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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B-PESTICIDES FOOD CONTAMINANTS AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES
Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 645-657Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1081/PFC-200061576
Keywords
short chain fatty acids; Salmonella Typhimurium; virulence
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The present study investigated SCFA exposed Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium for its virulence characteristics such as mouse lethality adhesion, surface hydrophobicity, phagocytic uptake, intracellular survival within the murine peritoneal macrophages, induction of acid tolerance response (ATR), and the expression of outer membrane proteins (OMPs). Lethal dose (LD50) for mice was found to be more for SCFA exposed cells as compared to the normal cells. In vitro adherence to murine intestinal epithelial cells as well as surface hydrophobicity of SCFA exposed cells were found to be lower than the normal cells. Though the phagocytic uptake of normal cells and SCFA exposed cells was similar, the SCFA exposed cells exhibited increased intracellular survival as compared to the normal cells, which were completely killed after 4 h. Moreover, SCFA exposed cells also survived exposure to extremely low pH (3.0). Outer membrane proteins extracted from SCFA exposed cells revealed an enhanced expression of proteins (porins) at 4% SCFA concentration. Thus, SCFA exposure may contribute to enhanced virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium by increased intracellular survival, induction of acid tolerance response, and the enhanced expression of outer membrane matrix proteins (porins).
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