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Rapid pathogen-specific recruitment of immune effector cells in the skin by secreted toxins.

ABSTRACT: Swift recruitment of phagocytic leucocytes is critical in preventing infection when bacteria breach through the protective layers of the skin. According to canonical models, this occurs via an indirect process that is initiated by contact of bacteria with resident skin cells and which is independent of the pathogenic potential of the invader. Here we describe a more rapid mechanism of leucocyte recruitment to the site of intrusion of the important skin pathogen Staphylococcus aureus that is based on direct recognition of specific bacterial toxins, the phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs), by circulating leucocytes. We used a combination of intravital imaging, ear infection and skin abscess models, and in vitro gene expression studies to demonstrate that this early recruitment was dependent on the transcription factor EGR1 and contributed to the prevention of infection. Our findings refine the classical notion of the non-specific and resident cell-dependent character of the innate immune response to bacterial infection by demonstrating a pathogen-specific high-alert mechanism involving direct recruitment of immune effector cells by secreted bacterial products.

SUBMITTER: Nguyen TH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8732318 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rapid pathogen-specific recruitment of immune effector cells in the skin by secreted toxins.

Nguyen Thuan H TH Cheung Gordon Y C GYC Rigby Kevin M KM Kamenyeva Olena O Kabat Juraj J Sturdevant Daniel E DE Villaruz Amer E AE Liu Ryan R Piewngam Pipat P Porter Adeline R AR Firdous Saba S Chiou Janice J Park Matthew D MD Hunt Rachelle L RL Almufarriji Fawaz M F FMF Tan Vee Y VY Asiamah Titus K TK McCausland Joshua W JW Fisher Emilie L EL Yeh Anthony J AJ Bae Justin S JS Kobayashi Scott D SD Wang Ji Ming JM Barber Daniel L DL DeLeo Frank R FR Otto Michael M

Nature microbiology 20211206 1

Swift recruitment of phagocytic leucocytes is critical in preventing infection when bacteria breach through the protective layers of the skin. According to canonical models, this occurs via an indirect process that is initiated by contact of bacteria with resident skin cells and which is independent of the pathogenic potential of the invader. Here we describe a more rapid mechanism of leucocyte recruitment to the site of intrusion of the important skin pathogen Staphylococcus aureus that is base ...[more]

PMID: 34873293

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Rapid pathogen-specific recruitment of immune effector cells in the skin by secreted toxins.

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Rapid pathogen-specific recruitment of immune effector cells in the skin by secreted toxins.

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