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TNF overproduction impairs epithelial staphylococcal response in hyper IgE syndrome
Ian A. Myles, … , Steven M. Holland, Sandip K. Datta
Ian A. Myles, … , Steven M. Holland, Sandip K. Datta
Published August 1, 2018; First published July 23, 2018
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2018;128(8):3595-3604. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI121486.
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Categories: Research Article Immunology Infectious disease

TNF overproduction impairs epithelial staphylococcal response in hyper IgE syndrome

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Abstract

Autosomal dominant hyper IgE syndrome (AD-HIES), or Job’s syndrome, is a primary immune deficiency caused by dominant-negative mutations in STAT3. Recurrent Staphylococcus aureus skin abscesses are a defining feature of this syndrome. A widely held hypothesis that defects in peripheral Th17 differentiation confer this susceptibility has never been directly evaluated. To assess the cutaneous immune response in AD-HIES, we induced suction blisters in healthy volunteers (HVs) and patients with AD-HIES and then challenged the wound with lethally irradiated bacteria. We show that cutaneous production of IL-17A and IL-17F was normal in patients with AD-HIES. Overproduction of TNF-α differentiated the responses in AD-HIES from HVs. This was associated with reduced IL-10 family signaling in blister-infiltrating cells and defective epithelial cell function. Mouse models of AD-HIES recapitulated these aberrant epithelial responses to S. aureus and involved defective epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) rather than a failure of bacterial killing. Defective responses in mouse models of AD-HIES and primary keratinocyte cultures from patients with AD-HIES could be reversed by TNF-α blockade and by drugs with reported modulatory effects on EMT. Our results identify these as potential therapeutic approaches in patients with AD-HIES suffering S. aureus infections.

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Ian A. Myles, Erik D. Anderson, Noah J. Earland, Kol A. Zarember, Inka Sastalla, Kelli W. Williams, Portia Gough, Ian N. Moore, Sundar Ganesan, Cedar J. Fowler, Arian Laurence, Mary Garofalo, Douglas B. Kuhns, Mark D. Kieh, Arhum Saleem, Pamela A. Welch, Dirk A. Darnell, John I. Gallin, Alexandra F. Freeman, Steven M. Holland, Sandip K. Datta

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