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Enhancers of Host Immune Tolerance to Bacterial Infection Discovered Using Linked Computational and Experimental Approaches

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ADVANCED SCIENCE
卷 9, 期 26, 页码 -

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200222

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drug repurposing; host response; infection; sepsis; tolerance

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  1. DARPA [W911NF-16-C-0050]

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Current therapeutic strategies against bacterial infections mainly rely on antibiotics to reduce pathogen load. However, stimulating host tolerance to infection in the presence of pathogens may provide an alternative approach. By using computational transcriptomics and Xenopus laevis embryos, researchers have discovered infection response pathways and identified potential drugs that can induce broad tolerance. Xenopus exhibits natural tolerance to certain bacteria, while others cause lethal infections. Gene pathways associated with active tolerance in Xenopus are found to be conserved across species. Administering certain drugs to Xenopus embryos infected with lethal bacteria increases survival rates.
Current therapeutic strategies against bacterial infections focus on reduction of pathogen load using antibiotics; however, stimulation of host tolerance to infection in the presence of pathogens might offer an alternative approach. Computational transcriptomics and Xenopus laevis embryos are used to discover infection response pathways, identify potential tolerance inducer drugs, and validate their ability to induce broad tolerance. Xenopus exhibits natural tolerance to Acinetobacter baumanii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria, whereas Aeromonas hydrophila and Pseudomonas aeruginosa produce lethal infections. Transcriptional profiling leads to definition of a 20-gene signature that discriminates between tolerant and susceptible states, as well as identification of a more active tolerance response to gram negative compared to gram positive bacteria. Gene pathways associated with active tolerance in Xenopus, including some involved in metal ion binding and hypoxia, are found to be conserved across species, including mammals, and administration of a metal chelator (deferoxamine) or a HIF-1 alpha agonist (1,4-DPCA) in embryos infected with lethal A. hydrophila increased survival despite high pathogen load. These data demonstrate the value of combining the Xenopus embryo infection model with computational multiomics analyses for mechanistic discovery and drug repurposing to induce host tolerance to bacterial infections.

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