Journal
VIRULENCE
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 471-482Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2022.2046950
Keywords
Extracellular trap; trained immunity; trained memory; innate immune; memory response; antimicrobial
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31972682]
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Extracellular traps (ETs) act as a double-edged sword in host immune defense, with excessive release contributing to diseases; understanding ET formation and regulation is crucial for infection control and disease treatment strategies; prior infections may enhance ET formation, and ET memory could affect recurrent infections and ET-related disorders.
Extracellular trap (ET) appears as a double-edged sword for the host since it participates in host immune defense by entrapping pathogens, while excessive ET release also contributes to various diseases progression including atherosclerosis, cancer, and autoimmune disorders. A better understanding of ET formation and regulation will be beneficial for developing strategies for infection control and ET-associated disease treatment. There is some evidence indicating that prior infection can enhance extracellular killing. Neutrophils from cancer or sepsis are predisposed to generate ET. It is reasonable to suspect that ET may be trained to form as a memory response, just like cytokine memory response termed trained immunity. The mice were intraperitoneally injected with heat-killed Candida albicans (HK-C. albicans), 3 days later bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) were isolated and challenged with Clostridium perfringens as a second stimulation. We found that HK-C. albicans priming enhanced ET formation upon Clostridium perfringens infection, accompanied by increased extracellular killing capacity. Mannan priming also enhanced ET formation. Since ETs memory was induced in chicken PBMC, ETs memory may be evolutionarily conserved. Moreover, mTOR was required for ETs memory response. Collectively, this study showed that ETs can be trained as a memory response and indicated that memory property of ETs should be considered during the understanding of recurrent infection and ET-associated disorders.
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