Dimethyl itaconate is effective in host-directed antimicrobial responses against mycobacterial infections through multifaceted innate immune pathwaysopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Young Jae; Park, Eun-Jin; Lee, Sang-Hee; Silwal, Prashanta; Kim, Jin Kyung; Yang, Jeong Seong; Whang, Jake; Jang, Jichan; Kim, Jin-Man; Jo, Eun-Kyeong
- Issue Date
- Mar-2023
- Publisher
- BMC
- Keywords
- Dimethyl itaconate; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Innate immunity; Autophagy; Host-directed therapeutics; Antimicrobial responses
- Citation
- CELL AND BIOSCIENCE, v.13, no.1
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- CELL AND BIOSCIENCE
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 1
- URI
- https://scholarworks.gnu.ac.kr/handle/sw.gnu/30801
- DOI
- 10.1186/s13578-023-00992-x
- ISSN
- 2045-3701
2045-3701
- Abstract
- BackgroundItaconate, a crucial immunometabolite, plays a critical role in linking immune and metabolic functions to influence host defense and inflammation. Due to its polar structure, the esterified cell-permeable derivatives of itaconate are being developed to provide therapeutic opportunities in infectious and inflammatory diseases. Yet, it remains largely uncharacterized whether itaconate derivatives have potentials in promoting host-directed therapeutics (HDT) against mycobacterial infections. Here, we report dimethyl itaconate (DMI) as the promising candidate for HDT against both Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and nontuberculous mycobacteria by orchestrating multiple innate immune programs.ResultsDMI per se has low bactericidal activity against Mtb, M. bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), and M. avium (Mav). However, DMI robustly activated intracellular elimination of multiple mycobacterial strains (Mtb, BCG, Mav, and even to multidrug-resistant Mtb) in macrophages and in vivo. DMI significantly suppressed the production of interleukin-6 and -10, whereas it enhanced autophagy and phagosomal maturation, during Mtb infection. DMI-mediated autophagy partly contributed to antimicrobial host defenses in macrophages. Moreover, DMI significantly downregulated the activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling during infection with Mtb, BCG, and Mav.ConclusionTogether, DMI has potent anti-mycobacterial activities in macrophages and in vivo through promoting multifaceted ways for innate host defenses. DMI may bring light to new candidate for HDT against Mtb and nontuberculous mycobacteria, both of which infections are often intractable with antibiotic resistance.
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