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ArticleVeterinary research2021

Klebsiella pneumoniae infection causes mitochondrial damage and dysfunction in bovine mammary epithelial cells.

Jia Cheng, Jv Zhang, Jingyue Yang, Bing Yi, Gang Liu, Man Zhou, John P Kastelic, Bo Han, Jian Gao

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Article in Veterinary research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jia ChengDepartment of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Jv ZhangDepartment of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Jingyue YangDepartment of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Bing YiDepartment of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Gang LiuDepartment of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Man ZhouDepartment of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
John P KastelicDepartment of Production Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
Bo HanDepartment of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China. hanbo@cau.edu.cn.
Jian GaoDepartment of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China. gaojian2016@cau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5059-2698
China Agricultural University · CNUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation 6192013Hebei Key Research and Development Project 19226607DNational Key Research and Development Project 2016YFD0501203National Key Research and Development Project 2018YFD0501601-01National Natural Science Foundation of China 31772813Ningxia Key R&D Project 2019BBF02027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae, an important cause of bovine mastitis worldwide, is strongly pathogenic to bovine mammary epithelial cells (bMECs). Our objective was to determine the role of mitochondrial damage in the pathogenicity of K. pneumoniae on bMECs, by assessing several classical indicators of mitochondrial dysfunction, as well as differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Two K. pneumoniae strains (HLJ-D2 and HB-AF5), isolated from cows with clinical mastitis (CM), were used to infect bMECs (MAC-T line) cultured in vitro. In whole-transcriptome analysis of bMECs at 6 h post-infection (hpi), there were 3453 up-regulated and 3470 down-regulated genes for HLJ-D2, whereas for HB-AF5, there were 2891 up-regulated and 3278 down-regulated genes (P < 0.05). Based on GO term enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs), relative to the controls, the primary categories altered in K. pneumoniae-infected bMECs included cellular macromolecule metabolism, metabolic process, binding, molecular function, etc. Infections increased (P < 0.05) malondialdehyde concentrations and formation of reactive oxygen species in bMECs. Additionally, both bacterial strains decreased (P < 0.05) total antioxidant capacity in bMECs at 6 and 12 hpi. Furthermore, infections decreased (P < 0.05) mitochondrial membrane potential and increased (P < 0.01) mitochondrial calcium concentrations. Finally, severe mitochondrial swelling and vacuolation, as well as mitochondrial rupture and cristae degeneration, were detected in infected bMECs. In conclusion, K. pneumoniae infections induced profound mitochondrial damage and dysfunction in bMECs; we inferred that this caused cellular damage and contributes to the pathogenesis of K. pneumoniae-induced CM in dairy cows.

Indexed as

AnimalsCattleEpithelial CellsFemaleKlebsiella InfectionsKlebsiella pneumoniaeMastitis, BovineMitochondriabMECsCalciumKlebsiella pneumoniaeMitochondrial damageROS

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PMID33568211
PMCPMC7876824
OpenAlexW3126394645

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