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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
Burkholderia cenocepacia is an opportunistic bacterial species capable of causing life-threatening respiratory tract infection in persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). Unlike most other pathogens in CF, which typically remain confined to the endobronchial spaces, B. cenocepacia can traverse airway epithelium to cause bacteremia and sepsis. The mechanisms by which this occurs, however, are unknown. We examined the transmigration of B. cenocepacia through polarized respiratory epithelium. Representatives of three "epidemic" lineages common among CF patients in North America were able to traverse polarized 16HBE14o- cells in vitro. Transmigration of bacteria was associated with significant perturbations in epithelial permeability, as measured by a loss of transepithelial electrical resistance and increased flux of bovine serum albumin across the cell layer. Terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling and trypan blue exclusion assays, as well as lactate dehydrogenase levels, did not indicate excessive cytotoxicity or cell death in infected cell layers. Rather, confocal fluorescence microscopy demonstrated the loss of occludin from tight junctions. In contrast, zonula occludens 1 was well preserved along intercellular borders. Western blot analysis showed a shift in the major occludin isoforms from high- to low-phosphorylation states during infection. These observations suggest that B. cenocepacia traverses polarized respiratory epithelium by the dephosphorylation and dissociation of occludin from the tight-junction complex.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7107-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Disruption of tight junctions during traversal of the respiratory epithelium by Burkholderia cenocepacia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., 8323 MSRB III, Box 0646, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0646, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural