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Purified Staphylococcus aureus leukotoxin LukM/F' does not trigger inflammation in the bovine mammary gland.
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PMID:  21951578     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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An early recruitment of neutrophils in mammary tissue and milk is considered an important component of the defense of the mammary gland against Staphylococcus aureus. We investigated whether the leukotoxin LukM/F', which is produced by a proportion of mastitis-causing strains of S. aureus, would be able to trigger inflammation in the udder. Infusion of purified LukM/F' toxin in lactating mammary glands did not cause neutrophil influx in milk, showing that the toxin was not able to cause mastitis on its own. Purified LukM/F' did not kill or stimulate mammary epithelial cells in culture. As expected, LukM bound to mammary macrophages and the complete LukM/F' toxin killed these cells, but subcytotoxic LukM/F' concentrations did not induce secretion of IL-8, TNF-α, IL-1β or IL-6 by macrophages. On the contrary, the production of these pro-inflammatory mediators by adhesion-stimulated macrophages was reduced. Overall, these results indicate that purified leukotoxin LukM/F' is not likely to contribute to the initiation of the inflammatory response and could even play an anti-inflammatory role in the mammary gland by inactivating macrophages.
Authors:
Angélina Fromageau; Patricia Cunha; Florence B Gilbert; Pascal Rainard
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Publication Detail:
Type:  -     Date:  2011-9-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Microbial pathogenesis     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1096-1208     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-9-28     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8606191     Medline TA:  Microb Pathog     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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INRA, UR 1282 Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, IASP Bat. 311, F-37380 Nouzilly, France.
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