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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2002) 50, 59-66
© 2002 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Macrolide-treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces paradoxical host responses in the lungs of mice and a high mortality rate

Takao Kobayashi1,2,*, Kazuhiro Tateda1, Tetsuya Matsumoto1, Shuichi Miyazaki1, Akira Watanabe2, Toshihiro Nukiwa2 and Keizo Yamaguchi1

1 Department of Microbiology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo; 2 Department of Respiratory Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Objective: Accumulating data have demonstrated that macrolide antibiotics suppress Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence, which may explain the efficacy of macrolides in clinical settings. We examined the virulence of macrolide-treated bacteria in vivo.

Methods: P. aeruginosa PAO-1 was grown for 24 h on agar containing sub-MIC antibiotics, and then mice were challenged intranasally with 107 cfu of bacteria.

Results and conclusions: The mortality rate of mice inoculated with bacteria grown in the presence of clarithromycin (10 mg/L), erythromycin (10 mg/L) or azithromycin (5 mg/L) was 80%, 80% and 100%, respectively. In contrast, none of the mice inoculated with non-treated bacteria or bacteria treated with other antibiotics died. Lung weight and protein concentration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were significantly higher in the clarithromycin group between 3 and 9 h. Moreover, we detected higher levels of tumour necrosis factor-{alpha} (TNF-{alpha}) and nitric oxide (NO) in the BALF of these mice. These data demonstrate that macrolide-treated P. aeruginosa induced paradoxically strong responses, such as elevation of TNF-{alpha}, NO and permeability in the lungs.

* Correspondence address. Department of Respiratory Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. Tel: +81-22-717-8539; Fax: +81-22-717-8549; E-mail: ktakao{at}idac.tohoku.ac.jp


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