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    ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells

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    Crowe, Andrew
    Bebawy, M.
    Date
    2012
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    The aim of this project was to show elevated P-glycoprotein (P-gp) expression decreasing bacterial association with LS174T human gastrointestinal cells, and that this effect could be reversed upon blocking functional P-gp efflux. Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lactobacillus acidophilus and numerous strains of Escherichia coli, from commensal to enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic strains (O157:H7) were fluorescently labelled and incubated on LS174T cultures either with or without P-gp amplification using rifampicin. PSC-833 was used as a potent functional P-gp blocking agent. Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas displayed the greatest association with the LS174T cells. Surprisingly, lactobacilli retained more fluorescence than enteropathogenic -E. coli in this system. Irrespective of attachment differences between the bacterial species, the increase in P-gp protein expression decreased bacterial fluorescence by 25–30%. This included the GFP-labelled E. coli, and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (O157:H7). Blocking P-gp function through the co-administration of PSC-833 increased the amount of bacteria associated with P-gp expressing LS174T cells back to control levels. As most bacteria were affected to the same degree, irrespective of pathogenicity, it is unlikely that P-gp has a direct influence on adhesion of bacteria, and instead P-gp may be playing an indirect role by secreting a bank of endogenous factors or changing the local environment to one less suited to bacterial growth in general.

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    Crowe, Andrew and Bebawy, Mary. 2012. ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein) reduces bacterial attachment to human gastointestinal LS174T epithelial cells. European Journal of Pharmacology. 689: pp. 204-210.
    Source Title
    European Journal of Pharmacology
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7488
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.05.047

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