Genome-wide transcription analysis of interaction between the human macrophage and Mycobacterium tuberculosis during concurrent drug administration by conventional and novel methods
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- Pharmaceutics Division, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow
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- Received 31 October 2008 05:43 UTC; Posted 04 November 2008
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Targeted drug delivery to alveolar macrophages harboring Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) holds promise of high efficacy against pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). It was investigated whether inhalable microparticles (MP) can rescue macrophages from ‘alternative’ activation induced by pathogenic Mtb in addition to achieving targeted drug delivery. A genome-wide transcription analysis (Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus 2.0 DNA microarray) of THP-1 cell line derived macrophages was undertaken after exposing them to infection with 10 MOI of MTB H37Rv at 0, 12 and 24 hours post infection. The Molecular markers of macrophage bactericidal activity were assayed in THP-1- and primary human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC)-derived macrophages, in the presence or absence of soluble anti-tuberculosis drugs, drug-containing MP and blank MP. About 1,500 genes were differentially upregulated and about 500 genes differentially downregulated in response to various modes of treatment. Variations were also observed in the kinetics of gene expression. Cluster analysis indicated activation of several pathways related to innate immune response (cytokines, chemokines, receptors and ligands), apoptosis, cytoskeleton and membrane remodeling, general metabolism and general housekeeping. Some of these results were validated at the functional level, by studying caspase activities, concentrations and time-courses of effector molecules , rates/extents of apoptosis and nitrite oxide induction. Production of cytokines and NO, apoptosis, and bacterial survival were studied as pharmacodynamic outcomes. Cytokine responses of THP-1 derived macrophages were estimated. MP reversed suppression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) induced by infection, and transiently upregulated γ-interferon (IFN-γ). Drug-free MP surprisingly induced IFN-γ, but not TNF. Primary cells responded to MP, regardless of drug content, by upregulation of NO; but THP-1-derived cells did not respond to blank MP. About 19% of infected cells exposed to MP underwent apoptosis as compared to ~11% cells treated with soluble drugs or blank MP. Cell death induced by blank MP was caspase-independent. Only drug-containing MP induced apoptosis through caspase-8 and caspase-9. Bacterial survival after different treatments varied between individuals. In the best case, while untreated infection resulted in survival of 900±141 colony forming units (CFU), treatment with soluble drugs, drug-containing MP and blank MP respectively, reduced CFU counts to 8.5± 0.7, 3±1.4 and 102±138.6. The results suggest a role of the drug delivery system in macrophage activation as a component of therapeutic strategy against TB.
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- Human Genome Meeting (HGM-2008)- Hyderabad, India, 27 September 2008
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Yadav, Awadh Bihari, Singh, Amit K., and Misra, Amit. Genome-wide transcription analysis of interaction between the human macrophage and Mycobacterium tuberculosis during concurrent drug administration by conventional and novel methods. Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2008.2453.1> (2008)
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rahul verma on 21 November 2008 13:04 UTC
really a appreciable work in consensus of signal transduction pathway exploration regarding Tuberculosis infection