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ArticleHepatology communications2021

Leukocyte-Derived High-Mobility Group Box 1 Governs Hepatic Immune Responses to Listeria monocytogenes.

Annika Volmari, Katharina Foelsch, Elisabeth Zierz, Karsten Yan, Minyue Qi, Karlotta Bartels, Stephanie Kondratowicz, Marius Boettcher, Daniel Reimers, Masahiro Nishibori and 6 more

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Article in Hepatology communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. HMGB1: key mediator in digestive system diseases.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Annika VolmariFirst Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Katharina FoelschFirst Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Elisabeth ZierzFirst Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Karsten YanInstitute for Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Minyue QiBioinformatics Core Facility, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Karlotta BartelsFirst Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Stephanie KondratowiczFirst Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Marius BoettcherFirst Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Daniel ReimersInstitute for Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Masahiro NishiboriDepartment of Pharmacology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Keyue LiuDepartment of Pharmacology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Robert F SchwabeDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Ansgar W LohseFirst Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Samuel HuberFirst Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Hans-Willi MittrueckerInstitute for Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Peter HuebenerFirst Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7558-7625
Universität Hamburg · DEOkayama University · JPColumbia University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a nucleoprotein with proinflammatory functions following cellular release during tissue damage. Moreover, antibody-mediated HMGB1 neutralization alleviates lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced shock, suggesting a role for HMGB1 as a superordinate therapeutic target for inflammatory and infectious diseases. Recent genetic studies have indicated cell-intrinsic functions of HMGB1 in phagocytes as critical elements of immune responses to infections, yet the role of extracellular HMGB1 signaling in this context remains elusive. We performed antibody-mediated and genetic HMGB1 deletion studies accompanied by in vitro experiments to discern context-dependent cellular sources and functions of extracellular HMGB1 during murine bloodstream infection with Listeria monocytogenes. Antibody-mediated neutralization of extracellular HMGB1 favors bacterial dissemination and hepatic inflammation in mice. Hepatocyte HMGB1, a key driver of postnecrotic inflammation in the liver, does not affect Listeria-induced inflammation or mortality. While we confirm that leukocyte HMGB1 deficiency effectuates disseminated listeriosis, we observed no evidence of dysfunctional autophagy, xenophagy, intracellular bacterial degradation, or inflammatory gene induction in primary HMGB1-deficient phagocytes or altered immune responses to LPS administration. Instead, we demonstrate that mice devoid of leukocyte HMGB1 exhibit impaired hepatic recruitment of inflammatory monocytes early during listeriosis, resulting in alterations of the transcriptional hepatic immune response and insufficient control of bacterial dissemination. Bone marrow chimera indicate that HMGB1 from both liver-resident and circulating immune cells contributes to effective pathogen control. Conclusion: Leukocyte-derived extracellular HMGB1 is a critical cofactor in the immunologic control of bloodstream listeriosis. HMGB1 neutralization strategies preclude an efficient host immune response against Listeria.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHMGB1 ProteinImmunityLeukocytesListeria monocytogenesListeriosisLiverMiceSepsisSignal TransductionHMGB1 Protein

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PMID34558858
PMCPMC8631102
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