What Flips the Switch? Signals and Stress Regulating Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Type 1 Fimbriae (Pili)

Bessaiah, Hicham; Anamalé, Carole; Sung, Jacqueline et Dozois, Charles M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4832-3936 (2021). What Flips the Switch? Signals and Stress Regulating Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Type 1 Fimbriae (Pili) Microorganisms , vol. 10 , nº 5. pp. 1-26. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10010005.

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Résumé

Pathogens are exposed to a multitude of harmful conditions imposed by the environment of the host. Bacterial responses against these stresses are pivotal for successful host colonization and pathogenesis. In the case of many E. coli strains, type 1 fimbriae (pili) are an important colonization factor that can contribute to diseases such as urinary tract infections and neonatal meningitis. Production of type 1 fimbriae in E. coli is dependent on an invertible promoter element, fimS, which serves as a phase variation switch determining whether or not a bacterial cell will produce type 1 fimbriae. In this review, we present aspects of signaling and stress involved in mediating regulation of type 1 fimbriae in extraintestinal E. coli; in particular, how certain regulatory mechanisms, some of which are linked to stress response, can influence production of fimbriae and influence bacterial colonization and infection. We suggest that regulation of type 1 fimbriae is potentially linked to environmental stress responses, providing a perspective for how environmental cues in the host and bacterial stress response during infection both play an important role in regulating extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli colonization and virulence.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	Escherichia coli; adhesion; stress response; type 1 fimbriae
Centre:	Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier
Date de dépôt:	22 juin 2022 19:14
Dernière modification:	22 juin 2022 19:14
URI:	https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/12301

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