Mastitis is the persistent, inflammatory reaction of the udder tissue which is associated with physical changes of udder and chemical or bacteriological changes in the milk of farm/lactating animals.
Also known as Garget, Mammitis, mammite, dagadi and agalactiosis.
One of the important infectious disease of mammary gland of all mammals that has serious impact on livestock production.
Phages are the most abundant biological entities on the planet, around 1031 (Batinovic 2019)
Method to combat antibiotic resistance bacteria
Alteration of gut microbiota
Phage Therapy
Antimicrobial peptides (AMP)
Importance of phage therapy
Phage therapy very important role in treating infections that don't respond to antibiotics
Phage therapy is nature’s “antibiotics” and may be a good alternative treatment
In developed countries, livestock farming accounts for about 50–80% of total antibiotic
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2. Speaker: Anil Kumar Puniya
Phage Therapy - A Novel Alternative to
Antibiotics to Combat Bovine Mastitis
3. • Mastitis is the persistent,
inflammatory reaction of the udder
tissue which is associated with
physical changes of udder and
chemical or bacteriological changes
in the milk of farm/lactating
animals.
• Also known as Garget, Mammitis,
mammite, dagadi and agalactiosis.
• One of the important infectious
disease of mammary gland of all
mammals that has serious impact
on livestock production.
10/1/2023
Mammae = mammary
gland
-itis = Latin suffix for
inflammation
Swelling
pain
warm
redness
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4. Mastitis is one of the most important diseases of dairy animals which directly
or indirectly affect the economy of the farmers and ultimately affect the
economy of the country.
Mastitis is a global problem and every country including developed ones
suffer huge financial losses. It adversely affects:
• Animal health
• Quality of milk
• Quantity of milk
• Economics of milk production
6. Bovine Mastitis
Bovine mastitis is the most widespread and economically
important disease worldwide
The prevalence of bovine mastitis resulted in extensive
use of antibiotics
It was revealed that 90% of antibiotic residues in milk are a
consequence of mastitis therapy
Cause antibiotic resistance
Most common
pathogen is
staphylococcus
aureus, E.coli
Sometime
streptococcus
7. What is an antibiotic resistant
bacteria?
• Non-resistant
bacteria
• Multiplication
Few bacteria get
mutate • Mutation
In the presence
of drug only
drug resistance
bacteria can
survive
• Drug
resistance
bacteria
multiply
and thrive
8. Global threat (AMR)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and WHO
have declared antibiotic resistance a threat to
global health
CDC estimates antibiotic-resistant infections
result in 2 million illnesses and at least 23000
deaths a year
United Kingdom government’s - estimated
700000 people die each year globally from
resistant infections
Bacterial infections may result in the deaths of
over 10 million people by the year 2050
(Ghosh et al., 2018)
9. Impact of antibiotics resistance on
human life
Resistant organisms lead to treatment failure
Increased mortality
Resistant bacteria may spread in Community
Low level resistance can go undetected
Added burden on healthcare costs
12. Bacterial cell wall hydrolases (BCWH)
1
Antimicrobial peptides (AMP)
2
Nano-material
3
Bacteriocins
4
Alteration of gut microbiota
5
Phage Therapy
6
(Sarkar et al., 2018)
Method to combat antibiotic resistance bacteria
13. Advantages
(carrili et al., 2011)
Bactericidal agent
Auto Dosing
Low inherent toxicity
Minimal disruption of normal flora
Rapid discovery
Biofilm Clearance
Relatively Low cost
14. Phages – Discovery and Mechanism of Action
Félix d’Hérelle in his
Phages are the most
abundant biological
entities on the planet,
around 1031 (Batinovic 2019).
Phage head contains
about 20 faces and 30
edges.
Follows lytic and
lysogenic cycles
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Frederick William
Twort
15. Early Phage Therapy
Twort - Effect of transparent material that inhibited
bacterial growth
1917 - d’Herelle - isolated anti-shigella microbe that the
idea of an obligate parasite bacteria was termed
bacteriophage or “bacteria-eater”
1919 - d’Herelle - used phage to treat chickens infected with
Salmonella gallinarum
1927 - Clinical trials treating cholera in India showed that
mortality decreased from 62.8% in control groups to 8.1% in
phage-treated group
(Kortright et al., 2019)
16. Selecting against efflux pump positive
MDR pathogens
Expunging biofilms with phages
Phage Antibiotic Synergy (PAS)
Tackling AMR with Phages
17. Importance of phage therapy
Phage therapy very important role in treating infections that
don't respond to antibiotics
Phage therapy is nature’s “antibiotics” and may be a good
alternative treatment
In developed countries, livestock farming accounts for about
50–80% of total antibiotic
Gonzalez and Calap, 2021
Phage Therapy Animal Heath and
phage
18. A
B
C
Drug sensitive
bacteria
Phages work against both
treatable and antibiotic-
resistant bacteria.
They may be used alone or
with antibiotics and other
drugs.
