Lysophosphatidic acid enhances antimycobacterial response during in vivo primary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Giovanni Delogu, Michela Sali, Stefano Rocca, Gianluca Quintiliani, Marilina B. Santucci, Emanuela Greco, Andrea Cabibbo, Francesca Mariani, Vittorio Colizzi, Giovanni Fadda, Maurizio Fraziano

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Abstract

Lysophospholipids may play an important protective role during primary infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) by enhancing innate antimycobacterial immune response of both macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells. Here, we show that treatment with lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) of mice aerogenically infected with MTB immediately after infection results in a significant early reduction of pulmonary CFUs and of histopathological damage in comparison with control mice. In contrast, treatment of acute disease does not result in any improvement of both microbiological and histopathological parameters. Altogether, these results show that LPA treatment can exert protective effect if administrated during primary infection, only.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1-4
Numero di pagine4
RivistaCellular Immunology
Volume271
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2011

Keywords

  • Acute Disease
  • Animals
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Female
  • Lung
  • Lysophospholipids
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Sphingosine
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

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