Intestinal immune response of volunteers ingesting a strain of enteroadherent (HEp-2 cell-adherent) Escherichia coli

Enteroadherent Escherichia coli (EAEC) strains identified by adherence to HEp-2 tissue culture cells have been incriminated epidemiologically as important etiologic agents of diarrheal disease in both adult travelers and children in developing countries. One strain, JM 221, with no recognized E. coli virulence characteristics other than adherence to HEp-2 cells, caused diarrhea in 5 of 16 volunteers ingesting it. We studied the secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) responses to EAEC JM 221 of five volunteers with diarrhea and five volunteers who remained healthy after challenge. sIgA was extracted from stools obtained prechallenge and 7 days postchallenge. Total sIgA was standardized for all specimens. Specific sIgA titers were determined by dot blotting with the following JM 221 antigens: water-extractable surface antigens, whole cells, lipopolysaccharides, and outer membrane proteins. All five subjects who became ill had fourfold or greater rises in titers against each of the four antigens. The five subjects who remained healthy following challenge did not exhibit significant rises in titers to any JM 221 antigens, but their mean titers were significantly higher than the mean prechallenge titers of the volunteers with diarrhea, suggesting that high intestinal sIgA titers may be protective. The significant increases in intestinal antibody against JM 221 in the subjects who became ill is further evidence of the enteropathogenicity of EAEC strains.

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