Exposure to welding fumes and lower airway infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae

Suri, Reetika; Periselneris, Jimstan; Lanone, Sophie; Zeidler-Erdely, Patti C.; Melton, Geoffrey; Palmer, Keith T.; Andujar, Pascal; Antonini, James M.; Cohignac, Vanessa; Erdely, Aaron; Jose, Ricardo J.; Mudway, Ian; Brown, Jeremy; Grigg, Jonathan

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Exposure to welding fumes and lower airway infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae

Published Date:

Aug 12 2015

Source:

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 137(2):527-534.e7.

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Personal Authors:

Suri, Reetika ; Periselneris, Jimstan ; Lanone, Sophie ; Zeidler-Erdely, Patti C. ; Melton, Geoffrey ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

26277596

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4747856

Description:

Background

Welders are at increased risk of pneumococcal pneumonia. The mechanism for this association is not known. The capacity of pneumococci to adhere to and infect lower airway cells is mediated by host-expressed platelet-activating factor receptor (PAFR).

Objective

We sought to assess the effect of mild steel welding fumes (MS-WF) on PAFR-dependent pneumococcal adhesion and infection to human airway cells in vitro and on pneumococcal airway infection in a mouse model.

Methods

The oxidative potential of MS-WF was assessed by their capacity to reduce antioxidants in vitro. Pneumococcal adhesion and infection of A549, BEAS-2B, and primary human bronchial airway cells were assessed by means of quantitative bacterial culture and expressed as colony-forming units (CFU). After intranasal instillation of MS-WF, mice were infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung CFU values were determined. PAFR protein levels were assessed by using immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry, and PAFR mRNA expression was assessed by using quantitative PCR. PAFR was blocked by CV-3988, and oxidative stress was attenuated by N-acetylcysteine. Results: MS-WF exhibited high oxidative potential. In A549 and BEAS-2B cells MS-WF increased pneumococcal adhesion and infection and PAFR protein expression. Both CV-3988 and N-acetylcysteine reduced MS-WF–stimulated pneumococcal adhesion and infection of airway cells. MS-WF increased mouse lung PAFR mRNA expression and increased BALF and lung pneumococcal CFU values. In MS-WF–exposed mice CV-3988 reduced BALF CFU values.

Conclusions

Hypersusceptibility of welders to pneumococcal pneumonia is in part mediated by the capacity of welding fumes to increase PAFR-dependent pneumococcal adhesion and infection of lower airway cells.

Document Type:

Journal Article

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CDC Public Access

Funding:

097216/Z/11/Z/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
MC_UP_A620_1018/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
MC_PC_15015/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
MR/K00168X/1/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
20665/Arthritis Research UK/United Kingdom
MC_UU_12011/5/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom

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