IL-32 is a molecular marker of a host defense network in human tuberculosis.

Montoya, Dennis; Inkeles, Megan S; Liu, Phillip T; Realegeno, Susan; Teles, Rosane M B; Vaidya, Poorva; Munoz, Marcos A; Schenk, Mirjam; Swindell, William R; Chun, Rene; Zavala, Kathryn; Hewison, Martin; Adams, John S; Horvath, Steve; Pellegrini, Matteo; Bloom, Barry R; Modlin, Robert L (2014). IL-32 is a molecular marker of a host defense network in human tuberculosis. Science translational medicine, 6(250), 250ra114. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/scitranslmed.3009546

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Tuberculosis is a leading cause of infectious disease-related death worldwide; however, only 10% of people infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop disease. Factors that contribute to protection could prove to be promising targets for M. tuberculosis therapies. Analysis of peripheral blood gene expression profiles of active tuberculosis patients has identified correlates of risk for disease or pathogenesis. We sought to identify potential human candidate markers of host defense by studying gene expression profiles of macrophages, cells that, upon infection by M. tuberculosis, can mount an antimicrobial response. Weighted gene coexpression network analysis revealed an association between the cytokine interleukin-32 (IL-32) and the vitamin D antimicrobial pathway in a network of interferon-γ- and IL-15-induced "defense response" genes. IL-32 induced the vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial peptides cathelicidin and DEFB4 and to generate antimicrobial activity in vitro, dependent on the presence of adequate 25-hydroxyvitamin D. In addition, the IL-15-induced defense response macrophage gene network was integrated with ranked pairwise comparisons of gene expression from five different clinical data sets of latent compared with active tuberculosis or healthy controls and a coexpression network derived from gene expression in patients with tuberculosis undergoing chemotherapy. Together, these analyses identified eight common genes, including IL-32, as molecular markers of latent tuberculosis and the IL-15-induced gene network. As maintaining M. tuberculosis in a latent state and preventing transition to active disease may represent a form of host resistance, these results identify IL-32 as one functional marker and potential correlate of protection against active tuberculosis.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology > Immunopathology
UniBE Contributor:	Schenk, Mirjam
ISSN:	1946-6234
Publisher:	American Association for the Advancement of Science
Language:	English
Submitter:	Mirjam Schenk
Date Deposited:	25 Jul 2017 15:21
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:06
Publisher DOI:	10.1126/scitranslmed.3009546
PubMed ID:	25143364
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/102297