Bacteria elevate extracellular adenosine to exploit host signaling for blood-brain barrier disruption

Bacterial meningitis remains a substantial cause of mortality worldwide and survivors may have severe lifelong disability. Although we know that meningeal bacterial pathogens must cross blood-central nervous system (CNS) barriers, the mechanisms which facilitate the virulence of these pathogens are...

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Autores principales: Zunquan Zhao, Xueyi Shang, Ying Chen, Yuling Zheng, Wenhua Huang, Hua Jiang, Qingyu Lv, Decong Kong, Yongqiang Jiang, Peng Liu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2440c09ac2454d3bb9ff8cfab82216102021-11-17T14:21:58ZBacteria elevate extracellular adenosine to exploit host signaling for blood-brain barrier disruption2150-55942150-560810.1080/21505594.2020.1797352https://doaj.org/article/2440c09ac2454d3bb9ff8cfab82216102020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2020.1797352https://doaj.org/toc/2150-5594https://doaj.org/toc/2150-5608Bacterial meningitis remains a substantial cause of mortality worldwide and survivors may have severe lifelong disability. Although we know that meningeal bacterial pathogens must cross blood-central nervous system (CNS) barriers, the mechanisms which facilitate the virulence of these pathogens are poorly understood. Here, we show that adenosine from a surface enzyme (Ssads) of Streptococcus suis facilitates this pathogen’s entry into mouse brains. Monolayer translocation assays (from the human cerebrovascular endothelium) and experiments using diverse inhibitors and agonists together demonstrate that activation of the A1 adenosine receptor signaling cascade in hosts, as well as attendant cytoskeleton remodeling, promote S. suis penetration across blood-CNS barriers. Importantly, our additional findings showing that Ssads orthologs from other bacterial species also promote their translocation across barriers suggest that exploitation of A1 AR signaling may be a general mechanism of bacterial virulence.Zunquan ZhaoXueyi ShangYing ChenYuling ZhengWenhua HuangHua JiangQingyu LvDecong KongYongqiang JiangPeng LiuTaylor & Francis Grouparticlemeningitisblood-brain barrieradenosinestreptococcus suisstreptococcus agalactiaebrain microvascular endothelial cellcentral nervous systemInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENVirulence, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 980-994 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic meningitis
blood-brain barrier
adenosine
streptococcus suis
streptococcus agalactiae
brain microvascular endothelial cell
central nervous system
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
spellingShingle meningitis
blood-brain barrier
adenosine
streptococcus suis
streptococcus agalactiae
brain microvascular endothelial cell
central nervous system
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Zunquan Zhao
Xueyi Shang
Ying Chen
Yuling Zheng
Wenhua Huang
Hua Jiang
Qingyu Lv
Decong Kong
Yongqiang Jiang
Peng Liu
Bacteria elevate extracellular adenosine to exploit host signaling for blood-brain barrier disruption
description Bacterial meningitis remains a substantial cause of mortality worldwide and survivors may have severe lifelong disability. Although we know that meningeal bacterial pathogens must cross blood-central nervous system (CNS) barriers, the mechanisms which facilitate the virulence of these pathogens are poorly understood. Here, we show that adenosine from a surface enzyme (Ssads) of Streptococcus suis facilitates this pathogen’s entry into mouse brains. Monolayer translocation assays (from the human cerebrovascular endothelium) and experiments using diverse inhibitors and agonists together demonstrate that activation of the A1 adenosine receptor signaling cascade in hosts, as well as attendant cytoskeleton remodeling, promote S. suis penetration across blood-CNS barriers. Importantly, our additional findings showing that Ssads orthologs from other bacterial species also promote their translocation across barriers suggest that exploitation of A1 AR signaling may be a general mechanism of bacterial virulence.
format article
author Zunquan Zhao
Xueyi Shang
Ying Chen
Yuling Zheng
Wenhua Huang
Hua Jiang
Qingyu Lv
Decong Kong
Yongqiang Jiang
Peng Liu
author_facet Zunquan Zhao
Xueyi Shang
Ying Chen
Yuling Zheng
Wenhua Huang
Hua Jiang
Qingyu Lv
Decong Kong
Yongqiang Jiang
Peng Liu
author_sort Zunquan Zhao
title Bacteria elevate extracellular adenosine to exploit host signaling for blood-brain barrier disruption
title_short Bacteria elevate extracellular adenosine to exploit host signaling for blood-brain barrier disruption
title_full Bacteria elevate extracellular adenosine to exploit host signaling for blood-brain barrier disruption
title_fullStr Bacteria elevate extracellular adenosine to exploit host signaling for blood-brain barrier disruption
title_full_unstemmed Bacteria elevate extracellular adenosine to exploit host signaling for blood-brain barrier disruption
title_sort bacteria elevate extracellular adenosine to exploit host signaling for blood-brain barrier disruption
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/2440c09ac2454d3bb9ff8cfab8221610
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