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The olfactory epithelium as a port of entry in neonatal neurolisteriosis.
Pägelow, Dennis Chhatbar, Chintan Beineke, Andreas Liu, Xiaokun Nerlich, Andreas van Vorst, Kira Förster, Reinhold Halle, Stephan
Pägelow, Dennis
Chhatbar, Chintan
Beineke, Andreas
Liu, Xiaokun
Nerlich, Andreas
van Vorst, Kira
Förster, Reinhold
Halle, Stephan
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2018-10-15
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Bacterial infections of the central nervous system (CNS) remain a major cause of mortality in the neonatal population. Commonly used parenteral infection models, however, do not reflect the early course of the disease leaving this critical step of the pathogenesis largely unexplored. Here, we analyzed nasal exposure of 1-day-old newborn mice to Listeria monocytogenes (Lm). We found that nasal, but not intragastric administration, led to early CNS infection in neonate mice. In particular, upon bacterial invasion of the olfactory epithelium, Lm subsequently spread along the sensory neurons entering the brain tissue at the cribriform plate and causing a significant influx of monocytes and neutrophils. CNS infection required listeriolysin for penetration of the olfactory epithelium and ActA, a mediator of intracellular mobility, for translocation into the brain tissue. Taken together, we propose an alternative port of entry and route of infection for neonatal neurolisteriosis and present a novel infection model to mimic the clinical features of late-onset disease in human neonates.
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