Macrophages largely contribute to heterologous anti‐Propionibacterium acnes antibody‐mediated protection from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection in mice
Macrophages largely contribute to heterologous anti‐Propionibacterium acnes antibody‐mediated protection from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection in mice
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DOI:
10.1111/1348-0421.12240
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发表时间:
2015-03
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2.6
通讯作者:
Qiu-yue Ma;Changjiang Sun;Feng Yang;Lei Wang;Wanhai Qin;X. Xia;Xin Feng;C. Du;J. Gu;W. Han-W
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Qiu-yue Ma;Changjiang Sun;Feng Yang;Lei Wang;Wanhai Qin;X. Xia;Xin Feng;C. Du;J. Gu;W. Han-W
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the causative agent of acute and chronic pleuropneumonia. Propionibacterium acnes is a facultative anaerobic gram‐positive corynebacterium. We have previously found that anti‐P. acnes antibodies can prevent A. pleuropneumoniae infections in mice. To investigate the role of macrophages in this process, affinity‐purified anti‐P. acnes IgG and anti‐A. pleuropneumoniae IgG were used in opsonophagocytosis assays. Additionally, the efficacy of passive immunization with P. acnes serum against A. pleuropneumoniae was tested in macrophage‐depleted mice. It was found that anti‐P. acnes IgG had an effect similar to that of anti‐A. pleuropneumoniae IgG (P > 0.05), which significantly promotes phagocytosis of A. pleuropneumoniae by macrophages (P 0.05). Furthermore, in mice that had been passively immunized with anti‐P. acnes serum, macrophage depletion resulted in a greater A. pleuropneumoniae burden and more severe pathological features of pneumonia in lung tissues than occurred in macrophage‐replete mice. It was concluded that macrophages are essential for the process by which anti‐P. acnes antibody prevents A. pleuropneumoniae infection in mice.