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Infection and Immunity, July 2006, p. 4295-4309, Vol. 74, No. 7
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00057-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genetically Determined Susceptibility to Tuberculosis in Mice Causally Involves Accelerated and Enhanced Recruitment of Granulocytes

Christine Keller,1* Reinhard Hoffmann,2 Roland Lang,3 Sven Brandau,4 Corinna Hermann,5 and Stefan Ehlers1

Molecular Infection Biology, Research Center Borstel, Parkallee 22, 23845 Borstel, Germany,1 Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Pettenkoferstrasse 9a, 80336 Munich, Germany,2 Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technical University Munich, Trogerstrasse 9, 81675 Munich, Germany,3 Division of Immunotherapy, Research Center Borstel, Parkallee 26b, 23845 Borstel, Germany,4 Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany5

Received 11 January 2006/ Returned for modification 10 February 2006/ Accepted 19 April 2006

Classical twin studies and recent linkage analyses of African populations have revealed a potential involvement of host genetic factors in susceptibility or resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. In order to identify the candidate genes involved and test their causal implication, we capitalized on the mouse model of tuberculosis, since inbred mouse strains also differ substantially in their susceptibility to infection. Two susceptible and two resistant mouse strains were aerogenically infected with 1,000 CFU of M. tuberculosis, and the regulation of gene expression was examined by Affymetrix GeneChip U74A array with total lung RNA 2 and 4 weeks postinfection. Four weeks after infection, 96 genes, many of which are involved in inflammatory cell recruitment and activation, were regulated in common. One hundred seven genes were differentially regulated in susceptible mouse strains, whereas 43 genes were differentially expressed only in resistant mice. Data mining revealed a bias towards the expression of genes involved in granulocyte pathophysiology in susceptible mice, such as an upregulation of those for the neutrophil chemoattractant LIX (CXCL5), interleukin 17 receptor, phosphoinositide kinase 3 delta, or gamma interferon-inducible protein 10. Following M. tuberculosis challenge in both airways or peritoneum, granulocytes were recruited significantly faster and at higher numbers in susceptible than in resistant mice. When granulocytes were efficiently depleted by either of two regimens at the onset of infection, only susceptible mice survived aerosol challenge with M. tuberculosis significantly longer than control mice. We conclude that initially enhanced recruitment of granulocytes contributes to susceptibility to tuberculosis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Molecular Infection Biology, Research Center Borstel, Parkallee 22, D-23845 Borstel, Germany. Phone: 49-4537-188489. Fax: 49-4537-188686. E-mail: ckeller{at}fz-borstel.de.

Editor: J. L. Flynn

Infection and Immunity, July 2006, p. 4295-4309, Vol. 74, No. 7
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00057-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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