Tissue niche influences immune and metabolic profiles to Staphylococcus aureus biofilm infection

Zachary Roy, Prabakar Arumugam, Blake P. Bertrand, Dhananjay D. Shinde, Vinai C. Thomas and Tammy Kielian ()
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Zachary Roy: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Prabakar Arumugam: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Blake P. Bertrand: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Dhananjay D. Shinde: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Vinai C. Thomas: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Tammy Kielian: University of Nebraska Medical Center

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: Abstract Infection is a devastating post-surgical complication, often requiring additional procedures and prolonged antibiotic therapy. This is especially relevant for craniotomy and prosthetic joint infections (PJI), both of which are characterized by biofilm formation on the bone or implant surface, respectively, with S. aureus representing a primary cause. The local tissue microenvironment likely has profound effects on immune attributes that can influence treatment efficacy, which becomes critical to consider when developing therapeutics for biofilm infections. However, the extent to which distinct tissue niches influence immune function during biofilm development remains relatively unknown. To address this, we compare the metabolomic, transcriptomic, and functional attributes of leukocytes in mouse models of S. aureus craniotomy and PJI complemented with patient samples from both infection modalities, which reveals profound tissue niche-dependent differences in nucleic acid, amino acid, and lipid metabolism with links to immune modulation. These signatures are both spatially and temporally distinct, differing not only between infection sites but evolving over time within a single model. Collectively, this demonstrates that biofilms elicit unique immune and metabolic responses that are heavily influenced by the local tissue microenvironment, which will likely have important implications when designing therapeutic approaches targeting these infections.

Date: 2024
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