期刊
PATHOGENS
卷 10, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10050597
关键词
Francisella tularensis; tularemia; aerosol; animal model; cynomolgus macaque
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资金
- Office of Biodefense, Research Resources and Translational Research (OBRRTR)/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- USAMRIID
- National Institutes of Health [1 R01 AI123129-01]
The study showed that cynomolgus macaques infected with aerosolized F. tularensis exhibited similar symptoms and disease progression as seen in humans, indicating that these macaques are a reliable animal model for testing medical countermeasures against aerosolized F. tularensis.
Tularemia is a severe, zoonotic infection caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis. Inhalation results in a rapid, severe bacterial pneumonia and sepsis, which can be lethal. Because the cynomolgus macaque is the accepted nonhuman primate model for tularemia, we conducted a natural history study of pneumonic tularemia by exposing macaques to target inhaled doses of 50, 500, or 5000 colony forming units (CFU) of F. tularensis subsp. tularensis SCHU S4. Two animals within the 50 CFU group (calculated doses of 10 and 11 CFU) survived the challenge, while the remainder succumbed to infection. Exposure of cynomolgus macaques to aerosolized SCHU S4 resulted in fever, anorexia, increased white blood cell counts, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, increased liver enzymes, alterations in electrocardiogram (ECG), and pathological changes typical of infection with F. tularensis, regardless of the challenge dose. Blood pressure dropped during the febrile phase, particularly as temperature began to drop and macaques succumbed to the disease. ECG analysis indicated that in 33% of the macaques, heart rate was not elevated during the febrile phase (Faget's sign; pulse-temperature disassociation), which has been reported in a similar percentage of human cases. These results indicated that infection of cynomolgus macaques with aerosolized F. tularensis results in similar disease progression and outcome as seen in humans, and that cynomolgus macaques are a reliable animal model to test medical countermeasures against aerosolized F. tularensis.
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