Male-Dependent Promotion of Colitis in 129 Rag2-/- Mice Co-Infected with Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter hepaticus

The prevalence of gastric Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection is ~50% of the world population. However, how Hp infection influences inflammatory bowel disease in humans is not fully defined. In this study, we examined whether co-infection with Hp influenced Helicobacter hepaticus (Hh)-induced intestinal pathology in Rag2-/- mice. Rag2-/- mice of both sexes were infected with Hh, of which a subgroup was followed by infection with Hp two weeks later. Co-infected males, but not females, had significantly higher total colitis index scores in the colon at both 10 and 21 weeks post-Hh infection (WPI) and developed more severe dysplasia at 21 WPI compared with mono-Hh males. There were no significant differences in colonization levels of gastric Hp and colonic Hh between sexes or time-points. In addition, mRNA levels of colonic Il-1β, Ifnγ, Tnfα, Il-17A, Il-17F, Il-18, and Il-23, which play important roles in the development and function of proinflammatory innate lymphoid cell groups 1 and 3, were significantly up-regulated in the dually infected males compared with mono-Hh males at 21 WPI. These data suggest that concomitant Hp infection enhances the inflammatory responses in the colon of-Hh-infected Rag2-/- males, which results in more severe colitis and dysplasia.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

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International journal of molecular sciences - 21(2020), 23 vom: 24. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ge, Zhongming [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Muthupalani, Sureshkumar [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Fox, James G [VerfasserIn]

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129 Rag mice
Co-infection
Colitis promotion
DNA-Binding Proteins
H. hepaticus
H. pylori
Inflammatory responses
Journal Article
Rag2 protein, mouse

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Date Completed 04.03.2021

Date Revised 04.03.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms21238886

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318215381