Bacteroides fragilis toxin exhibits polar activity on monolayers of human intestinal epithelial cells (T84 cells) in vitro.

Abstract:

:Strains of Bacteroides fragilis associated with diarrhea in children (termed enterotoxigenic B. fragilis, or ETBF) produce a heat-labile ca. 20-kDa protein toxin (BFT). The purpose of this study was to examine the activity of BFT on polarized monolayers of human intestinal epithelial cells (T84 cells). In Ussing chambers, BFT had two effects. First, BFT applied to either the apical or basolateral surfaces of T84 monolayers diminished monolayer resistance. However, the time course, magnitude, and concentration dependency differed when BFT was applied to the apical versus basolateral membranes. Second, only basolateral BFT stimulated a concentration-dependent and short-lived increase in short circuit current (Isc; indicative of C1- secretion). Time course experiments indicated that Isc returned to baseline as resistance continued to decrease, indicating that these two electrophysiologic responses to BFT are distinct. Light microscopic studies of BFT-treated monolayers revealed only localized cellular changes after apical BFT, whereas basolateral BFT rapidly altered the morphology of nearly every cell in the monolayer. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy after basolateral BFT confirmed a striking loss of cellular microvilli and complete dissolution of some tight junctions (zonula occludens) and zonula adherens without loss of desmosomes. The F-actin structure of BFT-treated monolayers (stained with rhodamine-phalloidin) revealed diminished and flocculated staining at the apical tight junctional ring and thickening of F-actin microfilaments in focal contacts at the basolateral monolayer surface compared to those in similarly stained control monolayers. BFT did not injure T84 monolayers, as assessed by lactic dehydrogenase release and protein synthesis assays. These studies indicate that BFT is a nonlethal toxin which acts in a polar manner on T84 monolayers to stimulate C1- secretion and to diminish monolayer resistance by altering the apical F-actin structure of these cells. BFT may contribute to diarrheal disease associated with ETBF infection by altering epithelial barrier function and stimulating C1- secretion.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Chambers FG,Koshy SS,Saidi RF,Clark DP,Moore RD,Sears CL

doi

10.1128/IAI.65.9.3561-3570.1997

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-09-01 00:00:00

pages

3561-70

issue

9

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

65

pub_type

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