Novel CD11b+Gr-1+Sca-1+ myeloid cells drive mortality in bacterial infection.

ABSTRACT: Extreme pathophysiological stressors induce expansion of otherwise infrequent leukocyte populations. Here, we found a previously unidentified CD11b+Gr-1+ myeloid cell population that expresses stem cell antigen-1 (Sca-1) induced upon experimental infection with Staphylococcus aureus. Although CD11b+Gr-1+Sca-1+ cells have impaired migratory capacity and superoxide anion-producing activity, they secrete increased levels of several cytokines and chemokines compared to Sca-1- counterparts. The generation of CD11b+Gr-1+Sca-1+ cells is dependent on IFN-γ in vivo, and in vitro stimulation of bone marrow cells or granulocyte-macrophage progenitors with IFN-γ generated CD11b+Gr-1+Sca-1+ cells. Depletion of CD11b+Gr-1+Sca-1+ cells by administrating anti-Sca-1 antibody strongly increased survival rat

SUBMITTER: Park MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6976299 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature