Salmonella biofilms program innate immunity for persistence in Caenorhabditis elegans
Salmonella biofilms program innate immunity for persistence in Caenorhabditis elegans
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1822018116
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发表时间:
2019-06-18
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Kenney, Linda J.
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作者:
Desai, Stuti K.;Padmanabhan, Anup;Kenney, Linda J.
The adaptive in vivo mechanisms underlying the switch in Salmonella enterica lifestyles from the infectious form to a dormant form remain unknown. We employed Caenorhabditis elegans as a heterologous host to understand the temporal dynamics of Salmonella pathogenesis and to identify its lifestyle form in vivo. We discovered that Salmonella exists as sessile aggregates, or in vivo biofilms, in the persistently infected C. elegans gut. In the absence of in vivo biofilms, Salmonella killed the host more rapidly by actively inhibiting innate immune pathways. Regulatory cross-talk between two major Salmonella pathogenicity islands, SPI-1 and SPI-2, was responsible for biofilm-induced changes in host physiology during persistent infection. Thus, biofilm formation is a survival strategy in long-term infections, as prolonging host survival is beneficial for the parasitic lifestyle.