Genetics, Toxicity, and Distribution of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin

Schwidder, Maike; Heinisch, Laura; Schmidt, Herbert

doi:10.3390/toxins11090502

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“…Intimin, encoded by the eaeA gene, adheres to intestinal mucosa and causes intestinal lesion formation [47]. Enterohemolysin, encoded by hlyA, leads to erythrocyte lysis, which may contribute to iron intake by intestinal bacteria [48]. Previous reports showed that E. coli O157:H7/Hstrains isolated from the feces of slaughtered ruminants exhibited stx2 gene prominence over the stx1 gene [34,49,50].…”

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Occurrence, virulence genes, and antimicrobial profiles of Escherichia coli O157 isolated from ruminants slaughtered in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Rahman

Banu

2020

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Background: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a major source of food-borne illness around the world. E. coli O157 has been widely reported as the most common STEC serogroup and has emerged as an important enteric pathogen. Cattle, in particular have been identified as a major E. coli O157:H7 reservoir of human infections; however, the prevalence of this organism in camels, sheep, and goats is less understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence and concentration of E. coli serotype O157 in the feces of healthy camels (n = 140), cattle (n =137), sheep (n = 141) and goats (n = 150) slaughtered in United Arab Emirates (UAE) for meat consumption between September 2017 and August 2018. We used immunomagnetic separation coupled with a culture-plating method to detect E. coli O157. Non-sorbitol fermenting colonies were assessed via latex-agglutination testing, and positive cultures were analyzed by performing polymerase chain reactions to detect genes encoding attaching and effacing protein (eaeA), hemolysin A (hlyA, also known as ehxA) and Shiga toxin (stx1 and stx2), and E. coli O157:H7 specific genes (rfb O157, uidA, and fliC). All E. coli O157 isolates were analyzed for their susceptibility to 20 selected antimicrobials.Results: E. coli O157 was observed in camels, goats, and cattle fecal samples at abundances of 4.3%, 2%, and 1.46%, respectively, but it was undetectable in sheep feces. The most prevalent E. coli O157 gene in all STEC isolates was stx2;, whereas, stx1 was not detected in any of the samples. The fecal samples from camels, goats, and cattle harbored E. coli O157 isolates that were 100% susceptible to cefotaxime, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, and polymyxin B.Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first report on the occurrence of E. coli O157 in slaughter animals in the UAE. Our results clearly demonstrate the presence of E. coli O157 in slaughtered animals, which could possibly contaminate meat products intended for human consumption.

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Occurrence, virulence genes, and antimicrobial profiles of Escherichia coli O157 isolated from ruminants slaughtered in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Rahman

Banu

2020

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“…LtxA (trade name Leukothera ® ) may provide therapeutic applications for the treatment of hematological malignancies and immune-mediated diseases [18]. All of the mentioned cytolysins form cation-selective pores in the cell membranes as the primary event [16][17][18]20,21,24,25]. This means that antibodies directed against specific RTX toxins could protect from diseases [21].…”

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“…This means that antibodies directed against specific RTX toxins could protect from diseases [21]. RTX toxins could, therefore, serve as antigens for vaccine research and development to treat the corresponding bacterial diseases [20][21][22]. These considerations are important for diagnostic applications in human and veterinary medicine, as outlined in three contributions in this Special Issue [18,21,22].…”

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“…Enterohemolysin (EHEC-hemolysin, EHEC-Hly), which belongs to the RTX toxin family, is besides Shiga toxin (Stx), a potential virulence factor of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC). This disease is frequently associated with hemorrhagic colitis (HC) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) [20]. A review in this Special Issue describes the current knowledge of EHEC-Hly together with the influence of various regulator proteins on its production and discusses the diagnostic role of EHEC-Hly.…”

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“…A review in this Special Issue describes the current knowledge of EHEC-Hly together with the influence of various regulator proteins on its production and discusses the diagnostic role of EHEC-Hly. It also sheds light on the different mechanisms leading to damage of target cells together with the putative genetic evolution of the toxin [20].…”

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