title: Adherence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to human buccal epithelial cells.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate adherence of 83 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from humans and different animals to trypsin-treated buccal cells. We have demonstrated that Pseudomonas aeruginosa attached to trypsin-treated buccal cells in far greater numbers than to cells from controls (normal buccal epithelial cells). The mean number of bacteria adhering to trypsin-treated cells amounted 107.05 +/- 102.16 and to normal cells - 6.97 +/- 3.53. We conclude that exposure of cells to proteolytic enzymes increases Pseudomonas aeruginosa binding to buccal cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Podlasie, Siedlce, Poland. kwolska1@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wolska
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bednarz
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jakubczak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002610:Cheek / Q000382:microbiology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014357:Trypsin