Concurrent targeting of glycolysis in bacteria and host cell inflammation in septic arthritis
Kwon H, Yu K, Cahill S, Alder K, Dussik C, Kim S, Sharma L, Back J, Oh I, Lee F. Concurrent targeting of glycolysis in bacteria and host cell inflammation in septic arthritis. EMBO Molecular Medicine 2022, 14: emmm202115284. PMID: 36354099, PMCID: PMC9728052, DOI: 10.15252/emmm.202115284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug dimethyl fumarateSeptic arthritisIntracellular MRSABacterial joint infectionSoft tissue infectionsAnti-inflammatory effectsInfection-associated inflammationNovel therapeutic paradigmContext of infectionConventional antibiotic treatmentHost cellsAdjuvant administrationSurgical treatmentTissue infectionsClinical symptomsInflammatory machineryJoint infectionBacterial burdenAntibiotic treatmentCell inflammationHost inflammationArthritisInflammationIntraarticular inflammationTherapeutic paradigmTreating ‘Septic’ With Enhanced Antibiotics and ‘Arthritis’ by Mitigation of Excessive Inflammation
Kwon HK, Dussik CM, Kim SH, Kyriakides TR, Oh I, Lee FY. Treating ‘Septic’ With Enhanced Antibiotics and ‘Arthritis’ by Mitigation of Excessive Inflammation. Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology 2022, 12: 897291. PMID: 35755835, PMCID: PMC9218192, DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.897291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeptic arthritisBacterial burdenAntibiotic treatmentMurine modelTherapeutic goalsConcurrent antimicrobial therapyDistinct therapeutic goalsGeneration of inflammationMRSA septic arthritisSeptic knee arthritisInflammatory joint conditionsArticular cartilageMitigation of inflammationPost-antibiotic treatmentNovel therapeutic strategiesSeptic arthritis modelArticular cartilage damageEx vivo modelArticular cartilage integrityInflammatory arthritisInhibitors of ERKInflammatory profileMRSA infectionSynovial tissueExcessive inflammation