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Sinha V, Singh A, Singh A, Saraswati SSK, Rana AK, Kalra K, Natarajan K. Potassium ion channel Kir2.1 negatively regulates protective responses to Mycobacterium bovis BCG. J Leukoc Biol 2024:qiae068. [PMID: 38489665 DOI: 10.1093/jleuko/qiae068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Tuberculosis caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis leads to increased mortality and morbidity worldwide. The prevalence of highly drug resistant strains has reinforced the need for greater understanding of host-pathogen interactions at the cellular and molecular levels. Our previous work demonstrated critical roles of calcium ion channels in regulating protective responses to mycobacteria. In this report we deciphered the roles of inwardly rectifying K+ ion channel Kir2.1 in epithelial cells. Data showed that infection of epithelial cells (and macrophages) increases the surface expression of Kir2.1. This increased expression of Kir2.1 results in higher intracellular mycobacterial survival, since either inhibiting or knocking down Kir2.1 results in mounting of a higher oxidative burst leading to a significant attenuation of mycobacterial survival. Further, inhibiting Kir2.1 also led to increased expression of T cell costimulatory molecules accompanied with increased activation of MAP Kinases and transcription factors NF-κB and pCREB. Furthermore, inhibiting Kir2.1 induced increased autophagy and apoptosis that could also contribute to decreased bacterial survival. Interestingly, an increased association of heat shock protein-70 with Kir2.1 was observed. The above results showed that mycobacteria modulate the expression and function of Kir2.1 in epithelial cells to its advantage.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vishal Sinha
- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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Rana AK, Kumar Saraswati SS, Anang V, Singh A, Singh A, Verma C, Natarajan K. Butyrate induces oxidative burst mediated apoptosis via Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PDH) in macrophages during mycobacterial infection. Microbes Infect 2024; 26:105271. [PMID: 38036036 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2023.105271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Microorganisms present in the gut modulate host defence responses against infections in order to maintain immune homeostasis. This host-microbe crosstalk is regulated by gut metabolites. Butyrate is one such small chain fatty acid produced by gut microbes upon fermentation that has the potential to influence immune responses. Here we investigated the role of butyrate in macrophages during mycobacterial infection. Results demonstrate that butyrate significantly suppresses the growth kinetics of mycobacteria in culture medium as well as inhibits mycobacterial survival inside macrophages. Interestingly, butyrate alters the pentose phosphate pathway by inducing higher expression of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PDH) resulting in a higher oxidative burst via decreased Sod-2 and increased Nox-2 (NADPH oxidase-2) expression. Butyrate-induced G6PDH also mediated a decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential. This in turn lead to an induction of apoptosis as measured by lower expression of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 and a higher release of Cytochrome C as a result of induction of apoptosis. These results indicate that butyrate alters the metabolic status of macrophages and induces protective immune responses against mycobacterial infection.
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- Ankush Kumar Rana
- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
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Anang V, Singh A, Kumar Rana A, Saraswati SSK, Bandyopadhyay U, Verma C, Chadha A, Natarajan K. Mycobacteria modulate SUMOylation to suppresses protective responses in dendritic cells. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0283448. [PMID: 37773921 PMCID: PMC10540951 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023] Open
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Post translational modifications (PTMs) are exploited by various pathogens in order to escape host immune responses. SUMOylation is one of the PTMs which is involved in regulation of a variety of cellular responses. However, the effects of host SUMOylation on pathogenic bacteria largely remain elusive. We, therefore, investigated the role of SUMOylation in regulating defense responses in dendritic cells (DCs) during mycobacterial infection. Dendritic Cells of female BALB/c mice and THP-1 macrophages were used. Western blotting was performed to measure the expression of level of SUMO1, pSTAT1, pp38, pERK, Beclin-1, LC3, Bax and Cytochrome C. For bacterial burden confocal microscopy and CFU (Colony Forming Unit) were used. Flow cytometry was used for ROS and co-stimulatory molecules measurement. Cytokine level were measured using ELISA. We show that stimulation of Bone Marrow Derived Dendritic Cells (BMDCs) with mycobacterial antigen Rv3416 or live infection with Mycobacterium bovis BCG increases the SUMOylation of host proteins. Inhibition of SUMOylation significantly decreased intracellular bacterial loads in DCs. Additionally, inhibiting SUMOylation, induces protective immune responses by increasing oxidative burst, pro-inflammatory cytokine expression and surface expression of T cell co-stimulatory molecules, and activation of pSTAT1 and Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases (MAPK) proteins- pp38 and pERK. SUMOylation inhibition also increased apoptosis and autophagy in BMDCs. Intriguingly, mycobacteria increased SUMOylation of many of the above molecules. Furthermore, inhibiting SUMOylation in DCs primed T cells that in turn attenuated bacterial burden in infected macrophages. These findings demonstrate that SUMOylation pathway is exploited by mycobacteria to thwart protective host immune responses.
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- Vandana Anang
- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Saraswati SSK, Rana AK, Singh A, Anang V, Singh A, Natarajan K. HSP-27 and HSP-70 negatively regulate protective defence responses from macrophages during mycobacterial infection. Microbes Infect 2023; 25:105126. [PMID: 36931492 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2023.105126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis attenuates many defence responses from alveolar macrophages to create a niche at sites of infection in the human lung. Levels of Heat Shock Proteins have been reported to increase many folds in the serum of active TB patients than in latently infected individuals. Here we investigated the regulation of key defence responses by HSPs during mycobacterial infection. We show that infection of macrophages with M. bovis BCG induces higher expression of HSP-27 and HSP-70. Inhibiting HSP-27 and HSP-70 prior to mycobacterial infection leads to a significant decrease in mycobacterial growth inside macrophages. Further, inhibiting HSPs resulted in a significant increase in intracellular oxidative burst levels. This was accompanied by an increase in the levels of T cell activation molecules CD40 and IL-12 receptor and a concomitant decrease in the levels of T cell inhibitory molecules PD-L1 and IL-10 receptor. Furthermore, inhibiting HSPs significantly increased the expression of key proteins in the autophagy pathway along with increased activation of pro-inflammatory promoting transcription factors NF-κB and p-CREB. Interestingly, we also show that both HSP-27 and HSP-70 are associated with anti-apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Beclin-1. These results point towards a suppressive role for host HSP-27 and HSP-70 during mycobacterial infection.
