Neuroimmune interactions between itch neurons and skin microbes DOI

S. Balaji,

Waris Muhammad Khuwaja,

Md Amir Hossain

et al.

Seminars in Immunology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 78, P. 101933 - 101933

Published: March 8, 2025

Language: Английский

Scratching promotes allergic inflammation and host defense via neurogenic mast cell activation DOI
Andrew Liu,

Y. Zhang,

Chien-Sin Chen

et al.

Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 387(6733)

Published: Jan. 30, 2025

Itch is a dominant symptom in dermatitis, and scratching promotes cutaneous inflammation, thereby worsening disease. However, the mechanisms through which exacerbates inflammation whether provides benefit to host are largely unknown. We found that was required for skin mouse models dependent on FcεRI-mediated mast cell activation. Scratching-induced pain-sensing nociceptors, neuropeptide substance P, receptor MrgprB2. Scratching also increased augmented defense superficial Staphylococcus aureus infection. Thus, activation of nociceptor-driven neuroinflammation, both exacerbated allergic disease provided protection from S. aureus, reconciling seemingly paradoxical role as pathological process evolutionary adaptation.

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Sensory neurons: An integrated component of innate immunity DOI
Liwen Deng, Jacob E. Gillis, Isaac M. Chiu

et al.

Immunity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 57(4), P. 815 - 831

Published: April 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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The skin microbiome in pediatric atopic dermatitis and food allergy DOI Creative Commons
Elizabeth Huiwen Tham, Minghao Chia, Carmen Riggioni

et al.

Allergy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 79(6), P. 1470 - 1484

Published: Feb. 3, 2024

The skin microbiome is an extensive community of bacteria, fungi, mites, viruses and archaea colonizing the skin. Fluctuations in composition have been observed atopic dermatitis (AD) food allergy (FA), particularly early life, established disease, associated with therapeutics. However, AD a multifactorial disease characterized by barrier aberrations modulated genetics, immunology, environmental influences, thus not sole feature this disease. Future research should focus on mechanistic understanding how early-life microbial shifts may influence FA onset, to guide potential intervention strategies or as biomarkers identify high-risk infants who benefit from possible microbiome-based biotherapeutic strategies. Harnessing microbes biotherapeutics emerging field, but more work needed investigate whether approach can lead sustained clinical responses.

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The Central Roles of Keratinocytes in Coordinating Skin Immunity DOI Creative Commons
Jared Simmons, Richard L. Gallo

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 144(11), P. 2377 - 2398

Published: Aug. 8, 2024

The function of keratinocytes (KCs) to form a barrier and produce cytokines is well-known, but recent progress has revealed many different roles for KCs in regulation skin immunity. In this review, we provide an update on the current understanding how communicate with microbes, immunocytes, neurons, other cells effective immune barrier. We catalog large list genes metabolites that participate host defense discuss mechanisms crosstalk, addressing simultaneously physical barrier, fibroblasts, control signals. Overall, signals sent received by are exciting group therapeutic targets explore treatment dermatologic disorders.

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The Staphylococcus aureus regulatory program in a human skin-like environment DOI Creative Commons
Flavia G. Costa, Krista B. Mills, Heidi A. Crosby

et al.

mBio, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(5)

Published: March 28, 2024

ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive pathogen responsible for the majority of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). S. colonizes anterior nares approximately 20%–30% population transiently skin, thereby increasing risk developing SSTIs more serious infections. Current laboratory models that mimic surface environment are expensive, require substantial infrastructure, limit scope bacterial physiology studies under human conditions. To overcome these limitations, we developed cost-effective, open-source, chemically defined media recipe termed skin-like medium (SLM) incorporates key aspects supports growth several staphylococcal species. We utilized SLM to investigate transcriptional response methicillin-resistant (MRSA) following in compared commonly used media. Through RNA-seq analysis, observed upregulation virulence factors, including genes encoding functions involved adhesion, proteolysis, cytotoxicity. further explore findings, conducted quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) experiments determine influence composition, pH, temperature on factors adhesion virulence. also demonstrated MRSA primed adhered better corneocytes adhesin-specific phenotypes previously required genetic manipulation. This improved adherence was dependent both acidic pH SLM. These results support potential utility as an vitro model assessing metabolism skin. IMPORTANCE major cause diseases, its increased prevalence colonization present need understand this environment. The work presented here outlines using newly strives replicate demonstrates roles adhesins clumping factor A (ClfA), serine-rich repeat glycoprotein adhesin (SraP), fibronectin binding proteins (Fnbps) corneocyte adherence.

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Skin Deep: The Potential of Microbiome Cosmetics DOI
Ju Hee Han, Hei Sung Kim

The Journal of Microbiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 62(3), P. 181 - 199

Published: March 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Neurogenic inflammation and itch in barrier tissues DOI
Rebecca Liu,

Dean R Buttaci,

Caroline L. Sokol

et al.

