Binding and invasion of HeLa and MRC-5 cells by Streptococcus agalactiae
Autor: | Alexander Kennedy, Sandra E. Shokoples, Gregory J. Tyrrell, Richard Sherburne |
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Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Cytochalasin D Cell Biology Microbiology Bacterial Adhesion Cell Line Streptococcus agalactiae HeLa Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases Gentamicin protection assay medicine Humans Cytoskeleton Actin Aged Aged 80 and over Infant Newborn Infant MRC-5 Fibroblasts Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Actins Fibronectins Cell biology Fibronectin medicine.anatomical_structure Cell culture Microscopy Electron Scanning biology.protein HeLa Cells |
Zdroj: | Microbiology. 148:3921-3931 |
ISSN: | 1465-2080 1350-0872 |
Popis: | The interactions of group B streptococci (GBS) with HeLa cells (an epithelial cell line) and MRC-5 cells (a fibroblastic cell line) were explored. A host-cell invasion assay using GBS strains from all serotypes revealed that GBS invaded HeLa cells to a greater extent than MRC-5 cells. One strain, a serotype V (NCS13), was highly invasive against HeLa cells. All strains were poorly invasive against MRC-5 cells. Further characterization of the binding of NCS13 to HeLa and MRC-5 cell surfaces showed that the lack of recoverable c.f.u. from MRC-5 cells was due to a lack of binding of NCS13 to the MRC-5 cell surface in comparison to HeLa cells. Although fibronectin had been reported to bind to GBS, fibronectin assays showed 2.7-fold more fibronectin on the MRC-5 cell surface in comparison to HeLa cells, suggesting that other extracellular matrix proteins besides fibronectin may be involved in GBS binding. Scanning electron microscopy of NCS13 and HeLa cells over a 6 h time period showed increased numbers of NCS13 on the HeLa cell surface over time until cell death at 6 h. Direct contact of the HeLa cell surface by NCS13 was found to be necessary for cell death to occur. Further scanning electron microscopy studies found that, once GBS are bound to the HeLa cell surface, HeLa cell microvilli entwine the bacteria, which then enter the HeLa cell in a polar fashion. Cytoskeletal actin is involved, as this process is disrupted by cytochalasin D, and recruitment of actin is visible at the site of adherent chains of GBS. Also, the host-cell signalling enzyme, PI 3-kinase, is involved in the GBS internalization process, since the PI 3-kinase inhibitor, wortmannin, inhibited NCS13 invasion of HeLa cells in a dose-dependent manner. |
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