INVESTIGATION OF ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157-H7 ADHERENCE CHARACTERISTICS AND INVASION POTENTIAL REVEALS A NEW ATTACHMENT PATTERN SHARED BY INTESTINAL ESCHERICHIA-COLI

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作者
MCKEE, ML [1 ]
OBRIEN, AD [1 ]
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[1] UNIFORMED SERV UNIV HLTH SCI,F EDWARD HEBERT SCH MED,DEPT IMMUNOL & MICROBIOL,BETHESDA,MD 20814
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10.1128/IAI.63.5.2070-2074.1995
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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In this study, the interactions of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157 strains with human ileocecal (HCT-8) epithelial cells and HEp-2 cells were examined. EHEC adhered to, but did not invade, HCT-8 cells by the localized adherence mechanism and a heretofore unrecognized pattern which we called log jam. The log jam formation was (i) not observed on HEp-2 cells, (ii) independent of the EHEC eaeA gene required for localized adherence, and (iii) shared by pathogenic and nonpathogenic E. coli strains but not K-12 strains. The log jam phenotype may represent a basal means by which E. coli bacteria attach to the human intestine.
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