Ultrastructural study of Listeria monocytogenes entry into cultured human colonic epithelial cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Karunasagar, I

RESUMO

Evidence that Listeria monocytogenes enters Caco-2 cells through the apical surface is presented. Attachment of bacteria to host cells seems to induce modifications of microvilli which are either in direct contact with the bacterial surface or in close vicinity, resulting in the formation of lamellipodia involved in the cellular uptake of the bacteria. Such modifications are not induced by L. monocytogenes SLCC 53, which carries a deletion in the prfA gene, although attachment of this mutant to Caco-2 cells occurs. Listeria innocua does not attach well to Caco-2 cells and also fails to cause structural alterations of the microvilli. Treatment of confluent monolayers of Caco-2 cells with ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)- N,N,N1,N1-tetraacetic acid (EGTA), which disrupts intercellular junctions, greatly reduced the uptake of Listeria cells. Attachment and invasion of L. monocytogenes was not accompanied by accumulation of filamentous actin around the entering bacterial cell.

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