PMID- 33814154 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210622 LR - 20240102 IS - 1525-3198 (Electronic) IS - 0022-0302 (Linking) VI - 104 IP - 7 DP - 2021 Jul TI - Role of long polar fimbriae type 1 and 2 in pathogenesis of mammary pathogenic Escherichia coli. PG - 8243-8255 LID - S0022-0302(21)00488-4 [pii] LID - 10.3168/jds.2021-20122 [doi] AB - Escherichia coli is a leading cause of bovine mastitis worldwide. The bacteria can rapidly grow in milk and elicit a strong lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4)-dependent inflammatory response. Recently, the long polar fimbriae (LPF) were identified as a promising virulence factor candidate widely distributed in mammary pathogenic E. coli (MPEC) strains. Mammary pathogenic E. coli possess 2 lpf loci encoding LPF1 and LPF2, respectively. By deleting the major fimbrial subunit gene, lpfA, we found that both LPF1 and LPF2 contribute to MPEC adhesion, invasion, and biofilm formation in vitro. The lpf1A and lpf2A mutants showed reduced cytotoxicity in our in vitro cell infection model. Furthermore, we observed that LPF2 induced a mild TLR4-independent proinflammatory response. The median lethal dose (LD(50)) of both ∆lpf2A and ∆lpf1A∆lpf2A mutants to BALB/c mice increased by 0.38 and 0.15 logs, respectively, whereas that of wild-type strain MPJS13 was 8.69 logs. In contrast, LPF1 deficiency significantly enhanced the LPS/TLR4-mediated inflammatory response in mammary epithelial cells, and the LD(50) of the mutant decreased to 8.18 logs. In conclusion, our data suggested that LPF are important in MPEC colonization of mammary cells and may provide a benefit to bacterial intracellular survival that induces persistent bovine mastitis. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 American Dairy Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhou, Mingxu AU - Zhou M AD - Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210014, China. FAU - Yang, Yang AU - Yang Y AD - Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China. FAU - Wu, Miaomiao AU - Wu M AD - College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China. FAU - Ma, Fang AU - Ma F AD - Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China. FAU - Xu, Yue AU - Xu Y AD - Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China. FAU - Deng, Bihua AU - Deng B AD - Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China. FAU - Zhang, Jinqiu AU - Zhang J AD - Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China. FAU - Zhu, Guoqiang AU - Zhu G AD - Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety of Ministry of Education of China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, China. Electronic address: yzgqzhu@yzu.edu.cn. FAU - Lu, Yu AU - Lu Y AD - Institute of Veterinary Immunology & Engineering, National Research Center of Engineering and Technology for Veterinary Biologicals, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; School of Pharmacy, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China. Electronic address: luyu@jaas.ac.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210402 PL - United States TA - J Dairy Sci JT - Journal of dairy science JID - 2985126R RN - 0 (Escherichia coli Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - *Cattle Diseases MH - Escherichia coli MH - *Escherichia coli Infections/veterinary MH - *Escherichia coli Proteins MH - Female MH - Fimbriae, Bacterial MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C OTO - NOTNLM OT - Escherichia coli OT - inflammatory response OT - long polar fimbriae OT - mastitis OT - pathogenesis EDAT- 2021/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/23 06:00 CRDT- 2021/04/05 05:37 PHST- 2021/01/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/04/05 05:37 [entrez] AID - S0022-0302(21)00488-4 [pii] AID - 10.3168/jds.2021-20122 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Dairy Sci. 2021 Jul;104(7):8243-8255. doi: 10.3168/jds.2021-20122. Epub 2021 Apr 2.