PMID- 37190073 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230517 LR - 20240501 IS - 2073-4409 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4409 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 8 DP - 2023 Apr 14 TI - Timing of Interleukin-4 Stimulation of Macrophages Determines Their Anti-Microbial Activity during Infection with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium. LID - 10.3390/cells12081164 [doi] LID - 1164 AB - Priming of macrophages with interferon-gamma (IFNgamma) or interleukin-4 (IL-4) leads to polarisation into pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory subtypes, which produce key enzymes such as inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and arginase 1 (ARG1), respectively, and in this way determine host responses to infection. Importantly, L-arginine is the substrate for both enzymes. ARG1 upregulation is associated with increased pathogen load in different infection models. However, while differentiation of macrophages with IL-4 impairs host resistance to the intracellular bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S.tm), little is known on the effects of IL-4 on unpolarised macrophages during infection. Therefore, bone-marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) from C57BL/6N, Tie2Cre(+/-)ARG1(fl/fl) (KO), Tie2Cre(-/-)ARG1(fl/fl) (WT) mice were infected with S.tm in the undifferentiated state and then stimulated with IL-4 or IFNgamma. In addition, BMDM of C57BL/6N mice were first polarised upon stimulation with IL-4 or IFNgamma and then infected with S.tm. Interestingly, in contrast to polarisation of BMDM with IL-4 prior to infection, treatment of non-polarised S.tm-infected BMDM with IL-4 resulted in improved infection control whereas stimulation with IFNgamma led to an increase in intracellular bacterial numbers compared to unstimulated controls. This effect of IL-4 was paralleled by decreased ARG1 levels and increased iNOS expression. Furthermore, the L-arginine pathway metabolites ornithine and polyamines were enriched in unpolarised cells infected with S.tm and stimulated with IL-4. Depletion of L-arginine reversed the protective effect of IL-4 toward infection control. Our data show that stimulation of S.tm-infected macrophages with IL-4 reduced bacterial multiplication via metabolic re-programming of L-arginine-dependent pathways. FAU - Brigo, Natascha AU - Brigo N AD - Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Neumaier, Emely AU - Neumaier E AD - Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Pfeifhofer-Obermair, Christa AU - Pfeifhofer-Obermair C AD - Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Grubwieser, Philipp AU - Grubwieser P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6233-8910 AD - Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Engl, Sabine AU - Engl S AD - Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Berger, Sylvia AU - Berger S AD - Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Seifert, Markus AU - Seifert M AD - Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. AD - Christian Doppler Laboratory for Iron Metabolism and Anemia Research, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Reinstadler, Vera AU - Reinstadler V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3706-2910 AD - Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Muellerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Oberacher, Herbert AU - Oberacher H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0963-8268 AD - Institute of Legal Medicine and Core Facility Metabolomics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Muellerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. FAU - Weiss, Gunter AU - Weiss G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0709-2158 AD - Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. AD - Christian Doppler Laboratory for Iron Metabolism and Anemia Research, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. LA - eng GR - DOC 82/FWF_/Austrian Science Fund FWF/Austria PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230414 PL - Switzerland TA - Cells JT - Cells JID - 101600052 RN - 207137-56-2 (Interleukin-4) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - 94ZLA3W45F (Arginine) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - *Salmonella typhimurium MH - *Interleukin-4/metabolism MH - Serogroup MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Macrophages/metabolism MH - Interferon-gamma/metabolism MH - Arginine/pharmacology/metabolism PMC - PMC10137269 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium OT - arginase 1 OT - inducible nitric oxide synthase OT - interferon-gamma OT - interleukin-4 OT - intracellular bacteria OT - macrophages OT - ornithine OT - polyamines COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/05/16 06:42 MHDA- 2023/05/17 06:42 PMCR- 2023/04/14 CRDT- 2023/05/16 01:12 PHST- 2022/12/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/17 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/16 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/16 01:12 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cells12081164 [pii] AID - cells-12-01164 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cells12081164 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cells. 2023 Apr 14;12(8):1164. doi: 10.3390/cells12081164.