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Environmental Microbiology | 2011

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli gains a competitive advantage by using ethanolamine as a nitrogen source in the bovine intestinal content

Yolande Bertin; Jean-Pierre Girardeau; Frédérique Chaucheyras-Durand; Bernard Lyan; Estelle Pujos-Guillot; Josée Harel; Christine Martin

The bovine gastrointestinal tract is the main reservoir for enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) responsible for food-borne infections. Characterization of nutrients that promote the carriage of these pathogens by the ruminant would help to develop ecological strategies to reduce their survival in the bovine gastrointestinal tract. In this study, we show for the first time that free ethanolamine (EA) constitutes a nitrogen source for the O157:H7 EHEC strain EDL933 in the bovine intestinal content because of induction of the eut (ethanolamine utilization) gene cluster. In contrast, the eut gene cluster is absent in the genome of most species constituting the mammalian gut microbiota. Furthermore, the eutB gene (encoding a subunit of the enzyme that catalyses the release of ammonia from EA) is poorly expressed in non-pathogenic E. coli. Accordingly, EA is consumed by EHEC but is poorly metabolized by endogenous microbiota of the bovine small intestine, including commensal E. coli. Interestingly, the capacity to utilize EA as a nitrogen source confers a growth advantage to E. coli O157:H7 when the bacteria enter the stationary growth phase. These data demonstrate that EHEC strains take advantage of a nitrogen source that is not consumed by the resident microbiota, and suggest that EA represents an ecological niche favouring EHEC persistence in the bovine intestine.


British Journal of Nutrition | 2002

Increased phagocytosis and production of reactive oxygen species by neutrophils during magnesium deficiency in rats and inhibition by high magnesium concentration.

Françoise I. Bussière; Elyett Gueux; Edmond Rock; Jean-Pierre Girardeau; Arlette Tridon; Andrzej Mazur; Yves Rayssiguier

Recent studies underline the importance of the immunoinflammatory processes in the pathology of Mg deficiency. Neutrophils possess a superoxide anion-generating NADPH oxidase and its inappropriate activation may result in tissue damage. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of experimental Mg deficiency in the rat on polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) activity and the role of increasing extracellular Mg. Weaning male Wistar rats were fed either a Mg-deficient or a control diet for 8 d. In Mg-deficient rats, the characteristic inflammatory response was accompanied by a marked increase in the number of PMN. Higher plasma interleukin 6 and NO concentrations and increased lipid peroxidation in the heart were found in Mg-deficient rats as compared with control rats. As shown by chemiluminescence studies, basal neutrophil activity from Mg-deficient rats was significantly elevated when compared with neutrophils from control rats. Moreover, the chemiluminescence of PMN from Mg-deficient rats was significantly higher than that of control rats following phorbol myristate acetate or opsonized zymosan activation. PMN from Mg-deficient rats also showed an increased activity of phagocytosis in comparison with neutrophils from control animals. Increasing extracellular Mg concentration in the incubating medium of PMN (0.8 v. 8.0 mM) decreased the chemiluminescence activity of PMN from control rats following opsonized zymosan activation. Chemiluminescence activities of PMN from Mg-deficient rats following phorbol myristate acetate or opsonized zymosan challenge were also decreased by high extracellular Mg concentration. From this work, it appears that PMN activation is an early consequence of Mg deficiency and that high extracellular Mg concentration inhibits free radicals generation.


Microbiology | 2008

Differential expression of stx2 variants in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli belonging to seropathotypes A and C.

Thibaut de Sablet; Yolande Bertin; Marjolaine Vareille; Jean-Pierre Girardeau; Annie Garrivier; Alain P. Gobert; Christine Martin

Only a subset of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are human pathogens, but the characteristics that account for differences in pathogenicity are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the distribution of the stx variants coding for Stx2 and its variants in highly virulent STEC of seropathotype A and low-pathogenic STEC of seropathotype C. We analysed and compared transcription of the corresponding genes, production of Shiga toxins, and stx-phage release in basal as well as in induced conditions. We found that the stx(2) variant was mainly associated with strains of seropathotype A, whereas most of the strains of seropathotype C possessed the stx(2-vhb) variant, which was frequently associated with stx(2), stx(2-vha) or stx(2c). Levels of stx(2) and stx(2)-related mRNA were higher in strains belonging to seropathotype A and in those strains of seropathotype C that express the stx(2) variant than in the remaining strains of seropathotype C. The stx(2-vhb) genes were the least expressed, in basal as well as in induced conditions, and in many cases did not seem to be carried by an inducible prophage. A clear correlation was observed between stx mRNA levels and stx-phage DNA in the culture supernatants, suggesting that most stx(2)-related genes are expressed only when they are carried by a phage. In conclusion, some relationship between stx(2)-related gene expression in vitro and the seropathotype of the STEC strains was observed. A higher expression of the stx(2) gene and a higher release of its product, in basal as well as in induced conditions, was observed in pathogenic strains of seropathotype A. A subset of strains of seropathotype C shows the same characteristics and could be a high risk to human health.


