scholarly journals Role of the hipBA Locus in antibiotic tolerance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pooja Balani
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
Antibiotic Tolerance

scholarly journals A non-canonical autophagy-dependent role of the ATG16L1T300A variant in urothelial vesicular trafficking and uropathogenic Escherichia coli persistence

Autophagy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caihong Wang ◽  
Kyle A. Bauckman ◽  
Adam S. B. Ross ◽  
Jane W. Symington ◽  
Marianne M. Ligon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
Vesicular Trafficking

The role of the galU gene of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in modulating macrophage TNF-α response

2015 ◽  
Vol 305 (8) ◽  
pp. 893-901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Meyer ◽  
Christiane Hoffmann ◽  
Rainer Haas ◽  
Sören Schubert
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
Tnf Α

scholarly journals Role of Motility in the Colonization of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in the Urinary Tract

2005 ◽  
Vol 73 (11) ◽  
pp. 7644-7656 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Chelsea Lane ◽  
Virginia Lockatell ◽  
Greta Monterosso ◽  
Daniel Lamphier ◽  
Julia Weinert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Wild Type Strain ◽  
Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Upec Strain ◽  
Host Immune Responses ◽  
Strain Cft073 ◽  
Tract Infections

ABSTRACT Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) causes most uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in humans. Flagellum-mediated motility and chemotaxis have been suggested to contribute to virulence by enabling UPEC to escape host immune responses and disperse to new sites within the urinary tract. To evaluate their contribution to virulence, six separate flagellar mutations were constructed in UPEC strain CFT073. The mutants constructed were shown to have four different flagellar phenotypes: fliA and fliC mutants do not produce flagella; the flgM mutant has similar levels of extracellular flagellin as the wild type but exhibits less motility than the wild type; the motAB mutant is nonmotile; and the cheW and cheY mutants are motile but nonchemotactic. Virulence was assessed by transurethral independent challenges and cochallenges of CBA mice with the wild type and each mutant. CFU/ml of urine or CFU/g bladder or kidney was determined 3 days postinoculation for the independent challenges and at 6, 16, 48, 60, and 72 h postinoculation for the cochallenges. While these mutants colonized the urinary tract during independent challenge, each of the mutants was outcompeted by the wild-type strain to various degrees at specific time points during cochallenge. Altogether, these results suggest that flagella and flagellum-mediated motility/chemotaxis may not be absolutely required for virulence but that these traits contribute to the fitness of UPEC and therefore significantly enhance the pathogenesis of UTIs caused by UPEC.

scholarly journals FNR Regulates Expression of Important Virulence Factors Contributing to Pathogenicity of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

2014 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 5086-5098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolle L. Barbieri ◽  
Bryon Nicholson ◽  
Ashraf Hussein ◽  
Wentong Cai ◽  
Yvonne M. Wannemuehler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Virulence Factors ◽  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
Type I ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Global Regulator ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tract Infections

ABSTRACTUropathogenicEscherichia coli(UPEC) is responsible for the majority of urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are some of the world's most common bacterial infections of humans. Here, we examined the role of FNR (fumarate andnitratereduction), a well-known global regulator, in the pathogenesis of UPEC infections. We constructed anfnrdeletion mutant of UPEC CFT073 and compared it to the wild type for changes in virulence, adherence, invasion, and expression of key virulence factors. Compared to the wild type, thefnrmutant was highly attenuated in the mouse model of human UTI and showed severe defects in adherence to and invasion of bladder and kidney epithelial cells. Our results showed that FNR regulates motility and multiple virulence factors, including expression of type I and P fimbriae, modulation of hemolysin expression, and expression of a novel pathogenicity island involved in α-ketoglutarate metabolism under anaerobic conditions. Our results demonstrate that FNR is a key global regulator of UPEC virulence and controls expression of important virulence factors that contribute to UPEC pathogenicity.

scholarly journals Involvement of biofilm-like in tracellular bacterial communities of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in pathogenesis of urinary tract infections – a mini review

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-325
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Etiologic Agents ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Intracellular Bacterial Communities

This paper presents a precisely defined question about the role of the biofilm-like intracellular bacterial communities in pathogenesis of the urinary tract infections. According to the recent literature, uropathogenic Escherichia coli is one of the leading etiologic agents of the urinary tract infections. Although E. coli is regarded as an extracellular pathogen, some experiments have revealed a multi-step infection cycle, which involves adhesion, invasion, proliferation within invaded urothelial cell in the form of biofilm-like intracellular bacterial communities and dispersal, leading to infection of next neighbouring cells. Therefore, the prevention and treatment of the urinary tract infections must include intracellular stage of infection.

scholarly journals The role of horizontal gene transfer in the spread of trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole resistance among uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Europe and Canada

2006 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 666-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew T. Blahna ◽  
Christy Ann Zalewski ◽  
Jennifer Reuer ◽  
Gunnar Kahlmeter ◽  
Betsy Foxman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Horizontal Gene Transfer ◽  
Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli
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