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Infection and Immunity, April 2005, p. 2452-2460, Vol. 73, No. 4
0019-9567/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.73.4.2452-2460.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Human Leukocyte Antigen-DQ8 Transgenic Mice: a Model To Examine the Toxicity of Aerosolized Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B

Chad J. Roy,1 Kelly L. Warfield,1 Brent C. Welcher,1 Raoul F. Gonzales,1 Tom Larsen,1 Julie Hanson,2 Chella S. David,2 Theresa Krakauer,1 and Sina Bavari1*

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland,1 Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota2

Received 29 July 2004/ Returned for modification 11 October 2004/ Accepted 30 November 2004

Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) belong to a large group of bacterial exotoxins that cause severe immunopathologies, especially when delivered as an aerosol. SEs elicit the release of lethal amounts of cytokines by binding to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and cross-linking susceptible T-cell receptors. Efforts to develop effective therapeutic strategies to protect against SEs delivered as an aerosol have been hampered by the lack of small animal models that consistently emulate human responses to these toxins. Here, we report that human leukocyte antigen-DQ8 (HLA-DQ8) transgenic (Tg) mice, but not littermate controls, succumbed to lethal shock induced by SEB aerosols without potentiation. Substantial amounts of perivascular edema and inflammatory infiltrates were noted in the lungs of Tg mice, similar to the pathology observed in nonhuman primates exposed by aerosol to SEB. Furthermore, the observed pathologies and lethal shock correlated with an upsurge in proinflammatory cytokine mRNA gene expression in the lungs and spleens, as well as with marked increases in the levels of proinflammatory circulating cytokines in the Tg mice. Unlike the case for littermate controls, telemetric evaluation showed significant hypothermia in Tg mice exposed to lethal doses of SEB. Taken together, these results show that this murine model will allow for the examination of therapeutics and vaccines developed specifically against SEB aerosol exposure and possibly other bacterial superantigens in the context of human MHC class II receptors.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Frederick, MD 21702. Phone: (301) 619-4246. Fax: (301) 619-2348. E-mail: bavaris{at}ncifcrf.gov.

Editor: J. D. Clements

Infection and Immunity, April 2005, p. 2452-2460, Vol. 73, No. 4
0019-9567/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.73.4.2452-2460.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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