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Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A Induces Pulmonary Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Bacterial Translocation Through The TLR2/IQGAP1 Axis
Pulmonary epithelial barrier dysfunction is a critical pathophysiological process in pneumonia and associated invasive infections, such as those caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. However, the mechanisms underlying A. baumannii-induced pulmonary epithelial barrier dysfunction and bacterial transloca...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9280087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35844614 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.927955 |
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author | Zhang, Wang Zhou, Hua Jiang, Yan He, Jintao Yao, Yue Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Xiaochen Leptihn, Sebastian Hua, Xiaoting Yu, Yunsong |
author_facet | Zhang, Wang Zhou, Hua Jiang, Yan He, Jintao Yao, Yue Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Xiaochen Leptihn, Sebastian Hua, Xiaoting Yu, Yunsong |
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description | Pulmonary epithelial barrier dysfunction is a critical pathophysiological process in pneumonia and associated invasive infections, such as those caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. However, the mechanisms underlying A. baumannii-induced pulmonary epithelial barrier dysfunction and bacterial translocation remain unclear. In this study, lungs of mice and A549 human epithelial cell monolayers were challenged with the A. baumannii wild-type strain and an outer membrane protein A (ompA) deletion strain. In addition, epithelial cells in culture were treated with purified OmpA protein or transfected with a eukaryotic expression vector encoding ompA (pCMV-ompA). Bacterial translocation across cell monolayers and intrapulmonary burden were measured, barrier function was evaluated in vivo and in vitro; cell migration ability was determined. The specific inhibitors C29 and JSH-23 were used to suppress the activity of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and of NF-κB, respectively. IQ-GTPase-activating protein 1 (IQGAP1) small interfering RNA was used to knock down endogenous IQGAP1 expression. In this work, we show that OmpA from A. baumannii increased the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, remodeled the cytoskeleton, and internalized intercellular adherens junctions (AJs); these changes eventually induced pulmonary epithelial barrier dysfunction to promote bacterial translocation. IQGAP1-targeting small interfering RNA and chemical inhibition of TLR2 or NF-κB prevented high permeability of the pulmonary epithelial barrier. TLR2/NF-κB signaling was involved in OmpA-induced inflammation, IQGAP1-mediated OmpA-induced opening of the pulmonary epithelial barrier via cytoskeleton dynamic remodeling, and cellular redistribution of the major AJ protein, E-cadherin. These observations indicate that A. baumannii uses OmpA to overcome epithelial defences and cross the pulmonary epithelial barrier. |
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spelling | pubmed-92800872022-07-15 Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A Induces Pulmonary Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Bacterial Translocation Through The TLR2/IQGAP1 Axis Zhang, Wang Zhou, Hua Jiang, Yan He, Jintao Yao, Yue Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Xiaochen Leptihn, Sebastian Hua, Xiaoting Yu, Yunsong Front Immunol Immunology Pulmonary epithelial barrier dysfunction is a critical pathophysiological process in pneumonia and associated invasive infections, such as those caused by Acinetobacter baumannii. However, the mechanisms underlying A. baumannii-induced pulmonary epithelial barrier dysfunction and bacterial translocation remain unclear. In this study, lungs of mice and A549 human epithelial cell monolayers were challenged with the A. baumannii wild-type strain and an outer membrane protein A (ompA) deletion strain. In addition, epithelial cells in culture were treated with purified OmpA protein or transfected with a eukaryotic expression vector encoding ompA (pCMV-ompA). Bacterial translocation across cell monolayers and intrapulmonary burden were measured, barrier function was evaluated in vivo and in vitro; cell migration ability was determined. The specific inhibitors C29 and JSH-23 were used to suppress the activity of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and of NF-κB, respectively. IQ-GTPase-activating protein 1 (IQGAP1) small interfering RNA was used to knock down endogenous IQGAP1 expression. In this work, we show that OmpA from A. baumannii increased the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, remodeled the cytoskeleton, and internalized intercellular adherens junctions (AJs); these changes eventually induced pulmonary epithelial barrier dysfunction to promote bacterial translocation. IQGAP1-targeting small interfering RNA and chemical inhibition of TLR2 or NF-κB prevented high permeability of the pulmonary epithelial barrier. TLR2/NF-κB signaling was involved in OmpA-induced inflammation, IQGAP1-mediated OmpA-induced opening of the pulmonary epithelial barrier via cytoskeleton dynamic remodeling, and cellular redistribution of the major AJ protein, E-cadherin. These observations indicate that A. baumannii uses OmpA to overcome epithelial defences and cross the pulmonary epithelial barrier. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9280087/ /pubmed/35844614 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.927955 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhang, Zhou, Jiang, He, Yao, Wang, Liu, Leptihn, Hua and Yu https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Immunology Zhang, Wang Zhou, Hua Jiang, Yan He, Jintao Yao, Yue Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Xiaochen Leptihn, Sebastian Hua, Xiaoting Yu, Yunsong Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A Induces Pulmonary Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Bacterial Translocation Through The TLR2/IQGAP1 Axis |
title |
Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A Induces Pulmonary Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Bacterial Translocation Through The TLR2/IQGAP1 Axis |
title_full |
Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A Induces Pulmonary Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Bacterial Translocation Through The TLR2/IQGAP1 Axis |
title_fullStr |
Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A Induces Pulmonary Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Bacterial Translocation Through The TLR2/IQGAP1 Axis |
title_full_unstemmed |
Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A Induces Pulmonary Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Bacterial Translocation Through The TLR2/IQGAP1 Axis |
title_short |
Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane Protein A Induces Pulmonary Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction and Bacterial Translocation Through The TLR2/IQGAP1 Axis |
title_sort | acinetobacter baumannii outer membrane protein a induces pulmonary epithelial barrier dysfunction and bacterial translocation through the tlr2/iqgap1 axis |
topic | Immunology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9280087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35844614 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.927955 |
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