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      Bacterial colitis increases susceptibility to oral prion disease.

      The Journal of Infectious Diseases
      Animals, Cecum, metabolism, Disease Susceptibility, Enterocolitis, complications, microbiology, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mouth Diseases, PrPC Proteins, PrPSc Proteins, Prion Diseases, Prions, pathogenicity, Risk Factors, Salmonella Infections, Salmonella typhimurium, genetics, Scrapie, Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms

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          Dietary exposure to prion-contaminated materials has caused kuru and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in cattle, mink, and felines. The epidemiology of dietary prion infections suggests that host genetic modifiers and possibly exogenous cofactors may play a decisive role in determining disease susceptibility. However, few cofactors influencing susceptibility to prion infection have been identified. In the present study, we investigated whether colitis might represent one such cofactor. We report that moderate colitis caused by an attenuated Salmonella strain more than doubles the susceptibility of mice to oral prion infection and modestly accelerates the development of disease after prion challenge. The prion protein was up-regulated in intestines and mesenteric lymph nodes of mice with colitis, providing a possible mechanism for the effect of colitis on the pathogenesis of prion disease. Therefore, moderate intestinal inflammation at the time of prion exposure may constitute one of the elusive risk factors underlying the development of TSE.

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