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BLOOD
Volume 130, Issue 3, Pages 328-339Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-11-752006
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [P01HL129941, R01HL110353]
- NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [R21AI114965]
- NIH, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [R03DK101592]
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are widely used to reduce blood pressure. Here, we examined if an ACE is important for the antibacterial effectiveness of neutrophils. ACE knockout mice or mice treated with an ACE inhibitor were more susceptible to bacterial infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). In contrast, mice overexpressing ACE in neutrophils (Neu(ACE) mice) have increased resistance to MRSA and better in vitro killing of MRSA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. ACE overexpression increased neutrophil production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) following MRSA challenge, an effect independent of the angiotensin II AT1 receptor. Specifically, as compared with wild-type (WT) mice, there was a marked increase of superoxide generation (>twofold, P<.0005) in Neu(ACE) neutrophils following infection, whereas ACE knockout neutrophils decreased superoxide production. Analysis of membrane p47-phox and p67-phox indicates that ACE increases reduced NAD phosphate oxidase activity but does not increase expression of these subunits. Increased ROS generation mediates the enhanced bacterial resistance of Neu(ACE) mice because the enhanced resistance is lost with DPI (an inhibitor of ROS production by flavoenzymes) inhibition. Neu(ACE) granulocytes also have increased neutrophil extracellular trap formation and interleukin-1 beta release in response to MRSA. In a mouse model of chemotherapy-induced neutrophil depletion, transfusion of ACE-overexpressing neutrophils was superior to WT neutrophils in treating MRSA infection. These data indicate a previously unknown function of ACE in neutrophil antibacterial defenses and suggest caution in the treatment of certain individuals with ACE inhibitors. ACE overexpression in neutrophils may be useful in boosting the immune response to antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection.
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