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17241243

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Escherichia coli is the principal gram-negative causative agent of sepsis and meningitis in neonates. The pathogenesis of meningitis due to E. coli K1 involves mucosal colonization, transcytosis of epithelial cells, survival in the blood stream and eventually invasion of the meninges. The latter two aspects have been well characterized at a molecular level in the last decade. Less is known about the early stages of pathogenesis, i.e. adhesion to and invasion of gastrointestinal cells. Here, the characterization of the Hek protein is reported, which is expressed by neonatal meningitic E. coli (NMEC) and is localized to the outer membrane. It is demonstrated that this protein can cause agglutination of red blood cells and can mediate autoaggregation. Escherichia coli expressing this protein can adhere to and invade epithelial cells. So far, this is the first outer membrane protein in NMEC to be directly implicated in epithelial cell invasion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0378-1097
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
269
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
248-55
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The Hek outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli is an auto-aggregating adhesin and invasin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't