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ArticleCell reports2023

Staphylococcus aureus α-toxin impairs early neutrophil localization via electrogenic disruption of store-operated calcium entry.

Fan Yang, Mingyi Suo, Homayemem Weli, Mason Wong, Alex Junidi, Celeste Cummings, Ryan Johnson, Kiara Mallory, Annie Y Liu, Zev J Greenberg and 7 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fan YangDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Mingyi SuoDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Homayemem WeliDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Mason WongDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Alex JunidiDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Celeste CummingsDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Ryan JohnsonDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Kiara MalloryDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Annie Y LiuDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Zev J GreenbergDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Laura G SchuettpelzDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Mark J MillerDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Cliff J LukeDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Gwendalyn J RandolphDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Bernd H ZinselmeyerDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Juliane Bubeck WardenburgDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Regina A ClemensDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: clemensra@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

DIFFERENTIATION AND FUNCTION OF MONOCYTES AND MACROPHAGESR37AI049653 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RANDOLPH, GWENDALYN J · 2016 to 2025
$4.3M
Role of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-hemolysin in diseaseR01AI097434 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BUBECK WARDENBURG, JULIANE · 2012 to 2021
$4.0M
Membrane potential and Calcium Signaling in Neutrophil Development and InflammationR01AI166793 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Regina Clemens · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI097434NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI166793NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI049653
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pore-forming S. aureus α-toxin (Hla) contributes to virulence and disease pathogenesis. While high concentrations of toxin induce cell death, neutrophils exhibit relative resistance to lysis, suggesting that the action of Hla may not be solely conferred by lytic susceptibility. Using intravital microscopy, we observed that Hla disrupts neutrophil localization and clustering early in infection. Hla forms a narrow, ion-selective pore, suggesting that Hla may dysregulate calcium or other ions to impair neutrophil function. We found that sub-lytic Hla did not permit calcium influx but caused rapid membrane depolarization. Depolarization decreases the electrogenic driving force for calcium, and concordantly, Hla suppressed calcium signaling in vitro and in vivo and calcium-dependent leukotriene B4 (LTB4) production, a key mediator of neutrophil clustering. Thus, Hla disrupts the early patterning of the neutrophil response to infection, in part through direct impairment of neutrophil calcium signaling. This early mis-localization of neutrophils may contribute to establishment of infection.

Indexed as

NeutrophilsStaphylococcus aureusCalciumCalcium SignalingCalciumalpha-toxincalciumCP: Cell biologyCP: Microbiologymembrane potentialneutrophilpore-forming toxinS. aureusSOCE

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PMID37950870
PMCPMC10731421
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