Conley Haleigh E, Brown Chalise F, Westerman Trina L, Elfenbein Johanna R, Sheats M Katie
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
Biomedicines. 2024 Feb 16;12(2):442. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12020442.
Neutrophils are innate immune cells that respond quickly to sites of bacterial infection and play an essential role in host defense. Interestingly, some bacterial pathogens benefit from exuberant neutrophil inflammation. is one such pathogen that can utilize the toxic mediators released by neutrophils to colonize the intestine and cause enterocolitis. Because neutrophils can aid gut colonization during infection, neutrophils represent a potential host-directed therapeutic target. Myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS) is an actin-binding protein that plays an essential role in many neutrophil effector responses. We hypothesized that inhibition of MARCKS protein would alter bovine neutrophil responses to Typhimurium (STm) ex vivo. We used a MARCKS inhibitor peptide to investigate the role of MARCKS in neutrophil responses to STm. This study demonstrates that MARCKS inhibition attenuated STm-induced neutrophil adhesion and chemotaxis. Interestingly, MARCKS inhibition also enhanced neutrophil phagocytosis and respiratory burst in response to STm. This is the first report describing the role of MARCKS protein in neutrophil antibacterial responses.
中性粒细胞是先天性免疫细胞,能对细菌感染部位迅速做出反应,在宿主防御中发挥重要作用。有趣的是,一些细菌病原体受益于旺盛的中性粒细胞炎症反应。[病原体名称]就是这样一种病原体,它可以利用中性粒细胞释放的毒性介质在肠道定植并引发小肠结肠炎。由于中性粒细胞在[病原体名称]感染期间可协助肠道定植,因此中性粒细胞是一个潜在的宿主导向性治疗靶点。富含豆蔻酰化丙氨酸的蛋白激酶C底物(MARCKS)是一种肌动蛋白结合蛋白,在许多中性粒细胞效应反应中起重要作用。我们假设抑制MARCKS蛋白会改变牛中性粒细胞在体外对鼠伤寒沙门氏菌(STm)的反应。我们使用一种MARCKS抑制肽来研究MARCKS在中性粒细胞对STm反应中的作用。本研究表明,抑制MARCKS可减弱STm诱导的中性粒细胞黏附和趋化作用。有趣的是,抑制MARCKS还可增强中性粒细胞对STm的吞噬作用和呼吸爆发。这是第一份描述MARCKS蛋白在中性粒细胞抗菌反应中作用的报告。