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| DOI | 10.3389/FCIMB.2017.00365 | ||||
| Año | 2017 | ||||
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Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are the leading cause of world-wide nosocomial acquired diarrhea. The current main clinical challenge in CDI is the elevated rate of infection recurrence that may reach up to 30% of the patients, which has been associated to the formation of dormant spores during the infection. We sought to characterize the effects of oral administration of specific anti-spore IgY in mouse models of CDI and recurrent CDI. The specificity of anti-spore IgY was evaluated in vitro. In both, initiation mouse model and recurrence mouse model, we evaluated the prophylactic and therapeutic effect of anti-spore IgY, respectively. Our results demonstrate that anti-spore IgY exhibited high specificity and titers against C. difficile spores and reduced spore adherence to intestinal cells in vitro. Administration of anti-spore IgY to C57BU6 mice prior and during CDI delayed the appearance of the diarrhea by 1.5 day, and spore adherence to the colonic mucosa by 90%. Notably, in the recurrence model, co-administration of anti-spore IgY coupled with vancomycin delayed the appearance of recurrent diarrhea by a median of 2 days. Collectively, these observations suggest that anti spore IgY antibodies may be used as a novel prophylactic treatment for CDI, or in combination with antibiotics to treat CDI and prevent recurrence of the infection.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Pizarro-Guajardo, Marjorie | Mujer |
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
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| 2 | Diaz-Gonzalez, Fernando | Hombre |
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
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| 3 | ALVAREZ-LOPEZ, MANUEL | Mujer |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Chile
Facultad de Medicina - Chile |
| 4 | Paredes-Sabja, Daniel | Hombre |
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
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| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico |
| Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico |
| Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología |
| Universidad Nacional de Rosario |
| Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de Chile (FONDECYT) |
| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo CientÃfico y Tecnológico |
| Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo CientÃfico y Tecnológico |
| Beca Doctorado Nacional |
| Fondo Nacional de Ciencia TecnologÃa e Innovación |
| Fond de Foment al Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico (FONDEF) |
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| This work was supported by grants from Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Chile (FONDECYT Grant 1151025) and by a grant from Fond de Foment al Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico (FONDEF) CA13I10077 to DP. And Beca Doctorado Nacional (21151202) to MP. |
| This work was supported by grants from Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de Chile (FONDECYT Grant 1151025) and by a grant from Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDEF) CA13I10077 to DP. And Beca Doctorado Nacional (21151202) to MP. |