The behaviour of both Listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co-culture.

<h4>Background</h4>Ciliated ependymal cells line the cerebral ventricles and aqueducts separating the infected CSF from the brain parenchyma in meningitis.<h4>Principal findings</h4>Investigation of the interaction of Listeria monocytogenes with cultured rat brain ependymal c...

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Main Authors: Mina J Fadaee-Shohada, Robert A Hirst, Andrew Rutman, Ian S Roberts, Chris O'Callaghan, Peter W Andrew
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010450&type=printable
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Robert A Hirst
Andrew Rutman
Ian S Roberts
Chris O'Callaghan
Peter W Andrew
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description <h4>Background</h4>Ciliated ependymal cells line the cerebral ventricles and aqueducts separating the infected CSF from the brain parenchyma in meningitis.<h4>Principal findings</h4>Investigation of the interaction of Listeria monocytogenes with cultured rat brain ependymal cells showed that certain strains reduced the beat frequency of the cilia but all the strains studied significantly reduced the ciliary beat amplitude (the linear distance travelled by the tip of each cilium per beat cycle).<h4>Conclusion</h4>The presence of the ependyma caused aggregation of some listeria strains and in some cases extracellular material also was seen in association with bacterial aggregates. These observations were dependent on the expression of genes required for invasion, intracellular survival and listerial cell to cell spread that are regulated by the transcriptional activator, positive regulatory factor A (PrfA).
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spelling doaj-art-b5d36d0ff1934b90a6a2f0c5aa471efa2025-08-20T02:01:58ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032010-05-0155e1045010.1371/journal.pone.0010450The behaviour of both Listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co-culture.Mina J Fadaee-ShohadaRobert A HirstAndrew RutmanIan S RobertsChris O'CallaghanPeter W Andrew<h4>Background</h4>Ciliated ependymal cells line the cerebral ventricles and aqueducts separating the infected CSF from the brain parenchyma in meningitis.<h4>Principal findings</h4>Investigation of the interaction of Listeria monocytogenes with cultured rat brain ependymal cells showed that certain strains reduced the beat frequency of the cilia but all the strains studied significantly reduced the ciliary beat amplitude (the linear distance travelled by the tip of each cilium per beat cycle).<h4>Conclusion</h4>The presence of the ependyma caused aggregation of some listeria strains and in some cases extracellular material also was seen in association with bacterial aggregates. These observations were dependent on the expression of genes required for invasion, intracellular survival and listerial cell to cell spread that are regulated by the transcriptional activator, positive regulatory factor A (PrfA).https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010450&type=printable
spellingShingle Mina J Fadaee-Shohada
Robert A Hirst
Andrew Rutman
Ian S Roberts
Chris O'Callaghan
Peter W Andrew
The behaviour of both Listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co-culture.
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title The behaviour of both Listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co-culture.
title_full The behaviour of both Listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co-culture.
title_fullStr The behaviour of both Listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co-culture.
title_full_unstemmed The behaviour of both Listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co-culture.
title_short The behaviour of both Listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co-culture.
title_sort behaviour of both listeria monocytogenes and rat ciliated ependymal cells is altered during their co culture
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010450&type=printable
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