Figure 2.
Dose dependence and time-course analysis of bacterially induced upregulation of matrilysin. (A) HT29 human colon epithelial cells were infected for 90 min with E. coli strain ORN103/pSH2 (type 1+/fimH +) at the indicated bacterial/epithelial cell ratio. (B) HT29 cells were infected with the recombinant strain ORN103/pSH2, at a ratio of 300 bacteria per epithelial cell, for different periods of time, from 5 to 60 min. conditioned medium samples were collected at 48 h after infection and analyzed by Western blotting. (Pro) 28-kD proform of matrilysin; and (Mat) 19-kD activated matrilysin.
