title: Identification of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H- genes required for intestinal colonization in calves.
abstract: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infections in humans are an important public health problem and are commonly acquired via contact with ruminant feces. The serogroups that are predominantly associated with human infection in the United States and Europe are O157 and O26. Serotypes O157:H7 and O26:H- differ in their virulence and tissue tropism in calves and therefore may colonize calves by distinct mechanisms. The mechanisms underlying EHEC intestinal colonization and pathogenesis are poorly understood. Signature-tagged mutagenesis was used to identify 59 genes of EHEC O26:H- that are required for the intestinal colonization of calves. Our results indicate important roles for locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE)-encoded type III secreted proteins in intestinal colonization. In addition, colonization is facilitated by cytotoxins, putative type III secreted proteins unlinked to the LEE, a putative fimbrial operon, and numerous genes involved in central metabolism and transport and genes of unknown function. Our data also imply that the elaboration of type I fimbriae by EHEC O26:H- is disadvantageous for persistence within the bovine intestines. These observations have important implications for the design of vaccines to control these important zoonotic pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Mammalian Enteric Pathogens Group, Division of Microbiology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Pauline M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: van Diemen
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dziva
authors.forename: Mark P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Timothy S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wallis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional / Q000379:methods; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins
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