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The effect of LPS preconditioning on the lethal mlaria infection

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K07493
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 49030:Experimental pathology-related
Research InstitutionNational Defense Medical College

Principal Investigator

Ono Takeshi  防衛医科大学校(医学教育部医学科進学課程及び専門課程、動物実験施設、共同利用研究施設、病院並びに防衛, 国際感染症学, 助教 (20535182)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 木下 学  防衛医科大学校(医学教育部医学科進学課程及び専門課程、動物実験施設、共同利用研究施設、病院並びに防衛, 免疫・微生物学, 教授 (70531391)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsマラリア / マクロファージ / LPSプレコンディショニング / trained innate immunity / malaria / macrophage / immunological tolerance / 貪食細胞機能強化
Outline of Research at the Start

極微量のLPSの3日間投与により、炎症反応を抑制しつつ貪食細胞活性が大幅に増強すること、大腸菌敗血症の予後が劇的に改善することをマウスで見出した。これはLPSプレコンディショニングというべき現象で、マラリア原虫感染の予後についても改善し得る可能性が予備実験で示唆された。本研究では、LPSプレコンディショニングによるマラリア感染の重篤化阻止を目標として、1) LPSプレコンディショニングがネズミマラリア原虫致死株感染における重篤化抑制機構の解明、2) LPSプレコンディショニングによる脳マラリア発症阻止の検討、3) 弱毒性LPSによる安全なLPSプレコンディショニング導入の探索、の3点を行う。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the protective effects of LPS preconditioning against lethal murine Plasmodium infection, focusing on liver macrophages, which are increased by LPS preconditioning. Mice were subjected to LPS preconditioning by intraperitoneal injections of low-dose LPS for 3 consecutive days, they were infected with pRBCs of P. yoelii 17XL. LPS preconditioning markedly increased the murine survival and reduced parasitemia. An in vitro phagocytic clearance assay of pRBCs showed that the CD11bhigh F4/80low liver macrophages in the LPS-preconditioned mice had significantly augmented phagocytic activity against pRBCs. The adoptive transfer of CD11bhigh F4/80low liver macrophages from LPS-preconditioned mice to control mice significantly improved survival after Plasmodium infection. We conclude that LPS preconditioning stimulated CD11bhigh F4/80low liver macrophages to augment the phagocytic clearance of pRBCs, which may play a central role in resistance against Plasmodium infection.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

生体の炎症反応を抑制しつつ、マクロファージの殺菌能を増強させるLPSプレコンディショニングは、多剤耐性菌の感染予防に有効であることが明らかになりつつある。マラリア感染制御においては薬剤耐性原虫の出現、マラリアワクチン開発の遅れ等の問題を抱えている。そのため、感染の回避や軽減化を含めた、抗マラリア薬に頼らない、しかも効力の強い重症感染症対策の確立が求められている。貪食能の亢進をもたらすLPSプレコンディショニングによって薬剤耐性マラリア感染の感染防護が可能になれば、海外渡航者における感染症防護に資する所が極めて大きい。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2021 2019 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Lipopolysaccharide Preconditioning Augments Phagocytosis of Malaria-Parasitized Red Blood Cells by Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages in the Liver, Thereby Increasing the Murine Survival after Plasmodium yoelii Infection2021

    • Author(s)
      Ono Takeshi、Yamaguchi Yoko、Nakashima Hiroyuki、Nakashima Masahiro、Ishikiriyama Takuya、Seki Shuhji、Kinoshita Manabu
    • Journal Title

      Infection and Immunity

      Volume: 89 Issue: 11

    • DOI

      10.1128/iai.00249-21

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Lipopolysaccharide preconditioning augments phagocytosis of malaria-parasitized red blood cells by bone marrow-derived macrophages in the liver, thereby increasing the murine survival after Plasmodium yoelii infection2021

    • Author(s)
      Takeshi Ono, Yoko Yamaguchi, Manabu Kinoshita
    • Organizer
      International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Lipopolysaccharide preconditioning augments phagocytosis of malaria-parasitized red blood cells by bone marrow-derived macrophages in the liver, thereby increasing the murine survival after Plasmodium yoelii infection2021

    • Author(s)
      Takeshi Ono, Yoko Yamaguchi, Manabu Kinoshita
    • Organizer
      第50回日本免疫学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The effect of LPS preconditioning on the lethal malaria infection2019

    • Author(s)
      Takeshi Ono, Manabu Kinoshita, Yoko Yamaguchi, Yasushi Miyahira
    • Organizer
      The 48th Japanese Society for Immunology
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] bioRxiv

    • URL

      https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.22.111765v1.full

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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