Phages multiply and increase
in number by themselves
during treatment
They only slightly disturb
normal “good” bacteria in
the body.
Phages are natural and easy
to find.
19. Phages work against both
treatable and antibiotic-
resistant bacteria.
They may be used alone or
with antibiotics and other
drugs.
Phages multiply and increase
in number by themselves
during treatment
They only slightly disturb
normal “good” bacteria in
the body.
Phages are natural and easy
to find.
Advantages of Phage Therapy
over the antibiotics
20. Animals Infection Pathogen Phages Reference
Bovines Mastitis S. aureus ISP phage
Figueiredo
et al., 2017
Bigot et al.,
2011;
Guenther et
al., 2011;
Modi et al.,
2001;
Leverentz et
al., 2003;
Whichard et
al., 2003;
Guenther et
al., 2012;
Bovines Mastitis S. aureus Phage cocktail
Metritis E. coli Phage cocktail
Haemorragic
septicemia
P. mutocida PMP-GAD-IND phage
Swine Diarrhea Salmonella sp. Phage cocktail
Chronic wounds
Multibacterial
biofilms
Phage cocktail
Rabbits
Cholera-like
diarrhoea
V. cholerae Phage cocktail
Dogs Otitis externa P. aeruginosa Phage cocktail
Urinary tract
infections
P. aeruginosa
Pbunavirus PB1-like
phages cocktail
Urinary tract
infections
E. coli 5 promising single phages
Phages used as remedy to improved the animal health
21. PAS effect of phage ØMFP on E-coli MFP on Luria
Bertani agar plates
Plaque sizes of phage ØMFP on E-coli MFP
• Disc containing ß-lactam group of
antibiotics aztreonam and cefixime
(indicated by ‘‘+’’ symbols) produced
large phage plaque
• Host strain is resistant to many types of
penicillins (amoxicillin, trimethoprim)
Phage made quite small
plaque with no cefotaxime
and remarkably other large
one with opt. conc. 50 ng/mL
(Comeau et al., 2007)
22. In well A, the adherence of EPEC to the
surface of HEp-2 cells was thoroughly
evident but in well B, there was no sign of
adhesion to the cells, indicating the efficacy
of the phage in eliminating bacteria
Addition of the phage to EPEC-infected
HEp-2 cells (106 pfu/ml), the bacteria were
completely demolished
(Vahedi et al., 2018)
23. staphylococcus phage M8 (A)
and staphylococcus phage B4 (B)
Staphylococcus phage M8 on
bacterial growth in milk after 8 h of
incubation. B: control (no phage); T:
test (bacterial
culture + Staphylococcus phage M8
24. Mice in the A. baumannii-infected group
exhibited higher bacterial load 1.46 × 109
CFU/lung, while the bacterial load in phage-
rescue group were decreased to 1.28 × 106
CFU/lung
phage SH-Ab15519 administered
intranasally can effectively rescued the mice
from lethal A. baumannii lung infections
without deleterious side effects.
(Yunfen et al., 2018)
25. Therapeutic efficacy of ΦSA012 in a mouse model of S. aureus mastitis. (a) Photographs
of the mouse mastitis model after administration of SA003 (105 CFU, n = 5) and phage
treatment (105 PFU (MOI = 1, n = 7) and 107 PFU (MOI = 100, n = 6)). Arrows indicates
abscesses. (b) S. aureus CFUs in the mammary glands on day 2 after challenge
Iwano et al., 2018
26. • A spot test and a subsequent
plaque assay were performed
to determine the lytic efficacy
(host range) of three phages
(STA1.ST29, EB1.ST11, and
EB1.ST27) against 92 S.
aureus isolates from quarter
foremilk samples of
subclinical and clinical
mastitis cases
Titze et al., 2020
S. aureus isolates 7142 and 10614, for the
control culture without phages (blue: 7142;
orange: 10614), the assays with the
addition of 0.1 mL phage mixture at a final
concentration of 1.2 × 108 pfu/mL (grey:
7142; violet:10614) and 1 mL phage
mixture at a final concentration of 1.2 ×
109 pfu/mL (yellow: 7142; green: 10614).
S. aureus at a concentration of averagely
1.1 × 105 cfu/mL.
