Abstract:
:Exposure to bacterial superantigens such as staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) leads to the induction of toxic shock syndrome which results in multiorgan failure, including liver damage. In the present study, we investigated the role of CD44 in SEB-induced liver injury. Injection of SEB into d-galactosamine-sensitized CD44 wild-type (WT) mice led to a significant increase in CD44 expression on liver T cells, NK cells, and NKT cells. Administration of SEB to CD44 knockout (KO) mice caused significantly enhanced liver damage which correlated with elevated numbers of T cells, NK cells, NKT cells, and macrophages in the liver and increased production of tumor necrosis factor alpha and gamma interferon compared to CD44 WT mice. Furthermore, liver mononuclear cells from CD44 KO mice were resistant to SEB-induced apoptosis, and cDNA microarray analysis revealed that SEB activation of such cells led to the induction of several antiapoptotic genes and repression of proapoptotic genes. Examination of CD44 isoforms revealed that SEB exposure altered CD44 variant 7 (v7) isoform expression. Interestingly, mice bearing a specific deletion of the CD44v7 exon exhibited increased susceptibility to SEB-induced hepatitis. Finally, treatment of CD44 WT mice with anti-CD44 monoclonal antibodies reduced expression of CD44 in liver mononuclear cells and caused increased susceptibility to SEB-induced liver injury. Together, these data demonstrate that the expression of CD44 and/or CD44v7 on SEB-activated liver mononuclear cells facilitates their rapid apoptosis, thereby preventing severe liver injury in wild-type mice, and suggest that CD44 plays an important role in the regulation and elimination of immune cells in the liver.
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Infect Immunjournal_title
Infection and immunityauthors
McKallip RJ,Fisher M,Gunthert U,Szakal AK,Nagarkatti PS,Nagarkatti Mdoi
10.1128/IAI.73.1.50-61.2005keywords:
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