The Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 40, Issue 1 55-61, Copyright © 1994 by Society for General Microbiology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Adhesion to and invasion of human colon carcinoma Caco-2 cells by Aeromonas strains

Y. Nishikawa, A. Hase, J. Ogawasara, S. M. Scotland, H. R. Smith and T. Kimura
Department of Epidemiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Japan.

The enteropathogenicity of Aeromonas strains that showed mannose-resistant adhesion to INT407 cells was evaluated by infecting Caco-2 cells and observing them by light and electronmicroscopy. Five of six strains adhered in large numbers to Caco-2 cells in the presence of mannose and caused cytopathic effects. Two strains of Aeromonas spp. seemed to invade Caco-2 cells, as membrane-bound bacteria were seen within the cytoplasm of these cells; however, staining by acridine orange-crystal violet appeared to show intracellular fluorescent bacteria in three strains. Fimbriae did not appear to play an important role in adhesion because fimbrial structures were not seen by transmission electronmicroscopy. Adhesion of four strains was inhibited by the addition of L-fucose. The strains were negative in the fluorescence actin staining test, which in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains correlates with the ability to attach and efface intestinal microvilli. The DNA of the Aeromonas strains did not hybridise with the E. coli eae and ipaB probes, associated with attaching and effacing ability and invasion, respectively. These results give support to the enteropathogenicity of adhesive strains of Aeromonas spp., although the mechanisms of adhesion, and possibly invasion, remain to be elucidated.

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