TY  - JOUR
A1  - Müller, Anna A.
A1  - Dolowschiak, Tamas
A1  - Sellin, Mikael E.
A1  - Felmy, Boas
A1  - Verbree, Carolin
A1  - Gadient, Sandra
A1  - Westermann, Alexander J.
A1  - Vogel, Jörg
A1  - LeibundGut-Landmann, Salome
A1  - Hardt, Wolf-Dietrich
T1  - An NK Cell Perforin Response Elicited via IL-18 Controls Mucosal Inflammation Kinetics during Salmonella Gut Infection
T2  - PLoS Pathogens
N2  - Salmonella Typhimurium (S.Tm) is a common cause of self-limiting diarrhea. The mucosal inflammation is thought to arise from a standoff between the pathogen's virulence factors and the host's mucosal innate immune defenses, particularly the mucosal NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome. However, it had remained unclear how this switches the gut from homeostasis to inflammation. This was studied using the streptomycin mouse model. S.Tm infections in knockout mice, cytokine inhibition and –injection experiments revealed that caspase-1 (not -11) dependent IL-18 is pivotal for inducing acute inflammation. IL-18 boosted NK cell chemoattractants and enhanced the NK cells' migratory capacity, thus promoting mucosal accumulation of mature, activated NK cells. NK cell depletion and Prf\(^{-/-}\) ablation (but not granulocyte-depletion or T-cell deficiency) delayed tissue inflammation. Our data suggest an NK cell perforin response as one limiting factor in mounting gut mucosal inflammation. Thus, IL-18-elicited NK cell perforin responses seem to be critical for coordinating mucosal inflammation during early infection, when S.Tm strongly relies on virulence factors detectable by the inflammasome. This may have broad relevance for mucosal defense against microbial pathogens.
KW  - NK cells
KW  - Salmonella Typhimurium
KW  - mucosal inflammation
KW  - diarrhea
Y1  - 2016
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/16742
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-167429
VL  - 12
IS  - 6
ER  -