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Plasmodium blood-stage induces trained immunity in hepatocytes

ABSTRACT: Plasmodium parasites, the causative agents of malaria, are transmitted at high levels in endemic areas and sequential infections are common. Using a mouse model of infection we discovered liver burden was suppressed in blood-stage experienced, compared to naïve, animals, independently of adaptive responses and inflammation. We observed greater chromatin accessibility of a subset of interferon stimulated genes in blood-stage experienced animals, and a rapid increase in transcription of these genes upon sporozoite challenge. Ex vivo stimulation of hepatocytes from blood-stage experienced mice also led to a rapid and elevated response upon treatment with an unrelated antigen, ctDNA. Taken together, these data are consistent with a model in which hepatocytes are reprogramed by blood stage Plasmodium infection to exhibit trained memory akin to what has been described in innate immune cells. The consequences of training of hepatocytes could be wide-reaching and might alter responses to diverse pathogens and other stimuli.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE338810 | GEO | 2026/07/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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