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Early immune innate hallmarks and microbiome changes across the gut during Escherichia coli O157: H7 infection in cattle
Fecha
2020-12Autor
Larzabal, Mariano
Marques Da Silva, Wanderson
Multani, Anmol
Vagnoni, Lucas Emilio
Moore, Prando Dadin
Marin, Maia Solange
Riviere, Nahuel Agustin
Delgado, Fernando Oscar
Vilte, Daniel Alejandro
Romero Victorica, Matias
Tao, Ma
Luo, Le Guan
Talia, Paola Mónica
Cataldi, Angel Adrian
Cobo, Eduardo Rubén
Resumen
The zoonotic enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157: H7 bacterium causes diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in humans. Cattle are primary reservoirs and EHEC O157: H7; the bacteria predominately inhabit the colon and recto-anal junctions (RAJ). The early innate immune reactions in the infected gut are critical in the pathogenesis of EHEC O157: H7. In this study, calves orally inoculated with EHEC O157: H7 showed infiltration of neutrophils in the lamina propria of ileum and RAJ at 7 and 14 days post-infection. Infected calves had altered mucin layer and mast cell populations across small and large intestines. There were differential transcription expressions of key bovine β defensins, tracheal antimicrobial peptide (TAP) in the ileum, and lingual antimicrobial peptide (LAP) in RAJ. The main Gram-negative bacterial/LPS signaling Toll-Like receptor 4 (TLR4) was downregulated in RAJ. Intestinal infection with EHEC O157: H7 impacted the gut bacterial communities and influenced the relative abundance of Negativibacillus and Erysipelotrichaceae in mucosa-associated bacteria in the rectum. Thus, innate immunity in the gut of calves showed unique characteristics during infection with EHEC O157: H7, which occurred in the absence of major clinical manifestations but denoted an active immunological niche.