Pneumocystis Pneumonia Increases the Susceptibility of Mice to Sublethal Hyperoxia
AUTOR(ES)
Beck, James M.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Patients with Pneumocystis pneumonia often develop respiratory failure after entry into medical care, and one mechanism for this deterioration may be increased alveolar epithelial cell injury. In vitro, we previously demonstrated that Pneumocystis is not cytotoxic for alveolar epithelial cells. In vivo, however, infection with Pneumocystis could increase susceptibility to injury by stressors that, alone, would be sublethal. We examined transient exposure to hyperoxia as a prototypical stress that does cause mortality in normal mice. Mice were depleted of CD4+ T cells and inoculated intratracheally with Pneumocystis. Control mice were depleted of CD4+ T cells but did not receive Pneumocystis. After 4 weeks, mice were maintained in normoxia, were exposed to hyperoxia for 4 days, or were exposed to hyperoxia for 4 days followed by return to normoxia. CD4-depleted mice with Pneumocystis pneumonia demonstrated significant mortality after transient exposure to hyperoxia, while all uninfected control mice survived this stress. We determined that organism burdens were not different. However, infected mice exposed to hyperoxia and then returned to normoxia demonstrated significant increases in inflammatory cell accumulation and lung cell apoptosis. We conclude that Pneumocystis pneumonia leads to increased mortality following a normally sublethal hyperoxic insult, accompanied by alveolar epithelial cell injury and increased pulmonary inflammation.
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