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PARASITES & VECTORS
卷 5, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-229
关键词
Tick; Ixodes scapularis; Saliva; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Rickettsial agent
资金
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [K01 CK000101]
- University of California (to JHFP), public health service grant [R01 AI093653]
- International Graduate Student Fellowship
- American Association of University Women
- Jan Evangelista Purkyne fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Marie Curie Reintegration grant of the EU-FP7 [PIRG07-GA-2010-268177]
Background: Ixodes scapularis saliva enables the transmission of infectious agents to the mammalian host due to its immunomodulatory, anesthetic and anti-coagulant properties. However, how I. scapularis saliva influences host cytokine secretion in the presence of the obligate intracellular rickettsial pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum remains elusive. Methods: Bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) were stimulated with pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and A. phagocytophilum. Cytokine secretion was measured in the presence and absence of I. scapularis saliva. Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were also stimulated with Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-alpha in the presence and absence of I. scapularis saliva and interleukin (IL)-8 was measured. Results: I. scapularis saliva inhibits inflammatory cytokine secretion by macrophages during stimulation of Toll- like (TLR) and Nod-like receptor (NLR) signaling pathways. The effect of I. scapularis saliva on immune cells is not restricted to murine macrophages because decreasing levels of interleukin (IL)-8 were observed after TNF-alpha stimulation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. I. scapularis saliva also mitigates pro-inflammatory cytokine response by murine macrophages during challenge with A. phagocytophilum. Conclusions: These findings suggest that I. scapularis may inhibit inflammatory cytokine secretion during rickettsial transmission at the vector-host interface.
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