ArticleMucosal immunology2015
A critical role for the TLR signaling adapter Mal in alveolar macrophage-mediated protection against Bordetella pertussis.
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- Mechanisms of natural and vaccine-induced immunity to Bordetella pertussis.PLoS pathogens · 2026Review
- Toll-like receptor adaptor protein TIRAP has specialized roles in signaling, metabolic control and leukocyte migration upon wounding in zebrafish larvae.International journal of biological sciences · 2025Article
- Imperative role of adaptor proteins in macrophage toll-like receptor signaling pathways.Future science OA · 2024Review
- Combined regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines production by STAT3 and STAT5 in a model ofFrontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Next-Generation Pertussis Vaccines Based on the Induction of Protective T Cells in the Respiratory Tract.Vaccines · 2020Review
- Paradoxical Roles of the MAL/Tirap Adaptor in Pathologies.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
- Activation of Human NK Cells byFrontiers in immunology · 2019Article
- Immunological Signatures after Bordetella pertussis Infection Demonstrate Importance of Pulmonary Innate Immune Cells.PloS one · 2016Article
- Roads to the development of improved pertussis vaccines paved by immunology.Pathogens and disease · 2015Review
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Abstract
Bordetella pertussis causes whooping cough, an infectious disease of the respiratory tract that is re-emerging despite high vaccine coverage. Here we examined the role of Toll-like receptor (TLR) adapter protein Mal in the control of B. pertussis infection in the lungs. We found that B. pertussis bacterial load in the lungs of Mal-defective (Mal(-/-)) mice exceeded that of wild-type (WT) mice by up to 100-fold and bacteria disseminated to the liver in Mal(-/-) mice and 50% of these mice died from the infection. Macrophages from Mal(-/-) mice were defective in an early burst of pro-inflammatory cytokine production and in their ability to kill or constrain intracellular growth of B. pertussis. Importantly, the B. pertussis bacterial load in the lungs inversely correlated with the number of alveolar macrophages. Despite the maintenance and expansion of other cell populations, alveolar macrophages were completely depleted from the lungs of infected Mal(-/-) mice, but not from infected WT mice. Our findings define for the first time a role for a microbial pattern-recognition pathway in the survival of alveolar macrophages and uncover a mechanism of macrophage-mediated immunity to B. pertussis in which Mal controls intracellular survival and dissemination of bacteria from the lungs.
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