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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 310, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2020.151397
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Listeria monocytogenes; Aging; IL-17; IFN-gamma; CD39/CD73; Treg cells
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- intramural research program for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE)
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Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) causes serious illness and death in immunosuppressed hosts, including the elderly population. We investigated Lm susceptibility and inflammatory cytokines in geriatric mice. Young-adult and old mice were gavaged with a Lm strain Lmo-InlA(m). Tissues were assayed for Lm burden and splenocytes were analyzed for Th1/Th2/Th17/Treg responses and expression of CD39 and CD73. Old Lm-infected mice lost body-weight dose-dependently, had higher Lm colonization, and showed higher inflammatory responses than Lm-infected young-adult mice. After infection, IL-17 levels increased significantly in old mice whereas IFN-gamma levels were unchanged. Levels of IL-10 and Treg cells were increased in infected old mice as compared to infected young-adult mice. Age-dependent enhanced expression of CD39/CD73 was observed in purified Treg prior to infection, suggesting increased baseline adenosine production in old mice. Lm lysate-treated splenocytes from older mice produced significantly higher levels of IL-10, IL17, and IL-1 beta, produced less IFN-gamma and IL-2, and proliferated less than splenocytes from young-adult mice. Data suggests that older mice maybe more susceptible to Lm infection due to an imbalance of Th cell responses with disproportionate and persistent anti-inflammatory responses. Lm infection enhanced differentiation of proinflammatory Th17 cells, which may also exacerbate pathological responses during listeriosis.
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