Experimental chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in rats. Non-specific stimulation with LPS reduces lethality as efficiently as specific immunization

K H Lange; H P Hougen; N Høiby; Anette Fomsgaard; J Rygaard; H K Johansen

Experimental chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in rats. Non-specific stimulation with LPS reduces lethality as efficiently as specific immunization

K H Lange, H P Hougen, N Høiby, Anette Fomsgaard, J Rygaard, H K Johansen

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Abstract

In a rat model of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection mimicking cystic fibrosis, we investigated the possibility of preventing chronic lung inflammation or decreasing the progression of the infection. We compared the lethality, pathology, bacterial clearance, and immunogenicity after stimulation of the non-specific defence mechanisms by Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or P. aeruginosa sonicate, or the acquired specific immune response by vaccination with the same bacterial antigens. One day prior to challenge with P. aeruginosa embedded in alginate beads, rats were stimulated with either E. coli LPS or P. aeruginosa sonicate. Four and two weeks prior to challenge other rats were vaccinated with either E. coli LPS or P. aeruginosa sonicate. Controls did not receive any stimulation or vaccination. The lethality after challenge was lower in rats stimulated with E. coli LPS (p = 0.02) or vaccinated with P. aeruginosa sonicate (p = 0.03) as compared to controls. The histopathology of the surviving rats showed an acute inflammation dominated by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), but the offending bacteria were not completely eliminated in any group. The increased survival was probably due to earlier recruitment of PMNs most likely mediated by either cytokines and other chemotactic factors (stimulated group) or the immune response in concert with the complement cascade (vaccinated group). The results of the present and previous vaccination studies show that it is possible to improve survival but not to prevent the chronic P. aeruginosa lung infection and inflammation caused by alginate-embedded bacteria.

Original language	English
Journal	A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica
Volume	103
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	367-74
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0903-4641
Publication status	Published - 1995

Keywords

Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Bacterial Vaccines
Chronic Disease
Escherichia coli
Female
Immunotherapy
Lipopolysaccharides
Pseudomonas Infections
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Vaccination

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Experimental chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection in rats. Non-specific stimulation with LPS reduces lethality as efficiently as specific immunization. / Lange, K H; Hougen, H P; Høiby, N et al.
In: A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica, Vol. 103, No. 5, 1995, p. 367-74.

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