Antibody against the carboxyl terminus of intimin alpha reduces enteropathogenic Escherichia coli adherence to tissue culture cells and subsequent induction of actin polymerization |
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| Authors: | Carvalho Humberto M Teel Louise D Kokai-Kun John F O'Brien Alison D |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, B4052, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA. |
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| Abstract: | The C-terminal third of intimin binds to its translocated receptor (Tir) to promote attaching and effacing lesion formation during infection with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). We observed that the adherence of EPEC strains to HEp-2 cells was reduced and that actin polymerization was blocked by antibody raised against the C-terminal third of intimin alpha. |
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