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Microbiology | 1999

Fimbriae- and flagella-mediated association with and invasion of cultured epithelial cells by Salmonella enteritidis

Michael Dibb-Fuller; Emma Allen-Vercoe; C. J. Thorns; Martin J. Woodward

Salmonella enteritidis expresses flagella and several finely regulated fimbriae, including SEF14, SEF17 and SEF21 (type 1). A panel of mutants was prepared in three strains of S. enteritidis to elucidate the role of these surface appendages in the association with and invasion of cultured epithelial cells. In all assays, the naturally occurring regulatory-defective strain 27655R associated with tissue culture cells significantly more than wild-type progenitor strains LA5 and S1400/94. Compared with wild-type strains, SEF14 mutants had no effect on association and invasion, whereas SEF17, SEF21 and aflagellate mutants showed significant reductions in both processes. Histological examination suggested a role for SEF17 in localized, aggregative adherence, which could be specifically blocked by anti-SEF17 sera and purified SEF17 fimbriae. SEF21-mediated association was neutralized by mannose and a specific monoclonal antibody, although to observe enhanced association it was necessary for the bacteria to be in fimbriate phase prior to infection. Additionally, aflagellate mutants associated and invaded less than motile bacteria. This study demonstrated the potential for multifactorial association and invasion of epithelial cells which involved SEF17 and SEF21 fimbriae, and flagella-mediated motility.


Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2001

An in-vitro model for studying the interaction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and other enteropathogens with bovine primary cell cultures.

Michael Dibb-Fuller; A. Best; Stagg Da; W. A. Cooley; Martin J. Woodward

Sections of kidney, trachea, ileum, colon, rectum and rumen were removed at post mortem from a neonatal calf and, with the exception of the rumen, primary cell lines were established for each of the cell types. The adherence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) serotype O157:H7, enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) serotype O111, E. coli K12 (a laboratory adapted non-pathogenic strain) and Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium was assayed on each cell type. For all adherence assays on all cell lines, EHEC O157:H7 adhered to a significantly greater extent than the other bacteria. S. Typhimurium and EPEC O111 adhered to a similar extent to one another, whereas E. coli K12 was significantly less adherent by 100-fold. In all cell types, >10% of adherent S. Typhimurium bacteria invaded, whereas c. 0.01-0.1% of adherent EHEC O157:H7 and EPEC O111 bacteria invaded, although they are regarded as non-invasive. EHEC O157 generated actin re-arrangements in all cell types as demonstrated by fluorescent actin staining (FAS) under densely packed bacterial micro-colonies. EPEC O111 readily generated the localised adherent phenotype on bovine cells but generated only densely packed micro-colonies on HEp-2 cells. The intensity of actin re-arrangements induced in bovine cells by EPEC O111 was less than that induced by EHEC O157:H7. The intimate attachment on all cell types by both EHEC O157:H7 and EPEC O111 was clearly demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy.


Avian Pathology | 2000

Contribution of fimbriae and flagella of Salmonella enteritidis to colonization and invasion of chicks.

Michael Dibb-Fuller; Martin J. Woodward

Isogenic mutants of Salmonella enteritidis defective for the elaboration of fimbrial types SEF14, SEF17, SEF21 and flagella were used to study the contribution these organelles made to colonization, invasion and lateral transfer in young chicks. The caecum, liver and spleen were colonized within 24 h following oral inoculation of 1-day-old chicks with 105 wild-type S. enteritidis strain LA5. However, for some mutants, the numbers of organisms recovered from internal organs was reduced significantly, particularly at 24h post-inoculum, which supported the hypothesis that the organelles contribute to invasion and dissemination to internal organs. Specifically, mutations affecting SEF17, SEF21 and flagella contributed to a delay in colonization of the spleen, and those affecting SEF21 and flagella delayed colonization of the liver. Lower numbers of bacteria were recovered from the caecum with mutants deficient in elaboration of SEF21. Sentinel birds were colonized by LA5 or EAV40 (14s-, 17-, 21-, fla-) directly from the environment within 2 days, although a consistent slight delay was observed with the multiple mutant. Overall, our data suggest a collective role for SEF17, SEF21 and flagella, but not SEF14, in the early stages of colonization and invasion of young chicks by S. enteritidis, but these surface appendages appear unnecessary for colonization of birds from their immediate environment.


Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2002

Production of attaching-effacing lesions in ligated large intestine loops of 6-month-old sheep by Escherichia coli O157:H7

Andrew Wales; F. A. Clifton-Hadley; Adrian L. Cookson; Michael Dibb-Fuller; Roberto M. Laragione; G. R. Pearson; Martin J. Woodward

Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 (STEC O157:H7) is associated with potentially fatal human disease, and a persistent reservoir of the organism is present in some farm animal species, especially cattle and sheep. The mechanisms of persistent colonisation of the ruminant intestine by STEC O157:H7 are poorly understood but may be associated with intimate adherence to eukaryotic cells. Intimate adherence, as evidenced by induction of attaching-effacing (AE) lesions by STEC O157, has been observed in 6-day-old conventional lambs after deliberate oral infection but not in older animals. Thus, the present study used a ligated intestinal loop technique to investigate whether STEC O157:H7 and other attaching-effacing E. coli may adhere intimately to the sheep large intestinal mucosa. To do this, four STEC O157:H7 strains, one STEC O26:K60:H11 and one Shiga toxin-negative E. coli O157:H7 strain, suspended in either phosphate-buffered saline or Dulbeccos modified Eagles medium, were inoculated into ligated spiral colon loops of each of two lambs. The loops were removed 6 h after inoculation, fixed and examined by light and electron microscopy. AE lesions on the intestinal mucosa were produced by all the inoculated strains. However, the lesions were sparse and small, typically comprising bacterial cells intimately adhered to a single enterocyte, or a few adjacent enterocytes. There was little correlation between the extent of intimate adherence in this model and the bacterial cell density, pre-inoculation growth conditions of the bacteria or the strain tested.


Veterinary Record | 2001

Experimental infection of six-month-old sheep with Escherichia coli O157:H7

A. D. Wales; F. A. Clifton-Hadley; Adrian L. Cookson; Michael Dibb-Fuller; R. M. La Ragione; Katherine A. Sprigings; G. R. Pearson; Martin J. Woodward

ENTEROHAEMORRHAGIC Escherichia coli (EHEC) serotype 0157:H7 infection in humans is potentially fatal in the very young and the elderly, and major incidents worldwide have been well documented (Smith and Scotland 1993, Boyce and others 1995, Swinbanks 1996). A distinctive gastrointestinal illness of severe blood diarrhoea (haemorrhagic colitis) typically without fever (Riley and others 1983), may be followed by acute renal failure, thrombocytopenia and microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia (haemorrhagic uraemic syndrome) (Karmali and others 1983). Molecular pathogenesis studies have demonstrated roles in the disease process for toxins, an enterohaemolysin, the intimin adherence factor and possibly the pO157 plasmid and lipopolysaccharide (Nataro and Kaper 1998). EHEC 0157:H7 is present in the faecal flora of cattle and sheep (Griffin and Tauxe 1991). Cattle may be readily infected both naturally and experimentally, exhibiting mild transient diarrhoea in calves and an asymptomatic transient carrier status in older animals (Cray and Moon 1995, Brown and others 1997, Woodward and others 1999, Wray and oth-


Letters in Applied Microbiology | 1997

Expression of SEF17 fimbriae by Salmonella enteritidis.

Michael Dibb-Fuller; Emma Allen-Vercoe; Martin J. Woodward; C. J. Thorns

M. DIBB‐FULLER, E. ALLEN‐VERCOE, M. J. WOODWARD AND C. J. THORNS. 1997. Specific immunological reagents were used to investigate the expression of SEF17 fimbriae by cultured strains of Salmonella enteritidis. Most strains of Salm. enteritidis tested expressed SEF17 when cultured at temperatures of 18–30°C. However, two wild‐type strains produced SEF17 when also grown at 37 °C and 42 °C. Colonization factor antigen agar was the optimum medium for SEF17 expression, whereas Drigalski and Sensitest agars poorly supported SEF17 production. Very fine fimbriae produced by a strain of Salm. typhimurium were specifically and strongly labelled by SEF17 monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, indicating considerable antigenic conservation between the two. Curli fimbriae from Escherichia coli were similarly labelled. The production of these fimbriae corellated with the binding of fibronectin by the organism. Congo red binding by cultured bacteria was not a reliable criterion for the expression of SEF17 fimbriae.


Journal of Medical Microbiology | 1999

Effect of pH, temperature and surface contact on the elaboration of fimbriae and flagella by Salmonella serotype Enteritidis.

Sam L. Walker; Marcjanna Sojka; Michael Dibb-Fuller; Martin J. Woodward


Veterinary Microbiology | 1996

Characterisation of monoclonal antibodies specific to SEF 21 fimbriae of Salmonella enteritidis and their reactivity with other Salmonellae and Enterobacteria

Marcjanna G. Sojka; Michael Dibb-Fuller; Christopher J. Thorns


Research in Veterinary Science | 2002

57. Naturally occurring attaching-effacingEscherichia coli lesions in sheep

A. D. Wales; G. R. Pearson; A. Best; F. A. Clifton-Hadley; Adrian L. Cookson; Michael Dibb-Fuller; Christine M. Hayes; R. L. Laragione; John M. Roe; Martin J. Woodward


Research in Veterinary Science | 2002

57. Naturally occurring attaching-effacing Escherichia coli lesions in sheep

Andrew Wales; G. R. Pearson; Angus I. Best; F. A. Clifton-Hadley; Adrian L. Cookson; Michael Dibb-Fuller; Christine M. Hayes; R. L. Laragione; John M. Roe; Martin J. Woodward

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Adrian L. Cookson

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F. A. Clifton-Hadley

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A. Best

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Andrew Wales

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Emma Allen-Vercoe

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