Pathogenicity of Escherichia coli causing calf encephalitis to cells and mice
10.16303/j.cnki.1005-4545.2024.09.14
- VernacularTitle:致犊牛脑炎大肠杆菌对细胞及小鼠的致病性
- Author:
Shirong DANG
1
,
2
;
Yiheng CAO
;
Kaiwen JIA
;
Meiqi JIANG
;
Xia ZHOU
;
Tongzhong WU
;
Xin HUANG
;
Fagang ZHONG
;
Mengli HAN
;
Qian ZHANG
;
Xiaolan WANG
;
Zijie WANG
Author Information
1. 石河子大学动物科技学院,新疆 石河子 832003
2. 新疆农垦科学院省部共建绵羊遗传改良与健康养殖国家重点实验室,新疆石河子 832000
- Keywords:
Escherichia coli causing calf encephalitis;
adhesion and invasion ability;
bacterial load;
inflammatory injury
- From:
Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science
2024;44(9):1948-1956
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the damage mechanism of pathogenic E.coli on mouse brain microvascular endothelial cells(BMEC cells)and mouse alveolar macrophages(MH-S cells),as well as the lung and brain of healthy mice.In this study,BMEC cells and MH-S cells were infected with pathogenic E.coli strains,and cell morphological changes were observed.Plate counting method was used to detect the adhesion and invasion ability of the strains to cells and the number of bacteria in the lungs and brains of mice.RT-qPCR was used to detect the ex-pression of TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 genes in cells and mouse organs at different time periods.West-ern blot was used to detect the expression of p-NF-κB,p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 proteins related to inflammation in cells and mouse organs after infection.The results showed that the cell culture medium of the infection group was turbid,the cell vision became dark and blurred,some cells shrank and died,and more fragments were produced.The adhesion rate and invasion rate of BMEC cells at 3 h were significantly lower than those at 6 h(P＜0.050),and the adhesion rate and inva-sion rate of MH-S cells at 3 h were significantly higher than those at 6 h(P＜0.010).Infected mice had a large area of swelling and bleeding in the brain,and the lungs had different degrees of swell-ing and bleeding.The bacterial load in the brain and lung was the highest at 12 h.Compared with the control group,the mRNA expression levels of IL-1β,IL-6 and TNF-α in the infection group were significantly increased at 3 h and 6 h(P＜0.050),and the mRNA expression levels of inflam-matory factors in BMEC cells and MH-S cells were the highest at 6 and 3 h,respectively.The mR-NA expression of inflammatory factors in the brain and lung of infected mice showed a trend of in-creasing first and then decreasing with time,with the highest expression at 12 h after infection.The expression levels of p-NF-κB protein in BMEC cells,MH-S cells,lung and brain tissues of mice in the infection group were significantly higher than those in the control group(P＜0.001),and the expression levels of p-JAK2 protein and p-STAT3 protein were significantly lower than those in the control group(P＜0.050).The above results showed that pathogenic E.coli could adhere and invade BMEC cells and MH-S cells,colonize in lung and brain tissues of mice,promote the expres-sion of NF-κB protein in cells and tissues,inhibit the expression of JAK2 protein and STAT3 pro-tein,and then stimulate cells and tissues to produce inflammatory response.
