Judicious and non-judicious use of colistin sulfate in indoor poultry experimentation and its effect on haematological parameters and body weight in broiler

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of discriminate and indiscriminate use of colistin sulfate on body weight and haematological parameters in broiler. Day-old-broiler chicks were collected and reared for up to 31 days. The chicks were randomly divided into control, discriminate and indiscriminate antibiotic group. The discriminate group was treated with colistin sulfate antibiotic (Eskolis-24) for one week (from 16th to 22th day) followed by one week withdrawal period. In case of indiscriminate group, the poultry were treated with colistin sulfate antibiotic for 14 days (from 16th to 29th day) without any withdrawal period until sacrifice. The body weight of the birds were recorded daily. The mean body weight was highest in indiscriminate group (1408.22±133.49 gm) followed by discriminate group (1330.15±134.93 gm) and control group (1243.81±173.19 gm). The differences among means of three groups were not statistically significant. The Total erythrocyte count (Million/mm3) of control, discriminate, and indiscriminate groups were 2.53± 0.05, 2.56±0.08, and 2.52±0.08 respectively. The hemoglobin (gm%) were 7.06± 0.09, 7.03± 0.12, and 7.11±0.09 respectively and the Packed Cell Volume (%) were 19.66±1.11, 19.33±0.95, and 20.16±0.70 respectively. The results found were not statistically significant among the groups for TEC, Hb and PCV respectively. Total lymphocyte (%) count were 67.16±0.60, 70±1.15, and 71.83±1.30 respectively. Total neutrophil (%) count were 32.83± 0.60, 28.83±1.42, and 26.83±1.10 respectively. Total eosinophil (%) count were 0± 0, 1±0.44, and 1.16±0.40 respectively. Total basophil (%) count were zero (0) and total monocyte (%) count were 0± 0, 0.17±0.17, and 0.17±0.17 respectively. In our experiment, both discriminate and indiscriminate groups showed no significant differences of lymphocyte, neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil and monocyte. Therefore, discriminate and indiscriminate use of colistin sulfate for two weeks has no effect on haematological parameters of broiler poultry. Further experiment needed for more concise conclusion. Asian Australas. J. Food Saf. Secur. 2021, 5 (2), 43-54

Colistin Sulfate for Decontamination of Preservation Fluid to Decrease Donor-derived Infections Caused by Multi-drug Resistant Gram-negative Pathogens

Background: Preservation fluid (PF) contamination, especially contamination with multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative pathogens, poses a high risk of donor-derived infections (DDIs) and severe clinical outcomes. We sought to determine whether the use of colistin sulfate to decontaminate PF in kidney transplantation can decrease probable DDIs (p-DDIs) caused by MDR Gram-negative pathogens.Methods: In a retrospective study of 916 recipients who received deceased donation, 864 PF samples were collected and cultured, and microbiological contaminants were recorded with the recipients’ clinical data and outcomes. From March 2016 to May 2019, 624 samples were decontaminated with ceftizoxime; from June 2019 to March 2021, colistin sulfate was administered for PF decontamination in 240 samples. Between-group comparisons were performed to assess the ability of the two decontamination regimens to decrease p-DDIs, especially MDR Gram-negative pathogen-related infections.Results: The overall PF contamination rate was 53.36% (461/864), and 80 samples had MDR Gram-negative pathogen contamination. All p-DDIs occurred in the ceftizoxime group (p<0.001), and 67.65% of p-DDIs were MDR Gram-negative pathogen-related. In the ceftizoxime group, 23 of 61 cases of MDR Gram-negative pathogen contamination led to related p-DDIs, while none occurred in the colistin sulfate group (p=0.002). Among these 23 patients with p-DDIs, 5 died of severe infections, and 2 experienced graft loss.Conclusions: The goal of decontamination should be decreasing MDR Gram-negative pathogen-related p-DDIs, and colistin sulfate could be an effective and feasible option.

A small molecule drug screening identifies colistin sulfate as an enhancer of Natural Killer cell cytotoxicity.

