Evaluation of the relative expression of genes associated with adherence after different hours of co-culture between Streptococcus uberis and MAC-T cells

Streptococcus uberis is an environmental pathogen associated with subclinical and clinical IMI in both lactating and non-lactating cows. RC19 strain was isolated from a cow with subclinical mastitis, qualitatively classified as moderate biofilm producer in Todd Hewitt medium (THB), and it showed a h...

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Autores: Fessia, Alumine Soledad, Odierno, Liliana Mónica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/150011
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/150011
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BOVINE MASTITIS
STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS
ADHERENCE
RELATIVE EXPRESSION
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
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Sumario:Streptococcus uberis is an environmental pathogen associated with subclinical and clinical IMI in both lactating and non-lactating cows. RC19 strain was isolated from a cow with subclinical mastitis, qualitatively classified as moderate biofilm producer in Todd Hewitt medium (THB), and it showed a high value of the adhered bacteria (CFU/ml). Hence, the aims of this study were (a) to determine ability to adhere to and internalize into epithelial cells MAC-T for 1, 2 and 3 h, (b) to evaluate the relative expression of adherence-associated genes from co-cultures of S. uberis with MAC-T cells at 1, 2 and 3 h. We hypothesized that upon contact with bovine mammary epithelial cells, S. uberis upregulates adherence-associated genes encoding adhesins, which enable it a higher adherence to and/or internalization into host cells. Four to six genes increased their R with regard to the control after initial contact with MAC-T cells (group 1) at 1, 2 and 3 h. The highest value of R was observed at 2 h after co-culture between RC19 and MAC-T cells.