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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
卷 56, 期 9, 页码 739-747出版社
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, NRC RESEARCH PRESS
DOI: 10.1139/W10-059
关键词
type III secretion system; effectors; STEC; NleB; Tir; EspA
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Bioniche Life Sciences
Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) 026:H11 is an enteric pathogen capable of causing severe hemorrhagic colitis that can lead to hemolytic uremic syndrome. This organism is able to colonize cattle and human intestinal epithelial cells by secreting effectors via a type III secretion system (T3SS). In this investigation, we examined the role of 2 effectors, Tir and NleB, and the structural translocator component EspA in the adherence of STEC to epithelial cells and in the colonization of cattle. Isogenic deletion mutants were constructed and using microscopy and flow cytometry compared to the wild-type strain in their ability to adhere to HEp-2 cells. A competitive assay was also used to measure the capacity of the mutants to colonize the intestinal tract of cattle, where both the mutant and the parental strains were introduced orally at the same time. Genomic DNA was extracted from enriched fecal samples collected at various time points, and quantitative real-time PCR was used to quantify bacteria. A significant reduction in fecal shedding was observed, and adherence to HEp-2 cells was decreased for the tir and espA mutants. Deletion of the nleB gene did not have a significant effect on the adherence of HEp-2 cells; however, in an in vivo model, it strongly reduced the ability of STEC 026:H11 to colonize the bovine intestinal tract.
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