TY - JOUR
T1 - Pilus- and non-pilus-mediated interactions of Haemophilus infiuenzae type B with human erythrocytes and human nasopharyngeal mucosa
AU - Farley, Monica M.
AU - Stephens, David S.
AU - Kaplan, Sheldon
AU - Mason, Edward
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by a Veterans Administration Career Development Grant (to M. M. F.) and bythe Medical Research Service of the VeteransAdministration. Reprints and correspondence: Dr. Monica M. Farley, VAMedical Center, Research Section, 151, 1670 Clairmont Rd., Decatur, GA 30033.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1990/2
Y1 - 1990/2
N2 - The role of pili of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in binding to human erythrocytes and in colonization and invasion of human nasopharyngeal (NP) organ cultures has been evaluated. Hib strains 1009 and 1007, NP and cerebrospinal fluid isolates from the same child with Hib meningitis, were studied. Strain 1009 was piliated (P+), produced pilin of ∼24 kDa, and was hemadsorption-positive (HA+); strain 1007 was nonpiliated (P-), did not produce pilin, and was hemadsorption-negative (HA-). The rate of transition from one hemadsorption phenotype to the other in broth cultures and NP organ culture supernatants was 3 × 10-4 per bacterium per generation for HA+ to HA- and 7 × 10-4 per bacterium per generation for HA- to HA+. Growth in human NP organ culture supernatants of the P+HA+ strain was greater than that of the P-HA- strain at 6 and 12 h after infection. No difference was noted when the strains were grown in nutrient broth. Strain 1009 (P+HA+) attached in large clusters to cellular debris and nonciliated cells, a phenomenon never noted with strain 1007 (P-HA-). NP organ cultures infected with strain 1007 showed greater mucosal invasion than those infected with the 1009 strain. While P+HA+ and P-HA- Hib both attached to NP mucosa, P+HA+ strains may have a selective advantage in mucosal colonization but P-HA- strains may be more invasive.
AB - The role of pili of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in binding to human erythrocytes and in colonization and invasion of human nasopharyngeal (NP) organ cultures has been evaluated. Hib strains 1009 and 1007, NP and cerebrospinal fluid isolates from the same child with Hib meningitis, were studied. Strain 1009 was piliated (P+), produced pilin of ∼24 kDa, and was hemadsorption-positive (HA+); strain 1007 was nonpiliated (P-), did not produce pilin, and was hemadsorption-negative (HA-). The rate of transition from one hemadsorption phenotype to the other in broth cultures and NP organ culture supernatants was 3 × 10-4 per bacterium per generation for HA+ to HA- and 7 × 10-4 per bacterium per generation for HA- to HA+. Growth in human NP organ culture supernatants of the P+HA+ strain was greater than that of the P-HA- strain at 6 and 12 h after infection. No difference was noted when the strains were grown in nutrient broth. Strain 1009 (P+HA+) attached in large clusters to cellular debris and nonciliated cells, a phenomenon never noted with strain 1007 (P-HA-). NP organ cultures infected with strain 1007 showed greater mucosal invasion than those infected with the 1009 strain. While P+HA+ and P-HA- Hib both attached to NP mucosa, P+HA+ strains may have a selective advantage in mucosal colonization but P-HA- strains may be more invasive.
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U2 - 10.1093/infdis/161.2.274
DO - 10.1093/infdis/161.2.274
M3 - Article
C2 - 1967622
AN - SCOPUS:0025174003
VL - 161
SP - 274
EP - 280
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
SN - 0022-1899
IS - 2
ER -