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Infection and Immunity, February 2003, p. 663-670, Vol. 71, No. 2
0019-9567/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.2.663-670.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Toll-Like Receptor 4-Positive Macrophages Protect Mice from Pasteurella pneumotropica-Induced Pneumonia{dagger}

Marcia L. Hart,1 Derek A. Mosier,2 and Stephen K. Chapes1*

Division of Biology,1 Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 665062

Received 13 August 2002/ Returned for modification 8 October 2002/ Accepted 30 October 2002

This study investigates Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-positive macrophages in early recognition and clearance of pulmonary bacteria. TLR4 is a trans-membrane receptor that is the primary recognition molecule for lipopolysaccharide of gram-negative bacteria. The TLR4Lps-del mouse strains C57BL10/ScN (B10) and STOCK Abbtm1 TLR4Lps-del Slc11a1s(B10 x C2D) are susceptible to pulmonary infections and develop pneumonia when naturally or experimentally infected by the opportunistic bacterium Pasteurella pneumotropica. Since these mice have the TLR4Lps-del genotype, we hypothesized that reconstitution of mice with TLR4-positive macrophages would provide resistance to this bacterium. A cultured macrophage cell line (C2D macrophages) and bone marrow cells from C2D mice were adoptively transferred to B10 and B10 x C2D mice by intraperitoneal injection. C2D macrophages increased B10 and B10 x C2D mouse resistance to P. pneumotropica. In C2D-recipient mice there was earlier transcription of tumor necrosis factor alpha and chemokines JE and macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2) in the lungs of B10 and B10 x C2D mice, and there was earlier transcription of KC and MIP-1{alpha} in B10 x C2D mice. In addition, the course of inflammation following experimental Pasteurella challenge was altered in C2D recipients. C2D macrophages also protected B10 x C2D mice, which lack CD4+ T cells. These data indicate that macrophages are critical for pulmonary immunity and can provide host resistance to P. pneumotropica. This study indicates that TLR4-positive macrophages are important for early recognition and clearance of pulmonary bacterial infections.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Kansas State University, Division of Biology, Ackert 19, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901. Phone: (785) 532-6795. Fax: (785) 532-6653. E-mail: skcbiol{at}ksu.edu.

{dagger} This is publication number 03-12-J of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.

Editor: J. D. Clements

Infection and Immunity, February 2003, p. 663-670, Vol. 71, No. 2
0019-9567/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.2.663-670.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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