B. Dobosh , D. Luthra , J. Hosten , P. Kumar , D. Moncada Giraldo , J. Coppinger , R. Tirouvanziam
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Abstract
Objectives
Chronic infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) airways are not efficiently countered by antibiotics and CFTR modulators. Our prior studies showed that neutrophils conditioned by the CF airway milieu actively repress microbial killing (Margaroli, Cell Rep Med 2021). Here, we asked if extracellular vesicles (EVs) may underlie this microbial tolerance.
Methods
EVs from CF airway supernatant (CF ASN, obtained from sputum by homogenization and removal of cells, bacteria and debris) were characterized by nanoparticle tracking analysis, Western blot, proteomics, qRT-PCR and RNASeq. CF ASN either whole or EV-depleted was used in a transmigration model to recapitulate airway leukocyte conditioning (Dobosh, STAR Prot 2021). EVs from transmigrated neutrophils were used in sequential transmigrations to evaluate signaling recursivity. Microbial killing was assessed by incubation of leukocytes with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Results
Unlike neutrophils recruited to full CF ASN, those recruited to CF ASN devoid of neutrophil EVs showed normal bacterial killing and their EVs had normal content and did not induce bacterial tolerance in the next wave of transmigrated cells. Like neutrophils, monocytes recruited to CF ASN and differentiated into macrophages also repressed bacterial killing. By omics analysis, we identified the long non-coding RNA MALAT1 in neutrophil EVs, and the histone deacetylase HDAC11 in airway leukocytes as key to this pathological loop. Clinically, MALAT1 levels in CF sputum was negatively correlated with lung function. Therapeutically, HDAC11 inhibitor SIS-17 normalized microbial killing by leukocytes in CF ASN and abrogated EV-mediated tolerance imprinting.
Conclusion
Neutrophil EVs mediate a new type of recursive immune memory in CF airways, which forces leukocytes to tolerate microbes and can be countered by host-directed therapy.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Cystic Fibrosis is the official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society. The journal is devoted to promoting the research and treatment of cystic fibrosis. To this end the journal publishes original scientific articles, editorials, case reports, short communications and other information relevant to cystic fibrosis. The journal also publishes news and articles concerning the activities and policies of the ECFS as well as those of other societies related the ECFS.