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Modification of in vivo and in vitro T and B cell mediated immune responses by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing molecule N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (OdDHL)
Citation
Ritchie, AJ and Yam, AOW and Tanabe, KM and Rice, SA and Cooley, MA, Modification of in vivo and in vitro T and B cell mediated immune responses by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing molecule N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (OdDHL), Infection and Immunity, 71, (8) pp. 4421-4431. ISSN 0019-9567 (2003) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1128/IAI.71.8.4421-4431.2003
Abstract
N-3-(oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (OdDHL), a quorum-sensing molecule of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of the organism through its control of virulence factor expression. Several reports have suggested that OdDHL can also directly modulate host immune responses. However, the nature of the modulation is controversial, with different reports suggesting promotion of either humoral (Th2-mediated) or inflammatory (Th1-mediated) responses. This report describes a series of studies which demonstrate for the first time that in vivo administration of OdDHL can modulate the course of an antibody response, with an increase in ovalbumin (OVA)-specific immunogloblulin G1 (IgG1) but not IgG2a in OdDHL-treated OVA-immunized BALB/c mice compared to levels for controls. In vitro stimulation of lymphocytes from both Th1-biased C57B1/6 and T-cell receptor transgenic mice and Th2-biased BALB/c mice in the presence of OdDHL demonstrated that OdDHL inhibits in vitro cytokine production in response to both mitogen and antigen, with gamma interferon (IFN-γ) tending to be more inhibited than interleukin-4 (IL-4). In vitro mitogen or antigen restimulation of cells from mice treated with OdDHL in vivo shows effects on cytokine production which depend on the underlying immune bias of the mouse strain used, with a relative increase of IFN-γ in Th1-biased C57B1/6 mice and a relative increase of IL-4 in Th2-biased BALB/c mice. Thus, the mode of action of OdDHL on T-cell cytokine production is likely to be a relatively nonspecific one which accentuates an underlying immune response bias rather than one which specifically targets either Th1 or Th2 responses.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Immunology |
| Research Field: | Cellular immunology |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Cooley, MA (Associate Professor Margaret Cooley) |
| ID Code: | 72725 |
| Year Published: | 2003 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 77 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2011-08-31 |
| Last Modified: | 2011-08-31 |
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