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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.9.2017.tde-24012017-170752
Document
Author
Full name
Sarita Schneider Rossato
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2009
Supervisor
Committee
Piazza, Roxane Maria Fontes (President)
Amaral, Tania Aparecida Tardelli Gomes do
Santelli, Glaucia Maria Machado
Title in Portuguese
Caracterização da adesão de Escherichia coli enteropatogênica atípica do sorotipo O26:H11 a componentes de matriz extracelular
Keywords in Portuguese
Adesinas
Componentes de matriz extracelular
Diarréia
EPEC atípica
Escherichia coli
Matriz extracelular (Componentes)
Abstract in Portuguese
Cepas de Escherichia coli enteropatogênica (EPEC) estão entre os patógenos mais freqüentemente envolvidos em casos de diarréia. Este patotipo é subdividido em EPEC típicas e atípicas, sendo que as típicas possuem o gene eae (EPEC attaching and effacing) e o plasmídeo EAF (EPEC adherence fator), e as atípicas albergam somente o gene eae. A principal característica de sua patogênese é a formação de uma lesão histopatológica no epitélio intestinal denominada attaching and effacing (A/E), que resulta da adesão íntima da bactéria ao enterócito. A adesão é uma etapa crítica na patogênese bacteriana, sendo o primeiro pré-requisito para que as E. coli colonizem com sucesso a mucosa do hospedeiro. A ligação da bactéria a um ou mais componentes teciduais da matriz extracelular como colágeno I e IV, laminina, fibronectinas celular e plasmática são indícios de que essas moléculas estão sendo usadas como substrato de adesão e colonização do hospedeiro pela bactéria patogênica. Adesinas com capacidade de interagir com componentes da matriz extracelular já foram identificadas em bactérias patogênicas, no entanto, ainda não foi caracterizada nenhuma proteína de EPEC atípica com essa capacidade de adesão. Essa propriedade foi evidenciada em um isolado de EPEC atípica durante pesquisas em nosso laboratório e neste trabalho visamos identificar e caracterizar a(s) proteína(s) envolvida(s) nesta habilidade adesiva. As proteínas possivelmente envolvidas apresentam massas moleculares relativas de 107, 44 e 35 kDa e a pré-incubação do isolado 2103 com componentes de matriz extracelular provoca uma variação no seu padrão de adesão e influencia o número de bactérias aderidas a células epiteliais. No entanto, como esse patotipo é muito heterogêneo essa característica não pode ser extrapolada para todos os isolados dessa categoria.
Title in English
Characterization of adhesion atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli of the O26: H11 serotype to extracellular matrix components
Keywords in English
Adhesins
Atypical EPEC
Diarrhea
Escherichia coli
Extracellular matrix components
Abstract in English
Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) has been a leading cause of childhood diarrhea in developing countries. The main mechanism of atypical EPEC pathogenesis is a lesion called attaching and effacing (A/E), which is characterized by intimate adherence of the bacteria to the intestinal epithelium and destruction of microvillus. Nevertheless, it represents a heterogeneous group and other virulence factors may be involved in atypical EPEC pathogenesis. Previously, we have identified one isolate of atypical EPEC, serotype O26:H11, which secretes proteins that interact with ECM macromolecules. The interactions between pathogenic bacteria and ECM molecules such as fibronectin, laminin and collagen may play an important role in the bacterium adherence to and invasion of host cells. Adhesion is critical for successful E. coli colonization of gastrointestinal tract and is mediated by adhesins. The aim of this study is to identify and characterize putative adhesins that may contribute to the binding of the isolate of atypical EPEC to extracellular matrix components. The supernatant of the atypical EPEC isolate was submitted to a solid phase binding assay with matrigel (a mouse basement membrane composed mainly of laminin, collagen IV and fibronectin), the adhered proteins were stripped from the wells, separated by SDS-PAGE, transferred to nitrocellulose membranes and submitted to immunoblotting assay. Three major proteins of apparent molecular weights of 107, 44 e 35 kDa were recognized by the anti-proteins polyclonal serum (produced in rabbit immunized with the isolate's supernatant) through immunoblotting assay. Besides, we observed that in the presence of ECM components the isolate clearly changes its adherence pattern of the isolate to HEp-2 cells, and the number of adhered bacteria to epithelial cells. The atypical EPEC do not share a unique pattern of virulence, suggesting that many virulence factors may contribute to the pathogenesis. The identification of proteins involved in the adhesion with extracellular matrix components in one isolate of this category of diarrheagenic E. coli confirms the heterogeneity among the atypical EPEC.
 
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2017-01-26
 
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