CROHN'S DISEASE MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED E. COLI SHOW BETTER TOLERANCE OF A SUPEROXIDATIVE STRESS ENVIRONMENT, THAT MIMICS CONDITIONS INSIDE MACROPHAGE PHAGOLYSOSOMES

Tawfik, AT, Rhodes, JM ORCID: 0000-0002-1302-260X and Campbell, BJ ORCID: 0000-0002-7407-012X (2016) CROHN'S DISEASE MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED E. COLI SHOW BETTER TOLERANCE OF A SUPEROXIDATIVE STRESS ENVIRONMENT, THAT MIMICS CONDITIONS INSIDE MACROPHAGE PHAGOLYSOSOMES In: BSG 2016.

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Abstract

Mucosa-associated E.coli are commonly found in patients with Crohn’s disease (CD), colorectal cancer (CRC) and to a lesser extent in ulcerative colitis (UC)1,2. They are able to replicate within macrophage phagolysosomes and are found inside CD tissue macrophages3,4. Our aim here was to assess these mucosal E.coli isolates for ability to tolerate stress conditions characteristic of that found within the phagolysosome. E.coli isolates from patients with CD (n = 16), UC (6), CRC (7), and those obtained from other patients (n = 7; IBS (2), sporadic polyps (3), piles (1), healthy individuals (3)) and laboratory strains (6) were grown in LB medium (OD600nm 0.1). Ten-fold dilutions were plated under stress conditions; 100 mM MES pH5 with or without 1 mM NaNO2 (low pH and nitrosative stress), 1 mM H2O2 pH7 (peroxidative stress), 1 mM methyl viologen pH7 (superoxidative stress) and compared to growth on LB agar pH7. Data was correlated with ability of isolates to replicate within J774 macrophages.4 Host oxidative stress response of macrophages infected with either CD isolate HM605 or E.coli K12EPI300 (susceptible to macrophage killing) were studied. cDNA synthesised from isolated RNA, was subjected to Qiagen RT2 PCR Oxidative stress arrays (n = 3 replicates/arrays performed for condition). CD isolates showed greater tolerance to superoxidative stress than isolates from UC, CRC and other patients/laboratory E.coli strains (p < 0.05 ANOVA; N = 4 expts, n = 3 replicates). In particular, 4/10 colonic CD E.coli isolates (HM413, HM427, HM605, HM615) and 2/6 ileal CD isolates (LF82, LF86), all high intramacrophage replicators [4.6±2.3 fold], showed high % survival under superoxidative stress (95.2±12.0% (mean±SD); versus laboratory strains [0.9±2.3 fold replication], % growth 17.3±38.6%. No differences in tolerance were seen amongst isolates to other stress conditions, excepting all laboratory strains which were intolerant. No evidence was found to suggest that CD isolate HM605 could alter macrophage oxidative stress response to infection to promote its own intraphagolysosome growth; e.g. superoxide stress response genes Ncf1, Nos2 and Sod2 were all upregulated to similar levels at 6 h (>2-fold) in both E.coli HM605- and K12EPI300-infected macrophages compared to uninfected controls (p < 0.05). CD mucosa-associated E.coli are tolerant of superoxidative stress to support their survival and replication within host macrophages. Adaptation to the phagolysosome niche appears not to be through ability to alter host oxidative stress response to infection. 1 Thomazini, et al. Int J Med Microbiol 2011;301:475–79. 2 Martin, et al. Gastroenterology 2004;127: 80–93. 3 Bringer, et al. Cell. Microbiol 2006;8:471–84. 4 Subramanian, et al. AAC 2008;52:427–34. A. Tawfik: None Declared, J. Rhodes Consultant for: is/has been a member of advisory boards for Atlantic, Procter & Gamble and Falk, Conflict with: has received honoraria from Abbott, Falk, Ferring, Glaxo Smith Kline, Procter & Gamble and Schering Plough, B. Campbell Conflict with: has received honoraria from Amgen, Falk and Enterome

Item Type:	Conference Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, 3202 Clinical Sciences, Digestive Diseases, Colo-Rectal Cancer, Autoimmune Disease, Crohn's Disease, Infectious Diseases, Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment, 3 Good Health and Well Being
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2017 09:33
Last Modified:	10 Oct 2026 09:41
DOI:	10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312388.248
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3007135
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