The presence of prokaryotic RNA in live bacteria is necessary to generate bactericidal responses in neutrophils.

RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUES N; MARTIRÉ-GRECO D; CASTILLO LA; LANDONI VI; MILILLO MA; SCHIERLOH P; BARRIONUEVO P; FERNÁNDEZ GC

Mar del Plata

Congreso; LXIV Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Inmunología (SAI).; 2016

Sociedad Argentina de Inmunología

While PAMPs are present in live and dead bacteria, vaccines developed from live microorganisms generate much vigorous immune responses, suggesting the existence of certain determinants related to bacterial viability that enhance immunity. Because neutrophils (PMN) are the first line of defense against infections, our aim was to determine if PMN have the ability to recognize bacterial viability. Different functions of PMN isolated from healthy donors were evaluated against live E. coli (EC) and heat-killed E. coli (HKEC) (ratio PMN:EC=1:20). We noted that the responses of PMN against EC were higher compared to HKEC in all evaluated functions: generation of ROS by FACS (%DHR PMN: EC=32.8±3.9; HKEC=9.9±3.8, p