Suckling CD1 mice as an animal model for studies of Legionella pneumophila virulence

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 647-655

  Castellani Pastoris, M ^a   Proietti, E ^a   Mauri, C ^a   Chiani, P ^a   Cassone, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GUINEA PIG; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030761923     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-8-647     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Fraser DW. Sources of legionellosis. In: Thornsberry C. Balows A, Feeley JC, Jakubowski W (eds) Legionella, Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium. Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology. 1984: 277-280.
2. McDade JE, Shepard CC, Fraser DW et al. and the Laboratory Investigation Team. Isolation of a bacterium and demonstration of its role in other respiratory disease. N Engl J Med 1977; 297: 1197-1203.
3. Arko RJ, Wong KH, Feeley JC. Immunologic factors affecting the in vivo and in-vitro survival of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium. Ann Intern Med 1979; 90: 680-683.
4. Drutz DJ, De Marsh P, Edelstein P et al. Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in athymic nude mice. In: Thornsberry C, Balows A, Feeley JC, Jakubowski W (eds) Legionella, Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium. Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology. 1984: 134-135.
5. Eisenstein TK, Friedman H. Immunity to Legionella. In: Katz SM (ed) Legionellosis. 2nd edn, Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press. 1985: 159-169.
6. Saravolatz LD, Burch KH, Fisher E et al. The compromised host and Legionnaires' disease. Ann Intern Med 1979; 90: 533-537.
7. Widen R, Klein T, Friedman H. Enhanced susceptibility of cyclophosphamide-treated mice to infection with Legionella pneumophila. J Infect Dis 1984; 149: 1023-1024.
8. Yamamoto Y, Klein TW, Friedman H. Legionella pneumophila intracellular growth in normal vs. immune guinea pigs macrophages cultures. Curr Microbiol 1988; 16: 333-336.
9. Dreyfus LA. Virulence associated ingestion of Legionella pneumophila by HeLa cells. Microb Pathog 1987; 3: 45-52.
10. Fields BS, Barbaree JM, Shotts EB et al. Comparison of guinea-pig and protozoan models for determining virulence of Legionella species. Infect Immun 1986; 53: 553-559.
11. Fitzgeorge RB, Baskerville A, Broster M, Hambleton P, Dennis PJ. Aerosol infection of animals with strains of Legionella pneumophila of different virulence: comparison with intraperitoneal and intranasal routes of infection. J Hyg 1983; 90: 81-89.
12. Jepras RI, Fitzgeorge RB, Baskerville A. A comparison of virulence of two strains of Legionella pneumophila based on experimental aerosol infection of guinea-pigs. J Hyg 1985; 95: 29-38.
13. Pearlman E, Jiwa AH, Engleberg NC, Eisenstein BI. Growth of Legionella pneumophila in a human macrophage-like (U937) cell line. Microb Pathog 1988; 5: 87-95.
14. Baskerville A, Dowsett AB, Fitzgeorge RB, Hambleton P, Broster M. Ultrastructure of pulmonary alveoli and macrophages in experimental Legionnaires' disease. J Pathol 1983; 140: 77-90.
15. Collins MT. Legionella infections in animals. Isr J Med Sci 1986; 22: 662-673.
16. Davis GS, Winn WC, Gump DW, Craighead JE, Beaty HN. Legionnaires' pneumonia after aerosol exposure in guinea pigs and rats. Am Rev Respir Dis 1982; 126: 1050-1057.
17. Hedlund KW, McGann VG, Copeland DS, Little SF, Allen RG. Immunologic protection against the Legionnaires' disease bacterium in the AKR/J mouse. Ann Intern Med 1979; 90: 676-679.
18. Yamamoto Y, Klein TW, Newton CA, Widen R, Friedman H. Growth of Legionella pneumophila in thioglyeollate-elicited peritoneal macrophages from A/J mice. Infect Immun 1988; 56: 370-375.
19. Blanchard DK, Friedman H, Stewart WE, Klein TW, Djeu JY. Role of gamma interferon in induction of natural killer activity by Legionella pneumophila "in vitro" and in an experimental murine infection model. Infect Immun 1988; 56: 1187-1193.
20. Castellani Pastoris M, Volpi E. Susceptibility of suckling mice to intraperitoneal challenge with Legionella pneumophila. 1992 International Symposium on Legionella. Orlando, FL, 26-29 January, 1992. p. 12. Abstract nos. 1-5.
