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Phosphatidylserine liposomes induce a phagosome acidification-dependent and ROS-mediated intracellular killing of Mycobacterium abscessus in human macrophages

Tommaso Olimpieri, Noemi Poerio, Greta Ponsecchi, Gustavo Di Lallo, Marco Maria D’Andrea, Maurizio Fraziano

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology · 2024

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Summary

(Mab) is an opportunistic nontuberculous mycobacterium responsible of difficult-to-treat pulmonary infections in vulnerable patients, such as those suffering from Cystic Fibrosis (CF), where it represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Additionally, due to the intrinsic extensive antimicrobial resistance spectrum displayed by this species and the side effects reported for some available antibiotics, the therapeutic management of such infections remains extremely difficult. In the present study, we show that phosphatidylserine liposomes (PS-L) enhance intracellular mycobacterial killing of Mab infected human macrophages with functional or pharmacologically inhibited cystic fibrosis conductance regulator (CFTR), by a mechanism involving phagosome acidification and reactive oxygen

Subject
Antimicrobial resistance
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.3389/fcimb.2024.1443719
Catalogue ID
SNmojj1o3x-t14iq7
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