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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
卷 73, 期 11, 页码 7718-7726出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.11.7718-7726.2005
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- NIAID NIH HHS [N01AI30040, AI05467, AI38446, R01 AI044231, R01 AI038446, R21 AI044231, AI30040, AI44231] Funding Source: Medline
Nasopharyngeall colonization is the first step in the interaction between Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) and its human host. Factors that contribute to clearance of colonization are likely to affect the spread of the pneumococcus and the rate of pneumococcal disease in the population. To identify host and bacterial factors contributing to this process, we examined the time course of colonization using genetically modified mice and pneumococci. Severe combined immunodeficient mice remained persistently colonized (> 6 weeks). Major histocompatibility complex II-deficient mice, but not mu MT mice, were unable to clear colonization and showed a diminished T helper I response. Thus, CD4(+) T cells, rather than the generation of specific antibody, appear to be required for effective Th1-mediated clearance. In addition, the microbial pattern recognition receptor toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), but not TLR4, was necessary for efficient clearance of colonization. In contrast, no role of complement component 3, inducible nitric oxide synthetase, interleukin 12 (IL-12), or IL-4 could be demonstrated. Expression of the pneumococcal toxin pneumolysin enhanced acute localized inflammatory responses and promoted clearance of colonization in a TLR4-independent manner. We conclude that both innate and CD4(+) T-cell-mediated immunity and proinflammatory bacterial factors, rather than a humoral adaptive immune response, are important for clearance of S. pneumoniae from the marine nasopharynx.
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