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Flagella promote Escherichia coli K1 association with and invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells.

Abstract：

:Escherichia coli containing the K1 capsule is the leading cause of gram-negative meningitis, but the pathogenesis of this disease is not completely understood. Recent microarray experiments in which we compared the gene expression profile of E. coli K1 associated with human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) to the gene expression profile of E. coli K1 not associated with HBMEC revealed that there was a threefold increase in the expression of the fliI gene, encoding an ATP synthase involved in flagellar synthesis and motility, in HBMEC-associated E. coli. In this study, we examined the role of flagella in E. coli K1 association with and invasion of HBMEC by constructing isogenic DeltaflhDC, DeltafliI, DeltafliC, and DeltacheW mutants that represented each class of flagellar genes. Mutations that affected the flagellum structure and flagellum formation (DeltaflhDC, DeltafliI, and DeltafliC) resulted in significant defects in motility, as well as in HBMEC association and invasion, compared to the characteristics of the wild-type strain when preparations were examined with or without centrifugation. Transcomplementation with the corresponding genes restored the levels of these mutants to the levels of the parent strain. These findings suggest that the HBMEC association and invasion defects of the mutants are most likely related to flagella and less likely due to their motility defects. This conclusion was supported by our demonstration that the cheW mutant was not motile but was able to associate with and invade HBMEC. In addition, purified recombinant flagellin reduced the association of the wild-type strain with HBMEC by approximately 40%, while it had no effect on the fliC mutant's association with HBMEC. Together, these findings indicate that flagella promote E. coli K1 binding to HBMEC.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Parthasarathy G,Yao Y,Kim KS

doi

10.1128/IAI.01543-06

subject

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pub_date

2007-06-01 00:00:00

pages

2937-45

issue

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

pii

IAI.01543-06

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Flagella promote Escherichia coli K1 association with and invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells.