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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Marie-Helene Ruchaud, Professor Brendan KennyORCiD
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) infection of the human small intestine induces severe watery diarrhoea linked to a rather weak inflammatory response despite EPEC's in vivo capacity to disrupt epithelial barrier function. Here, we demonstrate that EPEC flagellin triggers the secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin (IL)-8, from small (Caco-2) and large (T84) intestinal epithelia model systems. Interestingly, IL-8 secretion required basolateral infection of T84 cells implying that flagellin must penetrate the epithelial barrier. In contrast, apical infection of Caco-2 cells induced IL-8 secretion but less potently than basolateral infections. Importantly, infection of Caco-2, but not T84 cells rapidly inhibited IL-8 secretion by a mechanism dependent on the delivery of effectors through a translocation system encoded on the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE). Moreover, EPEC prevents the phosphorylation-associated activation of multiple kinase pathways regulating IL-8 gene transcription by a mechanism apparently independent of LEE-encoded effectors and four non-LEE-encoded effectors. Crucially, our studies reveal that EPEC inhibits the capacity of the cells to secrete IL-8 in response to bacterial antigens and inflammatory cytokines prior to disrupting barrier function by a distinct mechanism. Thus, these findings also lend themselves to a plausible mechanism to explain the absence of a strong inflammatory response in EPEC-infected humans.
Author(s): Ruchaud-Sparagano MH, Maresca M, Kenny B
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Cellular Microbiology
Year: 2007
Volume: 9
Issue: 8
Pages: 1909-1921
ISSN (print): 1462-5814
ISSN (electronic): 1462-5822
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00923.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00923.x
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