Outbreak of murine infection withClostridium difficileassociated with the administration of a pre- and peri-natal methyl-donor diet
dc.contributor.author | Mau, Theresa | |
dc.contributor.author | Eckley, Samantha | |
dc.contributor.author | Bergin, Ingrid | |
dc.contributor.author | Saund, Katie | |
dc.contributor.author | Villano, Jason | |
dc.contributor.author | Vendrov, Kimberly | |
dc.contributor.author | Snitkin, Evan | |
dc.contributor.author | Young, Vincent | |
dc.contributor.author | Yung, Raymond | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-06T18:50:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-06T18:50:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-03-09 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/193075 | |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract Between October 2016 and June 2017, a C57BL/6J mouse colony that was undergoing a pre- and peri-natal methyl-donor supplementation diet intervention to study the impact of parental nutrition on offspring susceptibility to disease was found to suffer from an epizootic of unexpected deaths. Necropsy revealed the presence of severe colitis, and further investigation linked these outbreak deaths to a Clostridium difficile strain of ribotype 027 we term 16N203. C. difficile infection (CDI) is associated with antibiotic use in humans. Current murine models of CDI rely on antibiotic pretreatment to establish clinical phenotypes. In this report, the C. difficile outbreak occurs in F1 mice linked to alterations in the parental diet. The diagnosis of CDI in the affected mice was confirmed by cecal/colonic histopathology, presence of C. difficile bacteria in fecal/colonic culture, and detection of C. difficile toxins. F1 mice from parents fed the methyl-supplementation diet also had significantly reduced survival ( p <0.0001) than F1 mice from parents fed the control diet. When we tested the 16N203 outbreak strain in an established mouse model of antibiotic-induced CDI, we confirmed that this strain is pathogenic. Our serendipitous observations from this spontaneous outbreak of C. difficile in association with a pre- and perinatal methyl-donor diet suggest the important role diet may play in host defense and CDI risk factors. Importance Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has become the leading cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals worldwide, owing its preeminence to the emergence of hyperendemic strains, such as ribotype 027 (RT027). A major CDI risk factor is antibiotic exposure which alters gut microbiota, resulting in the loss of colonization resistance. Current murine models of CDI also depend on pretreatment of antibiotics of animals to establish disease. The outbreak we report here is unique in that the CDI occurred in mice with no antibiotic exposure and is associated to a pre- and peri-natal methyl-supplementation donor diet intervention study. Our investigation subsequently reveals that the outbreak strain we term 16N203 is an RT027 strain, and this isolated strain is also pathogenic in an established murine model of CDI (with antibiotics). Our report of this spontaneous outbreak offers additional insight into the importance of environmental factors, such as diet, and CDI susceptibility. | |
dc.publisher | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | |
dc.subject | 3107 Microbiology | |
dc.subject | 31 Biological Sciences | |
dc.subject | 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | |
dc.subject | Infectious Diseases | |
dc.subject | Prevention | |
dc.subject | Emerging Infectious Diseases | |
dc.subject | Nutrition | |
dc.subject | Digestive Diseases | |
dc.subject | 2 Aetiology | |
dc.subject | 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors | |
dc.subject | 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment | |
dc.subject | Infection | |
dc.subject | 3 Good Health and Well Being | |
dc.title | Outbreak of murine infection withClostridium difficileassociated with the administration of a pre- and peri-natal methyl-donor diet | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/193075/2/mSphereDirect.00138-19.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1101/565762 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/22720 | |
dc.description.version | Published version | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-05-06T18:50:09Z | |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-5436-4633 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-3687-2364 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-8181-027X | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 565762 | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Mau, Theresa | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Eckley, Samantha | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Bergin, Ingrid; 0000-0001-5436-4633 | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Saund, Katie | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Villano, Jason | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Vendrov, Kimberly | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Snitkin, Evan | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Young, Vincent; 0000-0003-3687-2364 | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Yung, Raymond; 0000-0002-8181-027X | |
dc.working.doi | 10.7302/22720 | en |
dc.owningcollname | Internal Medicine, Department of |
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