| Literature DB >> 29180292 |
Soumyava Basu1, Benjamin J Fowler2, Nagaraj Kerur3, Kristine B Arnvig4, Narsing A Rao5.
Abstract
The molecular basis of intraocular tuberculosis (TB) is not well understood. In this study, we investigated the role of two constituents of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Early Secreted Antigenic Target-6 (ESAT-6), and mycobacterial RNA- in inflammasome activation in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a key site of inflammation in intraocular TB. We found that ESAT-6 induced caspase-1 activation and inflammasome priming in mouse RPE cells, substantially more in wild-type than in Tlr2/3/4/7/9-/-, Myd88-/- or Nlrp3-/- RPE cells. Sub-retinal ESAT-6 injection resulted in greater RPE degeneration in wild-type than in Nlrp3-/- mice. In human ocular TB tissue sections, NLRP3 staining was noted in retina as well as RPE. Mycobacterial RNA, specifically its double stranded component, also induced caspase-1 activation, and the double stranded RNA was immunolocalized to human ocular TB sections. Our observations suggest that inflammasome activation in RPE by viable M. tuberculosis could potentially contribute to human intraocular TB.Entities:
Keywords: ESAT-6; Inflammasome; Intraocular tuberculosis; NLRP3; RNA
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Year: 2017 PMID： 29180292 DOI： 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.11.044
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microb Pathog ISSN： 0882-4010 Impact factor: 3.738