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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 99, 期 24, 页码 15705-15710出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.252415599
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01-AI35237, R01 AI035237] Funding Source: Medline
Nramp1 (Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein-1; also known as Sic11a1) is a host resistance gene that provides protection against several intracellular pathogens, including Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Little is known about the dynamic interplay that occurs between mammalian host resistance determinants such as Nramp1 and pathogens during infection. To explore these interactions, we examined the effect of Nramp1 on expression of Salmonella typhimurium (STM) virulence factors. We demonstrate that Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SP12) is essential for replication of STM in spleens of infected Nramp1(+/+) mice. Furthermore, the presence of Nramp1 in transfected cell lines and congenic knockout mice resulted in the up-regulation of STM SPI2-associated virulence genes critical for intramacrophage survival. This Nramp1-dependent up-regulation of SPI2 was mimicked in vitro by chelation of iron, demonstrating the iron-responsive nature of expression of STM SPI2-associated virulence genes. We propose that acquisition of SPI2 by S. enterica not only enabled this bacterium to become an effective intracellular pathogen but also allowed the bacterium to withstand the effects of macrophage defense mechanisms such as Nramp1 early in the evolution of its pathogenic character. These dynamic Nramp1-pathogen interactions may be essential for regulating the course of an infection. This study demonstrates the presence of a previously undescribed direct influence of a mammalian innate host resistance locus on a pathogen at the genetic level.
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