Contribution of bacterial and host factors to pathogen "blooming" in a gnotobiotic mouse model for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium-induced enterocolitis

Inflammation has a pronounced impact on the intestinal ecosystem by driving an expansion of facultative anaerobic bacteria at the cost of obligate anaerobic microbiota. This pathogen "blooming" is also a hallmark of enteric Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Tm) infection. Here, we analyzed the contribution of bacterial and host factors to S. Tm "blooming" in a gnotobiotic mouse model for S. Tm-induced enterocolitis. Mice colonized with the Oligo-Mouse-Microbiota (OMM12), a minimal bacterial community, develop fulminant colitis by day 4 after oral infection with wild-type S. Tm but not with an avirulent mutant. Inflammation leads to a pronounced reduction in overall intestinal bacterial loads, distinct microbial community shifts, and pathogen blooming (relative abundance >50%). S. Tm mutants attenuated in inducing gut inflammation generally elicit less pronounced microbiota shifts and reduction in total bacterial loads. In contrast, S. Tm mutants in nitrate respiration, salmochelin production, and ethanolamine utilization induced strong inflammation and S. Tm "blooming." Therefore, individual Salmonella-specific inflammation-fitness factors seem to be of minor importance for competition against this minimal microbiota in the inflamed gut. Finally, we show that antibody-mediated neutrophil depletion normalized gut microbiota loads but not intestinal inflammation or microbiota shifts. This suggests that neutrophils equally reduce pathogen and commensal bacterial loads in the inflamed gut.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:92

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Infection and immunity - 92(2024), 2 vom: 13. Feb., Seite e0031823

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Beutler, Markus [VerfasserIn]
Eberl, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Garzetti, Debora [VerfasserIn]
Herp, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Münch, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Ring, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Dolowschiak, Tamas [VerfasserIn]
Brugiroux, Sandrine [VerfasserIn]
Schiller, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Hussain, Saib [VerfasserIn]
Basic, Marijana [VerfasserIn]
Bleich, André [VerfasserIn]
Stecher, Bärbel [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Microbiota
Mouse model
Nutritional immunity
Salmonella colitis

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 15.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/iai.00318-23

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366799606