Ocorrência e caracterização de eventos de invasão de linhagens celulares cultivadas in vitro por amostras de Escherichia coli enteropatogênica (EPEC) atípica

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Yamamoto, Denise [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Escherichia coli; EPEC atípica; Intimina; Invasão; Diarréia; Escherichia coli Enteropatogênica; Enteropathogenic escherichia coli; Invasion; Diarrhea
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9879

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) produce attaching/effacing (A/E) lesions on eukaryotic cells mediated by the outer membrane adhesin Intimin. EPEC are subgrouped into typical (tEPEC) and atypical (aEPEC). We have recently demonstrated that aEPEC strain 1551-2 (serotype O non-typable, non-motile) invades HeLa cells by a process dependent on the expression of intimin subtype omicron. In this study, we evaluated whether aEPEC strains expressing other intimin subtypes are also invasive using the quantitative gentamicin protection assay. We also evaluated whether aEPEC invade intestinal differentiated T84 cells. Five of six strains invaded HeLa and T84 cells in a range of 13.3%-20.9% and 5.8%-17.8%, respectively, of the total cellassociated bacteria. The strains studied were significantly more invasive than prototype tEPEC strain E2348/69 (1.4% and 0.5% in HeLa and T84 cells, respectively). aEPEC strain 1551-2 was also tested in differentiated Caco-2 cells, resulting in an invasion index similar to that obtained in T84 cells (7.5%±1.7%). This strain was also significantly more invasive than prototype tEPEC strain E2348/69 (1.8%±0.6%). Invasiveness of T84 cells was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. We also showed that invasion of HeLa cells by aEPEC 1551-2 depended on actin filaments, but not on microtubules. In addition, infection of non-differentiated monolayers and disruption of tight junctions enhanced its invasion efficiency in T84 cells, suggesting preferential invasion via a non-differentiated surface. In summary, aEPEC strains may invade intestinal cells in vitro with varying efficiencies and independently of the intimin subtype.