Majumdar, Shamik and Mishra, Vishwas and Nandi, Somesh and Abdullah, Mudabir and Barman, Anaxee and Raghavan, Abinaya and Nandi, Dipankar and Visweswariah, Sandhya S (2018) Absence of Receptor Guanylyl Cyclase C Enhances Ileal Damage and Reduces Cytokine and Antimicrobial Peptide Production during Oral Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection (vol 86, e00799-17, 2018). In: INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 87 (9).
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Abstract
Nontyphoidal Salmonella disease contributes toward significant morbidity and mortality across the world. Host factors, including gamma interferon, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and gut microbiota, significantly influence the outcome of Salmonella pathogenesis. However, the entire repertoire of host protective mechanisms contributing to Salmonella pathogenicity is not completely appreciated. Here, we investigated the roles of receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C), which is predominantly expressed in the intestine and regulates intestinal cell proliferation and fluid-ion homeostasis. Mice deficient in GC-C (Gucy2c-/-) displayed accelerated mortality compared with that for wild-type mice following infection via the oral route, even though both groups possessed comparable systemic Salmonella infection burdens. Survival following intraperitoneal infection remained similar in both groups, indicating that GC-C offered protection via a gut-mediated response. The serum cortisol level was higher in Gucy2c-/- mice than wild-type (Gucy2c+/+) mice, and an increase in infection-induced thymic atrophy with a loss of immature CD4+ CD8+ double-positive thymocytes was observed. Accelerated and enhanced damage in the ileum, including submucosal edema, epithelial cell damage, focal tufting, and distortion of the villus architecture, was seen in Gucy2c-/- mice concomitantly with a larger number of ileal tissue-associated bacteria. Transcription of key mediators of Salmonella-induced inflammation (interleukin-22/Reg3β) was altered in Gucy2c-/- mice in comparison to that in Gucy2c+/+ mice. A reduction in fecal lactobacilli, which are protective against Salmonella infection, was observed in Gucy2c-/- mice. Gucy2c-/- mice cohoused with wild-type mice continued to show reduced amounts of lactobacilli and increased susceptibility to infection. Our study, therefore, suggests that the receptor GC-C confers a survival advantage during gut-mediated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium pathogenesis, presumably by regulating Salmonella effector mechanisms and maintaining a beneficial microbiome.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | INFECTION AND IMMUNITY |
| Publisher: | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY |
| Additional Information: | Copyright © 2018 American Society for Microbiology. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Reproduction, Development & Genetics |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2019 08:03 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2022 08:29 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/63554 |
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