ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells

The aim of this project was to show elevated P-glycoprotein (P-gp) expression decreasing bacterial association with LS174T human gastrointestinal cells, and that this effect could be reversed upon blocking functional P-gp efflux. Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,...

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Main Authors: Crowe, Andrew, Bebawy, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7488
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Bebawy, M.
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description The aim of this project was to show elevated P-glycoprotein (P-gp) expression decreasing bacterial association with LS174T human gastrointestinal cells, and that this effect could be reversed upon blocking functional P-gp efflux. Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lactobacillus acidophilus and numerous strains of Escherichia coli, from commensal to enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic strains (O157:H7) were fluorescently labelled and incubated on LS174T cultures either with or without P-gp amplification using rifampicin. PSC-833 was used as a potent functional P-gp blocking agent. Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas displayed the greatest association with the LS174T cells. Surprisingly, lactobacilli retained more fluorescence than enteropathogenic -E. coli in this system. Irrespective of attachment differences between the bacterial species, the increase in P-gp protein expression decreased bacterial fluorescence by 25–30%. This included the GFP-labelled E. coli, and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (O157:H7). Blocking P-gp function through the co-administration of PSC-833 increased the amount of bacteria associated with P-gp expressing LS174T cells back to control levels. As most bacteria were affected to the same degree, irrespective of pathogenicity, it is unlikely that P-gp has a direct influence on adhesion of bacteria, and instead P-gp may be playing an indirect role by secreting a bank of endogenous factors or changing the local environment to one less suited to bacterial growth in general.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-74882017-09-13T16:05:52Z ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells Crowe, Andrew Bebawy, M. The aim of this project was to show elevated P-glycoprotein (P-gp) expression decreasing bacterial association with LS174T human gastrointestinal cells, and that this effect could be reversed upon blocking functional P-gp efflux. Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lactobacillus acidophilus and numerous strains of Escherichia coli, from commensal to enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic strains (O157:H7) were fluorescently labelled and incubated on LS174T cultures either with or without P-gp amplification using rifampicin. PSC-833 was used as a potent functional P-gp blocking agent. Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas displayed the greatest association with the LS174T cells. Surprisingly, lactobacilli retained more fluorescence than enteropathogenic -E. coli in this system. Irrespective of attachment differences between the bacterial species, the increase in P-gp protein expression decreased bacterial fluorescence by 25–30%. This included the GFP-labelled E. coli, and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (O157:H7). Blocking P-gp function through the co-administration of PSC-833 increased the amount of bacteria associated with P-gp expressing LS174T cells back to control levels. As most bacteria were affected to the same degree, irrespective of pathogenicity, it is unlikely that P-gp has a direct influence on adhesion of bacteria, and instead P-gp may be playing an indirect role by secreting a bank of endogenous factors or changing the local environment to one less suited to bacterial growth in general. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7488 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.05.047 Elsevier Science restricted
spellingShingle Crowe, Andrew
Bebawy, M.
ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells
title ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells
title_full ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells
title_fullStr ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells
title_full_unstemmed ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells
title_short ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells
title_sort abcb1 (p-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal ls174t epithelial cells
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7488