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Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease whose etiology is poorly understood. Recent studies suggest that early-life respiratory infections with atypical bacteria may play an important role in the induction or exacerbation of chronic respiratory disease. The current study utilized a neonatal mouse ovalbumin (OVA) sensitization model of asthma to determine the course of early-life respiratory tract infection by  Chlamydia . Neonatal (day 1) and adult (6 wks) BALB/c mice were infected intranasally with  Chlamydia (MoPn)  and 7 weeks later were sensitized and challenged with ovalbumin. Allergic airway disease was characterized by examination of serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) cellularity, cytokine production and antibody response. The presence of  Chlamydia  was determined by PCR and culture. Ova-specific IgE was quantified by ELISA and  Chlamydia -specific IgE was determined via Western blot analysis. Chlamydial infection in neonatal mice induced increased production of Th 2  cytokines (IL-4, 5, 10, and 13) in both BAL and serum, while infected adult mice produced increased Th 1  cytokines (IL-2, IFN-γ). The BAL from infected neonates contained significantly elevated levels of eosinophils compared to infected adult mice. Although adult mice cleared the infection ∼30 days post infection (pi), neonates were still infected 66 days after initial infection.  Chlamydia -specific IgE was detected in both the BAL and serum of neonatal mice beginning 28 days post infection, however, infected adult mice did not produce  Chlamydia -specific IgE antibodies over the course of the study. When allergic airway was induced using Ova, infected neonatal mice increased their production of IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13 by >2 fold compared to uninfected controls and infected adult groups. Our findings demonstrate that early-life  Chlamydia  infection induces a Th 2 -dominant cytokine response in the airways of neonatal mice, leading to chronic infection. More significantly, early life respiratory colonization with  Chlamydia  elicits pathogen-specific IgE production, which further supports an infectious asthma phenotype.

Evidence of Infectious Asthma Phenotype: Chlamydia-Induced Allergy and Pathogen-Specific IgE in a Neonatal Mouse Model