Low doses of imatinib induce myelopoiesis and enhance host anti-microbial immunity.
Low doses of imatinib induce myelopoiesis and enhance host anti-microbial immunity.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1004770
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发表时间:
2015-03
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Kalman D
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作者:
Napier RJ;Norris BA;Swimm A;Giver CR;Harris WA;Laval J;Napier BA;Patel G;Crump R;Peng Z;Bornmann W;Pulendran B;Buller RM;Weiss DS;Tirouvanziam R;Waller EK;Kalman D
Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) inhibits Abl1, c-Kit, and related protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and serves as a therapeutic for chronic myelogenous leukemia and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Imatinib also has efficacy against various pathogens, including pathogenic mycobacteria, where it decreases bacterial load in mice, albeit at doses below those used for treating cancer. We report that imatinib at such low doses unexpectedly induces differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitors in the bone marrow, augments myelopoiesis but not lymphopoiesis, and increases numbers of myeloid cells in blood and spleen. Whereas progenitor differentiation relies on partial inhibition of c-Kit by imatinib, lineage commitment depends upon inhibition of other PTKs. Thus, imatinib mimics “emergency hematopoiesis,” a physiological innate immune response to infection. Increasing neutrophil numbers by adoptive transfer sufficed to reduce mycobacterial load, and imatinib reduced bacterial load of Franciscella spp., which do not utilize imatinib-sensitive PTKs for pathogenesis. Thus, potentiation of the immune response by imatinib at low doses may facilitate clearance of diverse microbial pathogens. Host-directed therapeutics (HDTs) for infectious diseases target cellular mechanisms used by pathogens to move into, through, or out of cells. The Abl tyrosine kinase (TK) inhibitor and cancer therapeutic imatinib mesylate (Gleevec), for example, has activity against bacterial and viral pathogens via effects on pathogen entry (polyomaviruses), intracellular transit (Mycobacteria) and exit (poxviruses and filoviruses). Other HDTs target the host immune system by suppressing or activating circulating innate and adaptive cells. Here we report that imatinib at doses that are effective in clearing Mycobacterial infections but which are 10-fold lower than those used for cancer, mimics a physiological innate response to infection in the bone marrow, called the “emergency response,” in which hematopoietic stem cells and multipotent progenitors expand and differentiate into mature myeloid cells that migrate to peripheral sites. Imatinib effects occur in part via partial inhibition of c-Kit, suggesting a mechanism by which c-Kit controls the earliest stages of hematopoiesis. Mimicking a physiological antimicrobial response may make imatinib broadly useful. Accordingly, imatinib also has efficacy against infections caused by Franciscella spp., which do not use imatinib-sensitive TKs for pathogenesis. These observations identify myelopoiesis as an important target for HDTs, and provide information on how to dose imatinib for clinical use.
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.1201538
发表时间:
2012-10-15
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Bruns H;Stegelmann F;Fabri M;Döhner K;van Zandbergen G;Wagner M;Skinner M;Modlin RL;Stenger S
通讯作者:
Stenger S
影响因子:
20.3
作者:
Eash, Kyle J.;Means, Jacquelyn M.;Link, Daniel C.
通讯作者:
Link, Daniel C.
影响因子:
15.9
作者:
Dillon, S;Agrawal, S;Pulendran, B
通讯作者:
Pulendran, B
影响因子:
15.9
作者:
Eash, Kyle J.;Greenbaum, Adam M.;Link, Daniel C.
通讯作者:
Link, Daniel C.
影响因子:
64.5
作者:
Adolfsson, J;Månsson, R;Jacobsen, SEW
通讯作者:
Jacobsen, SEW