Because of their crucial role in tumor immunity, NK cells have quickly become a prime target for immunotherapies, with adoptive transfer of NK cells and the use of NK cell engagers quickly moving to clinical stage. On the other hand, only few studies have focused on small molecule drugs capable of unleashing NK cell against cancer. In this context, repurposing small molecule is an attractive strategy to identify new immunotherapies from already approved drugs. Here, we screened 1,200 FDA-approved drugs from the Prestwick Chemical Library, to identify compounds that increase NK cell cytotoxic potential. Using a high-throughput luciferase-release cytotoxicity assay, we found that the antibiotic colistin sulfate increased cytotoxicity of human NK cells towards cancer cells. The effect of colistin was short lived and was not observed when NK cells were pretreated with the drug, showing how NK cell activity was potentiated only when the compound was present at the time of recognition of cancer cells. Further studies are needed to uncover the mechanism of action and the pre-clinical efficacy of colistin sulfate in mouse cancer models.

Effects of colistin sulfate on hematological parameters in broiler

Hematological indication is an important finding for pathophysiological analysis of biological science. This study was designed with the aim to investigate the effects of residual antibiotics on hematological parameters of broiler following discriminate and indiscriminate use. The day old broiler chicks were collected and reared up to 31 days. The treatment was started from the day 16th until sacrifice. The chicks were randomly divided into three groups namely control group (Group A), discriminate antibiotic group (Group B) and indiscriminate antibiotic group (Group C) on the 14th day. The discriminate group was treated with antibiotic, colistin sulfate maintaining the withdrawal period of one week. In case of indiscriminate group the withdrawal period was not maintained and antibiotic treatment was continued till the day of sacrifice. The Hb (%) of control, discriminate and indiscriminate groups were 8.34±0.15, 6.89±0.27, and 7.14±0.23 respectively. The differences among means were statistically significant (P<0.05). The Packed Cell Volume (PCV) of control, discriminate, and indiscriminate groups were 23.51±0.76, 21.17±0.94, and 22.83±1.19 respectively. The differences among means were statistically significant. The multiple pair wise comparison of means of blood parameters revealed that there was no significant difference among discriminate and indiscriminate groups. From the above findings, this research could be considered a need based research in Bangladesh to ascertain the influential effect of antibiotic on hematological parameters in broiler. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. 2021, 7 (2), 113-117

Thin layer chromatographic detection of colistin sulfate antibiotic residues in poultry tissues

Residues of antibiotic drugs in food and food products have been received much attention in recent years because of growing food safety concerns for public health. There are serious effects of antibiotic residues in meat for human consumption (e.g., increasing antimicrobial resistance, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and hypersensitivity). In this study, we used broiler chicks as a laboratory animal to detect the colistin sulfate antibiotic residue for human health concerns. The day-old broiler chicks were collected and reared for up to 31 days. The treatment was started from the day 16th until sacrifice. The chicks were randomly divided into three groups namely control group (Group A), discriminate antibiotic group (Group B) and indiscriminate antibiotic group (Group C) on the 14th day. The discriminate group was treated with an antibiotic, colistin sulfate maintaining the withdrawal period of one week. In case of indiscriminate group the withdrawal period was not maintained and antibiotic treatment was continued till the day of sacrifice. The body weights of the birds were recorded daily. The mean body weight was highest in indiscriminate group (1261.15±16.37gm) followed by discriminate group (1156.15±18.23gm) and the lowest was in control group (1008.49±18.11gm). The differences among mean weight gain were statistically significant (P<0.05) in antibiotic treated group compared with control group. The Thin Layer Chromatography revealed that all the samples were positive in indiscriminate group and in case of Liver, Kidney and Spleen, it was 100%. In case of discriminate antibiotic group all the samples were positive except thigh and breast muscle and the percentage was highest in Liver sample (66.67%). There was no positive sample in control group. The results were statistically significant (P<0.05). From the above findings, this research could be considered a need based research in Bangladesh to ascertain the influential effect of antibiotic abuse in poultry industry.