KPC outbreak at University Hospital in Leipzig
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Project description:Metabolites generated in response to infection have a major role in shaping the nature of the immune response. We predicted that the metabolic response to the highly prevalent Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 (Kp ST258) strains is responsible for their ability to persist in the lungs, despite the expected proinflammatory signaling evoked by LPS. By combining in situ metabolic imaging and comprehensive transcriptional analyses, we demonstrate that Kp ST258 activates host glutaminolysis and fatty acid oxidation (FAO), generating an oxidant-rich microenvironment predisposed to the accumulation of anti-inflammatory monocyte populations. In a setting not unlike that generated by some tumors, metabolically active Kp ST258 elicits an immunotolerant, instead of a proinflammatory response. The bacteria in turn adapt to airway oxidants by upregulation of the Type VI Secretion System (T6SS), which is highly conserved across these strains worldwide. The global success of Kp ST258 can be explained, to a major extent, by their metabolic activity that promotes a permissive immune response to which the bacteria adapt.
2022-08-09 | GSE190262 | GEO
Project description:Metabolites generated in response to infection have a major role in shaping the nature of the immune response. We predicted that the metabolic response to the highly prevalent Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 258 (Kp ST258) strains is responsible for their ability to persist in the lungs, despite the expected proinflammatory signaling evoked by LPS. By combining in situ metabolic imaging and comprehensive transcriptional analyses, we demonstrate that Kp ST258 activates host glutaminolysis and fatty acid oxidation (FAO), generating an oxidant-rich microenvironment predisposed to the accumulation of anti-inflammatory monocyte populations. In a setting not unlike that generated by some tumors, metabolically active Kp ST258 elicits an immunotolerant, instead of a proinflammatory response. The bacteria in turn adapt to airway oxidants by upregulation of the Type VI Secretion System (T6SS), which is highly conserved across these strains worldwide. The global success of Kp ST258 can be explained, to a major extent, by their metabolic activity that promotes a permissive immune response to which the bacteria adapt.
2022-08-09 | GSE184563 | GEO
Project description:Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 outbreak in Utah, 2015
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Project description:Klebsiella pneumoniae is a human gut communal organism and notorious opportunistic pathogen. The relative high burden of asymptomatic colonization by K. pneumoniae is often compounded by multidrug resistance-a potential problem for individuals with significant comorbidities or other risk factors for infection. A carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae strain classified as multilocus sequence type 258 (ST258) is widespread in the United States and can be resistant to many classes of clinically useful antibiotics. Thus, treatment of ST258 infections is often difficult. Inasmuch as new preventive and/or therapeutic measures are needed for treatment of such infections, we developed an ST258 pneumonia model in cynomolgus macaques and tested the ability of an ST258 capsule polysaccharide type 2 (CPS2) vaccine to moderate disease severity. Compared with sham-vaccinated animals, those vaccinated with ST258 CPS2 had significantly less disease as assessed by radiograph 24 h after intrabronchial installation of 108 CFUs of ST258. All macaques vaccinated with CPS2 ultimately developed ST258-specific antibodies that significantly enhanced serum bactericidal activity and killing of ST258 by macaque neutrophils ex vivo. Consistent with a protective immune response to CPS2, transcripts encoding inflammatory mediators were increased in infected lung tissues obtained from CPS-vaccinated animals compared with control, sham-vaccinated macaques. Taken together, our data provide support to the idea that vaccination with ST258 CPS can be used to prevent or moderate infections caused by ST258. As with studies performed decades earlier, we propose that this approach can be extended to include multiple capsule types
2019-11-26 | GSE137135 | GEO
Project description:Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen that can be transmitted to humans causing severe symptoms. A large human outbreak was described in China, where approximately 25% out of 215 infected humans developed an unusual streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome (STSLS). Albeit increased expression of inflammatory mediators following infection by the Chinese S. suis strain was suggested as responsible for STSLS case severity, the mechanisms involved are still poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the host innate immune response to infection by either one of 3 strains of S. suis: 89-1591 (Canadian, intermediate virulence), P1/7 (European, high virulence), and SC84 (Chinese, epidemic strain). Using Illumina microarray and validating those results with qPCR and Luminex assay, infected mice showed elevated expression of mainly pro-inflammatory chemokine and cytokine genes. Generally, pro-inflammatory genes were expressed at a higher level in mice infected with S. suis strain SC84 > P1/7 > 89-1591. Interestingly, IFNM-NM-3 was expressed at much higher levels only in mice infected with the S. suis strain SC84, which could potentially explain some of the STSLS symptoms. IFNM-NM-3-KO mice infected with SC84 showed better survival than WT mice while no differences was seen in mice infected with highly virulent P1/7 strain. Overall, our results show an important role of IFNM-NM-3 in S. suis infections and might explain in part the increased virulence of SC84 responsible for a recent outbreak in China. Total RNA obtained from spleen of C57BL/6 mice infected with Streptococcus suis strain 89-1591 or mock-infected with THB. Four replicates in both groups.
