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Infection and Immunity, November 2007, p. 5127-5134, Vol. 75, No. 11
0019-9567/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00458-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain Protein 2-Deficient Mice Control Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis{triangledown}

Sheetal Gandotra,1 Sihyug Jang,2 Peter J. Murray,3 Padmini Salgame,2 and Sabine Ehrt1*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021,1 Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07101,2 Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale, Memphis, Tennessee 381053

Received 29 March 2007/ Returned for modification 7 May 2007/ Accepted 7 August 2007

Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain proteins (NODs) are modular cytoplasmic proteins implicated in the recognition of peptidoglycan-derived molecules. NOD2 has recently been shown to be important for host cell cytokine responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, to synergize with Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) in mediating these responses, and thus to serve as a nonredundant recognition receptor for M. tuberculosis. Here, we demonstrate that macrophages and dendritic cells from NOD2-deficient mice were impaired in the production of proinflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide following infection with live, virulent M. tuberculosis. Mycolylarabinogalactan peptidoglycan (PGN), the cell wall core of M. tuberculosis, stimulated macrophages to release tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-12p40 in a partially NOD2-dependent manner, and M. tuberculosis PGN required NOD2 for the optimal induction of TNF. However, NOD2-deficient mice were no more susceptible to infection with virulent M. tuberculosis than wild-type mice: they controlled the replication of M. tuberculosis in lung, spleen, and liver as well as wild-type mice, and both genotypes displayed similar lung pathologies. In addition, mice doubly deficient for NOD2 and TLR2 were similarly able to control an M. tuberculosis infection. Thus, NOD2 appears to participate in the recognition of M. tuberculosis by antigen-presenting cells in vitro yet is dispensable for the control of the pathogen during in vivo infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Box 62, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021. Phone: (212) 746-2994. Fax: (212) 746-8587. E-mail: sae2004{at}med.cornell.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 August 2007.

Editor: F. C. Fang

Infection and Immunity, November 2007, p. 5127-5134, Vol. 75, No. 11
0019-9567/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00458-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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