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Abstract

The role of quorum-sensing systems in a mouse model of chronic infection was studied. A chronic respiratory infection model was established by placement of a tube pre-coated with strain PAO1 (wild-type) or a quorum-sensing mutant, namely PAO-JP1 (Δ), PDO100 (Δ) or PAO-JP2 (Δ), in the bronchus. At day 14 after infection, the numbers of viable bacteria in the quorum-sensing-mutant groups were lower than in the wild-type group. Histopathological examination showed milder inflammatory changes in the lungs infected with the mutant groups compared with the wild-type group. In the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from the quorum-sensing-system-mutant groups the proportion of neutrophils was lower than in wild-type group. These findings indicate that the quorum-sensing system plays an important role in chronic respiratory infection.

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