Seminars in Immunology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 77, P. 101928 - 101928

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

Language: Английский

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Staphylococcus aureus: The Bug Behind the Itch in Atopic Dermatitis DOI Creative Commons
Richard L. Gallo, Alexander R. Horswill

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 144(5), P. 950 - 953

Published: Feb. 29, 2024

Pruritus or itch is a defining symptom of atopic dermatitis (AD). The origins are complex, and it considered both defense mechanism cause disease that leads to inflammation psychological stress. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the processes trigger itch, particularly pruritoceptive generated skin. This perspective review discusses implications recent observation V8 protease expressed by Staphylococcus aureus can directly sensory neurons skin through activation protease-activated receptor 1. may be key why so common AD because S. commonly overgrows this owing deficient antimicrobial from epidermis cutaneous microbiome. Increased role microbes provides increased opportunities for safely improving treatment disorder. Atopic (AD) typically occurs during infancy childhood, affecting up 20% children 5% adults many industrialized countries (Weidinger et al., 2018Weidinger Beck L.A. Bieber T. Kabashima K. 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W. al.Reduction correlates improved rosacea severity small, pilot inhibitor.J 134: 1143-1145Google Netherton syndrome (Liddle 2021Liddle Beneton V. Benson Bingham Bouillot Boullay potent selective Kallikrein-5 delivers pharmacological syndrome.J 2272-2279Google diseases, viral pathogens HIV, current suggest benefits. treatments anti–-IL-4Ra rapid similarly (Callewaert 2020Callewaert Knight Kosciolek Vrbanac al.IL-4Ralpha blockade dupilumab decreases microbial 140: 191-202.e7Google Perhaps microbes. We beginning understand full extent health. Richard Gallo: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6187-2991 Alexander Horswill: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5568-0096 RLG cofounder, consultant, receives income, equity holder MatriSys Bioscience. remaining author states conflict interest. Grants NIHU01AI52038 (RG), UM1AI151958 R01AI153185 (AH AND RG), R01AR07082 (RG) Conceptualization: RLG, ARH; Writing – Original Draft Preparation: Review Editing: ARH

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Nociceptor-to-macrophage communication through CGRP/RAMP1 signaling drives endometriosis-associated pain and lesion growth in mice DOI
Victor Fattori, Tiago H. Zaninelli, Fernanda S. Rasquel-Oliveira

et al.

Science Translational Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(772)

Published: Nov. 6, 2024

Endometriosis is a debilitating and painful gynecological inflammatory disease affecting up to 15% of women transgender men. Current treatments are ineffective for substantial proportion patients, underscoring the need additional therapies with long-term benefits. Nociceptors release neuropeptides, such as calcitonin gene–related peptide (CGRP), which known shape immunity through neuroimmune communication. Given comorbidity between endometriosis migraine integral role immune cells inflammation in endometriosis, we investigated CGRP-mediated communication endometriosis. Using samples from eight patients nonsurgical mouse model disease, found that human lesions contain both CGRP its coreceptor, receptor activity modifying protein 1 (RAMP1). In mice, nociceptor ablation reduced pain, monocyte recruitment, lesion size, suggesting activation neuropeptide contribute growth pain. Mechanistically, changed phenotype macrophages pro-endometriosis phenotype. CGRP-stimulated demonstrated impaired efferocytosis supported increased endometrial cell RAMP1-dependent manner. Treatment lesion-bearing mice US Food Drug Administration–approved drugs block CGRP-RAMP1 signaling mechanical hyperalgesia, spontaneous size. Together, our data effectiveness underlying cellular mechanisms nonhormonal nonopioid CGRP/RAMP1 blockade targeting this axis may lead clinical benefit

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Neuroimmune recognition and regulation in the respiratory system DOI Creative Commons
Jie Chen,

Xiaoyun Lai,

Yuanlin Song

et al.

European Respiratory Review, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 33(172), P. 240008 - 240008

Published: April 30, 2024

Neuroimmune recognition and regulation in the respiratory system is a complex highly coordinated process involving interactions between nervous immune systems to detect respond pathogens, pollutants other potential hazards tract. This interaction helps maintain health integrity of system. Therefore, understanding critical maintaining lung developing treatments for diseases. In this review, we summarise projection distribution different types neurons (trigeminal nerve, glossopharyngeal vagus spinal dorsal root sympathetic nerve) We also introduce several cells epithelium that closely interact with nerves (pulmonary neuroendocrine cells, brush solitary chemosensory tastebuds). These are primarily located at key positions tract, where project them, forming neuroepithelial units, thus enhancing ability neural recognition. Furthermore, roles played by these sensing or responding specific pathogens (influenza, severe acute syndrome coronavirus 2, syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus, herpes viruses, Sendai parainfluenza

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