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Molecular mechanism of induced apoptosis in cultured human intestinal epithelial cells No Access

Abstract

Enteroaggregative (EAEC) is an evolving etiological agent of acute and persistent diarrhoea worldwide. The previous study from our laboratory has reported the apoptosis-inducing activity of EAEC in human small intestinal and colonic epithelial cell lines. In the present investigation, we have explored the underlying mechanism of EAEC-induced apoptosis in human intestinal epithelial cell lines.

INT-407 and HCT-15 cells were infected with EAEC-T8 and EAEC-pT8 (plasmid cured strain of EAEC-T8) separately. Cells cultured in the absence of bacteria served as a negative control in all the experiments. For the subsequent experiments, the molecular mechanism(s) of epithelial cell aposptosis was measured in EAEC infecting both the cell lines by flow cytometry, real-time PCR and Western blotting.

EAEC was found to activate the intrinsic/mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in both the cell lines through upregulation of pro-apoptotic Bax and Bak, un-alteration/reduction in the level of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and Bcl-X, decrease in mitochondrial transmembrane potential, accumulation of cytosolic cytochrome leading to activation of procaspase-9 and procaspase-3, which ultimately resulted in DNA fragmentation and apoptosis. Further, an increased expression of Fas, activation of procaspase-8 and upregulation of pro-apoptotic Bid in the EAEC-infected cells indicated the involvement of extrinsic apoptotic pathway too in this process. Our finding has undoubtedly led to an increased understanding of EAEC pathogenesis, which may be helpful to develop an improved strategy to combat the infection.

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Keyword(s): apoptosis , Bcl-2 family members , caspases , EAEC , intestinal epithelial cells and pathogenesis
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Indian Council of Medical Research
    • Principle Award Recipient: SujataGhosh
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Molecular mechanism of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli induced apoptosis in cultured human intestinal epithelial cells
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