EDL933 Strains of Escherichia coli O157 can Demonstrate Genetic Diversity and Differential Adherence to Bovine Recto-Anal Junction Squamous Epithelial Cells



Raegan S. Hoefler1, 2, #, Indira T. Kudva1, *
1 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Enteric Pathogens Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa
2 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa


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© 2021 Hoefler and Kudva

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* Address correspondence to this author at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Enteric Pathogens Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center/ARS/USDA, 1 North, Bldg. 20, 1121, Ames, IA. 50010. Iowa; Tel: 515-337-7376; Fax: 515-337-7438; E-mail: Indira.Kudva@ars.usda.gov
#This author contributed equally


Abstract

Background:

Differences between Escherichia coli O157 (O157) strains are well-established with some of these strains being associated with major outbreaks in the US. EDL933 is one such O157 strain that caused a multistate outbreak in 1982 and has since been used as a prototype in various O157-related experiments.

Objective:

As O157 can readily acquire genetic mutations, we sought to determine if the genetic and phenotypic profiles of EDL933 strains from different sources would be consistent.

Methods:

We evaluated wild-type O157 strains stocked as EDL933 from three different laboratories, in the strain typing Polymorphic Amplified Typing Sequence (PATS) and the bovine rectal-anal junction squamous epithelial (RSE) cell- and HEp-2 cell- adherence assays. In addition, we also verified if Shiga toxins (Stx), the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement (LEE) or curli fimbriae contributed to the adherence phenotypes observed using mutant and wild-type EDL933 isolates.

Results:

Our results showed differences in PATS profiles and RSE cell-adherence phenotype, with no influence from the Stx or LEE genes, between EDL933 from different sources. Interestingly, the EDL933 strain that demonstrated the most contrasting diffuse adherence phenotype on RSE cells, EDL933-T, had decreased curli production that may have contributed to this phenotype.

Conclusion:

Our observations suggest that a comprehensive characterization of bacterial isolates, even if assigned to the same strain type prior to use in experiments, is warranted to ensure consistency and reproducibility of results.

Keywords: O157, EDL933, PATS, RSE, Adherence, Typing.