An anti-infective peptide that selectively modulates the innate immune response - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1038/nbt1288. Epub 2007 Mar 25.

Edie Dullaghan, Neeloffer Mookherjee, Natalie Glavas, Matthew Waldbrook, Annick Thompson, Aikun Wang, Ken Lee, Silvana Doria, Pam Hamill, Jie Jessie Yu, Yuexin Li, Oreola Donini, M Marta Guarna, B Brett Finlay, John R North, Robert E W Hancock

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An anti-infective peptide that selectively modulates the innate immune response

Monisha G Scott et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

We show that an innate defense-regulator peptide (IDR-1) was protective in mouse models of infection with important Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. When given from 48 h before to 6 h after infection, the peptide was effective by both local and systemic administration. Because protection by IDR-1 was prevented by in vivo depletion of monocytes and macrophages, but not neutrophils or B- and T-lymphocytes, we conclude that monocytes and macrophages are key effector cells. IDR-1 was not directly antimicrobial: gene and protein expression analysis in human and mouse monocytes and macrophages indicated that IDR-1, acting through mitogen-activated protein kinase and other signaling pathways, enhanced the levels of monocyte chemokines while reducing pro-inflammatory cytokine responses. To our knowledge, an innate defense regulator that counters infection by selective modulation of innate immunity without obvious toxicities has not been reported previously.

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