Delayed host mortality and immune response upon infection with P. aeruginosa persister cells

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作者
Hastings, Cody J. [1 ,2 ]
Keledjian, Maya V. [1 ,2 ]
Musselman, Laura Palanker [1 ]
Marques, Claudia N. H. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Binghamton Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA
[2] Binghamton Univ, Binghamton Biofilm Res Ctr, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA
关键词
persister cells; P; aeruginosa; Drosophila; Caenorhabditis elegans; Arabidopsis thaliana; immune response; infectious disease; PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA; DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER; BACTERIAL PERSISTERS; ANTIBIOTIC TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS; SALMONELLA; MODEL; CIPROFLOXACIN; VIRULENCE;
D O I
10.1128/iai.00246-23
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Chronic infections are a heavy burden on healthcare systems worldwide. Persister cells are thought to be largely responsible for chronic infection due to their tolerance to antimicrobials and recalcitrance to innate immunity factors. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common and clinically relevant pathogen that contains stereotypical persister cells. Despite their importance in chronic infection, there have been limited efforts to study persister cell infections in vivo. Drosophila melanogaster has a well-described innate immune response similar to that of vertebrates and is a good candidate for the development of an in vivo model of infection for persister cells. Similar to what is observed in other bacterial strains, in this work we found that infection with P. aeruginosa persister cells resulted in a delayed mortality phenotype in Caenorhabditis elegans, Arabidopsis thaliana, and D. melanogaster compared to infection with regular cells. An in-depth characterization of infected D. melanogaster found that bacterial loads differed between persister and regular cells' infections during the early stages. Furthermore, hemocyte activation and antimicrobial peptide expression were delayed/reduced in persister infections over the same time course, indicating an initial suppression of, or inability to elicit, the fly immune response. Overall, our findings support the use of D. melanogaster as a model in which to study persister cells in vivo, where this bacterial subpopulation exhibits delayed virulence and an attenuated immune response.
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