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Infect. Immun., 01 1998, 280-288, Vol 66, No. 1
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology

Microbial pathogenesis in cystic fibrosis: pulmonary clearance of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa and inflammation in a mouse model of repeated respiratory challenge

H Yu, M Hanes, CE Chrisp, JC Boucher and V Deretic
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.

Chronic endobronchiolitis compounded by recurring Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). In this study, a mouse model of repeated respiratory exposure to P. aeruginosa was established to facilitate investigations of factors contributing to P. aeruginosa persistence and associated inflammatory processes in the lung. While a single exposure to P. aeruginosa aerosols resulted in only mild histopathological changes, repeated exposure caused significant lung pathology in C57BL/6J mice. The peak of histopathological changes and inflammation in C57BL/6J mice was characterized by subacute lymphohistiocytic bronchopneumonia and persistent elevation of tumor necrosis factor alpha and macrophage inflammatory protein 2 in the lung but not in the serum. When isogenic nonmucoid (mucA+) and mucoid (mucA22) P. aeruginosa strains were compared, the mucoid cells were cleared several-fold less efficiently than the parental nonmucoid strain during the initial stages of the aerosol exposure regimen. However, the microscopic pathology findings and proinflammatory cytokine levels were similar in mice exposed to nonmucoid and mucoid P. aeruginosa throughout the infection. We also tested lung histopathology and proinflammatory cytokines in interleukin 10 (IL-10)-deficient transgenic (IL-10T) mice. Significant mortality was seen in IL-10T mice on initial challenge with P. aeruginosa, although no histopathological differences could be observed in the lungs of C57BL/6J and surviving IL- 10T mice after a single exposure. However, increased pathology was detected in IL-10T mice relative to C57BL/6J after repeated challenge with P. aeruginosa. This observation supports the proposals that anti- inflammatory cytokines may play a role in suppressing P. aeruginosa- induced tissue damage during chronic infection.


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