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Infection and Immunity, March 2001, p. 1856-1868, Vol. 69, No. 3
Institut National de la Santé et de la
Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité
510,1 Laboratoire de Biochimie,
EA1595,3 Institut Fédératif
de Recherche, IFR75,2 Faculté de
Pharmacie Paris XI, F-92296 Châtenay-Malabry, and Unité
de Pathogénie Bactérienne des Muqueuses, Institut Pasteur,
Paris,4 France
Received 4 August 2000/Returned for modification 23 October
2000/Accepted 12 December 2000
Afa/Dr diffusely adhering Escherichia coli
strain IH11128 bacteria basolaterally entered polarized epithelial
cells by a CD55- and CD66e-independent mechanism through interaction
with the
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.3.1856-1868.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Polarized Entry of Uropathogenic Afa/Dr Diffusely
Adhering Escherichia coli Strain IH11128 into Human
Epithelial Cells: Evidence for
5
1
Integrin Recognition and Subsequent Internalization through a
Pathway Involving Caveolae and Dynamic Unstable
Microtubules
5
1 integrin and a pathway
involving caveolae and dynamic microtubules (MTs). IH11128 invasion
within HeLa cells was dramatically decreased after the cells were
treated with the cholesterol-extracting drug methyl-
-cyclodextrin or
the caveola-disrupting drug filipin. Disassembly of the dynamically
unstable MT network by the compound 201-F resulted in a total abolition
of IH11128 entry. In apically infected polarized fully differentiated
Caco-2/TC7 cells, no IH11128 entry was observed. The entry of bacteria
into apically IH11128-infected fully differentiated Caco-2/TC7 cells
was greatly enhanced by treating cells with Ca2+-free
medium supplemented with EGTA, a procedure that disrupts intercellular
junctions and thus exposes the basolateral surface to bacteria. Basally
infected fully differentiated polarized Caco-2/TC7 cells grown on
inverted inserts mounted in chamber culture showed a highly significant
level of intracellular IH11128 bacteria compared with cells subjected
to the apical route of infection. No expression of CD55 and CD66e, the
receptors for the Afa/Dr adhesins, was found at the basolateral domains
of these cells. Consistent with the hypothesis that a cell-to-cell
adhesion molecule acts as a receptor for polarized IH11128 entry, an
antibody blockade using anti-
5
1 integrin
polyclonal antibody completely abolished bacterial entry. Experiments
conducted with the laboratory strain E. coli K-12 EC901
carrying the recombinant plasmid pBJN406, which expresses Dr
hemagglutinin, demonstrated that the dra operon is involved in polarized entry of IH11128 bacteria. Examined as a function of cell
differentiation, the number of internalized bacteria decreased dramatically beyond cell confluency. Surviving intracellular IH11128 bacteria residing intracellularly had no effect on the functional differentiation of Caco-2/TC7 cells.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité 510 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie Paris XI, F-92296
Châtenay-Malabry, France. Phone and fax: 33.1.46.83.56.61. E-mail: alain.servin{at}cep.u-psud.fr.
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