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Article

Impact of Surfactant Protein-A Variants on Survival in Aged Mice in Response to Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection and Ozone: Serendipity in Action

by
Nithyananda Thorenoor
1,2,*,
David S. Phelps
1,
Padma Kala
3,
Radhika Ravi
4,
Andreas Floros Phelps
5,
Todd M. Umstead
1,
Xuesheng Zhang
1 and
Joanna Floros
1,6,*
1
Center for Host Defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease (CHILD) Research, Department of Pediatrics, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
2
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
3
Independent Consultant, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, USA
4
Division of Anesthesia, Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System, 385 Tremont Avenue, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
5
The Collective Potential, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
6
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Microorganisms 2020, 8(9), 1276; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091276
Submission received: 30 July 2020 / Revised: 16 August 2020 / Accepted: 19 August 2020 / Published: 21 August 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innate Immunity against Bacterial Infections)
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Abstract

Innate immune molecules, SP-A1 (6A2, 6A4) and SP-A2 (1A0, 1A3), differentially affect young mouse survival after infection. Here, we investigated the impact of SP-A variants on the survival of aged mice. hTG mice carried a different SP-A1 or SP-A2 variant and SP-A-KO were either infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae or exposed to filtered air (FA) or ozone (O3) prior to infection, and their survival monitored over 14 days. In response to infection alone, no gene- or sex-specific (except for 6A2) differences were observed; variant-specific survival was observed (1A0 > 6A4). In response to O3, gene-, sex-, and variant-specific survival was observed with SP-A2 variants showing better survival in males than females, and 1A0 females > 1A3 females. A serendipitous, and perhaps clinically important observation was made; mice exposed to FA prior to infection exhibited significantly better survival than infected alone mice. 1A0 provided an overall better survival in males and/or females indicating a differential role for SP-A genetics. Improved ventilation, as provided by FA, resulted in a survival of significant magnitude in aged mice and perhaps to a lesser extent in young mice. This may have clinical application especially within the context of the current pandemic.
Keywords: pneumonia infection; surfactant protein A1 and A2; filtered air (FA); ozone (O3) pneumonia infection; surfactant protein A1 and A2; filtered air (FA); ozone (O3)

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Thorenoor, N.; S. Phelps, D.; Kala, P.; Ravi, R.; Floros Phelps, A.; M. Umstead, T.; Zhang, X.; Floros, J. Impact of Surfactant Protein-A Variants on Survival in Aged Mice in Response to Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection and Ozone: Serendipity in Action. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 1276. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091276

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Thorenoor N, S. Phelps D, Kala P, Ravi R, Floros Phelps A, M. Umstead T, Zhang X, Floros J. Impact of Surfactant Protein-A Variants on Survival in Aged Mice in Response to Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection and Ozone: Serendipity in Action. Microorganisms. 2020; 8(9):1276. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091276

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Thorenoor, Nithyananda, David S. Phelps, Padma Kala, Radhika Ravi, Andreas Floros Phelps, Todd M. Umstead, Xuesheng Zhang, and Joanna Floros. 2020. "Impact of Surfactant Protein-A Variants on Survival in Aged Mice in Response to Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection and Ozone: Serendipity in Action" Microorganisms 8, no. 9: 1276. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091276

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Thorenoor, N., S. Phelps, D., Kala, P., Ravi, R., Floros Phelps, A., M. Umstead, T., Zhang, X., & Floros, J. (2020). Impact of Surfactant Protein-A Variants on Survival in Aged Mice in Response to Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection and Ozone: Serendipity in Action. Microorganisms, 8(9), 1276. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8091276

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