title: Norepinephrine-dependently released Dr fimbriae of diffusely adhering Escherichia coli strain IH11128 promotes a mitogen-activated protein kinase ERK1/2-dependent production of pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-8 in human intestinal Caco-2/TC7 cells.
abstract: The diffusely adhering Escherichia coli (Afa/Dr DAEC) are associated with recurrent urinary tract infections in adults as well as with diarrheal disease in infants. We previously demonstrated that in wild-type strain IH11128, the Dr fimbriae is released in the extracellular medium in response to multiple environmental signals such as temperature, low aeration and rich medium. A number of molecules of eukaryotic origin, such as catecholamines, have been reported to stimulate bacterial growth and virulence factor production. We show that norepinephrine affects the production and release of Dr fimbriae in Afa/Dr DAEC WT-IH11128 bacteria. The regulatory mechanism involved with norepinephrine-induced Dr fimbriae liberation was apparently due to a differential induction of genes draC, encoding the usher, and draE, encoding the major fimbrial subunit. In addition, we show that the released Dr fimbriae induces the phosphorylation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) and the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-8 in fully differentiated cultured human intestinal Caco-2/TC7 cells.
authors.affiliation: Inserm, UMR756, France.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diard
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Liévin-Le Moal
authors.forename: Ana Luisa
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Toribio
authors.forename: Yap
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Boum
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vigier
authors.forename: Alain L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Servin
authors.forename: Odile
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bouvet
mesh_terms: D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D000328:Adult; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli; D016207:Cytokines; C465564:Dr adhesin, E coli; C535150:MAPK1 protein, human; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D009638:Norepinephrine