G551D CF mice display an abnormal host response and have impaired clearance of Pseudomonas lung disease.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
; 281(3): L740-7, 2001 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-11504703
ABSTRACT
Several cystic fibrosis (CF) mouse models demonstrate an increased susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection, characterized by excessive inflammation and high rates of mortality. Here we developed a model of chronic P. aeruginosa lung disease in mice homozygous for the murine CF transmembrane conductance regulator G551D mutation that provides an excellent model for CF lung disease. After 3 days of infection with mucoid P. aeruginosa entrapped in agar beads, the G551D animals lost substantially more body weight than non-CF control animals and were less able to control the infection, harboring over 40-fold more bacteria in the lung. The airways of infected G551D animals contained altered concentrations of the inflammatory mediators tumor necrosis factor-alpha, KC/N51, and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 during the first 2 days of infection, suggesting that an ineffective inflammatory response is partly responsible for the clearance defect.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por Pseudomonas
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Regulador de Condutância Transmembrana em Fibrose Cística
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Fibrose Cística
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Pneumopatias
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Mutação
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article