Intracellular viability of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains in HEp-2 cells.

Abstract:

:Corynebacterium diphtheriae, generally considered an extracellular coloniser, was evaluated for its ability to enter and survive within HEp-2 monolayers by gentamicin protection assay. Intracellular viability of HC01 strain, isolated from endocarditis, was more expressive (2.59%) than observed in 241 (0.21%) and CDC-E8392 (1.93%) strains. Electron microscopy of C. diphtheriae-infected HEp-2 cells revealed intracellular bacteria inside membrane-bound vacuoles. Bacterial internalisation was totally inhibited by 5 microM cytochalasin E and significantly inhibited by 100 microM genistein (P<0.05). Therefore, C. diphtheriae presents the ability to survive within cultured epithelial cells and signalling cascade as well as actin polymerisation are required for entry of diphtheria bacilli into HEp-2 cells.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Hirata R,Napoleão F,Monteiro-Leal LH,Andrade AF,Nagao PE,Formiga LC,Fonseca LS,Mattos-Guaraldi AL

doi

10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11379.x

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-09-24 00:00:00

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115-9

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1

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0378-1097

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1574-6968

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S0378109702009308

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215

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