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Murine model of Clostridium difficile infection with aged gnotobiotic C57BL/6 mice and a BI/NAP1 strain.

ABSTRACT: The increased incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in older adults (age, ?65 years) corresponds with the emergence of the BI/NAP1 strain, making elucidation of the host immune response extremely important. We therefore infected germ-free C57BL/6 mice aged 7-14 months with a BI/NAP1 strain and monitored the mice for response. Infected mice were moribund 48-72 h after infection and developed gross and histological cecitis and colitis and elevated concentrations of keratinocyte chemoattractant, interleukin 1?, monocyte chemotactic protein 1, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and decreased levels of interferon ?, interleukin 12 p40, interleukin 12 p70, and interleukin 10 compared with controls. We conclude that aged, germ-free C57BL/6 mice are susceptible to fulminant CDI from a BI/NAP1 strain and represent a novel model to further elucidate the host immune response to acute CDI.

SUBMITTER: Pawlowski SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3057484 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Murine model of Clostridium difficile infection with aged gnotobiotic C57BL/6 mice and a BI/NAP1 strain.

Pawlowski S W SW   Calabrese G G   Kolling G L GL   Platts-Mills J J   Freire R R   AlcantaraWarren C C   Liu B B   Sartor R B RB   Guerrant R L RL  

The Journal of infectious diseases 20101026 11

The increased incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in older adults (age, ≥65 years) corresponds with the emergence of the BI/NAP1 strain, making elucidation of the host immune response extremely important. We therefore infected germ-free C57BL/6 mice aged 7-14 months with a BI/NAP1 strain and monitored the mice for response. Infected mice were moribund 48-72 h after infection and developed gross and histological cecitis and colitis and elevated concentrations of kerati  ...[more]

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