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Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle
Escherichia coli O157:H7 (O157) is noninvasive and a weak biofilm producer; however, a subset of O157 are exceptions. O157 ATCC 43895 forms biofilms and invades epithelial cells. Tn5 mutagenesis identified a mutation responsible for both phenotypes. The insertion mapped within the curli csgB fimbria...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7232329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32316415 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8040580 |
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author | Sheng, Haiqing Xue, Yansong Zhao, Wei Hovde, Carolyn J. Minnich, Scott A. |
author_facet | Sheng, Haiqing Xue, Yansong Zhao, Wei Hovde, Carolyn J. Minnich, Scott A. |
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description | Escherichia coli O157:H7 (O157) is noninvasive and a weak biofilm producer; however, a subset of O157 are exceptions. O157 ATCC 43895 forms biofilms and invades epithelial cells. Tn5 mutagenesis identified a mutation responsible for both phenotypes. The insertion mapped within the curli csgB fimbriae locus. Screening of O157 strains for biofilm formation and cell invasion identified a bovine and a clinical isolate with those characteristics. A single base pair A to T transversion, intergenic to the curli divergent operons csgDEFG and csgBAC, was present only in biofilm-producing and invasive strains. Using site-directed mutagenesis, this single base change was introduced into two curli-negative/noninvasive O157 strains and modified strains to form biofilms, produce curli, and gain invasive capability. Transmission electron microscopy (EM) and immuno-EM confirmed curli fibers. EM of bovine epithelial cells (MAC-T) co-cultured with curli-expressing O157 showed intracellular bacteria. The role of curli in O157 persistence in cattle was examined by challenging cattle with curli-positive and -negative O157 and comparing carriage. The duration of bovine colonization with the O157 curli-negative mutant was shorter than its curli-positive isogenic parent. These findings definitively demonstrate that a single base pair stably confers biofilm formation, epithelial cell invasion, and persistence in cattle. |
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spelling | pubmed-72323292020-05-22 Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle Sheng, Haiqing Xue, Yansong Zhao, Wei Hovde, Carolyn J. Minnich, Scott A. Microorganisms Article Escherichia coli O157:H7 (O157) is noninvasive and a weak biofilm producer; however, a subset of O157 are exceptions. O157 ATCC 43895 forms biofilms and invades epithelial cells. Tn5 mutagenesis identified a mutation responsible for both phenotypes. The insertion mapped within the curli csgB fimbriae locus. Screening of O157 strains for biofilm formation and cell invasion identified a bovine and a clinical isolate with those characteristics. A single base pair A to T transversion, intergenic to the curli divergent operons csgDEFG and csgBAC, was present only in biofilm-producing and invasive strains. Using site-directed mutagenesis, this single base change was introduced into two curli-negative/noninvasive O157 strains and modified strains to form biofilms, produce curli, and gain invasive capability. Transmission electron microscopy (EM) and immuno-EM confirmed curli fibers. EM of bovine epithelial cells (MAC-T) co-cultured with curli-expressing O157 showed intracellular bacteria. The role of curli in O157 persistence in cattle was examined by challenging cattle with curli-positive and -negative O157 and comparing carriage. The duration of bovine colonization with the O157 curli-negative mutant was shorter than its curli-positive isogenic parent. These findings definitively demonstrate that a single base pair stably confers biofilm formation, epithelial cell invasion, and persistence in cattle. MDPI 2020-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7232329/ /pubmed/32316415 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8040580 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sheng, Haiqing Xue, Yansong Zhao, Wei Hovde, Carolyn J. Minnich, Scott A. Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle |
title | Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle |
title_full | Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle |
title_fullStr | Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle |
title_full_unstemmed | Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle |
title_short | Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle |
title_sort | escherichia coli o157:h7 curli fimbriae promotes biofilm formation, epithelial cell invasion, and persistence in cattle |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7232329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32316415 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8040580 |
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