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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 193, Issue 8, Pages 1125-1134Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/501364
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- NCRR NIH HHS [T32RR007036] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01DK059010] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [P30ES002109] Funding Source: Medline
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli ( EHEC) produces Shiga toxin (Stx) and causes renal disease in humans. Dutch Belted (DB) rabbits naturally infected with EHEC O153 develop hemolytic-uremic syndrome-like disease. The aims of this study were to experimentally reproduce O153-induced renal disease in DB rabbits and investigate bacterial and host factors involved in pathogenesis. The pathogenicity of E. coli O157:H7 was also investigated in rabbits. The stx1AB region of O153 was sequenced. By use of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, we identified homologs of the Stx receptor, globotriaosylceramide (Gb3), in rabbit kidney extracts. Infected rabbits developed clinical signs and intestinal and kidney lesions. Renal pathological changes consisted of intimal swelling, perivascular edema, erythrocyte fragmentation, capillary thickening, luminal constriction, leukocytic infiltration, mesangial deposits, and changes in Bowman's capsule and space. Sequence analysis of a similar to 7-kb region of the O153 chromosome indicated homology to the Stx1-producing bacteriophage H19B. Our findings indicate that DB rabbits are suitable for the study of the renal manifestations of EHEC infection in humans.
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