PMID- 34154417 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211112 LR - 20211215 IS - 2150-7511 (Electronic) VI - 12 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Jun 29 TI - Hierarchical Cell Death Program Disrupts the Intracellular Niche Required for Burkholderia thailandensis Pathogenesis. PG - e0105921 LID - 10.1128/mBio.01059-21 [doi] LID - e01059-21 AB - Burkholderia infections can result in serious diseases with high mortality, such as melioidosis, and they are difficult to treat with antibiotics. Innate immunity is critical for cell-autonomous clearance of intracellular pathogens like Burkholderia by regulating programmed cell death. Inflammasome-dependent inflammatory cytokine release and cell death contribute to host protection against Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia thailandensis; however, the contribution of apoptosis and necroptosis to protection is not known. Here, we found that bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) lacking key components of pyroptosis died via apoptosis during infection. BMDMs lacking molecules required for pyroptosis, apoptosis, and necroptosis (PANoptosis), however, were significantly resistant to B. thailandensis-induced cell death until later stages of infection. Consequently, PANoptosis-deficient BMDMs failed to limit B. thailandensis-induced cell-cell fusion, which permits increased intercellular spread and replication compared to wild-type or pyroptosis-deficient BMDMs. Respiratory B. thailandensis infection resulted in higher mortality in PANoptosis-deficient mice than in pyroptosis-deficient mice, indicating that, in the absence of pyroptosis, apoptosis is essential for efficient control of infection in vivo. Together, these findings suggest both pyroptosis and apoptosis are necessary for host-mediated control of Burkholderia infection. IMPORTANCEBurkholderia infections result in a high degree of mortality when left untreated; therefore, understanding the host immune response required to control infection is critical. In this study, we found a hierarchical cell death program utilized by infected cells to disrupt the intracellular niche of Burkholderia thailandensis, which limits bacterial intercellular spread, host cell-cell fusion, and bacterial replication. In macrophages, combined loss of key PANoptosis components results in extensive B. thailandensis infection-induced cell-cell fusion, bacterial replication, and increased cell death at later stages of infection compared with both wild-type (WT) and pyroptosis-deficient cells. During respiratory infection, mortality was increased in PANoptosis-deficient mice compared to pyroptosis-deficient mice, identifying an essential role for multiple cell death pathways in controlling B. thailandensis infection. These findings advance our understanding of the physiological role of programmed cell death in controlling Burkholderia infection. FAU - Place, David E AU - Place DE AD - Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Christgen, Shelbi AU - Christgen S AD - Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Tuladhar, Shraddha AU - Tuladhar S AD - Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Vogel, Peter AU - Vogel P AD - Animal Resources Center and the Veterinary Pathology Core, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Malireddi, R K Subbarao AU - Malireddi RKS AD - Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. FAU - Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi AU - Kanneganti TD AD - Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. LA - eng GR - R35 CA253095/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI101935/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI124346/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 AI101935/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR056296/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210622 PL - United States TA - mBio JT - mBio JID - 101519231 RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspases) RN - Burkholderia thailandensis SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*immunology MH - Burkholderia/immunology/*pathogenicity MH - Burkholderia Infections/*immunology MH - Caspases/classification/genetics/immunology MH - Female MH - *Immunity, Innate MH - Macrophages/*microbiology/*pathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Necroptosis/immunology MH - Pyroptosis/immunology PMC - PMC8262894 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Burkholderia thailandensis OT - MLKL OT - NLRC4 OT - NLRP3 OT - PANoptosis OT - PANoptosome OT - RIPK1 OT - RIPK3 OT - T6SS OT - VgrG5 OT - apoptosis OT - caspase-1 OT - caspase-11 OT - caspase-3 OT - caspase-7 OT - caspase-8 OT - cell fusion OT - gasdermin D OT - inflammasome OT - macrophage OT - necroptosis OT - pyroptosis OT - type six secretion system OT - virulence EDAT- 2021/06/23 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/16 06:00 PMCR- 2021/06/22 CRDT- 2021/06/22 05:29 PHST- 2021/06/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/22 05:29 [entrez] PHST- 2021/06/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - mBio01059-21 [pii] AID - 10.1128/mBio.01059-21 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - mBio. 2021 Jun 29;12(3):e0105921. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01059-21. Epub 2021 Jun 22.