The nitric oxide reductase of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli plays an important role for the survival within macrophages
- 21 June 2012
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 85 (3), 492-512
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08122.x
Abstract
In enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157, there are two types of anaerobic nitric oxide (NO) reductase genes, an intact gene (norV) and a 204 bp deletion gene (norVs). Epidemiological analysis has revealed that norV-type EHEC are more virulent than norVs-type EHEC. Thus, to reveal the role of NO reductase during EHEC infection, we constructed isogenic norV-type and norVs-type EHEC mutant strains. Under anaerobic conditions, the norV-type EHEC was protected from NO-mediated growth inhibition, while the norVs-type EHEC mutant strain was not, suggesting that NorV of EHEC was effective in the anaerobic detoxification. We then investigated the role of NO reductase within macrophages. The norV-type EHEC produced a lower NO level within macrophages compared with the norVs-type EHEC. Moreover, the norV-type EHEC resulted in higher levels of Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2) within macrophages compared with the norVs-type EHEC. Finally, the norV-type EHEC showed a better level of survival than the norVs-type EHEC. These data suggest that the intact norV gene plays an important role for the survival of EHEC within macrophages, and is a direct virulence determinant of EHEC.Keywords
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