Chlamydia muridarum infection causes bronchointerstitial pneumonia in NOD.Cg-PrkdcscidIl2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ (NSG) mice. 2024

Samantha C St Jean, and Rodolfo J Ricart Arbona, and Noah Mishkin, and Sébastien Monette, and Juliette R K Wipf, and Kenneth S Henderson, and Christopher Cheleuitte-Nieves, and Neil S Lipman, and Sebastian E Carrasco
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.

The murine bacterial pathogen Chlamydia muridarum (Cm) has been used to study human Chlamydia infections in various mouse models. CD4+ T-cells, natural killer cells, and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)-mediated immunity are important to control experimentally induced Cm infections. Despite its experimental use, natural infection by Cm has not been documented in laboratory mice since the 1940s. In 2022, the authors reported the discovery of natural Cm infections in numerous academic institutional laboratory mouse colonies around the globe. To evaluate the impact of Cm infection in severely immunocompromised mice, 19 NOD.Cg-PrkdcscidIl2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ (NSG) mice were cohoused with Cm shedding, naturally infected immunocompetent mice and/or their soiled bedding for 4 weeks and subsequently euthanized. Clinical disease, characterized by lethargy, dyspnea, and weight loss, was observed in 11/19 NSG mice, and 16/18 NSG mice had neutrophilia. All mice exhibited multifocal to coalescing histiocytic and neutrophilic bronchointerstitial pneumonia (17/19) or bronchiolitis (2/19) with intraepithelial chlamydial inclusions (CIs). Immunofluorescence showed CIs were often associated with bronchiolar epithelium. CIs were frequently detected by immunohistochemistry in tracheal and bronchiolar epithelium (19/19), as well as throughout the small and large intestinal epithelium without lesions (19/19). In a subset of cases, Cm colonized the surface epithelium in the nasopharynx (16/19), nasal cavity (7/19), and middle ear canal (5/19). Endometritis and salpingitis with intraepithelial CI were identified in a single mouse. These findings demonstrate that Cm infection acquired through direct contact or soiled bedding causes significant pulmonary pathology and widespread intestinal colonization in NSG mice.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011014 Pneumonia Infection of the lung often accompanied by inflammation. Experimental Lung Inflammation,Lobar Pneumonia,Lung Inflammation,Pneumonia, Lobar,Pneumonitis,Pulmonary Inflammation,Experimental Lung Inflammations,Inflammation, Experimental Lung,Inflammation, Lung,Inflammation, Pulmonary,Inflammations, Lung,Inflammations, Pulmonary,Lobar Pneumonias,Lung Inflammation, Experimental,Lung Inflammations,Lung Inflammations, Experimental,Pneumonias,Pneumonias, Lobar,Pneumonitides,Pulmonary Inflammations
D002690 Chlamydia Infections Infections with bacteria of the genus CHLAMYDIA. Infections, Chlamydia,Chlamydia Infection,Infection, Chlamydia
D004268 DNA-Binding Proteins Proteins which bind to DNA. The family includes proteins which bind to both double- and single-stranded DNA and also includes specific DNA binding proteins in serum which can be used as markers for malignant diseases. DNA Helix Destabilizing Proteins,DNA-Binding Protein,Single-Stranded DNA Binding Proteins,DNA Binding Protein,DNA Single-Stranded Binding Protein,SS DNA BP,Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein,Binding Protein, DNA,DNA Binding Proteins,DNA Single Stranded Binding Protein,DNA-Binding Protein, Single-Stranded,Protein, DNA-Binding,Single Stranded DNA Binding Protein,Single Stranded DNA Binding Proteins
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D016513 Mice, SCID Mice homozygous for the mutant autosomal recessive gene "scid" which is located on the centromeric end of chromosome 16. These mice lack mature, functional lymphocytes and are thus highly susceptible to lethal opportunistic infections if not chronically treated with antibiotics. The lack of B- and T-cell immunity resembles severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) syndrome in human infants. SCID mice are useful as animal models since they are receptive to implantation of a human immune system producing SCID-human (SCID-hu) hematochimeric mice. SCID Mice,SCID-hu Mice,Severe Combined Immunodeficient Mice,Immunodeficient Mice, Severe Combined,Mouse, SCID,Mouse, SCID-hu,Mice, SCID-hu,Mouse, SCID hu,SCID Mouse,SCID hu Mice,SCID-hu Mouse
D016688 Mice, Inbred NOD A strain of non-obese diabetic mice developed in Japan that has been widely studied as a model for T-cell-dependent autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in which insulitis is a major histopathologic feature, and in which genetic susceptibility is strongly MHC-linked. Non-Obese Diabetic Mice,Mice, NOD,Mouse, Inbred NOD,Mouse, NOD,Non-Obese Diabetic Mouse,Nonobese Diabetic Mice,Nonobese Diabetic Mouse,Diabetic Mice, Non-Obese,Diabetic Mice, Nonobese,Diabetic Mouse, Non-Obese,Diabetic Mouse, Nonobese,Inbred NOD Mice,Inbred NOD Mouse,Mice, Non-Obese Diabetic,Mice, Nonobese Diabetic,Mouse, Non-Obese Diabetic,Mouse, Nonobese Diabetic,NOD Mice,NOD Mice, Inbred,NOD Mouse,NOD Mouse, Inbred,Non Obese Diabetic Mice,Non Obese Diabetic Mouse
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D051747 DNA-Activated Protein Kinase A serine-threonine protein kinase that, when activated by DNA, phosphorylates several DNA-binding protein substrates including the TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53 and a variety of TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS. DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase,DNA-Dependent Protein Serine-Threonine Kinase,DNA Activated Protein Kinase,DNA Dependent Protein Kinase,DNA Dependent Protein Serine Threonine Kinase,Kinase, DNA-Activated Protein,Kinase, DNA-Dependent Protein,Protein Kinase, DNA-Activated,Protein Kinase, DNA-Dependent

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