title: Susceptibility of epithelial cells to Pseudomonas aeruginosa invasion and cytotoxicity is upregulated by hepatocyte growth factor.
abstract: Normal cell polarity protects epithelial cells against Pseudomonas aeruginosa invasion and cytotoxicity. Using epithelial cell clones with selective defects in sorting of membrane constituents, and using hepatocyte growth factor pretreatment, we found that polarized susceptibility to P. aeruginosa can be altered without disrupting tight junctions. The results also showed that cellular susceptibility factors for invasion and cytotoxicity are not the same, although both are localized to the basolateral cell surface in polarized epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: The Morton D. Sarver Laboratory for Cornea and Contact Lens Research, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. fleiszig@socrates.berkely.edu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fleiszig
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vallas
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Balkovetz
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Mostov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D016764:Cell Polarity; D004285:Dogs; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor