Interleukin-1 Receptor Type I Gene-Deficient Mice Are Less Susceptible to Staphylococcus epidermidis Biomaterial-Associated Infection than Are Wild-Type Mice

AUTOR(ES)

Boelens, Jaap Jan

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Elevated concentrations of interleukin-1 (IL-1) were found in tissue surrounding biomaterials infected with Staphylococcus epidermidis. To determine the role of IL-1 in biomaterial-associated infection (BAI), IL-1 receptor type I-deficient (IL-1R−/−) and wild-type mice received subcutaneous implants of silicon elastomer (SE) or polyvinylpyrrolidone-grafted SE (SEpvp), combined with an injection of 106 CFU of S. epidermidis or sterile saline. Neither mouse strain was susceptible to BAI around SE. IL-1R−/− mice with SEpvp implants had a no abscess formation and a reduced susceptibility to persistent S. epidermidis infection. The normal foreign body response, characterized by giant-cell formation and encapsulation, was delayed around SEpvp in wild-type mice but not in IL-1R−/− mice. This coincided with enhanced local IL-4 production in IL-1R−/− mice. These data suggest that inhibition of local IL-1 activity may be beneficial for the outcome of BAI.

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