Abstract:
:Scrub typhus is a potentially lethal infection that is caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi The roles of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and TLR4 in innate recognition of O. tsutsugamushi have not been elucidated. By overexpression of TLR2 or TLR4 in HEK293 cells, we demonstrated that TLR2, but not TLR4, recognizes heat-stable compounds of O. tsutsugamushi that were sensitive to treatment with sodium hydroxide, hydrogen peroxide, and proteinase K. TLR2 was required for the secretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) by dendritic cells. In an intradermal mouse infection model, TLR2-deficient mice did not show impaired control of bacterial growth or reduced survival. Moreover, after intraperitoneal infection, TLR2-deficient mice were even more resistant to lethal infection than C57BL/6 wild-type mice, which showed stronger symptoms and lower survival rates during the convalescent phase. Compared to the time of reduction of bacterial loads in TLR2-deficient mice, the reduction of bacterial loads in infected organs was accelerated in wild-type mice. The higher mortality of wild-type mice was associated with increased concentrations of serum alkaline phosphatase but not aspartate aminotransferase. The transcription of mRNA for TNF-α and IL-6 decreased more rapidly in peritoneum samples from wild-type mice than in those from TLR2-deficient mice and was therefore not a correlate of increased susceptibility. Thus, although TLR2 is an important mediator of the early inflammatory response, it is dispensable for protective immunity against O. tsutsugamushi Increased susceptibility to O. tsutsugamushi infection in TLR2-competent mice rather suggests a TLR2-related immunopathologic effect.
journal_name
Infect Immunjournal_title
Infection and immunityauthors
Gharaibeh M,Hagedorn M,Lilla S,Hauptmann M,Heine H,Fleischer B,Keller Cdoi
10.1128/IAI.00185-16subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-11-18 00:00:00pages
3379-3387issue
12eissn
0019-9567issn
1098-5522pii
IAI.00185-16journal_volume
84pub_type
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