Ipac Gene
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13. Induction of Necrosis in Human Neutrophils by Shigella flexneri Requires Type III Secretion, IpaB and IpaC Invasins, and Actin Polymerization
Infection by Shigella flexneri is characterized by infiltration of neutrophils in the intestinal mucosa and by a strong inflammatory reaction. Although neutrophils are constitutively programmed to die by apoptosis, we show that isolated human neutrophils undergo necrosis 2 h after infection with virulent S. flexneri strain M90T but not with the virulence pla
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14. Characterization of invasion plasmid antigen genes (ipaBCD) from Shigella flexneri.
The large invasion plasmid of Shigella flexneri M9OT-W was used to generate recombinant plasmids carrying the ipaA, -B, -C, and -D genes, whose products are associated with the entry of the bacteria into colonic epithelial cells. Complete DNA sequences of ipaB, -C, and -D were determined. The proteins predicted (62, 42, and 37 kDa, respectively) from the nuc
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15. Molecular cloning of invasion plasmid antigen (ipa) genes from Shigella flexneri: analysis of ipa gene products and genetic mapping.
Tn5-tagged invasion plasmid DNA (pWR110) from Shigella flexneri serotype 5 (strain M90T) was cloned into the expression vector lambda gt11. Recombinant phage (lambda gt11Sfl) expressing pWR110-encoded polypeptide antigens were identified by using rabbit antisera directed against S. flexneri M90T invasion plasmid antigens. Antigens encoded by lambda gt11Sfl r
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16. Genetic analysis of an invasion region by use of a Tn3-lac transposon and identification of a second positive regulator gene, invE, for cell invasion of Shigella sonnei: significant homology of invE with ParB of plasmid P1.
We have previously cloned two distinct regions of the Shigella sonnei form I plasmid pSS120, a 37-kilobase-pair DNA region and a virF region, which were found to be essential for cell invasion in Escherichia coli K-12 (J. Kato, K. Ito, A. Nakamura, and H. Watanabe, Infect. Immun. 57:1391-1398, 1989). The 37-kilobase-pair DNA region was randomly inserted by u
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17. Characterization of virulence genes of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli by TnphoA mutagenesis: identification of invX, a gene required for entry into HEp-2 cells.
While enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) and shigellae are genotypically nearly identical, a difference has been reported in the infective dose to humans: EIEC is 10,000-fold less infectious than shigellae. A possible basis for this difference lies in the inherent invasiveness of these bacteria toward epithelial cells. Thus, despite the high degree of ho
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18. Identification of Shigella invasion genes by isolation of temperature-regulated inv::lacZ operon fusions.
Penetration and multiplication within cells of the human colonic epithelium are hallmarks of Shigella spp. pathogenicity. Shigella spp. virulence is regulated by growth temperature. Strains phenotypically virulent when grown at 37 degrees C are phenotypically avirulent when grown at 30 degrees C. The number of genes involved in Shigella spp. pathogenicity an
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19. Spontaneous insertion of an IS1-like element into the virF gene is responsible for avirulence in opaque colonial variants of Shigella flexneri 2a.
Colonial variation of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a from the translucent (2457T) to the opaque form (2457O) occurs spontaneously once in 10(4) cell divisions, with concomitant loss of ipa gene expression and virulence. The appearance of 2457O was associated with the insertional inactivation of virF, an invasion plasmid-encoded positive regulator of ipa gene
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20. Antibody response of monkeys to invasion plasmid antigen D after infection with Shigella spp.
The antigen preparation most often used for determining the levels of antibodies to virulence-associated proteins of Shigella spp. consists of a mixture of proteins (including IpaB, IpaC, IpaD, and VirG*) extracted from virulent shigellae with water (water extract). To overcome the lack of specificity for individual antigens in the water-extract enzyme-linke
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21. Development and testing of invasion-associated DNA probes for detection of Shigella spp. and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli.
Genetic determinants of the invasive phenotype of Shigella spp. and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC), two common agents of bacillary dysentery, are encoded on large (180- to 210 kilobase), nonconjugative plasmids. Several plasmid-encoded antigens have been implicated as important bacterial ligands that mediate the attachment and invasion of colonic epi
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22. MxiJ, a lipoprotein involved in secretion of Shigella Ipa invasins, is homologous to YscJ, a secretion factor of the Yersinia Yop proteins.
Shigella flexneri causes bacillary dysentery by invading epithelial cells of the colonic mucosa. The invasion process requires the synthesis and secretion of the virulence plasmid-encoded Ipa proteins. Using TnphoA mutagenesis, we have identified two virulence plasmid genes, mxiJ and mxiM, that encode proteins exported by the general export pathway. Analysis
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23. Isolation of Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 and S. flexneri Strains from Surface Waters in Bangladesh: Comparative Molecular Analysis of Environmental Shigella Isolates versus Clinical Strains
Bacillary dysentery caused by Shigella species is a public health problem in developing countries including Bangladesh. Although, shigellae-contaminated food and drinks are often the source of the epidemic's spread, the possible presence of the pathogen and transmission of it through environmental waters have not been adequately examined. We analyzed surface
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24. The modified nucleoside 2-methylthio-N6-isopentenyladenosine in tRNA of Shigella flexneri is required for expression of virulence genes.
The virulence of the human pathogen Shigella flexneri is dependent on both chromosome- and large-virulence-plasmid-encoded genes. A kanamycin resistance cassette mutation in the miaA gene (miaA::Km Sma), which encodes the tRNA N6-isopentyladenosine (i6A37) synthetase and is involved in the first step of the synthesis of the modified nucleoside 2-methylthio-N