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Infection and Immunity, June 2009, p. 2508-2516, Vol. 77, No. 6
0019-9567/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00166-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Cytolethal Distending Toxin Promotes Helicobacter cinaedi-Associated Typhlocolitis in Interleukin-10-Deficient Mice{triangledown}

Z. Shen, Y. Feng, A. B. Rogers, B. Rickman, M. T. Whary, S. Xu, K. M. Clapp, S. R. Boutin, and J. G. Fox*

Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Received 12 February 2009/ Accepted 12 March 2009

Helicobacter cinaedi colonizes a wide host range, including rodents, and may be an emerging zoonotic agent. Colonization parameters, pathology, serology, and inflammatory responses to wild-type H. cinaedi (WTHc) were evaluated in B6.129P2-IL-10tm1Cgn (IL-10–/–) mice for 36 weeks postinfection (WPI) and in C57BL/6 (B6) mice for 12 WPI. Because cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) may be a virulence factor, IL-10–/– mice were also infected with the cdtBHc and cdtB-NHc isogenic mutants and evaluated for 12 WPI. Consistent with other murine enterohepatic helicobacters, WTHc did not cause typhlocolitis in B6 mice, but mild to severe lesions developed at the cecocolic junction in IL-10–/– mice, despite similar colonization levels of WTHc in the cecum and colon of both B6 and IL-10–/– mice. WTHc and cdtB mutants also colonized IL-10–/– mice to a similar extent, but infection with either cdtB mutant resulted in attenuated typhlocolitis and hyperplasia compared to infection with WTHc (P < 0.03), and only WTHc infection caused dysplasia and intramucosal carcinoma. WTHc and cdtBHc mutant infection of IL-10–/– mice elevated mRNA expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and gamma interferon in the cecum, as well as elevated Th1-associated serum immunoglobulin G2ab compared to infection of B6 mice (P < 0.05). Although no hepatitis was noted, liver samples were PCR positive at various time points for WTHc or the cdtBHc mutant in approximately 33% of IL-10–/– mice and in 10 to 20% of WTHc-infected B6 mice. These results indicate that WTHc can be used to model inflammatory bowel disease in IL-10–/– mice and that CDT contributes to the virulence of H. cinaedi.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, #16-825, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone: (617) 253-1757. Fax: (617) 258-5708. E-mail: jgfox{at}mit.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 23 March 2009.

Editor: S. R. Blanke

Infection and Immunity, June 2009, p. 2508-2516, Vol. 77, No. 6
0019-9567/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00166-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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