Accelerates Methicillin-resistant Eradication by Promoting Migration and Activation of Neutrophils

Overview

Journal Front Pharmacol

Date 2025 Jan 29

PMID 39877391

Authors

Shuai Dong

Xingyuan Bai

Bin Chen

Minzhe Fan

Qi Liu

Yubo Zhao

Linsen Li

Dan Zhu

Affiliations

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Abstract

Background: (Lanata) is generally used to treat pustule infection in Inner Mongolia folk medicine and is called "the holy medicine for pustule." However, the pharmacological mechanism of Lanata in treating pustule infection is still unclear.

Aims: This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of Lanata on skin infection and explore the underlying mechanisms.

Methods: A skin wound methicillin-resistant (MRSA) infection mouse model was established to evaluate the healing effect of Lanata on infected wounds. assays were also conducted to determine the antibacterial activity of Lanata. Flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry were used to dynamically detect the number of neutrophils in the bone marrow, peripheral blood, and MRSA-infected wound. Protein expression in the infected wound skin was detected by a protein chip. Using an air pouch MRSA infection mouse model, the number of neutrophils, reactive oxygen species (ROS) level in neutrophils, and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation were dynamically detected by flow cytometry and immunofluorescence. RNA-seq, RT-qPCR, flow cytometry, ELISA, and CXC chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2) and P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) inhibitors were used to explore the mechanism of Lanata in regulating neutrophils.

Results: assays showed that Lanata had no direct antibacterial activity. In skin wound MRSA-infected mouse, Lanata promoted the rapid migration of neutrophils from the bone marrow via peripheral blood to the wound site to eradicate MRSA in the acute stage of infection and accelerate wound healing. Skin protein chip analysis showed that Lanata upregulated CXCR2 and PSGL-1 protein levels in skin wounds. Furthermore, analysis using the air pouch MRSA infection mouse model found that Lanata not only promoted the rapid migration of neutrophils from peripheral blood to the air pouch but also enhanced the activation of neutrophils, including the increase of ROS and the release of NETs, and upregulated the expression of CXCR2, PSGL-1, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) in neutrophils. Inhibition of CXCR2 and MPO significantly attenuated the effect of Lanata on promoting migration and activation of neutrophils.

Conclusion: resists MRSA infection by promoting migration and activation of neutrophils to rapidly eradicate MRSA.

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