2013-03-27 | E-GEOD-41520 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Carbapenem-resistantKlebsiella pneumoniae(CR-Kp) is significant threat to public health worldwide. The primary reservoir for CR-Kp is the intestinal tract, where the bacterium is usually present at low density, but can bloom following antibiotic treatment, mostly in hospital settings. The impact of disturbances in the intestinal environment on the fitness, survival, expansion, and drug susceptibility of this pathogen is not well-understood. Nevertheless, gaining such knowledge could lead to innovative intervention strategies for addressing colonization and infection. Here, we adopted anin vivomodel to examine the transcriptional adaptation of a CR-Kp clinical isolate to immune activation in the intestine. We report that as early as 6 hours following host treatment with anti-CD3 antibody, CR-Kp underwent rapid transcriptional changes including downregulation of genes involved in sugar utilization and amino acid biosynthesis, and upregulation of genes involved in amino acid uptake and catabolism, antibiotic resistance, and stress response. In agreement with these findings, the concentration of oxidative species and amino acids was increased in the mouse intestine following treatment. Genes encoding for proteins containing the domain of unknown function (DUF) 1471 were particularly upregulated, however their deletion did not impair CR-Kp fitness in vivoupon immune activation. Transcription factor enrichment analysis identified the global regulator cAMP-Receptor Protein CRP as a potential orchestrator of the observed transcriptional signature. In keeping with the recognized role of CRP in regulating utilization of alternative carbon sources, CRP deletion in CR-Kp resulted in strongly impaired gut colonization, but this effect was not amplified by immune activation. Thus, following intestinal colonization, which occurs in a CRP-dependent manner, CR-Kp can rapidly respond to immune cues by implementing a well-defined and complex transcriptional program whose direct relevance towards bacterial fitness remains cryptic. Further analyses utilizing this model may identify key factors to tackle the intestinal stage of CR-Kp colonization.
2023-12-07 | GSE249468 | GEO
Project description:Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae classified as multilocus sequence type 258 (ST258)are a problem in healthcare settings in many countries globally. ST258 isolates are resistant tomultiple classes of antibiotics and can cause life-threatening infections, such as pneumonia andsepsis, in susceptible individuals. Treatment strategies for such infections are limited. Hence,understanding the response of K. pneumoniae to host factors in the presence of antibiotics couldreveal mechanisms employed by the pathogen to evade killing in the susceptible host, as well asinform treatment of infections. Here, we investigated the ability of subinhibitory concentrationsof antibiotics to alter K. pneumoniae capsule polysaccharide (CPS) production and survival innormal human serum. Several antibiotics tested enhanced ST258 survival in normal humanserum. Unexpectedly, subinhibitory concentrations of mupirocin increased survival in 7 of 10clinical isolates tested, and caused up-regulated expression of CPS biosynthesis genes and CPSproduction in a selected ST258 clinical isolate (34446) compared with untreated controls.Additionally, mupirocin treatment caused a reduction in the deposition of the serum complementproteins C3b and C5b-9 on the surface of ST258. Transcriptome analyses with isolate 34446indicated that genes implicated in serum resistance, such as aroE, csrD, pyrB, pyrC and traT,were up-regulated following mupirocin treatment. In conclusion, mupirocin causes changes inthe K. pneumoniae transcriptome that likely contribute to the observed decrease in serumsusceptibility via a multifactorial process. Whether these responses are triggered by othercomponents of host defense or therapeutics that were not tested here merits further investigation.
