title: Characterization of a new putative colonization factor (CS17) from a human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli of serotype O114:H21 which produces only heat-labile enterotoxin.
abstract: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) of serotype O114:H21, which produced only heat-labile enterotoxin (LT), gave mannose-resistant hemagglutination (MRHA) with bovine erythrocytes. One strain, E20738A, was shown to possess fimbriae of approximately 7.5 nm diameter. On SDS-PAGE two possible fimbrial polypeptides of molecular masses 17.5 and 15.5 kDa were seen; the 17.5-kDa band was the most prominent. Loss of LT and MRHA together from strain E20738A was associated with loss of a 100-MDa plasmid. An absorbed anti-strain E20738A serum reacted specifically with the 17.5- and 15.5-kDa polypeptides and bound to the intact fimbriae. This antiserum reacted positively in an ELISA with LT-positive E. coli strains of serogroups O8, O15, O48, O114, and O146. The antiserum did not react with ETEC carrying known colonization factors. The term coli-surface-associated antigen (CS) 17 has been used to describe the fimbriae.
authors.affiliation: Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hibberd
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chart
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rowe
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015342:DNA Probes; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006384:Hemagglutination; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D015342:DNA Probes; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D007106:Immune Sera; C022924:colonization factor antigens; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; C027538:heat-labile enterotoxin, E coli