NDLI: Sigma B Contributes to Listeria monocytogenes Gastrointestinal Infection but Not to Systemic Spread in the Guinea Pig Infection Model

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Author	Garner, M. R. Njaa, B. L. Wiedmann, M. Boor, K. J.
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Contributions of the alternative sigma factor σB to Listeria monocytogenes infection were investigated using strains bearing null mutations in sigB, prfA, or inlA or in selected inlA or prfA promoter regions. The ΔP4 inlA strain, which has a deletion in the σB-dependent P4 inlA promoter, and the ΔsigB strain had significantly reduced invasion efficiencies relative to that of the wild-type strain in the Caco-2 human colorectal epithelial cell line, while the invasion efficiency of a strain bearing a deletion in the partially σB dependent P2 prfA promoter region did not differ from that of the wild type. The virulence of the ΔsigB and ΔP4 inlA strains was attenuated in intragastrically inoculated guinea pigs, with the ΔsigB strain showing greater attenuation, while the virulence capacity of the ΔP2 prfA strain was similar to that of the wild-type strain, suggesting that attenuation of virulence due to the ΔsigB mutation does not result from loss of σB-dependent prfA transcription. Our results show that σB-dependent activation of inlA is important for cell invasion and gastrointestinal infection and suggest that σB-regulated genes in addition to inlA appear to contribute to gastrointestinal infection. Interestingly, the virulence of the ΔsigB strain was not attenuated in intravenously infected guinea pigs. We conclude that (i) L. monocytogenes σB plays a critical role in invasion of human host cells, (ii) σB-mediated contributions to invasion are, in part, due to direct effects on inlA transcription but not on prfA transcription, and (iii) σB plays a critical role during the gastrointestinal stage of listeriosis in the guinea pig but is not important for systemic spread of the organism.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.74.2.876-886.2006
Starting Page	876
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10985522
e-ISSN	10985522
Journal	Infection and Immunity
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	74
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	2006-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Parasitology Immunology Microbiology

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