Enterococcus faecalis induces aneuploidy and tetraploidy in colonic epithelial cells through a bystander effect.
Enterococcus faecalis induces aneuploidy and tetraploidy in colonic epithelial cells through a bystander effect.
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DOI:
10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-1551
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发表时间:
2008-12-01
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影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Huycke MM
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作者:
Wang X;Allen TD;May RJ;Lightfoot S;Houchen CW;Huycke MM
Intestinal commensals are potential important contributors to the etiology of sporadic colorectal cancer but mechanisms by which bacteria can initiate tumors remain uncertain. Herein we describe mechanisms that link Enterococcus faecalis, a bacterium known to produce extracellular superoxide, to the acute induction of chromosomal instability. Immortalized human and non-transformed murine colonic epithelial cells, along with a mouse colonic ligation model, were used to assess the effect of E. faecalis on genomic DNA stability and damage. We found that this human intestinal commensal generated aneuploidy, tetraploidy, and γH2AX foci in HCT116, RKO, and YAMC cells. In addition, direct exposure of E. faecalis to these cells induced a G2 cell cycle arrest. Similar observations were noted by exposuring cells to E. faecalis-infected macrophages in a dual-chamber co-culture system for detecting bystander effects. Manganese superoxide dismutase, catalase, and tocopherols attenuated, caffeine and inhibitor of glutathione synthase exacerbated, aneugenic and cyclomodulatory effects and linked the redox-active phenotype of this intestinal commensal to potentially transforming events. These findings provide novel insights into mechanisms by which E. faecalis and intestinal commensals can contribute to cellular transformation and tumorigenesis.