Effect of co-infection with a small intestine-restricted helminth pathogen on oral prion disease pathogenesis in mice.
Effect of co-infection with a small intestine-restricted helminth pathogen on oral prion disease pathogenesis in mice.
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与小肠限制性蠕虫病原体共同感染对小鼠口腔朊病毒病发病机制的影响。
DOI:
10.1038/s41598-019-42900-9
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Sánchez-Quintero A
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作者:
Sánchez-Quintero A
The early replication of some orally-acquired prion strains upon stromal-derived follicular dendritic cells (FDC) within the small intestinal Peyer’s patches is essential to establish host infection, and for the disease to efficiently spread to the brain. Factors that influence the early accumulation of prions in Peyer’s patches can directly influence disease pathogenesis. The host’s immune response to a gastrointestinal helminth infection can alter susceptibility to co-infection with certain pathogenic bacteria and viruses. Here we used the natural mouse small intestine-restricted helminth pathogenHeligmosomoides polygyrusto test the hypothesis that pathology specifically within the small intestine caused by a helminth co-infection would influence oral prion disease pathogenesis. When mice were co-infected with prions on d 8 afterH. polygyrusinfection the early accumulation of prions within Peyer’s patches was reduced and survival times significantly extended. Natural prion susceptible hosts such as sheep, deer and cattle are regularly exposed to gastrointestinal helminth parasites. Our data suggest that co-infections with small intestine-restricted helminth pathogens may be important factors that influence oral prion disease pathogenesis.