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Vitamin A-Deficient Hosts Become Nonsymptomatic Reservoirs of Escherichia coli-Like Enteric Infections.


ABSTRACT: Vitamin A deficiency (A(-)) remains a public health concern in developing countries and is associated with increased susceptibility to infection. Citrobacter rodentium was used to model human Escherichia coli infections. A(-) mice developed a severe and lethal (40%) infection. Vitamin A-sufficient (A(+)) mice survived and cleared the infection by day 25. Retinoic acid treatment of A(-) mice at the peak of the infection eliminated C. rodentium within 16 days. Inflammation levels were not different between A(+) and A(-) mouse colons, although the A(-) mice were still infected at day 37. Increased mortality of A(-) mice was not due to systemic cytokine production, an inability to clear systemic C. rodentium, or increased pathogenicity. Instead, A(-) mice developed a severe gut infection with most of the A(-) mice surviving and resolving inflammation but not eliminating the infection. Improvements in vitamin A status might decrease susceptibility to enteric pathogens and prevent potential carriers from spreading infection to susceptible populations.

SUBMITTER: McDaniel KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4468526 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Vitamin A-Deficient Hosts Become Nonsymptomatic Reservoirs of Escherichia coli-Like Enteric Infections.

McDaniel Kaitlin L KL   Restori Katherine H KH   Dodds Jeffery W JW   Kennett Mary J MJ   Ross A Catharine AC   Cantorna Margherita T MT  

Infection and immunity 20150511 7


Vitamin A deficiency (A(-)) remains a public health concern in developing countries and is associated with increased susceptibility to infection. Citrobacter rodentium was used to model human Escherichia coli infections. A(-) mice developed a severe and lethal (40%) infection. Vitamin A-sufficient (A(+)) mice survived and cleared the infection by day 25. Retinoic acid treatment of A(-) mice at the peak of the infection eliminated C. rodentium within 16 days. Inflammation levels were not differen  ...[more]

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