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Panda S, Seelan DM, Faisal S, Arora A, Luthra K, Palanichamy JK, Mohan A, Vikram NK, Gupta NK, Ramakrishnan L, Singh A. Chronic hyperglycemia drives alterations in macrophage effector function in pulmonary tuberculosis. Eur J Immunol 2022; 52:1595-1609. [PMID: 36066992 DOI: 10.1002/eji.202249839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM) alters immune responses and given the rising prevalence of DM in tuberculosis (TB) endemic countries; hyperglycemia can be a potential risk factor for active TB development. However, the impact of hyperglycemia on TB-specific innate immune response in terms of macrophage functions remains poorly addressed. We assessed macrophage effector functions in uncontrolled DM patients with or without TB infection (PTB+DM and DM), non-diabetic TB patients (PTB), and non-diabetic-uninfected controls. Phagocytic capacity against BCG and surface expression of different pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) (CD11b, CD14, CD206, MARCO, and TLR-2) were measured via flow cytometry. Effector molecules (ROS and NO) required for bacterial killing were assessed via DCFDA and Griess reaction respectively. A systematic dysregulation in phagocytic capacity with concurrent alterations in the expression pattern of key PRRs (CD11b, MARCO, and CD206) was observed in PTB+DM. These altered PRR expressions were associated with decreased phagocytic capacity of macrophages. Similarly, ROS was aberrantly higher while NO was lower in PTB+DM. These altered macrophage functions were positively correlated with increasing disease severity. Our results highlight several key patterns of immune dysregulation against TB infection under hyperglycemic conditions and highlight a negative impact of hyperglycemia with etiology and progression of TB.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sudhasini Panda
- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Cardiac Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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Panda S, Faisal S, Kumar K, Seelan DM, Sharma A, Gupta NK, Datta S, Singh A. Role of Regulatory Proteins Involved in Iron Homeostasis in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients and Their Household Contacts. Indian J Clin Biochem 2022; 37:77-84. [PMID: 35125696 PMCID: PMC8799833 DOI: 10.1007/s12291-020-00947-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Early identification and treatment of active tuberculosis disease among high risk household contacts could limit new transmission and better clinical outcome, thus decreasing TB burden. Host iron homeostasis is an important yet underevaluated factor in pathophysiology of tuberculosis (TB). One such protein is hepcidin which internalizes ferroportin (membrane iron transporter), thus inhibiting iron export from macrophages which is utilised by bacteria leading to disease severity. Iron homeostasis markers were evaluated in 50 pulmonary tuberculosis patients (PTB) and their household contacts to assess their utility as biomarkers for TB development. Altered iron homeostasis with significantly lower haemoglobin levels despite optimum serum iron levels was observed in PTB compared to household contacts and healthy controls pointing towards anaemia of inflammation. Higher serum hepcidin with lower ferroportin expression and hence higher ferritin levels was seen in PTB compared to both household contacts and healthy controls due to IL-6 induced hepcidin production in TB. Transferrin levels were found to be significantly lower in PTB and household contacts as compared to healthy controls owing to higher ferritin levels in PTB group. Upon infection, regulation of iron absorption is disturbed via increased hepcidin levels leading to ferroportin internalization and thus inhibition of iron export from macrophages which may lead to favourable M.tb. survival and multiplication leading to tuberculosis. Some of these markers could be assessed for early identification and treatment of active tuberculosis among high risk household contacts limiting new transmission and better clinical outcome, thus decreasing TB burden.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sudhasini Panda
- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India
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- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029 India
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