Journal
TUBERCULOSIS
Volume 89, Issue 1, Pages 29-37Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2008.09.009
Keywords
Neutrophils; M. tuberculosis genotypes; M. canettii; NETs; ROS
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- CONACYT [42512, SIP 20082200]
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Due to the intracellular nature of mycobacterial infections, little attention has been paid to the possible extracellular role that neutrophils might play in tuberculosis. The recent discovery of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), composed of DNA and antimicrobial proteins, introduces a new perspective to our understanding of the mechanism used by the innate immune System to contain and kill microorganisms. In this study, we tested in vitro whether Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an intracellular pathogen, can induce NETs formation and if this newly discovered mechanism is involved in a control response during mycobacterial infection. We found that two different genotypes of M. tuberculosis exerted, in vitro, a cytotaxic effect and induced subcellular changes oil infected neutrophils, leading to NETs formation in a time dependent manner. NETs trapped mycobacteria but were unable to kill them. NETs formation induced by M, tuberculosis could help understand the early stages of mycobacterial pathogenesis. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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