Tsui Inez S M, Yip Cecilia M C, Hackett Jim, Morris Christina
Department of Biochemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China.
Infect Immun. 2003 Oct;71(10):6049-50. doi: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.6049-6050.2003.
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi expresses type IVB pili. We show that the prePilS protein (the soluble precursor form of the structural pilin) interacts with a 15-mer peptide representing the first extracellular domain of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a recognized human epithelial cell receptor for serovar Typhi (G. B. Pier et al., Nature 393:79-82, 1998). This indicates that after mediating bacterial self-association (C. Morris et al., Infect. Immun. 71:1141-1146, 2003), the pili then act to attach the bacterial clumps to CFTR in the membrane of gut epithelial cells. These sequential type IVB pilus-mediated events cannot be performed by (for example) S. enterica serovar Typhimurium, which may explain why only serovar Typhi causes epidemics of enteric fever in humans.
伤寒沙门氏菌血清型伤寒杆菌表达IVB型菌毛。我们发现,前菌毛蛋白S(结构菌毛蛋白的可溶性前体形式)与一段15聚体肽相互作用,该肽段代表囊性纤维化跨膜传导调节因子(CFTR)的第一个细胞外结构域,CFTR是公认的伤寒杆菌血清型的人类上皮细胞受体(G. B. Pier等人,《自然》393:79 - 82,1998年)。这表明在介导细菌自我聚集后(C. Morris等人,《感染与免疫》71:1141 - 1146,2003年),菌毛随后将细菌团块附着于肠道上皮细胞膜中的CFTR。这些由IVB型菌毛介导的连续事件不能由(例如)鼠伤寒沙门氏菌血清型来完成,这可能解释了为什么只有伤寒杆菌血清型会在人类中引起伤寒流行。