Xia Pengpeng, Wang Yiting, Zhu Congrui, Zou Yajie, Yang Ying, Liu Wei, Hardwidge Philip R, Zhu Guoqiang
College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
Vet Res. 2016 Feb 9;47:24. doi: 10.1186/s13567-016-0313-5.
F4(+) enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains cause diarrheal disease in neonatal and post-weaned piglets. Several different host receptors for F4 fimbriae have been described, with porcine aminopeptidase N (APN) reported most recently. The FaeG subunit is essential for the binding of the three F4 variants to host cells. Here we show in both yeast two-hybrid and pulldown assays that APN binds directly to FaeG, the major subunit of F4 fimbriae, from three serotypes of F4(+) ETEC. Modulating APN gene expression in IPEC-J2 cells affected ETEC adherence. Antibodies raised against APN or F4 fimbriae both reduced ETEC adherence. Thus, APN mediates the attachment of F4(+) E. coli to intestinal epithelial cells.
F4(+)产肠毒素大肠杆菌(ETEC)菌株可导致新生仔猪和断奶后仔猪腹泻病。已描述了几种不同的F4菌毛宿主受体,最近报道的是猪氨肽酶N(APN)。FaeG亚基对于三种F4变体与宿主细胞的结合至关重要。在这里,我们通过酵母双杂交和下拉试验表明,APN直接与来自三种血清型F4(+) ETEC的F4菌毛主要亚基FaeG结合。调节IPEC-J2细胞中APN基因的表达会影响ETEC的黏附。针对APN或F4菌毛产生的抗体均降低了ETEC的黏附。因此,APN介导F4(+)大肠杆菌与肠上皮细胞的附着。