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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Bacillus anthracis secretes 2 toxins: lethal toxin (LT) and edema toxin (ET). We investigated their role in the physiopathologic mechanisms of inhalational anthrax by evaluating murine lung dendritic cell (LDC) functions after infection with B. anthracis strains secreting LT, ET, or both or with a nontoxinogenic strain. Three lung cell populations gated on CD11c/CD11b expression were obtained after lung digestion: (1) CD11c(high)/CD11b(low) (alveolar macrophages), (2) CD11c(intermediate (int))/CD11b(int) (LDCs), and (3) CD11c(low)/CD11b(high) (interstitial macrophages or monocytes). After infection with LT-secreting strains, a decrease in costimulatory molecule expression on LDCs was observed. All CD11c+ cells infected with a nontoxinogenic strain secreted tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- alpha , interleukin (IL)-10, and IL-6. LT-secreting strains inhibited overall cytokine secretion, whereas the ET-secreting strain inhibited only TNF- alpha secretion and increased IL-6 secretion. Similar results were obtained after preincubation with purified toxins. Our results suggest that anthrax toxins secreted during infection impair LDC function and suppress the innate immune response.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
194
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
86-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Antigens, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Antigens, CD11c, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Bacillus anthracis, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Bacterial Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Macrophages, Alveolar, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Monocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Phagocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Spores, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:16741886-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Resident CD11c+ lung cells are impaired by anthrax toxins after spore infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité d'Immunobiologie, Département de Biologie des Agents Transmissibles, Centre de Recherche du Service de Santé des Armées, La Tronche, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't