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Receptor Blockade: A Novel Approach to Protect the Brain From Pneumococcal Invasion.
Journal of Infectious Diseases 2018 July 3
Background: Pneumococci are the major cause of bacterial meningitis globally. To cause meningitis pneumococci interact with the 2 endothelial receptors, polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR) and platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule (PECAM-1), to penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and invade the brain.
Methods: C57BL/6 mice were infected intravenously with bioluminescent pneumococci, and treated with ceftriaxone (1 hour postinfection) and anti-pIgR and PECAM-1 antibodies (1 or 5 hours postinfection), then monitored for 5 and 10 days. Bacterial brain invasion was analyzed using IVIS imaging and bacterial counts.
Results: Ceftriaxone, given early after pneumococcal challenge, cleared pneumococci from the blood but not from the brain. After combining ceftriaxone with receptor blockade, using anti-pIgR and PECAM-1 antibodies, we found 100% survival after 5 and 10 days of infection, in contrast to 60% for ceftriaxone alone. Combined antibiotic and antibody treatment resulted in no or few viable bacteria in the brain and no microglia activation. Antibodies remained bound to the receptors during the study period. Receptor blockade did not interfere with antibiotic permeability through the BBB.
Conclusions: We suggest that adjunct treatment with pIgR and PECAM-1 antibodies to antibiotics may prevent pneumococcal meningitis development and associated brain damages. However, further evaluations are required.
Methods: C57BL/6 mice were infected intravenously with bioluminescent pneumococci, and treated with ceftriaxone (1 hour postinfection) and anti-pIgR and PECAM-1 antibodies (1 or 5 hours postinfection), then monitored for 5 and 10 days. Bacterial brain invasion was analyzed using IVIS imaging and bacterial counts.
Results: Ceftriaxone, given early after pneumococcal challenge, cleared pneumococci from the blood but not from the brain. After combining ceftriaxone with receptor blockade, using anti-pIgR and PECAM-1 antibodies, we found 100% survival after 5 and 10 days of infection, in contrast to 60% for ceftriaxone alone. Combined antibiotic and antibody treatment resulted in no or few viable bacteria in the brain and no microglia activation. Antibodies remained bound to the receptors during the study period. Receptor blockade did not interfere with antibiotic permeability through the BBB.
Conclusions: We suggest that adjunct treatment with pIgR and PECAM-1 antibodies to antibiotics may prevent pneumococcal meningitis development and associated brain damages. However, further evaluations are required.
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