scholarly journals Orchestration of Neutrophil Movement by Intestinal Epithelial Cells in Response to Salmonella typhimurium Can Be Uncoupled from Bacterial Internalization

1999 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 608-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew T. Gewirtz ◽  
Andrew M. Siber ◽  
James L. Madara ◽  
Beth A. McCormick

ABSTRACT Intestinal epithelial cells respond to Salmonella typhimurium by internalizing this pathogen and secreting, in a polarized manner, an array of chemokines which direct polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) movement. Notably, interleukin-8 (IL-8) is secreted basolaterally and directs PMN through the lamina propria, whereas pathogen-elicited epithelial chemoattractant (PEEC) is secreted apically and directs PMN migration across the epithelial monolayer to the intestinal lumen. While most studies of S. typhimuriumpathogenicity have focused on the mechanism by which this bacterium invades its host, the enteritis characteristically associated with salmonellosis appears to be more directly attributable to the PMN movement that occurs in response to this pathogen. Therefore, we sought to better understand the relationship between S. typhimurium invasion and epithelial promotion of PMN movement. First, we investigated whether S. typhimurium becoming intracellular was necessary or sufficient to induce epithelial promotion of PMN movement. Blocking S. typhimurium invasion by preventing, with cytochalasin D, the epithelial cytoskeletal rearrangements which mediate internalization did not reduce the epithelial promotion of PMN movement. Conversely, bacterial attainment of an intracellular position was not sufficient to induce model epithelia to direct PMN transmigration, since neither basolateral invasion by S. typhimurium nor apical internalization of an invasion-deficient mutant (achieved by inducing membrane ruffling with epidermal growth factor) induced this epithelial cell response. These results indicate that specific interactions between the apical surface of epithelial cells and S. typhimurium, rather than simply bacterial invasion, mediate the epithelial direction of PMN transmigration. To further investigate the means by which S. typhimurium induces epithelia to direct PMN movement, we investigated whether the same signaling pathways regulate secretion of IL-8 and PEEC. IL-8 secretion, but not PEEC secretion, was activated by phorbol myristate acetate and blocked by an inhibitor (mg-132) of the proteosome which mediates NF-κβ activation. Further, secretion of IL-8, but not PEEC, was activated by an entry-deficient (HilΔ)S. typhimurium mutant or by basolateral invasion of a wild-type strain. Together, these results indicate that distinct signaling pathways mediate S. typhimurium invasion, induction of IL-8 secretion, and induction of PEEC secretion in model intestinal epithelia.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nawar Naseer ◽  
Renate Bauer ◽  
Jenna Zhang ◽  
Igor E. Brodsky ◽  
Isabella Rauch ◽  
...  

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a gram-negative pathogen that causes diseases ranging from gastroenteritis to systemic infection and sepsis. Salmonella uses type III secretion systems (T3SSs) to inject effectors into host cells. While these effectors are necessary for bacterial invasion and intracellular survival, intracellular delivery of T3SS products also enables detection of Salmonella by cytosolic immune sensors. Upon detecting translocated Salmonella ligands, these sensors form multimeric complexes called inflammasomes, which activate caspases that lead to proinflammatory cytokine release and pyroptosis. In particular, the Salmonella T3SS needle, inner rod, and flagellin proteins activate the NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome in murine intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), which leads to restriction of bacterial replication and extrusion of infected IECs into the intestinal lumen, thereby preventing systemic dissemination of Salmonella . While these processes are studied quite well in mice, the role of the NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome in human IECs remains unknown. Unexpectedly, we found the NAIP/NLRC4 inflammasome is dispensable for early inflammasome responses to Salmonella in both human intestinal epithelial cell lines and organoids. Additionally, the NLRP3 inflammasome and the adaptor protein ASC are not required for inflammasome activation in Caco-2 cells. Instead, we observed a partial requirement for caspase-1, and a necessity for caspase-4 and GSDMD pore-forming activity in mediating inflammasome responses to Salmonella in Caco-2 cells. These findings suggest that unlike murine IECs, human IECs do not rely on NAIP/NLRC4, and also do not use NLRP3/ASC. Instead, they primarily use caspases-1 and -4 to mediate early inflammasome responses to SPI-1-expressing Salmonella .


