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In vitro damage to rat intestine by enteropathogenic E.coli as revealed by release of β-glucosidases

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Title In vitro damage to rat intestine by enteropathogenic E.coli as revealed by release of β-glucosidases
 
Creator Kumar, P Suresh
Sankaran, K
 
Subject A/E lesion
Bacterial pathogen
Diarrhoea
Enteropathogenic E. coli
Glucosidases
In vitro virulence assay
 
Description 640-646
Enteropathogenic E. Coli (EPEC) causes persistent diarrhea, resulting in high mortality and morbidity among infants.
EPEC forms micro colonies on intestinal epithelial cells and causes a characteristic ‘attaching and effacing’ (A/E) epithelial
lesion, which destructs microvillus and the intimate attachment of bacteria to form a pedestal-like structure on the surface of
epithelial cells. In present in vitro study, effect of EPEC infection on damage caused to functional integrity of brush border was
studied by monitoring ²-glucosidase activity, which is essential for dietary carbohydrate digestion. There was a release of
glucoamylase, sucrase and maltase from brush border ileal region. Both virulent and attenuated strains of EPEC were able to do
so indicating that ability of EPEC might lie in an unknown chromosomal locus. In a short incubation time, a net synthesis of
b-glucosidase during infection to replenish loss was observed. This might represent host response in early phase of EPEC
infection.
 
Date 2008-05-14T11:17:04Z
2008-05-14T11:17:04Z
2007-08
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0022-4456
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1296
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source JSIR Vol.66(8) [August 2007]