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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2003, p. 2230-2236, Vol. 69, No. 4
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2230-2236.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Surface Display of the Receptor-Binding Region of the Lactobacillus brevis S-Layer Protein in Lactococcus lactis Provides Nonadhesive Lactococci with the Ability To Adhere to Intestinal Epithelial Cells

Silja Åvall-Jääskeläinen, Agneta Lindholm, and Airi Palva*

Division of Microbiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Received 26 December 2002/ Accepted 24 January 2003

Lactobacillus brevis is a promising lactic acid bacterium for use as a probiotic dietary adjunct and a vaccine vector. The N-terminal region of the S-layer protein (SlpA) of L. brevis ATCC 8287 was recently shown to mediate adhesion to various human cell lines in vitro. In this study, a surface display cassette was constructed on the basis of this SlpA receptor-binding domain, a proteinase spacer, and an autolysin anchor. The cassette was expressed under control of the nisA promoter in Lactococcus lactis NZ9000. Western blot assay of lactococcal cell wall extracts with anti-SlpA antibodies confirmed that the SlpA adhesion domain of the fusion protein was expressed and located within the cell wall layer. Whole-cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunofluorescence microscopy verified that the SlpA adhesion-mediating region was accessible on the lactococcal cell surface. In vitro adhesion assays with the human intestinal epithelial cell line Intestine 407 indicated that the recombinant lactococcal cells had gained an ability to adhere to Intestine 407 cells significantly greater than that of wild-type L. lactis NZ9000. Serum inhibition assay further confirmed that adhesion of recombinant lactococci to Intestine 407 cells was indeed mediated by the N terminus-encoding part of the slpA gene. The ability of the receptor-binding region of SlpA to adhere to fibronectin was also confirmed with this lactococcal surface display system. These results show that, with the aid of the receptor-binding region of the L. brevis SlpA protein, the ability to adhere to gut epithelial cells can indeed be transferred to another, nonadhesive, lactic acid bacterium.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, P.O. Box 57, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. Phone: 358-9-19149531. Fax: 358-9-19149799. E-mail: airi.palva{at}helsinki.fi.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2003, p. 2230-2236, Vol. 69, No. 4
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.4.2230-2236.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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