Altering Host Resistance to Infections through Microbial Transplantation
Host resistance to bacterial infections is thought to be dictated by host genetic factors. Infections by the natural murine enteric pathogen Citrobacter rodentium (used as a model of human enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli infections) vary between mice strains, from mild self-resolving...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3203939/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046427 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026988 |
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author | Willing, Benjamin P. Vacharaksa, Anjalee Croxen, Matthew Thanachayanont, Teerawat Finlay, B. Brett |
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description | Host resistance to bacterial infections is thought to be dictated by host genetic factors. Infections by the natural murine enteric pathogen Citrobacter rodentium (used as a model of human enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli infections) vary between mice strains, from mild self-resolving colonization in NIH Swiss mice to lethality in C3H/HeJ mice. However, no clear genetic component had been shown to be responsible for the differences observed with C. rodentium infections. Because the intestinal microbiota is important in regulating resistance to infection, and microbial composition is dependent on host genotype, it was tested whether variations in microbial composition between mouse strains contributed to differences in “host” susceptibility by transferring the microbiota of resistant mice to lethally susceptible mice prior to infection. Successful transfer of the microbiota from resistant to susceptible mice resulted in delayed pathogen colonization and mortality. Delayed mortality was associated with increased IL-22 mediated innate defense including antimicrobial peptides Reg3γ and Reg3β, and immunono-neutralization of IL-22 abrogated the beneficial effect of microbiota transfer. Conversely, depletion of the native microbiota in resistant mice by antibiotics and transfer of the susceptible mouse microbiota resulted in reduced innate defenses and greater pathology upon infection. This work demonstrates the importance of the microbiota and how it regulates mucosal immunity, providing an important factor in susceptibility to enteric infection. Transfer of resistance through microbial transplantation (bacteriotherapy) provides additional mechanisms to alter “host” resistance, and a novel means to alter enteric infection and to study host-pathogen interactions. |
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spelling | pubmed-32039392011-11-01 Altering Host Resistance to Infections through Microbial Transplantation Willing, Benjamin P. Vacharaksa, Anjalee Croxen, Matthew Thanachayanont, Teerawat Finlay, B. Brett PLoS One Research Article Host resistance to bacterial infections is thought to be dictated by host genetic factors. Infections by the natural murine enteric pathogen Citrobacter rodentium (used as a model of human enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli infections) vary between mice strains, from mild self-resolving colonization in NIH Swiss mice to lethality in C3H/HeJ mice. However, no clear genetic component had been shown to be responsible for the differences observed with C. rodentium infections. Because the intestinal microbiota is important in regulating resistance to infection, and microbial composition is dependent on host genotype, it was tested whether variations in microbial composition between mouse strains contributed to differences in “host” susceptibility by transferring the microbiota of resistant mice to lethally susceptible mice prior to infection. Successful transfer of the microbiota from resistant to susceptible mice resulted in delayed pathogen colonization and mortality. Delayed mortality was associated with increased IL-22 mediated innate defense including antimicrobial peptides Reg3γ and Reg3β, and immunono-neutralization of IL-22 abrogated the beneficial effect of microbiota transfer. Conversely, depletion of the native microbiota in resistant mice by antibiotics and transfer of the susceptible mouse microbiota resulted in reduced innate defenses and greater pathology upon infection. This work demonstrates the importance of the microbiota and how it regulates mucosal immunity, providing an important factor in susceptibility to enteric infection. Transfer of resistance through microbial transplantation (bacteriotherapy) provides additional mechanisms to alter “host” resistance, and a novel means to alter enteric infection and to study host-pathogen interactions. Public Library of Science 2011-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3203939/ /pubmed/22046427 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026988 Text en Willing et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Willing, Benjamin P. Vacharaksa, Anjalee Croxen, Matthew Thanachayanont, Teerawat Finlay, B. Brett Altering Host Resistance to Infections through Microbial Transplantation |
title | Altering Host Resistance to Infections through Microbial Transplantation |
title_full | Altering Host Resistance to Infections through Microbial Transplantation |
title_fullStr | Altering Host Resistance to Infections through Microbial Transplantation |
title_full_unstemmed | Altering Host Resistance to Infections through Microbial Transplantation |
title_short | Altering Host Resistance to Infections through Microbial Transplantation |
title_sort | altering host resistance to infections through microbial transplantation |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3203939/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22046427 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026988 |
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