scholarly journals Infectious Spondylitis-Associated <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> with Virulence Gene <i>pvl</i> or <i>tst</i> Causes More Necrosis than Apoptosis in Human Alveolar Basal Epithelial Cell Line A549

2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (07) ◽  
pp. 479-488
Author(s):  
Tsung-Jen Huang ◽  
Chi-Han Lee ◽  
Meng-Huang Wu ◽  
Yen-Yao Li ◽  
Tsung Han Yang ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 283-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Skarphedinn Halldorsson ◽  
Valthor Asgrimsson ◽  
Ivar Axelsson ◽  
Gudmundur Hrafn Gudmundsson ◽  
Margret Steinarsdottir ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 2568-2577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd M. Jarry ◽  
Ambrose L. Cheung

ABSTRACTStaphylococcus aureusis frequently the initial bacterium isolated from young cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, and yet its role in CF disease progression has not been determined. Recent data from our lab demonstrates thatS. aureuscan invade and replicate within the CF tracheal epithelial cell line (CFT-1). Here we describe the finding that the fate of internalizedS. aureusin CFT-1 cells differs from its complemented counterpart (LCFSN).S. aureusstrain RN6390 was able to replicate within the mutant CFT-1 cells after invasion but not in the complemented LCFSN cells. At 1 h postinvasion,S. aureuscontaining vesicles within both cell lines acquired vacuolar-ATPase, lysosomal markers LAMP 1 and 2, and the lysomotrophic dye LysoTracker to a similar degree. However, at 4 h postinvasion, the percentage ofS. aureuswithin CFT-1 cells associated with these markers decreased significantly compared to LCFSN, where the association approached 100%. Transmission electron microscopic analysis revealed that the majority of bacteria within CFT-1 cells were free in the cytosol at 4 h after invasion, whereas mostS. aureusbacteria internalized by LCFSN cells remained within vesicles. These results demonstrate a fundamental difference in the fate of liveS. aureusafter invasion of CFT-1 versus LCFSN cell lines and may explain the propensity ofS. aureusto cause chronic lung infection in CF patients.


2000 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 5385-5392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara C. Kahl ◽  
Mark Goulian ◽  
Willem van Wamel ◽  
Mathias Herrmann ◽  
Sanford M. Simon ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus frequently colonizes the airways of patients with compromised airway defenses (e.g., cystic fibrosis [CF] patients) for extended periods. Persistent and relapsing infections may be related to live S. aureus bacteria actively residing inside epithelial cells. In this study, we infected a respiratory epithelial cell line, which was derived from a CF patient, with S. aureus RN6390. Internalization of S. aureus was found to be time and dose dependent and could be blocked by cytochalasin D. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that internalized bacteria resided within endocytic vacuoles without any evidence of lysosomal fusion in a 24-h period. The results of internalization experiments and time-lapse fluorescence microscopy of epithelial cells infected with green fluorescent S. aureusindicate that, after an initial lag period of 7 to 9 h, intracellular bacteria began to replicate, with three to five divisions in a 24-h period, leading to apoptosis of infected cells. Induction of apoptosis required bacterial internalization and is associated with intracellular replication. The slow and gradual replication of S. aureus inside epithelial cells hints at the role of host factors or signals in bacterial growth and further suggests possible cross talk between host cells and S. aureus.


Author(s):  
Li C.L. ◽  
Chew E.C. ◽  
Huang D.P. ◽  
Ho H.C. ◽  
Mak L.S. ◽  
...  

An epithelial cell line, NPC/HK1, has recently been successfully established from a nasopharyngeal carcinoma of the moderately to well differentiated squamous type. The present communication reports on the surface morphology of the NPC/HK1 cells in culture.


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