title: Perturbation of host cell cytoskeleton by cranberry proanthocyanidins and their effect on enteric infections.
abstract: Cranberry-derived compounds, including a fraction known as proanthocyanidins (PACs) exhibit anti-microbial, anti-infective, and anti-adhesive properties against a number of disease-causing organisms. In this study, the effect of cranberry proanthocyanidins (CPACs) on the infection of epithelial cells by two enteric bacterial pathogens, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Salmonella Typhimurium was investigated. Immunofluorescence data showed that actin pedestal formation, required for infection by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), was disrupted in the presence of CPACs. In addition, invasion of HeLa cells by Salmonella Typhimurium was significantly reduced, as verified by gentamicin protection assay and immunofluorescence. CPACs had no effect on bacterial growth, nor any detectable effect on the production of bacterial effector proteins of the type III secretion system. Furthermore, CPACs did not affect the viability of host cells. Interestingly, we found that CPACs had a potent and dose-dependent effect on the host cell cytoskeleton that was evident even in uninfected cells. CPACs inhibited the phagocytosis of inert particles by a macrophage cell line, providing further evidence that actin-mediated host cell functions are disrupted in the presence of cranberry CPACs. Thus, although CPAC treatment inhibited Salmonella invasion and EPEC pedestal formation, our results suggest that this is likely primarily because of the perturbation of the host cell cytoskeleton by CPACs rather than an effect on bacterial virulence itself. These findings have significant implications for the interpretation of experiments on the effects of CPACs on bacteria-host cell interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harmidy
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tufenkji
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gruenheid
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000187:drug effects*; D054308:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D044945:Proanthocyanidins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D029799:Vaccinium macrocarpon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D044945:Proanthocyanidins
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