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Studies on Adherence and Outer Membrane Protein of Enteropathogenic Escherichiai coli 0127: H6 and Their Related Plasmids
Author(s) -
And SHIXIAO WU,
PENG RUOQI
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1991.tb11777.x
Subject(s) - plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , diarrhea , enteropathogenic escherichia coli , escherichia coli , vero cell , virulence , virology , outbreak , hela , medicine , biology , gene , in vitro , virus , genetics
. The following characteristics were found in 20 epidemic strains of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) 0127: H6 isolated from an outbreak of neonatal diarrhea: 1) Absent Vero toxin production; 2) No potential for invasiveness; 3) Possession of 1.5 and 60 Md plasmid identical restriction digest and outer membrane protein (OMP) patterns; 4) Ability of localized adherence to HEp‐2, HeLa and FL cells; 5) Capability to cause diarrhea in rabbits with destruction of the ileal microvilli at the areas of bacterial adherence. After elimination of the 60 Md plasmid from EPEC 0127: H6 the 45 and 82 Kd OMPs of the parent strain were lost. These plasmid‐cured strains became non‐adherent to HEp‐2, HeLa and FL cells, and unable to cause diarrhea in rabbits. These results suggest that the pathogenic mechanism of EPEC 0127: H6 induced diarrhea may be related to the genes on a 60 Md plasmid expressed as 45 and 82 Kd OMPs which cause localized adherence to epithelial cells and destruction of ileal microvilli. This damage leads to a marked reduction in absorptive surface area, resulting in diarrhea.