NDLI: Identification of Motility and Autoagglutination Campylobacter jejuni Mutants by Random Transposon Mutagenesis

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Author	Golden, Neal J. Acheson, David W. K.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Campylobacter jejuni has been identified as the leading cause of acute bacterial diarrhea in the United States, yet compared with other enteric pathogens, considerably less is understood concerning the virulence factors of this human pathogen. A random in vivo transposon mutagenesis system was recently developed for the purpose of creating a library of C. jejuni transformants. A total of 1,065 C. jejuni transposon mutants were screened for their ability to swarm on motility agar plates and autoagglutinate in liquid cultures; 28 mutants were subsequently identified. The transposon insertion sites were obtained by using random-primed PCR, and the putative genes responsible for these phenotypes were identified. Of these mutants, all 28 were found to have diminished motility (0 to 86% that of the control). Seventeen motility mutants had insertions in genes with strong homology to functionally known motility and chemotaxis genes; however, 11 insertions were in genes of unknown function. Twenty motility mutants were unable to autoagglutinate, suggesting that the expression of flagella is correlated with autoagglutination (AAG). However, four mutants expressed wild-type levels of surface FlaA, as indicated by Western blot analysis, yet were unable to autoagglutinate (Cj1318, Cj1333, Cj1340c, and Cj1062). These results suggest that FlaA is necessary but not sufficient to mediate the AAG phenotype. Furthermore, two of the four AAG mutants (Cj1333 and Cj1062) were unable to invade INT-407 intestinal epithelial cells, as determined by a gentamicin treatment assay. These data identify novel genes important for motility, chemotaxis, and AAG and demonstrate their potential role in virulence.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/iai.70.4.1761-1771.2002
Ending Page	1771
Page Count	11
Starting Page	1761
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00199567
e-ISSN	10985522
Journal	Infection and Immunity
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	70
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	2002-04-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Immunology Microbiology Parasitology Infectious Diseases Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Parasitology Immunology Microbiology

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