TY - JOUR
T1 - CXC chemokine receptor-2 ligands are required for neutrophil-mediated host defense in experimental brain abscesses
AU - Kielian, T.
AU - Barry, B.
AU - Hickey, W. F.
PY - 2001/4/1
Y1 - 2001/4/1
N2 - We have developed a mouse brain abscess model by using Staphylococcus aureus, one of the main etiologic agents of brain abscesses in humans. Direct damage to the blood-brain barrier was observed from 24 h to 7 days after S. aureus exposure as demonstrated by the accumulation of serum IgG in the brain parenchyma. Evaluation of brain abscesses by immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry revealed a prominent neutrophil infiltrate. To address the importance of neutrophils in the early containment of S. aureus infection in the brain, mice were transiently depleted of neutrophils before implantation of bacteria-laden beads. Neutrophil-depleted animals consistently demonstrated more severe brain abscesses and higher CNS bacterial burdens compared with control animals. S. aureus led to the induction of numerous chemokines in the brain, including macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α/CCL3, MIP-1β/CCL4, MIP-2/CXCL1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/CCL2, and TCA-3/ CCL1, within 6 h after bacterial exposure. These chemokines also were expressed by both primary cultures of neonatal mouse microglia and astrocytes exposed to heat-inactivated S. aureus in vitro. Because neutrophils constitute the majority of the cellular infiltrate in early brain abscess development, subsequent analysis focused on MIP-2 and KC/CXCL1, two neutrophil-attracting CXC chemokines. Both MIP-2 and KC protein levels were significantly elevated in the brain after S. aureus exposure. Neutrophil extravasation into the brain parenchyma was impaired in CXCR2 knockout mice and was associated with increased bacterial burdens. These studies demonstrate the importance of the CXCR2 ligands MIP-2 and KC and neutrophils in the acute host response to S. aureus in the brain.
AB - We have developed a mouse brain abscess model by using Staphylococcus aureus, one of the main etiologic agents of brain abscesses in humans. Direct damage to the blood-brain barrier was observed from 24 h to 7 days after S. aureus exposure as demonstrated by the accumulation of serum IgG in the brain parenchyma. Evaluation of brain abscesses by immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry revealed a prominent neutrophil infiltrate. To address the importance of neutrophils in the early containment of S. aureus infection in the brain, mice were transiently depleted of neutrophils before implantation of bacteria-laden beads. Neutrophil-depleted animals consistently demonstrated more severe brain abscesses and higher CNS bacterial burdens compared with control animals. S. aureus led to the induction of numerous chemokines in the brain, including macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α/CCL3, MIP-1β/CCL4, MIP-2/CXCL1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/CCL2, and TCA-3/ CCL1, within 6 h after bacterial exposure. These chemokines also were expressed by both primary cultures of neonatal mouse microglia and astrocytes exposed to heat-inactivated S. aureus in vitro. Because neutrophils constitute the majority of the cellular infiltrate in early brain abscess development, subsequent analysis focused on MIP-2 and KC/CXCL1, two neutrophil-attracting CXC chemokines. Both MIP-2 and KC protein levels were significantly elevated in the brain after S. aureus exposure. Neutrophil extravasation into the brain parenchyma was impaired in CXCR2 knockout mice and was associated with increased bacterial burdens. These studies demonstrate the importance of the CXCR2 ligands MIP-2 and KC and neutrophils in the acute host response to S. aureus in the brain.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.166.7.4634
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.166.7.4634
M3 - Article
C2 - 11254722
AN - SCOPUS:0035313548
VL - 166
SP - 4634
EP - 4643
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
SN - 0022-1767
IS - 7
ER -