21. Castellani Pastoris M, Proietti E, Volpi E, D'Urso D. Suckling mouse as a suitable experimental animal model for Legionella infection studies. 6th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Seville, Spain, 28-31 March, 1993. Book of abstracts p. 205. Abstract no. 809.
22. Edelstein PH. Improved semiselective medium for isolation of Legionella pneumophila from contaminated clinical and environmental specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1981; 14: 298-303.
23. Dennis PJ, Bartlett CLR, Wright AE. Comparison of isolation methods for Legionella spp. In: Thornsberry C, Balows A, Feeley JC Jakubowski W (eds) Legionella, Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium. Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology. 1984: 294-296.
24. Watkins ID, Tobin JO'H, Dennis PJ, Brown W, Newnham R, Kurtz, JB. Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 subgrouping by monoclonal antibodies - an epidemiological tool. J Hyg 1985; 95: 211-216.
25. Chomczynski P, Sacchi N. Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction. Anal Biochem 1987; 162: 156-159.
26. Blackmon JA, Hicklin MD, Chandler FW. Legionnaires' disease. Pathological and historical aspects of a 'new' disease. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1978; 102: 337-343.
27. Blanchard DK, Djeu JY, Klein TW, Friedman H, Stewart WE. Induction of tumor necrosis factor by Legionella pneumophila. Infect Immun 1987; 55: 433-437.
28. Matsiota-Bernard P, Léfèbre C, Sedqui M, Cornillet P, Guenounou M. Involvement of tumor necrosis factor alpha in intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila in human monocytes. Infect Immun 1993; 61: 4980-4983.
29. Yoshida S, Mizuguchi Y. Multiplication of Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia-1 in cultured peritoneal macrophages and its correlation to susceptibility of animals. Can J Microbiol 1986; 32: 438-442.
30. Yamamoto Y, Klein TW, Friedman H. Legionella pneumophila growth in macrophages from susceptible mice is genetically controlled. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1991; 196: 405-409.
31. Brieland J, Freeman P, Kunkel R et al. Replicative Legionella pneumophila lung infection in intratracheally inoculated A/J mice. A murine model of human Legionnaires' disease. Am J Pathol 1994; 145: 1537-1546.
32. Horwitz MA, Silverstein SC. Legionnaires' disease bacterium (Legionella pneumophila) multiplies intracellularly in human monocytes. J Clin Invest 1980; 66: 441-450.
33. Kishimoto RA, White JD, Shirey FG et al. In-vitro response of guinea pig peritoneal macrophages to Legionella pneumophila. Infect Immun 1981; 31: 1209-1213.
34. Yamamoto Y, Klein TW, Newton CA, Friedman H. Interaction of Legionella pneumophila with peritoneal macrophages from various mouse strains. Adv Exp Med Biol 1988; 239: 89-98.
35. Wright JB, Rechnitzer C, Kharazmi A, Sorensen BA, Bertelsen TB. Guinea pig alveolar macrophage function during the course of a sublethal Legionella pneumophila infection. Immun Infect Dis 1993; 3: 181-187.
36. Friedman H, Klein TW, Widen R, Newton C, Blanchard DK, Yamamoto Y. Legionella pneumophila immunity and immunomodulation: nature and mechanisms. Adv Exp Med Biol 1988; 239: 327-341.
37. Hedlund KW. Legionella toxin. Pharmacol Ther 1981; 15: 123-130.
38. Husmann LK, Johnson, W. Cytotoxicity of extracellular Legionella pneumophila. Infect Immun 1994; 62: 2111-2114.
39. Klein TW, Yamamoto Y, Wilson S, Newton C, Friedman H. Legionella pneumophila infection and cytokine production. Adv Exp Med Biol 1992; 319: 97-104.
40. Brieland JK, Remick DG, Freeman PT, Hurley MC, Fantone JC, Engleberg NC. In vivo regulation of replicative Legionella pneumophila lung infection by endogenous tumor necrosis factor alpha and nitric oxide. Infect Immun 1995; 63: 3253-3258.
41. Beutler B, Cerami A. Cachectin and tumour necrosis factor as two sides of the same biological coin. Nature 1986; 320: 584-588.