Divergent modulation of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection cycle in human monocytic and endothelial cells by iron, tryptophan availability and interferon gamma

Immunobiology
Rosa Bellmann-WeilerGuenter Weiss

Abstract

Chlamydia pneumoniae is an obligatory intracellular bacterium causing chronic inflammatory diseases in humans. We studied the role of the nutritive factors, iron and tryptophan, towards the course of infection and immune response pathways in C. pneumoniae infected endothelial cells and monocytes. Human endothelial (EA.hy923) and monocytic cells (THP-1) were infected with C. pneumoniae, supplemented with iron or 1-methyltryptophan (1-MT), an inhibitor of the tryptophan degrading enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), and subsequently stimulated with IFN-gamma or left untreated. The number of infected cells, the morphology and quantity of C. pneumoniae inclusion bodies, IDO activity and innate immune effector pathways were analysed. While neither iron challenge, IDO inhibition or IFN-gamma treatment had a significant effect on C. pneumoniae morphology or numbers within THP-1 monocytic cells, iron supplementation to EA.hy926 cells resulted in promotion of C. pneumoniae proliferation and differentiation while IFN-gamma had an inhibitory effect. Furthermore, the number of infected endothelial cells was significantly decreased upon 1-MT treatment. C. pneumoniae infection induced a pro-inflammatory immune response as evidenced by i...Continue Reading

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