{"title":"Mice fatal pneumonia model induced by less-virulent <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> via intratracheal aerosolization.","authors":"Jiazhen Wang, Lingfei Hu, Zhijun Zhang, Chengyu Sui, Xiaoyu Zhu, Chengxi Wu, Lili Zhang, Meng Lv, Wenhui Yang, Dongsheng Zhou, Zhengling Shang","doi":"10.1080/17460913.2024.2355738","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Aim:</b> Animal models of fatal pneumonia caused by <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> (<i>Spn</i>) have not been reliably generated using many strains of less virulent serotypes.<b>Materials & methods:</b> Pulmonary infection of a less virulent <i>Spn</i> serotype1 strain in the immunocompetent mice was established via the intratracheal aerosolization (ITA) route. The survival, local and systemic bacterial spread, pathological changes and inflammatory responses of this model were compared with those of mice challenged via the intratracheal instillation, intranasal instillation and intraperitoneal injection routes.<b>Results:</b> ITA and intratracheal instillation both induced fatal pneumonia; however, ITA resulted in better lung bacterial deposition and distribution, pathological homogeneity and delivery efficiency.<b>Conclusion:</b> ITA is an optimal route for developing animal models of severe pulmonary infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":12773,"journal":{"name":"Future microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11323861/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Future microbiology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17460913.2024.2355738","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/6/24 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aim: Animal models of fatal pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) have not been reliably generated using many strains of less virulent serotypes.Materials & methods: Pulmonary infection of a less virulent Spn serotype1 strain in the immunocompetent mice was established via the intratracheal aerosolization (ITA) route. The survival, local and systemic bacterial spread, pathological changes and inflammatory responses of this model were compared with those of mice challenged via the intratracheal instillation, intranasal instillation and intraperitoneal injection routes.Results: ITA and intratracheal instillation both induced fatal pneumonia; however, ITA resulted in better lung bacterial deposition and distribution, pathological homogeneity and delivery efficiency.Conclusion: ITA is an optimal route for developing animal models of severe pulmonary infections.
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Future Microbiology delivers essential information in concise, at-a-glance article formats. Key advances in the field are reported and analyzed by international experts, providing an authoritative but accessible forum for this increasingly important and vast area of research.