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Granulocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Activity During Biofilm Infection Is Regulated By A Glycolysis/Hif1a Axis, Christopher M. Horn, Prabhakar Arumugam, Zachary Van Roy, Cortney E. Heim, Rachel W. Fallet, Blake P. Bertrand, Dhananjay Shinde, Vinai Chittezham Thomas, Svetlana Romanova, Tatiana K. Bronich, Curtis Hartman, Kevin Garvin, Tammy Kielian
Granulocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Activity During Biofilm Infection Is Regulated By A Glycolysis/Hif1a Axis, Christopher M. Horn, Prabhakar Arumugam, Zachary Van Roy, Cortney E. Heim, Rachel W. Fallet, Blake P. Bertrand, Dhananjay Shinde, Vinai Chittezham Thomas, Svetlana Romanova, Tatiana K. Bronich, Curtis Hartman, Kevin Garvin, Tammy Kielian
Journal Articles: Pathology and Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of biofilm-associated prosthetic joint infection (PJI). A primary contributor to infection chronicity is an expansion of granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (G-MDSCs), which are critical for orchestrating the antiinflammatory biofilm milieu. Single-cell sequencing and bioinformatic metabolic algorithms were used to explore the link between G-MDSC metabolism and S. aureus PJI outcome. Glycolysis and the hypoxia response through HIF1a were significantly enriched in G-MDSCs. Interfering with both pathways in vivo, using a 2-deoxyglucose nanopreparation and granulocyte-targeted Hif1a conditional KO mice, respectively, attenuated G-MDSC-mediated immunosuppression and reduced bacterial burden in a mouse model of S. aureus PJI. …