Inhibiting lipid droplet biogenesis enhances host protection against hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infections
- Author(s)
- Hui-Jung Jung; Hyun Ah Kim; Miri Hyun; Ji Yeon Lee; Young Jae Kim; Seong-Il Suh; Eun-Kyeong Jo; Won-Ki Baek; Jin Kyung Kim
- Keimyung Author(s)
- Kim, Hyun Ah; Hyun, Mi Ri; Lee, Ji Yeon
- Department
- Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학)
- Journal Title
- Med Microbiol Immunol
- Issued Date
- 2024
- Volume
- 213
- Issue
- 1
- Keyword
- Hypervirulent; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Macrophages; Lipid droplets; mTOR
- Abstract
- Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp), an emerging Kp subtype, has become a serious global pathogen. However, the information regarding host interactions and innate immune responses during hvKp infection is limited. Here, we found that hvKp clinical strains increased triacylglycerol synthesis, resulting in lipid droplets (LDs) formation via the mammalian target of rapamycin signaling pathway in RAW264.7 cells. Treatment with rapamycin, an inhibitor of this pathway, affected LDs formation and antimicrobial responses against clinical hvKp infections. In accordance with the role of LDs in modulating inflammation, the pharmacological inhibition of lipogenesis reduced proinflammatory cytokine expression during hvKp infections. In addition, inhibition of LDs formation using pharmacological inhibitors and knockdown of lipogenesis regulators decreased the intracellular survival of hvKp in macrophages. Moreover, inhibiting LDs biogenesis reduced mortality, weight loss, and bacterial loads in hvKp-infected mice. Collectively, these data suggest that LDs biogenesis is crucial in linking host immune responses to clinical hvKp infections.
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