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Three strains of L. monocytogenes were used; wild type (10403S), a mutant for the transcriptional regulation of virulence genes, prfA (DP-L1075) [ 33], and a mutant deficient for intracellular motility, actA (DP-L1942) [ 30].
L. monocytogenes and L. innocuans are ubiquitous contaminants of soil and water, and L. monocytogenes causes listeriosis, a serious food-borne illness [ 48].
This response is not specific to intestinal epithelial cells, as a similar suite of genes is induced in promyelocytic THP1 cells infected by wild-type L. monocytogenes for 2 hours [ 19].
This result was supported by the observation that Listeria monocytogenes continue to move intracellularly, as described below.
The pathway of infection by L. monocytogenes is initiated by binding of bacterial cell surface molecules (including the internalins InlA, and InlB) to specific receptors on the surface of the intestinal epithelia such as E-cadherin in the case of InlA [ 1, 2, 3], and Met or gC1qR for InlB [ 4, 5].