Elliott S J, Yu J, Kaper J B
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Infect Immun. 1999 Aug;67(8):4260-3. doi: 10.1128/IAI.67.8.4260-4263.1999.
The locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 possesses the same genes in identical order and orientation as the LEE of enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) O127:H6 but is unable to form attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions or to secrete Esp proteins when it is cloned in an E. coli K-12 background. The A/E phenotype could not be restored by trans complementation with a variety of cloned EPEC LEE fragments, suggesting functional and/or regulatory differences between the LEE pathogenicity islands of EPEC O127:H6 and EHEC O157:H7.
肠出血性大肠杆菌(EHEC)O157:H7的肠细胞损伤位点(LEE)致病岛与肠致病性大肠杆菌(EPEC)O127:H6的LEE具有相同顺序和方向的相同基因,但当它克隆于大肠杆菌K-12背景中时,无法形成紧密黏附与抹平(A/E)损伤或分泌Esp蛋白。用多种克隆的EPEC LEE片段进行反式互补无法恢复A/E表型,这表明EPEC O127:H6和EHEC O157:H7的LEE致病岛之间存在功能和/或调控差异。