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Inflammasome-mediated corneal epithelial cell defenses inhibited by pathogenic bacteria

致病菌抑制炎症小体介导的角膜上皮细胞防御

基本信息

批准号：
10688090
负责人：
Abby R Kroken
金额：
$ 37.73万
依托单位：
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-09-01 至 2027-04-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10688090
关键词：
ADP Ribose Transferases ADP ribosylation Apoptosis Bacteria Bypass CRISPR/Cas technology Caspase Cell Line Cells Cessation of life Cicatrix Clinical Contact Lenses Cornea Corneal Opacity Corneal Stroma Cultured Cells Cytoplasm Cytoprotection Data Defense Mechanisms Epithelial Cells Epithelium Exotoxins Eye Eye Infections Film Hela Cells Host Defense Host Defense Mechanism Hydrophilic Contact Lenses Image Immune Immune response Infection Inflammasome Inflammatory Injections Interleukin-1 beta Invaded Keratitis Knockout Mice Life Style Link Lipopolysaccharides Lytic Measures Mediating Microbe Modeling Molecular Monitor Mus Neutrophil Infiltration Outcome Pathogenicity Pathway interactions Predisposition Process Production Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection Publications Resolution Role Site Surface Testing Time Tissues Toxin Transformed Cell Line Virulence Factors Vision Wild Type Mouse cell type corneal epithelium cytokine experimental study imaging modality microbial mouse model mutant novel ocular surface pathogen pathogenic bacteria prevent recruit response

项目摘要

Project Summary/Abstract The healthy corneal epithelium is an effective barrier to pathogenic and environmental bacteria. Because of this, corneal infection or keratitis models often rely on bypassing the epithelium altogether by introducing microbes directly into the corneal stroma, where they initiate immune cell responses that can damage tissue and cause vision-threatening scarring. A limitation of this experimental approach is that epithelial defense mechanisms are unable to be identified or investigated. The bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common infection associated with soft contact lens wear, suggesting it is uniquely capable of causing infection in the stroma even when the epithelium remains intact. One way in which P. aeruginosa colonizes the epithelium is by invading and replicating inside epithelial cells, which has been investigated in cultured cells, and observed in mouse corneal infection models. Preliminary data show that the toxin ExoS produced by P. aeruginosa suppresses caspase-4 mediated pyroptosis of invaded corneal epithelial cells, buying time for bacteria to replicate in a protected niche. Additional data indicate that a different inflammasome pathway is also active in corneal epithelial cells, and leads to production of the cytokine IL-1β, which ExoS also suppresses. Therefore, a novel role for ExoS in corneal infection could be to prolong a niche for bacteria to replicate within corneal epithelial cells, while limiting secretion of cytokines that recruit immune cells. Using imaging methods to selectively monitor invaded cells, and CRISPR-Cas9 to manipulate corneal epithelial cells genetically, we will answer three outstanding questions regarding both corneal epithelial defense, and bacterial subversion of it: 1. How does ExoS block caspase-4-mediated pyroptosis? 2. How do corneal epithelial cells detect and respond to P. aeruginosa? 3. What is the significance of epithelial cell inflammasome activation and pyroptosis in protecting the eye from developing keratitis in the stroma? Successful completion of these aims will identify a new mechanism of host defense at the ocular surface, further our understanding of inflammasomes in epithelial cells, and elucidate how a uniquely devastating corneal pathogen is able to overcome host defenses.

项目概要/摘要 The healthy corneal epithelium is an effective barrier to pathogenic and environmental bacteria.由于 this, corneal infection or keratitis models often rely on bypassing the epithelium altogether by introducing microbes directly into the corneal stroma, where they initiate immune cell responses that can damage tissue and cause vision-threatening scarring. A limitation of this experimental approach is that epithelial defense mechanisms are unable to be identified or investigated. The bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common infection associated with soft contact lens wear, suggesting it is uniquely capable of causing infection in the stroma even when the epithelium remains intact. One way in which P. aeruginosa colonizes the epithelium is by invading and replicating inside epithelial cells, which has been investigated in cultured cells, and observed in mouse corneal infection models. Preliminary data show that the toxin ExoS produced by P. aeruginosa suppresses caspase-4 mediated pyroptosis of invaded corneal epithelial cells, buying time for bacteria to replicate in a protected niche. Additional data indicate that a different inflammasome pathway is also active in corneal epithelial cells, and leads to production of the cytokine IL-1β, which ExoS also suppresses. Therefore, a novel role for ExoS in corneal infection could be to prolong a niche for bacteria to replicate within corneal epithelial cells, while limiting secretion of cytokines that recruit immune cells.使用 imaging methods to selectively monitor invaded cells, and CRISPR-Cas9 to manipulate corneal epithelial cells genetically, we will answer three outstanding questions regarding both corneal epithelial defense, and bacterial subversion of it: 1. How does ExoS block caspase-4-mediated pyroptosis? 2. How do corneal epithelial cells detect and respond to P. aeruginosa? 3. What is the significance of epithelial cell inflammasome activation and pyroptosis in protecting the eye from developing keratitis in the stroma? Successful completion of these aims will identify a new mechanism of host defense at the ocular surface, further our understanding of inflammasomes in epithelial cells, and elucidate how a uniquely devastating corneal pathogen is able to 克服宿主的防御。