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ArticleInfection and immunity2009

Lactobacillus bulgaricus prevents intestinal epithelial cell injury caused by Enterobacter sakazakii-induced nitric oxide both in vitro and in the newborn rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis.

Catherine J Hunter, Monica Williams, Mikael Petrosyan, Yigit Guner, Rahul Mittal, Dennis Mock, Jeffrey S Upperman, Henri R Ford, Nemani V Prasadarao

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Bile acids regulate intestinal cell proliferation by modulating EGFR and FXR signaling.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2016
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  9. Pathogenesis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.Pediatric surgery international · 2015
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  13. Toll-like receptor regulation of intestinal development and inflammation in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2014
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  14. Cronobacter: an emerging opportunistic pathogen associated with neonatal meningitis, sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2013
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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 1 country.

Catherine J HunterDepartment of Surgery, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,4 Los Angeles, California 90027, USA.
Monica Williams
Mikael Petrosyan
Yigit Guner
Rahul Mittal
Dennis Mock
Jeffrey S Upperman
Henri R Ford
Nemani V Prasadarao
University of Southern California · USChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · US

Funding

Brain Endothelial Receptor for E. coliR01AI040567 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES · PI DAVIS, MARK E, GODDARD, WILLIAM ANDREW · 2001 to 2015
$5.5M
Pathogenesis of Experimental Necrotizing EnterocolitisR01AI049473 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FORD, HENRI R · 2002 to 2006
$1.7M
BRAIN ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOPROTEIN INTERACTIVE WITH E COLIR29AI040567 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES · PI NEMANI, PRASADARAO V · 1997 to 2001
$211k
NIAID NIH HHS AI 40567NIAID NIH HHS AI 49473NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI040567NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049473NIAID NIH HHS R29 AI040567
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enterobacter sakazakii is an emerging pathogen that has been associated with outbreaks of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) as well as infant sepsis and meningitis. Our previous studies demonstrated that E. sakazakii induces NEC in a newborn rat model by inducing enterocyte apoptosis. However, the mechanisms responsible for enterocyte apoptosis are not known. Here we demonstrate that E. sakazakii induces significant production of nitric oxide (NO) in rat intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-6) upon infection. The elevated production of NO, which is due to increased expression of inducible NO synthase, is responsible for apoptosis of IEC-6 cells. Notably, pretreatment of IEC-6 cells with Lactobacillus bulgaricus (ATCC 12278) attenuated the upregulation of NO production and thereby protected the cells from E. sakazakii-induced apoptosis. Furthermore, pretreatment with L. bulgaricus promoted the integrity of enterocytes both in vitro and in the infant rat model of NEC, even after challenge with E. sakazakii. Infection of IEC-6 cells with E. sakazakii upregulated several genes related to apoptosis, cytokine production, and various signaling pathways, as demonstrated by rat gene array analysis, and this upregulation was subdued by pretreatment with L. bulgaricus. In agreement with these data, L. bulgaricus pretreatment protected newborn rats infected with E. sakazakii from developing NEC, resulting in improved survival.

Indexed as

LactobacillusAnimalsAnimals, NewbornApoptosisBlotting, WesternCronobacter sakazakiiDisease Models, AnimalEnterobacteriaceae InfectionsEnterocolitis, NecrotizingEnterocytesEpithelial CellsGene Expression ProfilingImmunohistochemistryMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionNitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type IINitric OxideNitric Oxide Synthase Type II

Identifiers

PMID19075027
PMCPMC2643639
OpenAlexW2156260147

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