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Interaction between Aeromonas veronii and epithelial cells of spotted sand bass ( Paralabrax maculatofasciatus ) in culture
Author(s) -
GuzmanMurillo M.A.,
MerinoContreras M.L.,
Ascencio F.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 1364-5072
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2000.01061.x
Subject(s) - library science , bass (fish) , aeromonas veronii , aeromonas , art , biology , fishery , bacteria , genetics , computer science
An in vitro fish model to study the interaction between Aeromonas veronii and skin, gill and intestinal epithelial cells was developed using primary cultures of mucosal cells (isolated from healthy organisms). Primary cultures were exposed to Aeromonas veronii strain A186 isolated from a patient with severe gastrointestinal disease. Microbial adherence was assessed by a spectrophotometric evaluation of an enzyme‐linked, biotin‐streptavidin Aer. veronii cell‐adhesion assay to confluent monolayers of epithelial cells on 96‐well tissue culture plates. The three primary‐culture cells are susceptible to Aer. veronii attachment, with the greatest binding affinity found in gills, and to a lesser extent, in skin and intestine epithelial cells. Aer. veronii adherence was dependent on bacterial load and incubation time. The effect of glycoconjugates on Aer. veronii adhesion was investigated by pre‐incubating Aer. veronii cells with monosaccharides, sialic acid‐rich glycoproteins and sulphated polysaccharides. In addition, the participation of a 48‐kDa Aer. veronii lectin (MCBP – mucosal constituents binding protein), with affinity for mucosal constituents, was evaluated as a putative adhesion factor of Aer. veronii to the mucosal epithelial cells of spotted sand bass by pre‐incubating bacterial cells with rabbit polyclonal antibodies to Aer. veronii MCBP. Our study shows that primary‐culture fish mucosal cells provide a suitable model for the study of the interactions between Aer. veronii and epithelial cells of the fish mucosa, and to study putative virulence factors of fish pathogens.