27. Effectiveness
of phages
treatments
Neutralization
Phages may be neutralized
by antibodies or other
compounds
(sulakvelidze et al.,
2001)
Specificity
Phage must be lytic and
able to infect target
bacteria
(Guenther et al., 2009)
Resistance to phage
Bacteria may become resistance
to phage
Use a cocktail of phage isolate a
new phages
(Pirnay et al., 2009)
Phages concentration (MOI)
It is necessity to validate MOI
(multiplicity of infection; the
average no. of phage per bacterium)
It maximize the efficacy of phage
solution
Environmental conditions
The survival of bacteriophages
are affected by physio-chemical
factor (pH, aw and temperature)
Proliferation of phages is limited
when pH 4.5
(Jonczyk et al., 2011)
Phages administration
Phage treatment by: oral, topical,
intravenous and intranasal
administration depending on site
of infection
(chilamban et al., 2004)
(Oliveria et al., 2015)
28. Bacteriophages - against pathogens
Bacteriophage Pathogenic host Clinical symptoms
CDHM1-6 Clostridium difficile
Bacteremia, UTI, wound
infection, and endocarditis
Msa Staphylococcus aureus
Pneumonia and flesh eating
disease
NK5 Klebsiella pneumoniae Lung infections and pneumonia
M4 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia
TM4, DS-6A Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis
EC200pp Escherichia coli Diarrhea, UTI, and meningitis
A25
Streptococcus pyogenes
Sore throat and skin disorder
(Shah et al., 2019)
30. Clinical
trial
Infection Trial
Treatment
Group
Placebo
Group
Phage
Dose
(PFU)
Outcome
Trial 1
(Wright
et al.,
2009)
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
otitis
Placebo
controlled,
double blind
for safety and
effectiveness
12
individuals
received
phage
cocktail
12
individuals
received a
single dose
of glycerol-
PBS buffer
109
Three individuals
from each group
had undetectable
levels of P.
aeruginosa at the
end of the trial
Trial 2
(Sarker
et al.,
2016
E-coli
diarrheal
diseases
Placebo
controlled,
double
blinded trial
40
individuals
received
phage
cocktail
41
individuals
received
oral
rehydration
solution
1.4×109
No significant
difference
observed
between phage
treatment and
placebo group
Trial 3
(Jault et
al.,
2018)
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
burn wound
infection
Placebo
controlled,
blinded trial
12
individuals
received a
phage
cocktail
13
individuals
received
1%
sulfadiazin
e silver
2×107
(expect-
ed) 200-
2000
PFU(act
ual)
Trial halted due to
insufficient
efficacy
This was likely
due to lower
applied dose of
phage than
expected
31. Bacteriophage that are approved or are undergoing
clinical trials for Human use
Product Condition Company
ListShield
Food Industry(Listreria
monocytogenes)
Food industry(Escherichia
Coli)
Intralytix
SalmoShield
Burn infections(Pseudomonas
aeruginosa and E.coli)
Intralytix
Phagedys
Treatment and prophylaxis of
dysentry
Biochimpharm
PhagoBurn
E. Coli or P. aeruginosa Multiple centres
(Haldar et al., 2018)
32. Limitations of phage therapy
Limitations
Phage Selection
Phage host range limitation
“Uniqueness” of phages as pharmaceuticals
Unfamiliarity with phages
(Carrili et al., 2011)
33. Future prospects
Multidrug-resistant bacteria have opened a
second window for phage therapy
Mixed therapy of phage and antibiotics
could be ideal combination for mastitis
treatment
34. Bacteriophage is one such alternative which can be developed
as a solution for the multidrug resistance crisis
They are highly specific, effective, and safe for the treatment
and prevention of infectious diseases
Phage therapy is an attractive option to prevent and control
mastitis
Humanity take advantage of the natural predators of bacteria to
fight against pathogen and to increase the quality life
Conclusions
The ability of bacteria or other mo’s to resist the effect of antibiotics to which they were once sensitive
In other words the bacteria which are not killed or controlled by antibiotics
The term bacteriophage was introduced by French-Canadian microbiologist Felix d’Herelle in 1917 upon his isolation of an invisible microbe from the stools of dysentery patients.
During the following two decades, several commercially available phage products emerged, although their application for the elimination of infections was often inconsistent owing largely to the lack of phage biology knowledge at the time.
The discovery of penicillin in 1928 heralded the beginning of the antibiotic era, and by the 1940s the application of phages as antibacterials had diminished in much of the world (Kuchment 2012).
Nevertheless, these applications have continued in regions of the former Soviet Union.
Significantly, the emerging multidrug resistance problem in bacterial pathogens has prompted a renewed interest in the exploitation of phages as therapeutic antibacterial agents.
Mechanism of action
Phages are considered to be the most abundant biological entities on the planet, with estimated particle numbers of more than 1031 (Hendrix 2003).
They are usually found where their specific bacterial hosts thrive, given that they are obligate intracellular parasites and unable to propagate without a bacterial cell.
They are broadly classified as either virulent or temperate.
In the case of virulent phages, following phage attachment and injection of its genome into the host cell, the host DNA replication and protein synthesis machinery is exploited to synthesize new phage particles, which are released from the cell, usually culminating in the death of the bacterium. This is termed the lytic infection cycle.
Although temperate phages are capable of replicating in this way, they also have the ability to replicate using the lysogenic cycle in which their DNA can become part of the bacterial genome as a prophage.
Induction, or the excision of the prophage from the genome, can occur spontaneously or in response to cellular internal or external triggers (Nanda et al. 2015).
This results in lysis and release of progeny phages that may proceed to lyse or lysogenize other susceptible bacteria.