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Abstract

Nectin-1, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is a Ca-independent cell adhesion protein implicated in the organization of E-cadherin-based adherens junctions (AJs) and claudin-based tight junctions (TJs) in epithelial cells. Nectin-1 also regulates cell–cell adhesion and cell polarization in a Cdc42- and Rac-dependent manner. Western blot analyses demonstrated that accumulation of host nectin-1 is decreased by 85 % at 48 hours post-infection (h.p.i.) in serovar E-infected HeLa cells. Time-course experiments demonstrated that this decrease was sustained to 60 h.p.i. Nectin-1 downregulation in -infected cells was prevented by both chloramphenicol exposure and prior inactivation of the chlamydiae with UV light, demonstrating that active replication was required. Penicillin G-exposure studies demonstrated that nectin-1 accumulation was also altered during persistent infection. Finally, RT-PCR analyses indicated that chlamydial infection did not alter accumulation of any nectin-1 transcripts, demonstrating that nectin-1 accumulation is reduced at a post-transcriptional level. Intesrestingly, N-cadherin-dependent cell–cell junctions can be disrupted by infection, as reported by Prozialeck (2002) . Because interaction of nectin molecules on adjacent cells is essential for AJ formation, these data suggest that may disrupt AJs, at least in part, by diminishing nectin-1 accumulation. Notably, release of chlamydiae-infected epithelial cells has been observed both from polarized monolayers and from tissues, suggesting that chlamydia-modulated downregulation of adhesion molecules and the subsequent disruption of host cell adherence may be involved in chlamydial dissemination or pathogenesis.

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