PMID- 33116165 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210302 LR - 20231107 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Oct 28 TI - Modelling early events in Mycobacterium bovis infection using a co-culture model of the bovine alveolus. PG - 18495 LID - 10.1038/s41598-020-75113-6 [doi] LID - 18495 AB - Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), a zoonosis mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis has severe socio-economic consequences and impact on animal health. Host-pathogen interactions during M. bovis infection are poorly understood, especially early events which are difficult to follow in vivo. This study describes the utilisation of an in vitro co-culture model, comprising immortalised bovine alveolar type II (BATII) epithelial cells and bovine pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (BPAECs). When cultured at air-liquid interface, it was possible to follow the migration of live M. bovis Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and to observe interactions with each cell type, alongside cytokine release. Infection with BCG was shown to exert a detrimental effect primarily upon epithelial cells, with corresponding increases in IL8, TNFalpha, IL22 and IL17a cytokine release, quantified by ELISA. BCG infection increased expression of CD54, MHC Class I and II molecules in endothelial but not epithelial cells, which exhibited constitutive expression. The effect of peripheral blood mononuclear cell conditioned medium from vaccinated cattle upon apical-basolateral migration of BCG was examined by quantifying recovered BCG from the apical, membrane and basolateral fractions over time. The numbers of recovered BCG in each fraction were unaffected by the presence of PBMC conditioned medium, with no observable differences between vaccinated and naive animals. FAU - Lee, Diane Frances AU - Lee DF AD - School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. diane.lee@surrey.ac.uk. FAU - Stewart, Graham Roger AU - Stewart GR AD - School of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. FAU - Chambers, Mark Andrew AU - Chambers MA AD - School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. AD - School of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201028 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (BCG Vaccine) RN - 0 (Culture Media, Conditioned) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Alveolar Epithelial Cells/*microbiology MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - *BCG Vaccine MH - Cattle MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Culture Media, Conditioned MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Endothelial Cells/*microbiology MH - Inflammation MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/cytology MH - Lung Diseases/*microbiology MH - Mycobacterium bovis/pathogenicity MH - Necrosis MH - Pulmonary Alveoli/*cytology MH - Tuberculosis, Bovine/metabolism/*microbiology MH - Up-Regulation MH - Vaccination/veterinary PMC - PMC7595104 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/10/30 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/03 06:00 PMCR- 2020/10/28 CRDT- 2020/10/29 05:44 PHST- 2020/06/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/29 05:44 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-020-75113-6 [pii] AID - 75113 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-020-75113-6 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 28;10(1):18495. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75113-6.