title: The Yersinia high-pathogenicity island and iron-uptake systems in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli.
abstract: The ability to acquire iron is crucial for bacteria during an infection. The capacity of 35 strains of Escherichia coli, isolated from clinical specimens, to use various strategies to obtain iron was analysed. The isolates employed several iron-uptake mechanisms, including production of enterobactin (86 %) and aerobactin (71 %). The majority of the isolates also excreted yersiniabactin, which is encoded by the Yersinia high-pathogenicity island (HPI). However, PCR analysis of the Yersinia HPI revealed diversity in its genetic organization. Use of human transferrin (91 %), lactoferrin (94 %), haemoglobin (80 %) and haemoglobin-haptoglobin complex (63 %) as the sole source of iron was common among E. coli isolates. Multiple iron-uptake systems may be of benefit to bacteria during an infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koczura
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaznowski
mesh_terms: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004758:Enterobactin / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D033862:Iron-Binding Proteins; D005810:Multigene Family; D033902:Periplasmic Binding Proteins; D010636:Phenols; D017262:Siderophores / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013844:Thiazoles; D015007:Yersinia / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D033862:Iron-Binding Proteins; D033902:Periplasmic Binding Proteins; D010636:Phenols; D017262:Siderophores; D013844:Thiazoles; C104398:yersiniabactin; C031819:aerobactin; D004758:Enterobactin; D007501:Iron