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MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 378-387Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.02.013
Keywords
secretory IgA; mucin; type 1 pilus; epithelial cells; biofilm; E. coli
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI22223] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [P30 DK34987] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent studies suggest the importance of secretory IgA (SIgA) and mucin in the mediation of biofilm formation by commensal bacteria within the mammalian aut. Studies using a variety of strains of Escherichia coli have indicated that the interaction between E coli and SI-A is dependent on the type 1 pilus. In this study, the importance of the pilus in SIgA-mediated biofilm formation by a laboratory strain (MG 1655) and environmental (fecal) strains of E. coli was evaluated. Transient expression of the type 1 pilus by the laboratory strain of E. coli failed to facilitate SlaA-mediated biofilm formation, whereas constitutive expression of the type 1 pilus by the laboratory strain was sufficient. In contrast, transient expression of the type 1 pilus was sufficient to facilitate SIgA-mediated biofilm formation by environmental isolates. The threshold for mucin-mediated biofilm formation appeared to be lower than that for SIgA-mediated biofilm formation, perhaps reflecting disparate roles of mucin and SIgA in mediating biofilm formation in the out. These studies also provide the first procedures for the growth of bacterial biofilms on live epithelial cells in vitro, an important development that may facilitate future studies on the effects of bacterial biofilms on epithelial cells. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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