PMID- 36309755 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221101 LR - 20221208 IS - 2051-5960 (Electronic) IS - 2051-5960 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Oct 29 TI - The role of plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 in pneumococcal meningitis. PG - 155 LID - 10.1186/s40478-022-01461-1 [doi] LID - 155 AB - Pneumococcal meningitis is associated with dysregulation of the coagulation cascade. Previously, we detected upregulation of cerebral plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) mRNA expression during pneumococcal meningitis. Diverse functions have been ascribed to PAI-2, but its role remains unclear. We analyzed the function of SERPINB2 (coding for PAI-2) in patients with bacterial meningitis, in a well-established pneumococcal meningitis mouse model, using Serpinb2 knockout mice, and in vitro in wt and PAI-2-deficient bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs). We measured PAI-2 in cerebrospinal fluid of patients, and performed functional, histopathological, protein and mRNA expression analyses in vivo and in vitro. We found a substantial increase of PAI-2 concentration in CSF of patients with pneumococcal meningitis, and up-regulation and increased release of PAI-2 in mice. PAI-2 deficiency was associated with increased mortality in murine pneumococcal meningitis and cerebral hemorrhages. Serpinb2(-/-) mice exhibited increased C5a levels, but decreased IL-10 levels in the brain during pneumococcal infection. Our in vitro experiments confirmed increased expression and release of PAI-2 by wt BMDM and decreased IL-10 liberation by PAI-2-deficient BMDM upon pneumococcal challenge. Our data show that PAI-2 is elevated during in pneumococcal meningitis in humans and mice. PAI-2 deficiency causes an inflammatory imbalance, resulting in increased brain pathology and mortality. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s). FAU - Teske, Nina C AU - Teske NC AD - Laboratory of Neuroinfectious Diseases, Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. AD - Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. AD - European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Infections of the Brain (ESGIB), Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Engelen-Lee, Joo-Yeon AU - Engelen-Lee JY AD - Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. AD - European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Infections of the Brain (ESGIB), Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Dyckhoff-Shen, Susanne AU - Dyckhoff-Shen S AD - Laboratory of Neuroinfectious Diseases, Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. FAU - Pfister, Hans-Walter AU - Pfister HW AD - Laboratory of Neuroinfectious Diseases, Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. FAU - Klein, Matthias AU - Klein M AD - Laboratory of Neuroinfectious Diseases, Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. AD - European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Infections of the Brain (ESGIB), Basel, Switzerland. FAU - van de Beek, Diederik AU - van de Beek D AD - Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. AD - European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Infections of the Brain (ESGIB), Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Kirschning, Carsten K AU - Kirschning CK AD - Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. FAU - Koedel, Uwe AU - Koedel U AD - Laboratory of Neuroinfectious Diseases, Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. AD - European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Infections of the Brain (ESGIB), Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Brouwer, Matthijs C AU - Brouwer MC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7775-7843 AD - Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.c.brouwer@amsterdamumc.nl. AD - European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group for Infections of the Brain (ESGIB), Basel, Switzerland. m.c.brouwer@amsterdamumc.nl. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221029 PL - England TA - Acta Neuropathol Commun JT - Acta neuropathologica communications JID - 101610673 RN - 0 (Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 2) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - *Meningitis, Pneumococcal/genetics MH - Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 2/genetics MH - Interleukin-10 MH - Mice, Knockout MH - RNA, Messenger MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL PMC - PMC9617400 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 OT - Pneumococcal meningitis OT - SERPINB2 COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2022/10/31 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/02 06:00 PMCR- 2022/10/29 CRDT- 2022/10/30 01:12 PHST- 2022/09/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/30 01:12 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/10/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s40478-022-01461-1 [pii] AID - 1461 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s40478-022-01461-1 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2022 Oct 29;10(1):155. doi: 10.1186/s40478-022-01461-1.