British Journal of Nutrition | 2002

Morphological and immune response alterations in the intestinal mucosa of the mouse after short periods on a low-magnesium diet

Wioletta Zimowska; Jean-Pierre Girardeau; J. Kuryszko; Dominique Bayle; Yves Rayssiguier; Andrzej Mazur

The importance of Mg for the immune function is well recognized; however, there is no information available about the effect of Mg intake on the modulation of local immune response in the intestine. Thus, in the present study the hypothesis that short periods of Mg deprivation can affect intestinal mucosa and local immune response was tested. For this purpose, OF1 female mice were fed a semipurified diet (1000 mg Mg/kg diet). For 3 d before immunization and 1 d after, half of the animals were fed a Mg-deficient diet (30 mg Mg/kg diet), three immunizations per os were performed every 3 weeks with Escherichia coli producing the CS31A capsule-like protein (1010 or bacteria per animal). Mice were killed 10 d after the last immunization. The level of specific anti CS31A immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgA in the serum and secretory IgA in the intestinal secretions and faeces were measured by ELISA. The results indicated that administration of a high dose of immunogen with a low-Mg diet led to lower specific IgA levels in the intestinal mucus and serum. Administration of a low dose of immunogen with a low-Mg diet led to lower IgA and IgG levels in the serum and secretory IgA coproantibodies. To assess alterations of intestinal mucosa caused by a low-Mg diet for a short period, histological and scanning electron microscopy analyses were performed on samples from mice (not submitted to the vaccination protocol) after 3 d on the Mg-deficient diet. These analyses showed several alterations, suggesting perturbations in the growth of the intestinal mucosa. These changes were accompanied by modifications in the expression of several genes involved in cell growth and stress response. From this present work, it may be concluded that short periods of Mg deprivation can affect the intestinal mucosa and local immune response of the intestine.


FEBS Letters | 1995

Pilins of fimbrial adhesins of different member species of enterobacteriaceae are structurally similar to the C-terminal half of adhesin proteins

Jean-Pierre Girardeau; Yolande Bertin

The structural relatedness of pilins and the C‐terminal half of adhesin proteins in different member species of Enterobacteriaceae was deduced from their two‐dimensional sequence analysis using the hydrophobic cluster analysis (HCA) and secondary structure predictions from the profile network Hei‐Delberg program (PHD). Despite a large evolutionary distance between the two protein families, we show that pilins and the C‐terminal domain of adhesins have a similar folding that can serve as modules for pilus assembly.


Vaccine | 1997

An Escherichia coli CS31A fibrillum chimera capable of inducing memory antibodies in outbred mice following booster immunization with the entero-pathogenic coronavirus transmissible gastroenteritis virus

Maurice Der Vartanian; Jean-Pierre Girardeau; Christine Martin; Elodie Rousset; Michel Chavarot; Hubert Laude; M. Contrepois

Abstract CS31A fibrillae are thin, flexible, heteropolymeric proteinaceous appendages exposed as a capsule-like material around the cell surface of certain Escherichia coli strains. Two antigenic peptides of the S spike glycoprotein (TGEV-S) amino acids (aa) 363–371 and 521–531 of the transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) were tandemly introduced in the loop-structured, variable region aa 202–218 of the major ClpG subunit protein composing the bulk of CS31A. The resulting hybrid fibrillae with a 25 aa heterologous peptide were produced at the cell surface. Using a monoclonal antibody (Mab) specific for the TGEV epitopes, purified hybrid fibrillae were analysed in Western blotting under native conditions, which showed that the two viral epitopes were recognized immunologically as an integral part of the hybrid fibrillae, and therefore that they were antigenically active. The immunogenicity of the fusion construct was evaluated with live recombinant bacteria, purified hybrid ClpG monomers, and purified chimeric CS31A polymers. Whatever the form of hybrid used as antigen, intraperitoneally immunized outbred mice elicited serum anti-TGEV peptides antibodies (Abs) with significant titres and capable of recognizing native TGEV particles, indicating that the epitopes are exposed in an immunogenic conformation in all cases. However, virus neutralization titres were only obtained after immunization with either purified polymers or monomers. Furthermore, 4 months after an ultimate immunization with 20 μg of hybrid fibrillae mice developed a strong anamnestic Ab response against the two TGEV peptides following booster inoculation with virions. We conclude that CS31A fibrillae carrying a combination of TGEV epitopes as insert can induce an immunological memory in outbred animals infected with TGEV, and therefore that hybrid CS31A fibrillae may prove efficient as components of a subunit vaccine.


