Intestinal mucus gel and secretory antibody are barriers to Campylobacter jejuni adherence to INT 407 cells.
AUTOR(ES)
McSweegan, E
RESUMO
An in vitro mucus assay was developed to study the role of mucus gel and secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) in preventing attachment of Campylobacter jejuni to INT 407 cells. An overlay of rabbit small intestinal mucus was found to impede the attachment of C. jejuni to a monolayer of INT 407 cells. Mucus from rabbits previously colonized with C. jejuni was found to completely inhibit bacterial adherence to the underlying cells. Anti-Campylobacter sIgA was readily detected in mucus samples from previously exposed rabbits and was responsible for eliminating bacterial adherence to the INT 407 cells. This was shown by loss of inhibition after mucus absorption with Campylobacter cells. sIgA-containing mucus caused aggregation of the C. jejuni cells within the mucus layer of the assay system. Nonimmune mucus and sIgA alone were unable to cause bacterial aggregation, suggesting a cooperative role for mucus and sIgA. Antibodies responsible for adhesion inhibition were cross-reactive among several Campylobacter strains and were not directed solely against flagellar antigens.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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