Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) causes high early mortality in pneumococcal pneumonia, which is characterized by acute lung injury (ALI). The molecular mechanisms underlying ALI and the high early mortality remain unknown. Despite recent studies that identify deubiquitinating enzyme cylindromatosis (CYLD) as a key regulator for T cell development, tumor cell proliferation, and NF-κB transcription factor signaling, its role in regulating bacteria-induced lethality, however, is unknown. Here, we showed that CYLD deficiency protected mice from S. pneumoniae pneumolysin (PLY)-induced ALI and lethality. CYLD was highly induced by PLY, and it inhibited MKK3-p38 kinase-dependent expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in lung, thereby potentiating ALI and mortality. Thus, CYLD is detrimental for host survival, thereby indicating a mechanism underlying the high early mortality of pneumococcal pneumonia.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 349-360 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Immunity |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 24 Aug 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are grateful to Drs. R. Malley and A. Srivastava for kindly providing the purified native PLY and Dr. G. Mosialos for kindly providing anti-CYLD antibody. We also thank Drs. R. Bernards and J. Han for kindly providing various expression plasmids. Out thanks also extend to Dr. R. Malley for his helpful input and discussions regarding the manuscript and Dr. G. Mosialos for critically reviewing this manuscript. This work was supported in part by grants from National Institute of Health DC005843 and DC004562 and a start-up fund from University of Rochester Medical Center (to J.-D.L.), Major State Basic Research (973) Program (2005CB523102), China (to W.Z. and X.W.), Arthritis Foundation Investigator Award, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeltal and Skin Disease Grant KO1 AR 02188, National Institute of Health Grants RO1AI56219 (to Z.Y.), HL077789 and AHA EIA0740021 (to C.Y.) and by Amgen. RJD and RAF are investigators of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. We declare that a patent on using recombinant PAI-1 for the treatment of lethal bacterial infections has been filed by University of Rochester.
Keywords
- CELLIMMUNO
- HUMDISEASE
- MICROBIO