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Biologically Relevant Murine Models of Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Respiratory Infection

Version 1 : Received: 3 June 2023 / Approved: 5 June 2023 / Online: 5 June 2023 (09:50:00 CEST)

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Rodgers, A.M.; Lindsay, J.; Monahan, A.; Dubois, A.V.; Faniyi, A.A.; Plant, B.J.; Mall, M.A.; Ekkelenkamp, M.B.; Elborn, S.; Ingram, R.J. Biologically Relevant Murine Models of Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Respiratory Infection. Pathogens 2023, 12, 1053. Rodgers, A.M.; Lindsay, J.; Monahan, A.; Dubois, A.V.; Faniyi, A.A.; Plant, B.J.; Mall, M.A.; Ekkelenkamp, M.B.; Elborn, S.; Ingram, R.J. Biologically Relevant Murine Models of Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Respiratory Infection. Pathogens 2023, 12, 1053.

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is an opportunistic pathogen and is the leading cause of infection in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The ability of P. aeruginosa to evade host responses and develop into chronic infection causes significant morbidity and mortality. Several mouse models have been developed to study chronic respiratory infections induced by P. aeruginosa, with the bead agar model being the most widely used. However, this model has several limitations, including the requirement for surgical procedures and high mortality rates. Herein, we describe novel and adapted biologically relevant models of chronic lung infection caused by P. aeruginosa. Three methods are described, a clinical isolate infection model, utilizing isolates obtained from patients with CF, an incomplete antibiotic clearance model, leading to bacterial bounce-back and the establishment of chronic infection, and an adapted water bottle chronic infection model. These models circumvent the requirement for surgical procedure and importantly, can be induced with clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa and in wild-type mice. We also demonstrate successful induction of chronic infection in the transgenic βENaC murine model of CF. We envisage that the models described will facilitate the investigations of host and microbial factors, and the efficacy of novel antimicrobials, during chronic P. aeruginosa respiratory infections.

Keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; chronic infection; respiratory; murine model; in vivo; S. aureus

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology

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