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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 208, Issue 3, Pages 528-538Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit177
Keywords
Staphylococcus aureus; macrophage; signaling; protein kinase B; Akt
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81270066, 30872262, 30871130]
- Chinese Ministry of Education [201070, NCET-08-0927]
- Chinese provincial and municipal governments [2011R10027, LR12H01003, 2012C33017, LY12H1007, 20100633B11]
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Macrophage polarization is critical for dictating host defense against pathogens and injurious agents. Dysregulation of macrophage differentiation has been implicated in infectious and inflammatory diseases. Here, we show that protein kinase B/Akt1 signaling induced by Staphylococcus aureus is essential in shifting macrophages from an antimicrobial phenotype (M1) to a functionally inert signature. Akt1(-/-)mice consistently had enhanced bacterial clearance and greater survival, compared with their wild-type littermates. The blunted M1 macrophage reaction driven by Akt1 was associated with decreased RelA/nuclear factor kappa B activity. Furthermore, by repression of the expression of suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1), microRNA 155 revealed to promote the transcription of M1 signature genes in macrophages from Akt1(-/-) mice. Accordingly, blocking of microRNA 155 in macrophages from Akt1(-/-)mice or knockdown of SOCS1 in cells from wild-type mice disabled or enabled, respectively, an M1 macrophage shift and antibacterial response. These results thus establish an Akt1-mediated, microRNA-involved circuit that regulates pathogen-driven macrophage polarization and, subsequently, the host response to infection.
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