TY - JOUR
T1 - Ureaplasma parvum causes hyperammonemia in a pharmacologically immunocompromised murine model
AU - Wang, X.
AU - Greenwood-Quaintance, K. E.
AU - Karau, M. J.
AU - Block, D. R.
AU - Mandrekar, J. N.
AU - Cunningham, S. A.
AU - Mallea, J. M.
AU - Patel, R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - A relationship between hyperammonemia and Ureaplasma infection has been shown in lung transplant recipients. We have demonstrated that Ureaplasma urealyticum causes hyperammonemia in a novel immunocompromised murine model. Herein, we determined whether Ureaplasma parvum can do the same. Male C3H mice were given mycophenolate mofetil, tacrolimus, and prednisone for 7 days, and then challenged with U. parvum intratracheally (IT) and/or intraperitoneally (IP), while continuing immunosuppression over 6 days. Plasma ammonia concentrations were determined and compared using Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Plasma ammonia concentrations of immunosuppressed mice challenged IT/IP with spent broth (median, 188 μmol/L; range, 102–340 μmol/L) were similar to those of normal (median, 226 μmol/L; range, 154–284 μmol/L, p > 0.05), uninfected immunosuppressed (median, 231 μmol/L; range, 122–340 μmol/L, p > 0.05), and U. parvum IT/IP challenged immunocompetent (median, 226 μmol/L; range, 130–330 μmol/L, p > 0.05) mice. Immunosuppressed mice challenged with U. parvum IT/IP (median 343 μmol/L; range 136–1,000 μmol/L) or IP (median 307 μmol/L; range 132–692 μmol/L) had higher plasma ammonia concentrations than those challenged IT/IP with spent broth (p < 0.001). U. parvum can cause hyperammonemia in pharmacologically immunocompromised mice.
AB - A relationship between hyperammonemia and Ureaplasma infection has been shown in lung transplant recipients. We have demonstrated that Ureaplasma urealyticum causes hyperammonemia in a novel immunocompromised murine model. Herein, we determined whether Ureaplasma parvum can do the same. Male C3H mice were given mycophenolate mofetil, tacrolimus, and prednisone for 7 days, and then challenged with U. parvum intratracheally (IT) and/or intraperitoneally (IP), while continuing immunosuppression over 6 days. Plasma ammonia concentrations were determined and compared using Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Plasma ammonia concentrations of immunosuppressed mice challenged IT/IP with spent broth (median, 188 μmol/L; range, 102–340 μmol/L) were similar to those of normal (median, 226 μmol/L; range, 154–284 μmol/L, p > 0.05), uninfected immunosuppressed (median, 231 μmol/L; range, 122–340 μmol/L, p > 0.05), and U. parvum IT/IP challenged immunocompetent (median, 226 μmol/L; range, 130–330 μmol/L, p > 0.05) mice. Immunosuppressed mice challenged with U. parvum IT/IP (median 343 μmol/L; range 136–1,000 μmol/L) or IP (median 307 μmol/L; range 132–692 μmol/L) had higher plasma ammonia concentrations than those challenged IT/IP with spent broth (p < 0.001). U. parvum can cause hyperammonemia in pharmacologically immunocompromised mice.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10096-016-2827-1
DO - 10.1007/s10096-016-2827-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 27796644
AN - SCOPUS:84992724226
SN - 0934-9723
VL - 36
SP - 517
EP - 522
JO - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
JF - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
IS - 3
ER -