 2001
The roles of CXC chemokine-mediated host responses were examined
with an A/J mouse model of Legionella pneumophila
pneumonia. After intratracheal inoculation of 106 CFU of
L. pneumophila, the bacterial numbers in the lungs
increased 10-fold by day 2; this increase was accompanied by the
massive accumulation of neutrophils. Reverse transcription-PCR data
demonstrated the up-regulation of CXC chemokines, such as
keratinocyte-derived chemokine, macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2), and lipopolysaccharide-induced CXC chemokine (LIX). Consistent
with these data, increased levels of KC, MIP-2, and LIX proteins were
observed in the lungs and peaked at days 1, 2, and 2, respectively.
Although the administration of anti-KC or anti-MIP-2 antibody resulted
in an approximately 20% decrease in neutrophil recruitment on day 2, no increase in mortality was observed. In contrast, the blockade of CXC
chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2), a receptor for CXC chemokines, including
KC and MIP-2, strikingly enhanced mortality; this effect coincided with
a 67% decrease in neutrophil recruitment. Interestingly, anti-CXCR2
antibody did not affect bacterial burden by day 2, even in the presence
of a lethal challenge of bacteria. Moreover, a significant decrease in
interleukin-12 (IL-12) levels, in contrast to the increases in KC,
MIP-2, and LIX levels, was demonstrated for CXCR2-blocked mice. These
data indicated that CXCR2-mediated neutrophil accumulation may play a
crucial role in host defense against L. pneumophila
pneumonia in mice. The increase in lethality without a change in early
bacterial clearance suggested that neutrophils may exert their
protective effect not through direct killing but through more
immunomodulatory actions in L. pneumophila pneumonia. We
speculate that a decrease in the levels of the protective cytokine IL-12 may explain, at least in part, the high mortality in the setting
of reduced neutrophil recruitment.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of
Michigan Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Medicine, 6301 MSRB III, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI
48109-0642. Phone: (734) 764-4554. Fax: (734) 764-4556. E-mail:
tstandif{at}umich.edu.
Infection and Immunity, April 2001, p. 2017-2024, Vol. 69, No. 4
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2017-2024.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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