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Infection and Immunity, March 2000, p. 1391-1399, Vol. 68, No. 3
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology,1 Microbiology & Immunology,2 and
Pathology,3 The University of Texas
Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1062, and Department of
Pathology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Washington University,
St. Louis, Missouri 631104
Received 11 October 1999/Returned for modification 18 November
1999/Accepted 2 December 1999
Dr-fimbriated Escherichia coli capable of invading
epithelial cells recognizes human decay-accelerating factor (DAF)
as its cellular receptor. The role of extracellular domains and the
glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor of DAF in the process of
internalization of Dr+ E. coli was
characterized in a cell-cell interaction model. Binding of
Dr+ E. coli to the short consensus repeat 3 domain of DAF expressed by Chinese hamster ovary cells was critical for
internalization to occur. Deletion of short consensus repeat 3 domain
or replacement of Ser165 by Leu in this domain, or the use
of a monoclonal antibody to this region abolished internalization.
Replacing the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor of DAF with the
transmembrane anchor of membrane cofactor protein or HLA-B44 resulted
in abolition or reduction of internalization respectively. Cells
expressing glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored DAF but not the
transmembrane-anchored DAF internalized Dr+ E. coli through a glycolipid pathway, since the former cells were
more sensitive to inhibition by methyl-
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Role of Decay-Accelerating Factor Domains and
Anchorage in Internalization of Dr-Fimbriated Escherichia
coli
-cyclodextrin, a sterol-chelating agent. Electron microscopic studies revealed that
the intracellular vacuoles containing the internalized Dr+
E. coli were morphologically distinct between the anchor
variants of DAF. The cells expressing
glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored DAF contained a single
bacterium in tight-fitting vacuoles, while the cells expressing
transmembrane-anchored DAF contained multiple (two or three)
bacteria in spacious phagosomes. This finding suggests that
distinct postendocytic events operate in the cells expressing anchor
variants of DAF. We provide direct evidence for the DAF-mediated internalization of Dr+ E. coli and demonstrate
the significance of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor, which
determines the ability and efficiency of the internalization event.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology and Microbiology and Immunology, 301 University Blvd., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
77555-1062. Phone: (409) 772-7599. Fax: (409) 747-0475. E-mail:
bnowicki{at}utmb.edu.
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