2022-10-12 | GSE201383 | GEO
Project description:Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen that can be transmitted to humans causing severe symptoms. A large human outbreak was described in China, where approximately 25% out of 215 infected humans developed an unusual streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome (STSLS). Albeit increased expression of inflammatory mediators following infection by the Chinese S. suis strain was suggested as responsible for STSLS case severity, the mechanisms involved are still poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the host innate immune response to infection by either one of 3 strains of S. suis: 89-1591 (Canadian, intermediate virulence), P1/7 (European, high virulence), and SC84 (Chinese, epidemic strain). Using Illumina microarray and validating those results with qPCR and Luminex assay, infected mice showed elevated expression of mainly pro-inflammatory chemokine and cytokine genes. Generally, pro-inflammatory genes were expressed at a higher level in mice infected with S. suis strain SC84 > P1/7 > 89-1591. Interestingly, IFNM-NM-3 was expressed at much higher levels only in mice infected with the S. suis strain SC84, which could potentially explain some of the STSLS symptoms. IFNM-NM-3-KO mice infected with SC84 showed better survival than WT mice while no differences was seen in mice infected with highly virulent P1/7 strain. Overall, our results show an important role of IFNM-NM-3 in S. suis infections and might explain in part the increased virulence of SC84 responsible for a recent outbreak in China. Total RNA obtained from spleen of C57BL/6 mice infected with Streptococcus suis strain P1/7 or mock-infected with THB. Four replicates in both groups.
2013-03-27 | E-GEOD-41521 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen that can be transmitted to humans causing severe symptoms. A large human outbreak was described in China, where approximately 25% out of 215 infected humans developed an unusual streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome (STSLS). Albeit increased expression of inflammatory mediators following infection by the Chinese S. suis strain was suggested as responsible for STSLS case severity, the mechanisms involved are still poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the host innate immune response to infection by either one of 3 strains of S. suis: 89-1591 (Canadian, intermediate virulence), P1/7 (European, high virulence), and SC84 (Chinese, epidemic strain). Using Illumina microarray and validating those results with qPCR and Luminex assay, infected mice showed elevated expression of mainly pro-inflammatory chemokine and cytokine genes. Generally, pro-inflammatory genes were expressed at a higher level in mice infected with S. suis strain SC84 > P1/7 > 89-1591. Interestingly, IFNM-NM-3 was expressed at much higher levels only in mice infected with the S. suis strain SC84, which could potentially explain some of the STSLS symptoms. IFNM-NM-3-KO mice infected with SC84 showed better survival than WT mice while no differences was seen in mice infected with highly virulent P1/7 strain. Overall, our results show an important role of IFNM-NM-3 in S. suis infections and might explain in part the increased virulence of SC84 responsible for a recent outbreak in China. Total RNA obtained from spleen of C57BL/6 mice infected with Streptococcus suis strain SC84 or mock-infected with THB. Four replicates in both groups.
2013-03-27 | E-GEOD-41522 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Streptococcus suis is a major swine pathogen that can be transmitted to humans causing severe symptoms. A large human outbreak was described in China, where approximately 25% out of 215 infected humans developed an unusual streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome (STSLS). Albeit increased expression of inflammatory mediators following infection by the Chinese S. suis strain was suggested as responsible for STSLS case severity, the mechanisms involved are still poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the host innate immune response to infection by either one of 3 strains of S. suis: 89-1591 (Canadian, intermediate virulence), P1/7 (European, high virulence), and SC84 (Chinese, epidemic strain). Using Illumina microarray and validating those results with qPCR and Luminex assay, infected mice showed elevated expression of mainly pro-inflammatory chemokine and cytokine genes. Generally, pro-inflammatory genes were expressed at a higher level in mice infected with S. suis strain SC84 > P1/7 > 89-1591. Interestingly, IFNγ was expressed at much higher levels only in mice infected with the S. suis strain SC84, which could potentially explain some of the STSLS symptoms. IFNγ-KO mice infected with SC84 showed better survival than WT mice while no differences was seen in mice infected with highly virulent P1/7 strain. Overall, our results show an important role of IFNγ in S. suis infections and might explain in part the increased virulence of SC84 responsible for a recent outbreak in China.
2013-03-27 | GSE41522 | GEO