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Efferocytosis mediates Salmonella endurance during neutrophil-killing activities.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K07027
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 49050:Bacteriology-related
Research InstitutionNagasaki University

Principal Investigator

Hiyoshi Hirotaka  長崎大学, 熱帯医学研究所, 准教授 (00585599)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywordsサルモネラ / 好中球 / エフェロサイトーシス / 侵襲感染 / T3SS / 3型分泌装置 / マウス全身感染モデル / 全身感染
Outline of Research at the Start

サルモネラは、汚染された肉や卵・乳製品などの摂食により感染する食中毒菌である。感染者のほとんどは、下痢や腸炎のような自然に治る軽症を示すが、免疫力が弱い人や、チフス菌などの血清型のサルモネラに感染した場合は重篤な全身感染になり、それにより年間推定68万人が全世界で亡くなっている。また抗菌薬の効かないチフス菌が現在、世界中に広まっており問題になっている。
近年申請者は、サルモネラの持つ3型分泌装置という病原因子を介した新規の全身感染発症機構を発見した。本研究では、サルモネラがどのように全身感染を起こすのか詳細に調べる事により、抗菌薬に頼らない予防・治療法の開発を視野に入れたものである。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Salmonella can cause severe invasive infections under certain conditions. It has been shown that a virulence factor called type III secretion apparatus (T3SS-2) allows “Salmonella-containing vacuoles (SCVs)” to form and multiply within macrophages. However, their spread throughout the body remains unclear. In this study, we found that Salmonella can induce "efferocytosis" in which neutrophils take up the bacteria with each dead macrophage, through perforation of SCV using T3SS-2. Furthermore, they showed that this mechanism neutralizes the reactive oxygen species produced by neutrophils and enhances the viability of Salmonella within neutrophils, which in turn exacerbates invasive infections. The results were presented at conferences and published in an international journal (Cell Host Microbe 2022).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

宿主の恒常性に関わるエフェロサイトーシスを悪用した、サルモネラの好中球内における生存戦略は、本菌のみならず他の細胞内寄生菌においても共通な侵襲感染発症機構である可能性を見出している。また感染症関連の国際誌の中でもインパクトの高いCell Host and Microbe誌に掲載されたことからも本研究の成果における学術的な意義は高いと考える。現在、薬剤耐性のサルモネラが、アフリカや東・東南アジア諸国で問題となっているが、我々の研究により明らかにされたサルモネラ感染メカニズムを基盤とした、抗生物質だけに頼らない新規治療薬の開発につながることが今後期待される。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 2 results) Remarks (3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] California University, Davis(米国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] California University at Davis(米国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Davis(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The Vi Capsular Polysaccharide of Salmonella Typhi Promotes Macrophage Phagocytosis by Binding the Human C-Type Lectin DC-SIGN2022

    • Author(s)
      Zhang Lillian F.、Lepenies Bernd、Nakamae Sayuri、Young Briana M.、Santos Renato L.、Raffatellu Manuela、Cobb Brian A.、Hiyoshi Hirotaka、Baumler Andreas J.
    • Journal Title

      mBio

      Volume: 13 Issue: 6

    • DOI

      10.1128/mbio.02733-22

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Host cells subdivide nutrient niches into discrete biogeographical microhabitats for gut microbes2022

    • Author(s)
      Liou Megan J.、Miller Brittany M.、Litvak Yael、Nguyen Henry、Natwick Dean E.、Savage Hannah P.、Rixon Jordan A.、Mahan Scott P.、Hiyoshi Hirotaka、Rogers Andrew W.L.、Velazquez Eric M.、Butler Brian P.、Collins Sean R.、McSorley Stephen J.、Harshey Rasika M.、Byndloss Mariana X.、Simon Scott I.、Baumler Andreas J.
    • Journal Title

      Cell Host & Microbe

      Volume: 30 Issue: 6 Pages: 836-847.e6

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.chom.2022.04.012

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Virulence factors perforate the pathogen-containing vacuole to signal efferocytosis2022

    • Author(s)
      Hiyoshi Hirotaka、English Bevin C.、Diaz-Ochoa Vladimir E.、Wangdi Tamding、Zhang Lillian F.、Sakaguchi Miako、Haneda Takeshi、Tsolis Ren?e M.、B?umler Andreas J.
    • Journal Title

      Cell Host & Microbe

      Volume: 30 Issue: 2 Pages: 163-170.e6

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.chom.2021.12.001

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Analysis of alternative human typhoid mouse infection model2024

    • Author(s)
      Hirotaka Hiyoshi
    • Organizer
      21st Bay Area Microbial Pathogenesis Symposium
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A mouse model of human typhoid fever2024

    • Author(s)
      Hoan Thi Pham, Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Toshio Kodama
    • Organizer
      第1回AMED SCARDA「ワクチン開発のための世界トップレベル研究開発拠点の形成事業」合同シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] An alternative S. Typhi mouse infection model2023

    • Author(s)
      Hirotaka Hiyoshi
    • Organizer
      Gordon Research Conference Salmonella Biology and Pathogenesis
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Functional analysis of Vi capsular polysaccharide on an alternative Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi infection model2023

    • Author(s)
      Hoan Thi Pham, Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Toshio Kodama
    • Organizer
      The 21st Awaji International Forum on Infection and Immunity
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Virulence factors perforate the pathogen-containing vacuole to generate a find-me signal for efferocytosis2023

    • Author(s)
      Hirotaka Hiyoshi
    • Organizer
      U.S. Panel on Cholera and Other Bacterial Enteric Infections
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Vi capsular polysaccharide of Salmonella Typhi promotes macrophage phagocytosis by binding DC-SIGN2023

    • Author(s)
      Lillian F. Zhang, Andreas J. Baumler, 日吉大貴
    • Organizer
      第96回 日本細菌学会総会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Vi capsular polysaccharide of Salmonella Typhi promotes macrophage phagocytosis by binding the human C-type lectin DC-SIGN2022

    • Author(s)
      Lillian F. Zhang, Andreas J. Baumler, Hirotaka Hiyoshi
    • Organizer
      The 20th Awaji International Forum on Infection and Immunity
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] チフス菌のVi抗原を介した侵襲感染性発揮機構の解析2022

    • Author(s)
      Lillian Zhang, 中前早百合, 児玉年央, Andreas Baumler, 日吉大貴
    • Organizer
      九州微生物研究フォーラム 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Vi capsular polysaccharide of Salmonella Typhi promotes macrophage phagocytosis by binding the human C-type lectin DC-SIGN2022

    • Author(s)
      Lillian F. Zhang, Andreas J. Baumler, Hirotaka Hiyoshi
    • Organizer
      第51回 日本免疫学会総会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Virulence factors perforate the pathogen-containing vacuole to generate a find-me signal for efferocytosis2021

    • Author(s)
      Hiyoshi Hirotaka, Tsolis M. Renee, Baumler J. Andreas
    • Organizer
      The 19th Awaji International Forum on Infection and Immunity
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Remarks] Intracellular bacteria use sophisticated ‘hack’

    • URL

      https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/intracellular-bacteria-use-sophisticated-hack-to-evade-a-hosts-immune-system/2022/02

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Intracellular bacteria use sophisticated ‘hack’

    • URL

      https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/942947

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Intracellular bacteria use sophisticated ‘hack’

    • URL

      https://phys.org/news/2022-02-intracellular-bacteria-sophisticated-hack-evade.html

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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