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Site-dependent recruitment of inflammatory cells determines the effective dose of Leishmania major.

Abstract：

:The route of pathogen inoculation by needle has been shown to influence the outcome of infection. Employing needle inoculation of the obligately intracellular parasite Leishmania major, which is transmitted in nature following intradermal (i.d.) deposition of parasites by the bite of an infected sand fly, we identified differences in the preexisting and acute cellular responses in mice following i.d. inoculation of the ear, subcutaneous (s.c.) inoculation of the footpad, or inoculation of the peritoneal cavity (intraperitoneal [i.p.] inoculation). Initiation of infection at different sites was associated with different phagocytic populations. Neutrophils were the dominant infected cells following i.d., but not s.c. or i.p., inoculation. Inoculation of the ear dermis resulted in higher frequencies of total and infected neutrophils than inoculation of the footpad, and these higher frequencies were associated with a 10-fold increase in early parasite loads. Following inoculation of the ear in the absence of neutrophils, parasite phagocytosis by other cell types did not increase, and fewer parasites were able to establish infection. The frequency of infected neutrophils within the total infected CD11b(+) population was higher than the frequency of total neutrophils within the total CD11b(+) population, demonstrating that neutrophils are overrepresented as a proportion of infected cells. Employing i.d. inoculation to model sand fly transmission of parasites has significant consequences for infection outcome relative to that of s.c. or i.p. inoculation, including the phenotype of infected cells and the number of parasites that establish infection. Vector-borne infections initiated in the dermis likely involve adaptations to this unique microenvironment. Bypassing or altering this initial step has significant consequences for infection.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Ribeiro-Gomes FL,Roma EH,Carneiro MB,Doria NA,Sacks DL,Peters NC

doi

10.1128/IAI.01600-13

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-07-01 00:00:00

pages

2713-27

issue

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

pii

IAI.01600-13

journal_volume

pub_type

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Site-dependent recruitment of inflammatory cells determines the effective dose of Leishmania major.