Microbes and Infection | 2008

Modulation of chemokine gene expression by Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli belonging to various origins and serotypes

Alain P. Gobert; Alix Coste; Carlos A. Guzmán; Marjolaine Vareille; Thomas Hindré; Thibaut de Sablet; Jean-Pierre Girardeau; Christine Martin

Infection with Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) may result in the development of the haemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), the main cause of acute renal failure in children. While O157:H7 STEC are associated with large outbreaks of HUS, it is difficult to predict whether a non-O157:H7 isolate can be pathogenic for humans. The mucosal innate immune response plays a central role in the pathogenesis of HUS; therefore, we compared the induction of IL-8 and CCL20 in human colon epithelial cells infected with strains belonging to different serotypes, isolated from cattle or from HUS patients. No correlation was observed between strain virulence and chemokine gene expression. Rather, the genetic background of the strains seems to determine the chemokine gene expression profile. Investigating the contribution of different bacterial factors in this process, we show that the type III secretion system of O157:H7 bacteria, but not the intimate adhesion, is required to stimulate the cells. In addition, H7, H10, and H21 flagellins are potent inducers of chemokine gene expression when synthesized in large amount.


Biochimica et Biophysica Acta | 2000

Characterisation of endoglucanases EGB and EGC from Fibrobacter succinogenes.

Christel Béra-Maillet; Véronique Broussolle; Peter Pristas; Jean-Pierre Girardeau; Geneviève Gaudet; Evelyne Forano

The enzymatic properties of two endoglucanases from Fibrobacter succinogenes, EGB and EGC, were analysed. EGB and EGC were purified from recombinant Escherichia coli cultures expressing their gene. The failure of purification of EGB by classical techniques led us to produce antipeptide antibodies that allowed immunopurification of the protein from E. coli as well as its detection in F. succinogenes cultures. Synthetic peptides were selected from the predicted primary structure of EGB, linked to bovine serum albumin and used as immunogens to obtain specific antibodies. One of the polyclonal antipeptide antisera was used to purify EGB. EGC was purified by affinity chromatography with Ni-NTA resin. The endo mode of action of the two enzymes on carboxymethyl-cellulose was different. The values of K(m) and V(max) were respectively 13.6 mg/ml and 46 micromol/min mg protein for EGB, and 7 mg/ml and 110 micromol/min mg protein for EGC. The reactivity of the antipeptide and the anti-EGC sera with F. succinogenes proteins of molecular mass different from that of EGB and EGC produced in E. coli suggested post-translational modification of the two enzymes in F. succinogenes cultures. Expression of endB and endC genes in F. succinogenes was confirmed by RT-PCR.


Veterinary Microbiology | 1998

A study of relationships among F17 a producing enterotoxigenic and non-enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from diarrheic calves

M. Contrepois; Yolande Bertin; Pierre Pohl; Bertrand Picard; Jean-Pierre Girardeau

We investigated the clonal relationships among 41 enterotoxigenic (ETEC) or non-enterotoxigenic (NETEC) Escherichia coli strains producing the F17 a fimbriae isolated from diarrheic calves in France or Belgium in the early 1980s. Twenty-three of the 26 ETEC strains were highly clonally related, most of them with a O101:K32:H9-serotype. The NETEC strains were also divided in clonal subgroups, most of them with O101:H-serotype. The F17 a positive ETEC strains are no longer isolated from diarrheic calves in these countries. It is postulated that the use of a vaccine including O101, K32 and H9 antigens in addition to K99 (F5) explains the strongly reduced isolation of the O101:K32:H9, K99 (F5) E. coli clone.


Infection and Immunity | 1988

CS31A, a new K88-related fimbrial antigen on bovine enterotoxigenic and septicemic Escherichia coli strains.

Jean-Pierre Girardeau; M Der Vartanian; J L Ollier; M. Contrepois

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M. Contrepois

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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Yolande Bertin

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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Christine Martin

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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Christine Martin

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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Henri-Charles Dubourguier

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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Marie-Claire Méchin

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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Philippe Gouet

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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Jean-François Goby

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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Maurice Der Vartanian

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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Andrzej Mazur

Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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