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. 2023 Apr 1;24(7):6609. doi: 10.3390/ijms24076609

Table 2.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa impacts on host immunity.

Effect Effector/Pathway Bibliography
Anti-inflammatory effect
Mucus thickening and mucociliary clearance impairing Cif Stanton et al. [44]
Epithelium lysis 3O-C12-HSL Schwarzer et al. [45]
Exo U Hauser et al. [46]
IL-2 inhibition 3O-C12-HSL Hooi et al. [47]
IL-6 inhibition 3O-C12-HSL Li et al. [48]
HHQ Kim et al. [49]
PQS Kim et al. [49]
IL-6 destruction LasB LaFayette et al. [50]
IL-8 inhibition OMVs Koeppen et al. [51]
UPR/CHOP/PPARγ pathway Bedi et al. [39,40,41]
IL-8 destruction LasB LaFayette et al. [50]
IL-10 induction 3O-C12-HSL Glucksam-Galnoy et al. [52], Bortolotti et al. [53]
IL-12 inhibition PQS Skindersoe et al. [54]
3O-C12-HSL Skindersoe et al. [54], Telford et al. [55]
TNFα inhibition HHQ Kim et al. [49]
PQS Kim et al. [49]
3O-C12-HSL Hooi et al. [47]
Neutrophil recognition evasion Biofilm Pedersen et al. [56]; Parker et al. [20]
Neutrophil products degradation LasB Skopelja et al. [57]
Neutrophil protease inhibition siglec-9 binding Khatua et al. [58]
ROS inhibition siglec-9 binding Khatua et al. [58]
UPR/CHOP/PPARγ pathway Bedi et al. [39,40,41]
NETs inhibition siglec-9 binding Khatua et al. [58]
LasR deficiency Floyd et al. [59]; Skopelja-Gardner et al. [60]
Phagocytosis inhibition Loss of motility Lovewell et al. [61]
Exo T Hauser et al. [46]
Exo S Hauser et al. [46]
LasB Mariencheck et al. [62]; Kuang et al. [63]; Alcorn et al. [64]; Moraes et al. [65]
PBMC, mast cells and lymphocyte proliferation inhibition 3O-C12-HSL Hooi et al. [47]; Li et al. [48]; Skindersoe et al. [54]
PQS Hooi et al. [47]; Li et al. [48]
Phagocytic cells killing Exo U Hauser, [46]
Rhamnolipids Jensen et al. [66]
Pyocyanin Usher et al. [67]
Itaconate induction Biofilm Riquelme et al. [39]
Nutritional immunity resistance Heme intake Reinhart et al. [68]; Nguyen et al. [69]
QS molecule accumulation Paraoxoanse-2 Bedi et al. [39,40,41]
Endotoxin tolerance Unknown Avendaño-Ortiz et al. [70]
Pro inflammatory effect
IL-1B induction LasB Sun et al. [71]
IL-6 induction 3O-C12-HSL low concentration Mayer et al. [72]; Li et al. [48]
IL-8 induction 3O-C12-HSL low concentration Shiner et al. [73]; Smith et al. [74]
NETs formation LasA Gambello et al. [75]
Motility Floyd et al. [59]
Flagellum Floyd et al. [59]
sPLA2-IIA induction ExoS Pernet et al. [33]

Abbreviations: IL, interleukin; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; ROS, reactive oxygen species; NETs, neutrophil extracellular traps; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cell; QS, quorum sensing; sPLA2-IIA, group II secretory phospholipase A2.