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MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
卷 65, 期 5, 页码 1288-1299出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05864.x
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- NIDCD NIH HHS [R01 DC03915] Funding Source: Medline
We recently described the expression of type IV pili (Tfp) by non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI), a common respiratory tract pathogen. Prior to that report, Tfp were not thought to be produced by NTHI as they are not observed on NTHI when grown on chocolate agar or other commonly used growth media. To further characterize growth conditions permissive for the expression of NTHI Tfp, as well as determine their role in colonization and virulence, we transformed an NTHI otitis media isolate with a reporter plasmid containing the lux gene cluster driven by the pilA promoter. Transcription from the pilA promoter was demonstrated under a variety of in vitro growth conditions and, importantly, by ex vivo imaging of luciferase-producing NTHI in infected chinchillas. Luciferase-producing NTHI were also identified within a biofilm formed by NTHI in vivo. We further demonstrated a role for NTHI PiIA in adherence to human respiratory epithelial cells, in colonization of the chinchilla respiratory tract as well as a requirement for PiIA in biofilm development, both in vitro and in vivo. Collectively, our data demonstrate that NTHI express PiIA in vivo, and that PiIA plays an important role in the pathogenesis of an upper respiratory tract infection induced by NTHI.
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