The Fim and FhaB adhesins play a crucial role in nasal cavity infection and Bordetella pertussis transmission in a novel mouse catarrhal infection model.
The Fim and FhaB adhesins play a crucial role in nasal cavity infection and Bordetella pertussis transmission in a novel mouse catarrhal infection model.
复制标题
DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1010402
复制
发表时间:
2022-04
期刊:
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Pulmonary infections caused by Bordetella pertussis used to be the prime cause of infant mortality in the pre-vaccine era and mouse models of pertussis pneumonia served in characterization of B. pertussis virulence mechanisms. However, the biologically most relevant catarrhal disease stage and B. pertussis transmission has not been adequately reproduced in adult mice due to limited proliferation of the human-adapted pathogen on murine nasopharyngeal mucosa. We used immunodeficient C57BL/6J MyD88 KO mice to achieve B. pertussis proliferation to human-like high counts of 108 viable bacteria per nasal cavity to elicit rhinosinusitis accompanied by robust shedding and transmission of B. pertussis bacteria to adult co-housed MyD88 KO mice. Experiments with a comprehensive set of B. pertussis mutants revealed that pertussis toxin, adenylate cyclase toxin-hemolysin, the T3SS effector BteA/BopC and several other known virulence factors were dispensable for nasal cavity infection and B. pertussis transmission in the immunocompromised MyD88 KO mice. In contrast, mutants lacking the filamentous hemagglutinin (FhaB) or fimbriae (Fim) adhesins infected the nasal cavity poorly, shed at low levels and failed to productively infect co-housed MyD88 KO or C57BL/6J mice. FhaB and fimbriae thus appear to play a critical role in B. pertussis transmission. The here-described novel murine model of B. pertussis-induced nasal catarrh opens the way to genetic dissection of host mechanisms involved in B. pertussis shedding and to validation of key bacterial transmission factors that ought to be targeted by future pertussis vaccines. Pertussis is a strictly human respiratory infectious disease that can be fatal to young children and elderly. The currently used mouse models of intracerebral or pulmonary B. pertussis infection served remarkably well in identification of B. pertussis virulence factors and development of efficacious pertussis vaccines. However, B. pertussis transmission could not be reproduced in adult mice due to limited proliferation of the human pathogen in the upper airways of mice. Therefore, we inoculated nasal cavities of immunodeficient MyD88 knock-out mice to achieve a human-like high level of nasal mucosa infection. This allowed triggering of rhinitis and catarrhal shedding of bacteria from mouse nasal cavity and efficient transmission of the infection onto co-housed adult animals. Testing a set of bacterial mutants, we identified two bacterial adhesins as key transmission factors. Combined with the power of mouse and bacterial genetics, this newly established mouse model of the catarrhal phase of the whooping cough disease will enable deciphering of mechanisms that underlie B. pertussis transmission to new hosts.
登录
查看更多内容
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Ahmad, Jawid Nazir;Cerny, Ondrej;Sebo, Peter
通讯作者:
Sebo, Peter
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Adkins, Irena;Kamanova, Jana;Sebo, Peter
通讯作者:
Sebo, Peter
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Cerny, Ondrej;Anderson, Karen E.;Sebo, Peter
通讯作者:
Sebo, Peter
影响因子:
4.2
作者:
Buasri, Wasin;Impoolsup, Attawut;Panbangred, Watanalai
通讯作者:
Panbangred, Watanalai
影响因子:
3.1
作者:
Carbonetti NH
通讯作者:
Carbonetti NH