Title
Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) in saliva versus virulence proteins of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in ill and colonized children
Date Issued
01 June 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Doyma
Abstract
Introduction: We evaluated the presence of sIgA in saliva, versus Escherichia coli secreted proteins (Esp) related to the type III secretion system (T3SS), and its semi-quantitative concentration in children under 2 years-old (no longer breastfed) who were previously colonized or infected with enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). Methods: We analyzed the presence of sIgA in 40 children, who previously had positive cultures for EPEC associated (n = 17) or not associated (n = 23) with diarrhea, using the Western Blot technique versus E. coli secreted proteins: EspABCD. A semi-quantitative measurement of the reaction for each protein was made by its density peaks (OD). Results: We found sIgA versus all or some EspABCD proteins in both groups. However, the ill patients had higher concentrations of these antibodies than colonized patients. Discussion: The presence of sIgA in saliva could reflect an intestinal immune response and their levels could be related to a greater exposure and/or bacterial load.
Start page
279
End page
282
Volume
38
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Virología Pediatría
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85074434758
PubMed ID
Source
Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica
ISSN of the container
0213005X
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Public Health Service award 1K01TW007405 (T.J.O.) from the National Institutes of Health , USA; the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) [grant nos. D/019499/08 , D/024648/09 , D/030509/10 , and A1/035720/11 ]. JR had a fellowship from the program I3 of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII, Spain) [grant no. CES11/012 ] and ISGlobal is a member of the CERCA Programme, Generalitat de Catalunya.
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