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Positive regulation of colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I) production by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli producing the colonization factors CS5, CS6, CS7, CS17, PCFO9, PCFO159:H4 and PCFO166. 1991

M L Hibberd, and M M McConnell, and G A Willshaw, and H R Smith, and B Rowe
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK.

Entertoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains of nineteen serogroups which produced colonization factors (coli-surface-associated antigens CS5, CS6, CS7 and CS17, colonization factor antigen CFA/III and putative colonization factors PCFO159:H4, PCFO166 and PCFO9) were tested for hybridization with a DNA probe containing the cfaD sequence that regulates expression of CFA/I. Strong colony hybridization, similar to that with the CFA/I-positive control strain H10407, occurred with ETEC strains of serogroups O27, O159 and O169 which produced CS6 antigen, and with all the strains which produced PCFO166 fimbriae. Weak colony hybridization, compared to the control strain, was found with ETEC producing CS5 fimbriae with CS6 antigen, CFA/III fimbriae with CS6 antigen, CS7 fimbriae or PCFO159:H4 fimbriae. CS6-antigen-positive strains of serogroups O79, O89 and O148 and all the CS17-antigen-positive and PCFO9-fimbriae-positive strains were negative in colony hybridization tests with the cfaD probe. Plasmid DNA of nine ETEC strains and their colonization-factor-negative derivatives was tested for hybridization with the cfaD probe and with ST and LT oligonucleotide probes. The sequences that hybridized with the cfaD probe were on the plasmids which coded for enterotoxin production. Fifteen strains were transformed with NTP513, a recombinant plasmid which contains the CFA/I region 1 fimbrial subunit operon but lacks a functional cfaD sequence, in order to determine whether DNA in any of these strains could substitute for the cfaD sequence in the regulation of production of CFA/I fimbriae.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008358 Mannose A hexose or fermentable monosaccharide and isomer of glucose from manna, the ash Fraxinus ornus and related plants. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed & Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) D-Mannose,Mannopyranose,Mannopyranoside,D Mannose
D009693 Nucleic Acid Hybridization Widely used technique which exploits the ability of complementary sequences in single-stranded DNAs or RNAs to pair with each other to form a double helix. Hybridization can take place between two complimentary DNA sequences, between a single-stranded DNA and a complementary RNA, or between two RNA sequences. The technique is used to detect and isolate specific sequences, measure homology, or define other characteristics of one or both strands. (Kendrew, Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology, 1994, p503) Genomic Hybridization,Acid Hybridization, Nucleic,Acid Hybridizations, Nucleic,Genomic Hybridizations,Hybridization, Genomic,Hybridization, Nucleic Acid,Hybridizations, Genomic,Hybridizations, Nucleic Acid,Nucleic Acid Hybridizations
D009876 Operon In bacteria, a group of metabolically related genes, with a common promoter, whose transcription into a single polycistronic MESSENGER RNA is under the control of an OPERATOR REGION. Operons
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D004591 Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis in which a polyacrylamide gel is used as the diffusion medium. Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis,SDS-PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGE,Gel Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide,SDS PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGEs
D004768 Enterotoxins Substances that are toxic to the intestinal tract causing vomiting, diarrhea, etc.; most common enterotoxins are produced by bacteria. Staphylococcal Enterotoxin,Enterotoxin,Staphylococcal Enterotoxins,Enterotoxin, Staphylococcal,Enterotoxins, Staphylococcal
D004797 Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay An immunoassay utilizing an antibody labeled with an enzyme marker such as horseradish peroxidase. While either the enzyme or the antibody is bound to an immunosorbent substrate, they both retain their biologic activity; the change in enzyme activity as a result of the enzyme-antibody-antigen reaction is proportional to the concentration of the antigen and can be measured spectrophotometrically or with the naked eye. Many variations of the method have been developed. ELISA,Assay, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent,Assays, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent,Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay,Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays,Immunosorbent Assay, Enzyme-Linked,Immunosorbent Assays, Enzyme-Linked
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D005809 Genes, Regulator Genes which regulate or circumscribe the activity of other genes; specifically, genes which code for PROTEINS or RNAs which have GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION functions. Gene, Regulator,Regulator Gene,Regulator Genes,Regulatory Genes,Gene, Regulatory,Genes, Regulatory,Regulatory Gene
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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