2001 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 6148-6155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan P. Hurley ◽  
Cheleste M. Thorpe ◽  
David W. K. Acheson

ABSTRACT Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) is a food-borne pathogen that causes serious illness, including hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). STEC colonizes the lower intestine and produces Shiga toxins (Stxs). Stxs appear to translocate across intestinal epithelia and affect sensitive endothelial cell beds at various sites. We have previously shown that Stxs cross polarized intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) via a transcellular route and remain biologically active. Since acute inflammatory infiltration of the gut and fecal leukocytes is seen in many STEC-infected patients and since polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) transmigration across polarized IECs diminishes the IEC barrier function in vitro, we hypothesized that PMN transmigration may enhance Stx movement across IECs. We found that basolateral-to-apical transmigration of neutrophils significantly increased the movement of Stx1 and Stx2 across polarized T84 IECs in the opposite direction. The amount of Stx crossing the T84 barrier was proportional to the degree of neutrophil transmigration, and the increase in Stx translocation appears to be due to increases in paracellular permeability caused by migrating PMNs. STEC clinical isolates applied apically induced PMN transmigration across and interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion from T84 cells. Of the 10 STEC strains tested, three STEC strains lackingeae and espB (eae- andespB-negative STEC strains) induced significantly more neutrophil transmigration and significantly greater IL-8 secretion thaneae- and espB-positive STEC or enteropathogenic E. coli. This study suggests that STEC interaction with intestinal epithelia induces neutrophil recruitment to the intestinal lumen, resulting in neutrophil extravasation across IECs, and that during this process Stxs may pass in greater amounts into underlying tissues, thereby increasing the risk of HUS.


1995 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 369-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.L. Soole ◽  
M.A. Jepson ◽  
G.P. Hazlewood ◽  
H.J. Gilbert ◽  
B.H. Hirst

To evaluate whether a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor can function as a protein sorting signal in polarized intestinal epithelial cells, the GPI-attachment sequence from Thy-1 was fused to bacterial endoglucanase E' (EGE') from Clostridium thermocellum and polarity of secretion of the chimeric EGE'-GPI protein was evaluated. The chimeric EGE'-GPI protein was shown to be associated with a GPI anchor by TX-114 phase-partitioning and susceptibility to phosphoinositol-specific phospholipase C. In polarized MDCK cells, EGE' was localized almost exclusively to the apical cell surface, while in polarized intestinal Caco-2 cells, although 80% of the extracellular form of the enzyme was routed through the apical membrane over a 24 hour period, EGE' was also detected at the basolateral membrane. Rates of delivery of EGE'-GPI to the two membrane domains in Caco-2 cells, as determined with a biotinylation protocol, revealed apical delivery was approximately 2.5 times that of basolateral. EGE' delivered to the basolateral cell surface was transcytosed to the apical surface. These data indicate that a GPI anchor does represent a dominant apical sorting signal in intestinal epithelial cells. However, the mis-sorting of a proportion of EGE'GPI to the basolateral surface of Caco-2 cells provides an explanation for additional sorting signals in the ectodomain of some endogenous GPI-anchored proteins.


1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (3) ◽  
pp. G541-G547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. Sheppard ◽  
Kevin X. Z. Li ◽  
Dominic J. Autelitano

To evaluate the potential roles that both receptors and enzymes play in corticosteroid regulation of intestinal function, we have determined glucocorticoid receptor (GR), mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD) expression in intestinal epithelial cells. GR and MR mRNA and receptor binding were ubiquitously expressed in epithelial cells, with receptor levels higher in ileum and colon than jejunum and duodenum. RNase protection analysis showed that 11β-HSD1 was not expressed in intestinal epithelial cells, and enzyme activity studies detected no 11-reductase activity. 11β-HSD2 mRNA and protein were demonstrated in ileal and colonic epithelia; both MR and GR binding increased when enzyme activity was inhibited with carbenoxolone. Duodenal and jejunal epithelial cells showed very little 11β-HSD2 mRNA and undetectable 11β-HSD2 protein; despite minor (<7%) dehydrogenase activity in these cells, enzyme activity did not alter binding of corticosterone to either MR or GR. These findings demonstrate the ubiquitous but differential expression of MR and GR in intestinal epithelia and that 11β-HSD2 modulates corticosteroid binding to both MR and GR in ileum and proximal and distal colon but not in duodenum or jejunum.


2001 ◽  
Vol 281 (2) ◽  
pp. G323-G332 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Buresi ◽  
E. Schleihauf ◽  
N. Vergnolle ◽  
A. Buret ◽  
J. L. Wallace ◽  
...  

