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Dietary Manganese Promotes Staphylococcal Infection of the Heart.

Cell host & microbe | 2017

Diet, and specifically dietary metals, can modify the risk of infection. However, the mechanisms by which manganese (Mn), a common dietary supplement, alters infection remain unexplored. We report that dietary Mn levels dictate the outcome of systemic infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, a leading cause of bacterial endocarditis. Mice fed a high Mn diet display alterations in Mn levels and localization within infected tissues, and S. aureus virulence and infection of the heart are enhanced. Although the canonical mammalian Mn-sequestering protein calprotectin surrounds staphylococcal heart abscesses, calprotectin is not released into the abscess nidus and does not limit Mn in this organ. Consequently, excess Mn is bioavailable to S. aureus in the heart. Bioavailable Mn is utilized by S. aureus to detoxify reactive oxygen species and protect against neutrophil killing, enhancing fitness within the heart. Therefore, a single dietary modification overwhelms vital host antimicrobial strategies, leading to fatal staphylococcal infection.

Pubmed ID: 28943329 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM008320
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI069233
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P41 GM103391
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 DK058404
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI099394
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI103268
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI105129
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F32 AI120553
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R21 AI107233
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 DK007673
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI073843
  • Agency: NIEHS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 ES007028
  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI101171
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007347
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    Id: HHSN272201400019C

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