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Infection and Immunity, February 2007, p. 886-891, Vol. 75, No. 2
0019-9567/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.01215-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Differential Abilities of Capsulated and Noncapsulated Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Diverse agr Groups To Invade Mammary Epithelial Cells{triangledown}

Fernanda R. Buzzola,1 Lucía P. Alvarez,1 Lorena P. N. Tuchscherr,1 María S. Barbagelata,1 Santiago M. Lattar,1 Luis Calvinho,2 and Daniel O. Sordelli1*

Departamento de Microbiología, Parasitología e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1121ABG Buenos Aires, Argentina,1 Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, INTA, CP2300 Santa Fe, Argentina2

Received 1 August 2006/ Returned for modification 11 October 2006/ Accepted 20 November 2006

Staphylococcus aureus is the bacterium most frequently isolated from milk of bovines with mastitis. Four allelic groups, which interfere with the regulatory activities among the different groups, have been identified in the accessory gene regulator (agr) system. The aim of this study was to ascertain the prevalence of the different agr groups in capsulated and noncapsulated S. aureus bacteria isolated from mastitic bovines in Argentina and whether a given agr group was associated with MAC-T cell invasion and in vivo persistence. Eighty-eight percent of the bovine S. aureus strains were classified in agr group I. The remainder belonged in agr groups II, III, and IV (2, 8, and 2%, respectively). By restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis after PCR amplification of the agr locus variable region, six agr restriction types were identified. All agr group I strains presented a unique allele (A/1), whereas strains from groups II, III, and IV exhibited more diversity. Bovine S. aureus strains defined as being in agr group I (capsulated or noncapsulated) showed significantly increased abilities to be internalized within MAC-T cells, compared with isolates from agr groups II, III, and IV. agr group II or IV S. aureus strains were cleared more efficiently than agr group I strains from the murine mammary gland. The results suggest that agr group I S. aureus strains are more efficiently internalized within epithelial cells and can persist in higher numbers in mammary gland tissue than S. aureus strains classified in agr group II, III, or IV.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departamento de Microbiología, Parasitología e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155 p12, C1121ABG Buenos Aires, Argentina. Phone: (5411) 5950 9500, ext. 2180. Fax: (5411) 4964 2554. E-mail: sordelli{at}fmed.uba.ar.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 4 December 2006.

Editor: V. J. DiRita

Infection and Immunity, February 2007, p. 886-891, Vol. 75, No. 2
0019-9567/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.01215-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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