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Acute Ascaris infection impairs the effector functions of natural killer cells in single and Salmonella co-infected pigs (2024)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Mugo, Robert M. (WE 6)

Oser, Larissa (WE 6)

Midha, Ankur (WE 6)

Adjah, Joshua (WE 6)

Kundik, Arkadi (WE 6)

Laubschat, Alexandra (WE 6)

Höfler, Philipp (WE 6)

Musimbi, Zaneta D. (WE 6)

Hayani, Rima (WE 6)

Schlosser-Brandenburg, Josephine (WE 6)

Hartmann, Susanne (WE 6)

Rausch, Sebastian (WE 6)

Quelle

Scientific reports

Bandzählung: 14

Heftzählung: 1

Seiten: 14586

ISSN: 2045-2322

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-64497-4

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64497-4

Pubmed: 38918457

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Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Natural killer (NK) cells play a key role in defense against Salmonella infections during the early phase of infection. Our previous work showed that the excretory/secretory products of Ascaris suum repressed NK activity in vitro. Here, we asked if NK cell functionality was influenced in domestic pigs during coinfection with Ascaris and Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium. Ascaris coinfection completely abolished the IL-12 and IL-18 driven elevation of IFN-γ production seen in CD16 + CD8α + perforin + NK cells of Salmonella single-infected pigs. Furthermore, Ascaris coinfection prohibited the Salmonella-driven rise in NK perforin levels and CD107a surface expression. In line with impaired effector functions, NK cells from Ascaris-single and coinfected pigs displayed elevated expression of the inhibitory KLRA1 and NKG2A receptors genes, contrasting with the higher expression of the activating NKp46 and NKp30 receptors in NK cells during Salmonella single infection. These differences were accompanied by the highly significant upregulation of T-bet protein expression in NK cells from Ascaris-single and Ascaris/Salmonella coinfected pigs. Together, our data strongly indicate a profound repression of NK functionality by an Ascaris infection which may hinder infected individuals from adequately responding to a concurrent bacterial infection.