Divergent chemokine, cytokine and β-defensin responses to gastric candidiasis in immunocompetent C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice Free

Abstract

Previous studies of animal models of candidiasis have produced conflicting results concerning the cytokines and host defence mechanisms that are most relevant for protection against infections. In this study, the host defence mechanisms evoked by two different immunocompetent murine strains following oral colonization with were assessed. β-Defensin (mBD1, mBD3 and mBD4), chemokine (MIP-2 and KC) and cytokine (TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-10, IL-12 and IL-15) gene expression in germ-free (gf) and -infected (gastric) C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice was contrasted. Gf C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice expressed significantly different basal levels of mBD3, mBD4, TNF-α and IL-12 in gastric tissues; however, gf C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice were equally susceptible to intestinal colonization with and had similar fungal burdens in gastric tissues 4 weeks after oral challenge. C57BL/6 mice responded to colonization and gastric candidiasis with increased expression of mBD1, mBD3, mBD4, TNF-α, MIP-2, KC and IL-12. Conversely, a much more specific and attenuated response was observed in -infected gastric tissues from BALB/c mice. Therefore, different strains of mice that were equally susceptible to gastric candidiasis after oral challenge had divergent cytokine, chemokine and β-defensin responses. This suggests that conflicting data as to the relevance of cytokines and other host factors in murine resistance to candidiasis may be explained, at least in part, by the strain of mouse studied.

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