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strains encoding premature stop codons in invade mice and guinea pig fetuses in orally dosed dams Free

Abstract

is an important food-borne bacterial pathogen and listeriosis can result in abortions in pregnant women. The bacterium can colonize food-processing environments, where specific molecular subtypes can persist for years. The purpose of this study was to determine the virulence potential of a group of food-processing persistent strains encoding a premature stop codon in (encoding internalin A) by using two orally dosed models, pregnant mice and pregnant guinea pigs. A food-processing persistent strain of invaded placentas ( = 58; 10 % positive) and fetuses (3 % positive) of pregnant mice ( = 9 animals per strain), similar to a genetically manipulated murinized strain, EGD-e InlA ( = 61; 3 and 2 %, respectively). In pregnant guinea pigs ( = 9 animals per bacterial strain), a maternofetal strain (from a human fetal clinical fatal case) was isolated from 34 % of placenta samples ( = 50), whereas both food-processing persistent strains were found in 5 % of placenta samples ( = 36 or 37). One of the food-processing persistent strains, N53-1, was found in up to 8 % of guinea pig fetal liver and brain samples, whereas the maternofetal control was found in 6 % of fetal tissue samples. As the food-processing persistent strains carry a premature stop codon in but are invasive in orally dosed pregnant mice and guinea pigs, we hypothesize that listerial crossing of the placental barrier can occur by a mechanism that is independent of an interaction between E-cadherin and InlA.

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Listeria monocytogenes strains encoding premature stop codons in inlA invade mice and guinea pig fetuses in orally dosed dams
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