A Euthymic Hairless Mouse Model of Helicobacter pylori Colonization and Adherence to Gastric Epithelial Cells In Vivo
AUTOR(ES)
Kimura, Nobutake
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The hairless mouse strain NS:Hr/ICR was examined as a potential small animal model of Helicobacter pylori colonization, adherence to gastric epithelial cells in vivo, and gastritis. Among several small animals tested, NS:Hr/ICR mice proved to be the most highly susceptible to H. pylori infection. Challenge with clinical isolates of H. pylori consisting of either phenotype I or II (VacA and CagA positive and negative, respectively) resulted in colonization by mucus-resident and epithelial cell-adherent bacterial populations. Cell-adherent bacteria resisted 80 cycles of top-speed vortex washing and were recovered only by homogenization of serially washed glandular stomach tissue, indicating intimate association with the mucosal surface. Immunoperoxidase staining of paraffin sections of gastric tissue from infected mice revealed H. pylori antigens localized in the glandular region of the mucosa, with some colonized areas seen in the vicinity of submucosal mononuclear cell infiltration. The latter inflammatory reaction was observed as a function of the H. pylori phenotype (only type I induced inflammation) and the challenge dose (only those mice challenged with 108 CFU or higher showed the reaction). The NS:Hr/ICR strain of mice is a suitable miniature model of H. pylori infection and may prove useful in the quest for an efficacious mode of treatment for this common infection in humans.
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