Genetic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa adherence: distinct genetic loci control attachment to epithelial cells and mucins

Author:

Simpson D A1,Ramphal R1,Lory S1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

Abstract

Infection of mucosal tissues by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is initiated by attachment of the bacterium to host tissues. To gain a better understanding of this interaction, we used two methods to isolate mutants of P. aeruginosa with altered adherence to cultured A549 cells and to mucins. First, from a population of nonpiliated mutants of P. aeruginosa mutagenized with transposon Tn5G, we have isolated variants that are defective in binding to both A549 cells and respiratory mucins. Using a cloned transposon plus flanking DNA from one such mutant as a DNA probe, we have isolated plasmids from a cosmid bank, which, upon reintroduction to the original mutants, restored adhesion to both A549 cells and mucin. The second strategy to identify genes involved in adhesion used mutagenesis of P. aeruginosa N1G, an rpoN mutant which is unable to bind to either A549 cells or mucin, with transposon Tn5 containing an outward-directed promoter. From this bank of mutagenized P. aeruginosa N1G, two classes of adhesion variants were isolated; one class attached to A549 cells and to mucin, and the other class restored binding of the rpoN mutant to mucin but not to A549 cells. These findings suggest that P. aeruginosa can express at least two adhesins distinct from pili, one recognizing receptors shared by epithelial cells and mucins and the other recognizing mucins alone.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology

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