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Viesti Kirjoittaja soijuv » Ke Joulu 16, 2009 15:58

Saksa 2009. Yksilön alttius sairastua infektiotauteihin riippuu pitkälti geneettisistä tekijöistä. Borreliabakteerista on yli 40 eri kantaa. Osa niistä aiheutttaa borrelioosia, osa toisintokuumetta jne. Toisintokuumeessa esiintyy suuria bakteeripitoisuuksia, anemiaa, trombosytopeniaa jne. Tutkimuksen mukaan toisintokuumeeseen sairastuminen on pitkälti geneettisistä tekijöistä riippuvaista (hiirillä tehty tutkimus). Spirokeettoja löytyi hiiirien punasoluista, maksasta, pernasta.

Genetic control of the innate immune response to Borrelia hermsii influences the course of relapsing fever in inbred strains of mice.

Benoit VM, Petrich A, Alugupalli KR, Marty-Roix R, Moter A, Leong JM, Boyartchuk VL.

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Program in Gene Function and Expression, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605; Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, 10117 Berlin, Germany; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Host susceptibility to infection is controlled in large measure by the genetic makeup of the host. Spirochetes of the genus Borrelia include nearly 40 species of vector-borne spirochetes that are capable of infecting a wide range of mammalian hosts, causing Lyme disease and relapsing fever. Relapsing fever is associated with high-level bacteremia, as well as hematologic manifestations such as thrombocytopenia (i.e. low platelet numbers) and anemia. To facilitate studies of genetic control of susceptibility to Borrelia hermsii infection we performed a systematic analysis of the course of infection using immunocompetent and immunocompromised inbred strains of mice. Our analysis revealed that sensitivity to B. hermsii infections is genetically controlled. In addition, whereas the role of adaptive immunity to relapsing fever spirochetes is well documented, we found that innate immunity contributes significantly to reduction of bacterial burden. Similar to human infection, progression of the disease in mice was associated with thrombocytopenia and anemia. Histological and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis of infected tissues indicated that red blood cells were removed by tissue resident macrophages, a process that could lead to anemia. Spirochetes in the spleen and liver were often visualized associated with RBCs, lending support to the hypothesis that direct interaction of B. hermsii spirochetes with RBCs leads to clearance of bacteria from the bloodstream by tissue phagocytes.

PMID: 19995898 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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