title: The Pseudomonas toxin pyocyanin inhibits the dual oxidase-based antimicrobial system as it imposes oxidative stress on airway epithelial cells.
abstract: The dual oxidase-thiocyanate-lactoperoxidase (Duox/SCN(-)/LPO) system generates the microbicidal oxidant hypothiocyanite in the airway surface liquid by using LPO, thiocyanate, and Duox-derived hydrogen peroxide released from the apical surface of the airway epithelium. This system is effective against several microorganisms that infect airways of cystic fibrosis and other immunocompromised patients. We show herein that exposure of airway epithelial cells to Pseudomonas aeruginosa obtained from long-term cultures inhibits Duox1-dependent hydrogen peroxide release, suggesting that some microbial factor suppresses Duox activity. These inhibitory effects are not seen with the pyocyanin-deficient P. aeruginosa strain PA14 Phz1/2. We show that purified pyocyanin, a redox-active virulence factor produced by P. aeruginosa, inhibits human airway cell Duox activity by depleting intracellular stores of NADPH, as it generates intracellular superoxide. Long-term exposure of human airway (primary normal human bronchial and NCI-H292) cells to pyocyanin also blocks induction of Duox1 by Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-13), which was prevented by the antioxidants glutathione and N-acetylcysteine. Furthermore, we showed that low concentrations of pyocyanin blocked killing of wild-type P. aeruginosa by the Duox/SCN(-)/LPO system on primary normal human bronchial epithelial cells. Thus, pyocyanin can subvert Pseudomonas killing by the Duox-based system as it imposes oxidative stress on the host. We also show that lactoperoxidase can oxidize pyocyanin, thereby diminishing its cytotoxicity. These data establish a novel role for pyocyanin in the survival of P. aeruginosa in human airways through competitive redox-based reactions between the pathogen and host.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Host Defenses, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
authors.forename: Balázs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rada
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lekstrom
authors.forename: Sorin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Damian
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dupuy
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Leto
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D000074623:Dual Oxidases; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D020014:K562 Cells; D007784:Lactoperoxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D009249:NADP / Q000502:physiology; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000276:immunology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D011710:Pyocyanine / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D009249:NADP; D011710:Pyocyanine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D000074623:Dual Oxidases; D007784:Lactoperoxidase; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C431513:DUOX1 protein, human; D002118:Calcium
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