H. Ryu et al., Escherichia coli strain RDEC-1 AF/R1 endogenous fimbrial glycoconjugate receptor molecules in rabbit small intestine, INFEC IMMUN, 69(2), 2001, pp. 640-649
Escherichia coli strain RDEC-1 causes a diarrheagenic infection in rabbits
with AF/R1 fimbriae, which have been identified as an important colonizatio
n factor in RDEC-1 adherence leading to disease, The AF/R1-mediated RDEC-1
adherence model has been used as a model systems for E, coli diarrheal dise
ases. In this study, RDEC-1 adhered specifically to small intestinal brush
borders, with both sialic acid and beta -galactosyl residues apparently inv
olved, The AF/R1-mediated adherence activity of [C-14]-labeled RDEC-1 was a
nalyzed quantitatively by using 24-well plates coated with purified brush b
orders and purified microvilli, Two microvillus membrane proteins (130 and
140 kDa) were individually isolated, and chicken antibody raised to each pr
otein inhibited bacterial adherence, These same two proteins, previously sh
own to be recognized by AF/R1, were individually digested with trypsin, and
the amino acid sequences of peptides were determined by reversed-phase cap
illary liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry tandem mass spectrometry (LC
-MS). This LC-MS analysis indicated that these proteins are subunits of the
rabbit sucrase-isomaltase protein (SI) complex Guinea pig serum raised to
purified rabbit SI complex inhibited bacterial adherence to microvilli. Add
itionally, as determined by high-performance thin-layer chromatography and
autoradiography, RDEC-1 adhered selectively, via AF/R1 fimbriae, to a glyco
lipid tentatively identified as galactosylceramide (Gal beta1-1Cer) in the
lipid extract of rabbit small intestinal brush borders. RDEC-1 adherence to
Gal beta1-1Cer was partially inhibited in the presence of galactose, These
combined results indicate that the endogenous receptor molecule for AF/R1
fimbriae of RDEC-1 is each individual component of the SI complex, although
binding to glycolipid may be responsible for an additional adherence mecha
nism.