Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 (CNF1) induces an inflammatory response in the urinary tract in vitro but not in vivo.
Cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 (CNF1) is a well-defined virulence factor of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. We studied the role of CNF1 in uroepithelial cells as well as in children and adults with sporadic and recurrent UTI. Our study suggests that CNF1 may promote bacterial attachment and invasion and can induce an inflammatory response in the urinary tract in vitro but that its role in vivo is possibly minor in comparison with other virulence factors of the uropathogenic E. coli.
Hertting
Olof
O
Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Chromek
Milan
M
Slamová
Zuzana
Z
Kádas
Lavinia
L
Söderkvist
Maja
M
Vainumäe
Inga
I
Tallvik
Tiina
T
Jacobson
Stefan H
SH
Brauner
Annelie
A
D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1; D037521:Virulence Factors; C060296:cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1