The thrombin receptor, protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1), has wide tissue distribution and is involved in many physiological functions. Because thrombin is in the intestinal lumen and mucosa during inflammation, we sought to determine PAR-1 expression and function in human intestinal epithelial cells. RT-PCR showed PAR-1 mRNA expression in SCBN cells, a nontransformed duodenal epithelial cell line. Confluent SCBN monolayers mounted in Ussing chambers responded to PAR-1 activation with a Cl−-dependent increase in short-circuit current. The secretory effect was blocked by BaCl2and the Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin, but not by the L-type Ca2+channel blocker verapamil or DIDS, the nonselective inhibitor of Ca2+-dependent Cl−transport. Responses to thrombin and PAR-1-activating peptides exhibited auto- and crossdesensitization. Fura 2-loaded SCBN cells had increased fluorescence after PAR-1 activation, indicating increased intracellular Ca2+. RT-PCR showed that SCBN cells expressed mRNA for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and hypotonicity-activated Cl−channel-2 but not for the Ca2+-dependent Cl−channel-1. PAR-1 activation failed to increase intracellular cAMP, suggesting that the CFTR channel is not involved in the Cl−secretory response. Our data demonstrate that PAR-1 is expressed on human intestinal epithelial cells and regulates a novel Ca2+-dependent Cl−secretory pathway. This may be of clinical significance in inflammatory intestinal diseases with elevated thrombin levels.


1998 ◽  
Vol 274 (5) ◽  
pp. G797-G801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manabu Nishikawa ◽  
Kenta Takeda ◽  
Eisuke F. Sato ◽  
Tetso Kuroki ◽  
Masayasu Inoue

Nitric oxide (NO) inhibits the respiration of mitochondria and enteric bacteria, particularly under low O2concentration, and induces apoptosis of various types of cells. To gain insight into the molecular role of NO in the intestine, we examined its effects on the respiration, Ca2+status, and expression of Bcl-2 in cultured intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-6). NO reversibly inhibited the respiration of IEC-6 cells, especially under physiologically low O2concentration. Although NO elevated cytosolic Ca2+as determined by the fura 2 method, the cells were fairly resistant to NO. Kinetic analysis revealed that prolonged exposure to NO elevated the levels of Bcl-2 and suppressed the NO-induced changes in Ca2+status of the cells. Because Bcl-2 possesses antiapoptotic function, toxic NO effects might appear minimally in enterocytes enriched with Bcl-2. Thus NO might effectively exhibit its antibacterial action in anaerobic intestinal lumen without inducing apoptosis of Bcl-2-enriched mucosal cells.


2014 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 5308-5316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa T. Read ◽  
Rachel W. Hahn ◽  
Carli C. Thompson ◽  
David L. Bauer ◽  
Elizabeth B. Norton ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTEnterotoxigenicEscherichia coli(ETEC) is a significant cause of diarrheal disease and death, especially in children in developing countries. ETEC causes disease by colonizing the small intestine and producing heat-labile toxin (LT), heat-stable toxin (ST), or both LT and ST (LT+ST). The majority of ETEC strains produce both ST and LT. Despite the prevalence of LT+ST-producing organisms, few studies have examined the physiologic or immunologic consequences of simultaneous exposure to these two potent enterotoxins. In the current report, we demonstrate that when LT and ST are both present, they increase water movement into the intestinal lumen over and above the levels observed with either toxin alone. As expected, cultured intestinal epithelial cells increased their expression of intracellular cyclic GMP (cGMP) when treated with ST and their expression of intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) when treated with LT. When both toxins were present, cGMP levels but not cAMP levels were synergistically elevated compared with the levels of expression caused by the corresponding single-toxin treatment. Our data also demonstrate that the levels of inflammatory cytokines produced by intestinal epithelial cells in response to LT are significantly reduced in animals exposed to both enterotoxins. These findings suggest that there may be complex differences between the epithelial cell intoxication and, potentially, secretory outcomes induced by ETEC strains expressing LT+ST compared with strains that express LT or ST only. Our results also reveal a novel mechanism wherein ST production may reduce the hosts' ability to mount an effective innate or adaptive immune response to infecting organisms.


2015 ◽  
Vol 148 (4) ◽  
pp. S-57
Author(s):  
James Sinnett-Smith ◽  
Yang Ni ◽  
Nora Rozengurt ◽  
Steven H. Young ◽  
Enrique Rozengurt

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