1. Role of human group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 in malaria pathophysiology: Insights from a transgenic mouse model
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Christine Payré, Lhousseine Touqui, Gérard Lambeau, Amandine Labat, Christiane Deregnaucourt, Isabelle Lagrange, Mélanie Dacheux, Philippe Grellier, Alonso Joy, Franck Bihl, Soraya Chaouch, Agnès Petit-Paitel, Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes (MCAM), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de pharmacologie moléculaire et cellulaire (IPMC), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Mucoviscidose et bronchopathies chroniques : biopathologie et phénotype cliniques - Cystic Fibrosis and Bronchial Diseases, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), This work was supported by the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (ATM blanche 2016-2017-2018 to C.D.) and by grants from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Fondation du Rein (Award FdR 2018/FRM_G. Lambeau) and the Fondation Jean Valade/Fondation de France (Award FJV_FDF-00112090) to G.L., Gestionnaire, Hal Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CR Saint-Antoine), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Pasteur [Paris]
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0301 basic medicine ,Genetically modified mouse ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Transgene ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Mice, Transgenic ,Spleen ,Group II Phospholipases A2 ,Biochemistry ,Plasmodium chabaudi ,Mice ,03 medical and health sciences ,Th2 Cells ,Phospholipase A2 ,In vivo ,Internal medicine ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Innate immune system ,030102 biochemistry & molecular biology ,biology ,Chemistry ,General Medicine ,Th1 Cells ,biology.organism_classification ,In vitro ,Malaria ,3. Good health ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Endocrinology ,biology.protein ,Cytokines - Abstract
International audience; We previously showed that injection of recombinant human group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 (hGIIA sPLA2) to Plasmodium chabaudi-infected mice lowers parasitaemia by 20%. Here, we show that transgenic (TG) mice overexpressing hGIIA sPLA2 have a peak of parasitaemia about 30% lower than WT littermates. During infection, levels of circulating sPLA2, enzymatic activity and plasma lipid peroxidation were maximal at day-14, the peak of parasitaemia. Levels of hGIIA mRNA increased in liver but not in spleen and blood cells, suggesting that liver may contribute as a source of circulating hGIIA sPLA2. Before infection, baseline levels of leukocytes and pro-inflammatory cytokines were higher in TG mice than WT littermates. Upon infection, the number of neutrophils, lymphocytes and monocytes increased and were maximal at the peak of parasitaemia in both WT and TG mice, but were higher in TG mice. Similarly, levels of the Th1 cytokines IFN-γ and IL-2 increased in WT and TG mice, but were 7.7- and 1.7-fold higher in TG mice. The characteristic shift towards Th2 cytokines was observed during infection in both WT and TG mice, with increased levels of IL-10 and IL-4 at day-14. The current data are in accordance with our previous in vitro findings showing that hGIIA kills parasites by releasing toxic lipids from oxidized lipoproteins. They further show that hGIIA sPLA2 is induced during mouse experimental malaria and has a protective in vivo role, lowering parasitaemia by likely releasing toxic lipids from oxidized lipoproteins but also indirectly by promoting a more sustained innate immune response.
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- 2021
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