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Pretreatment of Mice with Streptomycin Provides a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Colitis Model That Allows Analysis of Both Pathogen and Host

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Barthel, Manja, Hapfelmeier, Siegfried, Quintanilla-Martínez, Leticia, Kremer, Marcus, Rohde, Manfred, Hogardt, Michael, Pfeffer, Klaus, Rüssmann, Holger +1 more·2003·Infection and Immunity

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Salmonella enterica subspecies 1 serovar Typhimurium is a principal cause of human enterocolitis. For unknown reasons, in mice serovar Typhimurium does not provoke intestinal inflammation but rather targets the gut-associated lymphatic tissues and causes a systemic typhoid-like infection. The lack of a suitable murine model has limited the analysis of the pathogenetic mechanisms of intestinal salmonellosis. We describe here how streptomycin-pretreated mice provide a mouse model for serovar Typhimurium colitis. Serovar Typhimurium colitis in streptomycin-pretreated mice resembles many aspects of the human infection, including epithelial ulceration, edema, induction of intercellular adhesion molecule 1, and massive infiltration of PMN/CD18 + cells. This pathology is strongly dependent on protein translocation via the serovar Typhimurium SPI1 type III secretion system. Using a lymphotoxin β-receptor knockout mouse strain that lacks all lymph nodes and organized gut-associated lymphatic tissues, we demonstrate that Peyer's patches and mesenteric lymph nodes are dispensable for the initiation of murine serovar Typhimurium colitis. Our results demonstrate that streptomycin-pretreated mice offer a unique infection model that allows for the first time to use mutants of both the pathogen and the host to study the molecular mechanisms of enteric salmonellosis.

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  1. Meynell, G. G. 1955. Some factors affecting the resistance of mice to oral infection by Salmonella typhimurium. Proc. R. Soc. Med. 48:916-918.

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Barthel, M., Hapfelmeier, S., Quintanilla-Martínez, L., Kremer, M., Rohde, M., Hogardt, M., Pfeffer, K., Rüssmann, H., & Hardt, W.-D.
Affiliations
  • ETH Zurich (CH)
  • GSF-Research Center for Environment and Health, 85764 Neuherberg
  • Helmholtz Munich (DE)
  • Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
  • Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie (DE)
  • Technical University of Munich (DE)
  • Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, 80336 Munich
Corresponding author
Hardt, Wolf-Dietrich
Venue
Infection and Immunity
Published
2003-05
Volume
71
Issue
5
Pages
2839-2858
ISSN
  • 0019-9567 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-5522
OpenAlex
W2124519481
Cited by
1,020
References
86
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FWCI
21.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Infection and Immunity (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HZI (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research) (submittedVersion)
  • Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) (submittedVersion)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Volkswagen Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Endocrinology › Escherichia coli research studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Keywords
Salmonella typhimurium, colitis, mouse model, type III secretion system, SPI-1, Peyer's patches, mesenteric lymph nodes, lymphotoxin beta receptor, ICAM-1, neutrophil infiltration, host-pathogen interaction
MeSH terms
Animals, Bacterial Proteins, Colitis, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Intestines, Lactobacillus, Lymphoid Tissue, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Peyer's Patches, Salmonella Infections, Animal, Salmonella typhimurium, Streptomycin, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Mice, Lymphotoxin beta Receptor

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