The pathogenicity of an enteric Citrobacter rodentium Infection is enhanced by deficiencies in the antioxidants selenium and vitamin E.
The pathogenesis of a Citrobacter rodentium infection was evaluated in mice fed diets with a single deficiency in either selenium or vitamin E or with a double deficiency in both selenium and vitamin E compared to mice on nutritionally adequate diets. Mice fed the selenium- and vitamin E-deficient diet for 6 weeks had increased loads of C. rodentium in the colon and spleen, which were not observed in mice fed either of the singly deficient diets or the adequate diet. Infected mice fed the doubly deficient diet had increased colon crypt hyperplasia and an influx of infiltrating cells along with gross changes to crypt architecture, including ulceration and denuding of the epithelial layer. Cytokine and chemokine mRNA levels in the colon were measured by real-time PCR. Expression of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines was upregulated on day 12 after infection with C. rodentium in mice fed the doubly deficient diet compared to mice fed the control diet. Heme oxygenase 1, an enzyme upregulated by oxidative stress, also was more highly induced in infected mice fed the doubly deficient diet. Production of C. rodentium antigen-specific IgM and IgG antibodies was not affected by feeding the doubly deficient diet. The results indicated that selenium and vitamin E play an important role in host resistance and in the pathology induced by C. rodentium, an infection that mimics disease caused by common food-borne bacterial pathogens in humans.
Diet, Genomics, and Immunology Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. allen.smith@ars.usda.gov
Allen D
AD
Smith
Sebastian
S
Botero
Terez
T
Shea-Donohue
Joseph F
JF
Urban
D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D044082:Citrobacter rodentium / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003106:Colon / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004032:Diet; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012643:Selenium / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000276:immunology; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*
D000975:Antioxidants; D016207:Cytokines; D012643:Selenium
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