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Laboratory, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
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Rana AK, Skoczylas F. Re: A bump in the night: a 15-year retrospective analysis of urgent inpatient and emergency CT reporting out of hours in a tertiary referral centre. Clin Radiol 2023; 78:e294-e296. [PMID: 36577558 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2022.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- A K Rana
- Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, UK.
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- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK
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Singh A, Anang V, Verma C, Saraswati SSK, Rana AK, Bandyopadhyay U, Chadha A, Natarajan K. Bcl2 negatively regulates Protective Immune Responses During Mycobacterial Infection. Biomol Concepts 2021; 12:94-109. [PMID: 34304400 DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2021-0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We previously reported that M. tb on its own as well as together with HIV inhibits macrophage apoptosis by upregulating the expression of Bcl2 and Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP). In addition, recent reports from our lab showed that stimulation of either macrophages or BMDCs results in the significant upregulation of Bcl2. In this report, we delineate the role of Bcl2 in mediating defense responses from dendritic cells (BMDCs) during mycobacterial infection. Inhibiting Bcl2 led to a significant decrease in intracellular bacterial burden in BMDCs. To further characterize the role of Bcl2 in modulating defense responses, we inhibited Bcl2 in BMDCs as well as human PBMCs to monitor their activation and functional status in response to mycobacterial infection and stimulation with M. tb antigen Rv3416. Inhibiting Bcl2 generated protective responses including increased expression of co-stimulatory molecules, oxidative burst, pro-inflammatory cytokine expression and autophagy. Finally, co-culturing human PBMCs and BMDCs with antigen-primed T cells increased their proliferation, activation and effector function. These results point towards a critical role for Bcl2 in regulating BMDCs defense responses to mycobacterial infection.
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- Aayushi Singh
- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Infectious Disease Immunology Lab, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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Singh A, Anang V, Kumar Rana A, Verma C, Surender Kumar Saraswati S, Kumari P, Singh A, Natarajan K. Deciphering the role of calcium homeostasis in T cells functions during mycobacterial infection. Cell Immunol 2020; 357:104198. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2020.104198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Rana AK, Turner HE, Deans KA. Likelihood of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in patients with normal unenhanced CT, CSF xanthochromia on spectrophotometry and negative CT angiography. J R Coll Physicians Edinb 2013; 43:200-6. [DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2013.303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND MR diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in ischemic stroke can be quantified by calculating the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) or measuring lesion volume. OBJECTIVE To clarify the association between DWI lesion parameters, clinical stroke severity at baseline, and the relationship with functional outcome. METHODS Consecutive patients with stroke were categorized for stroke type (Oxford Community Stroke Project Classification [OCSP]) and severity (Canadian Neurologic Scale [CN Scale]) before DWI. The ratio of the trace of the apparent diffusion tensor in the ischemic lesion to the mirror image area in the contralateral hemisphere was calculated (<ADC>r). The volume of the visible lesion on DWI was measured. Any visible lesion on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) was noted. All assessments were blind to all other information. A blinded observer obtained a 6-month Rankin score. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to test for independent associations with outcome. RESULTS In 108 patients, those with lower (i.e., more abnormal) <ADC>r values had more severe strokes according to the CN Scale (p = 0.01) and the OCSP stroke type (p = 0.002), a large lesion on DWI (p = 0.05), a visible lesion on T2WI (p = 0.001), and poor 6-month functional outcome (p = 0.009). However, on logistic regression, neither <ADC>r nor DWI lesion volume were independent predictors of 6-month outcome over and above age and stroke severity. CONCLUSION The <ADC>r is associated with functional outcome, but that is because it and DWI lesion volume are also associated with stroke severity. Although DWI lesion features are univariate surrogate outcome predictors, the authors were unable to show that they were independent outcome predictors in the current study. Differences between these and other results may be due to differences in study design, sample size, and case mix.
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- J M Wardlaw
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
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We examined whether there was any difference in the value, and temporal evolution, of the apparent diffusion tensor trace (ADC) in acute and subacute grey and white matter lesions. Thirty-seven patients underwent diffusion imaging once (up to 3 days), 15 patients were scanned twice (up to 7 days), and seven patients were scanned three times (up to 14 days) after stroke. Values of the ratio of ischaemic to contralateral ADC (ADCr) were reduced on average by 30% (p<0.001) in the whole hyperintense region up to 7 days post-ictus. No difference was seen between ADCr values of grey and white matter in individual subjects within the patient groups scanned up to 7 days. However, in the subgroup of patients scanned beyond 7 days, ADCr for grey matter rose significantly (p=0.02) from ADCr approximately 0.7 (< 7 days) to 0.95 (> or = 10 days). This increase did not occur in white matter whose ADCr remained fairly constant (ADCr approximately 0.7) over the time course of the study.
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- M E Bastin
- Department of Medical and Radiological Sciences (Medical Physics), University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital
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Sanger K, Rana AK, Sharma S. Nursing care case study: tuboplasty or recanalisation. Nurs J India 1991; 82:327-8. [PMID: 1818317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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