Pancreatic Amylase Is an Environmental Signal for Regulation of Biofilm Formation and Host Interaction in Campylobacter jejuni

  • Waheed Jowiya
  • , Katja Brunner
  • , Sherif Abouelhadid
  • , Haitham A. Hussain
  • , Sean P. Nair
  • , Sohaib Sadiq
  • , Lisa K. Williams
  • , Emma K. Trantham
  • , Holly Stephenson
  • , Brendan W. Wren
  • , Mona Bajaj-Elliott
  • , Tristan A. Cogan
  • , Andrew P. Laws
  • , Jim Wade
  • , Nick Dorrell
  • , Elaine Allan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p> <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Campylobacter jejuni</jats:named-content> is a commensal bacterium in the intestines of animals and birds and a major cause of food-borne gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. Here we show that exposure to pancreatic amylase leads to secretion of an α-dextran by <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">C. jejuni</jats:named-content> and that a secreted protease, Cj0511, is required. Exposure of <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">C. jejuni</jats:named-content> to pancreatic amylase promotes biofilm formation <jats:italic>in vitro</jats:italic> , increases interaction with human epithelial cell lines, increases virulence in the <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Galleria mellonella</jats:named-content> infection model, and promotes colonization of the chicken ileum. We also show that exposure to pancreatic amylase protects <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">C. jejuni</jats:named-content> from stress conditions <jats:italic>in vitro</jats:italic> , suggesting that the induced α-dextran may be important during transmission between hosts. This is the first evidence that pancreatic amylase functions as an interkingdom signal in an enteric microorganism. </jats:p>
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4884-4895
Number of pages0
JournalInfection and Immunity
Volume83
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2015

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