title: Modulation of transcriptional and inflammatory responses in murine macrophages by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis mammalian cell entry (Mce) 1 complex.
abstract: The outcome of many infections depends on the initial interactions between agent and host. Aiming at elucidating the effect of the M. tuberculosis Mce1 protein complex on host transcriptional and immunological responses to infection with M. tuberculosis, RNA from murine macrophages at 15, 30, 60 min, 4 and 10 hrs post-infection with M. tuberculosis H37Rv or Δ-mce1 H37Rv was analyzed by whole-genome microarrays and RT-QPCR. Immunological responses were measured using a 23-plex cytokine assay. Compared to uninfected controls, 524 versus 64 genes were up-regulated by 15 min post H37Rv- and Δ-mce1 H37Rv-infection, respectively. By 15 min post-H37Rv infection, a decline of 17 cytokines combined with up-regulation of Ccl24 (26.5-fold), Clec4a2 (23.2-fold) and Pparγ (10.5-fold) indicated an anti-inflammatory response initiated by IL-13. Down-regulation of Il13ra1 combined with up-regulation of Il12b (30.2-fold), suggested switch to a pro-inflammatory response by 4 hrs post H37Rv-infection. Whereas no significant change in cytokine concentration or transcription was observed during the first hour post Δ-mce1 H37Rv-infection, a significant decline of IL-1b, IL-9, IL-13, Eotaxin and GM-CSF combined with increased transcription of Il12b (25.1-fold) and Inb1 (17.9-fold) by 4 hrs, indicated a pro-inflammatory response. The balance between pro-and anti-inflammatory responses during the early stages of infection may have significant bearing on outcome.
authors: Section of Microbiology and Immunology, the Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Ruth.Stavrum@Gades.uib.no
authors: Ruth
authors: R
authors: Stavrum
authors: Anne-Kristin
authors: AK
authors: Stavrum
authors: Håvard
authors: H
authors: Valvatne
authors: Lee W
authors: LW
authors: Riley
authors: Elling
authors: E
authors: Ulvestad
authors: Inge
authors: I
authors: Jonassen
authors: Jörg
authors: J
authors: Assmus
authors: T Mark
authors: TM
authors: Doherty
authors: Harleen M S
authors: HM
authors: Grewal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002460:Cell Line; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D051379:Mice; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000502:physiology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D012329:RNA, Bacterial