Transcription profiling of mouse cecal mucosa AFTER infection WITH Salmonella serotype Typhimurium
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ABSTRACT: Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium causes an acute inflammatory reaction in the cecum of streptomycin pre-treated mice. We determined global changes in gene expression elicited by serotype Typhimurium in the cecal mucosa. The gene expression profile was dominated by T cell derived cytokines and genes whose expression is known to be induced by these cytokines. Markedly increased mRNA levels of interferon (IFN) ï§, interleukin (IL) 22 and IL-17 were detected by quantitative real-time PCR. Furthermore, mRNA levels of genes whose expression is induced by IFNï§, IL-22 or IL-17, including macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), lipocalin-2, MIP-1ï¡, MIP-1ï¢, and keratinocyte-derived cytokine (KC), were also markedly increased. To assess the importance of T cells in orchestrating this pro-inflammatory gene expression profile, we depleted T cells using a monoclonal antibody prior to investigating cecal inflammation caused by serotype Typhimurium in streptomycin pre-treated mice. Depletion of CD3+ T cells resulted in a dramatic reduction in gross pathology, a significantly reduced recruitment of neutrophils and a marked reduction in mRNA levels of IFNï§, IL-22, IL-17, iNOS, lipocalin-2 and KC. Our results suggest that T cells play an important role in amplifying inflammatory responses induced by serotype Typhimurium in the cecal mucosa. Experiment Overall Design: Determine global changes in gene expression elicited by serotype Typhimurium in the cecal mucosa. For each condition, control and infected, total cecal RNA from 4 mice was pooled
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Michael George
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-10594 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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