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Transcellular Passage of Neisseria meningitidis across a Polarized Respiratory Epithelium

机译:脑膜炎奈瑟氏球菌跨极化呼吸道上皮细胞的跨细胞通道

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Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of sepsis and meningitis but is also a common commensal, present in the nasopharynx of between 8 and 20% of healthy individuals. During carriage, the bacterium is found on the surface of the nasopharyngeal epithelium and in deeper tissues, while to develop disease the meningococcus must spread across the respiratory epithelium and enter the systemic circulation. Therefore, investigating the pathways by which N. meningitidis crosses the epithelial barrier is relevant for understanding carriage and disease but has been hindered by the lack of appropriate models. Here, we have established a physiologically relevant model of the upper respiratory epithelial cell barrier to investigate the mechanisms responsible for traversal of N. meningitidis. Calu-3 human respiratory epithelial cells were grown on permeable cell culture membranes to form polarized monolayers of cells joined by tight junctions. We show that the meningococcus crosses the epithelial cell barrier by a transcellular route; traversal of the layer did not disrupt its integrity, and bacteria were detected within the cells of the monolayer. We demonstrate that successful traversal of the epithelial cell barrier by N. meningitidis requires expression of its type 4 pili (Tfp) and capsule and is dependent on the host cell microtubule network. The Calu-3 model should be suitable for dissecting the pathogenesis of infections caused by other respiratory pathogens, as well as the meningococcus.
机译:脑膜炎奈瑟氏球菌是败血症和脑膜炎的主要原因,但也是常见的症状,存在于8-20%的健康个体的鼻咽中。在运输过程中,细菌被发现在鼻咽上皮的表面和更深的组织中,而为了发展疾病,脑膜炎球菌必须在呼吸道上皮中扩散并进入全身循环。因此,调查 N的途径。脑膜炎越过上皮屏障与理解运输和疾病有关,但由于缺乏合适的模型而受到阻碍。在这里,我们已经建立了上呼吸道上皮细胞屏障的生理相关模型,以研究负责遍历 N的机制。 Calu-3人呼吸道上皮细胞生长在可渗透的细胞培养膜上,形成紧密连接的极化细胞单层。我们显示脑膜炎球菌通过跨细胞途径穿过上皮细胞屏障。遍历该层不会破坏其完整性,并且在单层细胞内检测到细菌。我们证明了 N成功穿越了上皮细胞屏障。脑膜炎需要表达其4型菌毛(Tfp)和荚膜,并且依赖于宿主细胞微管网络。 Calu-3模型应适合剖析其他呼吸道病原体以及脑膜炎球菌引起的感染的发病机理。

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