Staphylococcus aureus, but not Staphylococcus epidermidis, modulates the oxidative response and induces apoptosis in human neutrophils

Nilsdotter-Augustinsson, Åsa,1962-Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Infektionsmedicin,Medicinsk mikrobiologi,Hälsouniversitetet,Infektionskliniken i Östergötland (author)

S. epidermidis is the most common isolate in foreign body infections. The aim of this study was to understand why S. epidermidis causes silent biomaterial infections. In view of the divergent inflammatory responses S. epidermidis and S. aureus cause in patients, we analyzed how they differ when interacting with human neutrophils. Neutrophils interacting with S. epidermidis strains isolated either from granulation tissue covering infected hip prostheses or from normal skin flora were tested by measuring the oxidative response as chemiluminescence and apoptosis as annexin V binding. Different S. aureus strains were tested in parallel. All S. epidermidis tested were unable to modulate the oxidative reaction in response to formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) and did not provoke, but rather inhibited, apoptosis. In contrast, some S. aureus strains enhanced the oxidative reaction, and this priming capacity was linked to p38-mitogen-activated-protein-kinase (p38-MAPK) activation and induction of apoptosis. Our results may explain why S. epidermidis is a weak inducer of inflammation compared to S. aureus, and therefore responsible for the indolent and chronic course of S. epidermidis biomaterial infections.

Wilsson, Åsa,1966-Linköpings universitet,Medicinsk mikrobiologi,Hälsouniversitetet(Swepub:liu)asawi96 (author)
Larsson, Jenny,1977-Linköpings universitet,Patologi,Hälsouniversitetet(Swepub:liu)jenla15 (author)
Stendahl, Olle,1946-Linköpings universitet,Medicinsk mikrobiologi,Hälsouniversitetet(Swepub:liu)ollst48 (author)
Öhman, Lena,1948-Linköpings universitet,Infektionsmedicin,Medicinsk mikrobiologi,Hälsouniversitetet(Swepub:liu)lenoh28 (author)
Lundqvist Gustafsson, Helen,1966-Linköpings universitet,Medicinsk mikrobiologi,Patologi,Hälsouniversitetet(Swepub:liu)hellu98 (author)
Linköpings universitetInfektionsmedicin (creator_code:org_t)

In:Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS): Wiley112:2, s. 109-1180903-46411600-0463

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