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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Infection and Immunity</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Инфекция и иммунитет</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2220-7619</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-7398</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">SPb RAACI</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1413</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15789/2220-7619-GAP-1413</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Genetic adhesion profiles and adhesive variability of uropathogenic <italic>Escherichia coli</italic> strains</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Генетические профили адгезии и адгезивная вариабельность уропатогенных штаммов <italic>Escherichia coli</italic></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1151</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kuznetsova</surname><given-names>M. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кузнецова</surname><given-names>М. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Marina V. Kuznetsova - PhD, MD (Medicine), Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms Ural Branch Russian Academy of Sciences.</p><p>614081, Perm, Goleva str., 13.</p><p>Phone: +7 912 983-78-35 (mobile)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кузнецова Марина Валентиновна - доктор медицинских наук, ведущий научный сотрудник лаборатории молекулярной микробиологии и биотехнологии.</p><p>614081, Пермь, ул. Голева, 13.</p><p>Тел.: 8 912 983-78-35 (моб.)</p></bio><email>mar@iegm.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-1151</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gizatullina</surname><given-names>J. S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гизатуллина</surname><given-names>Ю. С.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD Student, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms Ural Branch Russian Academy of Sciences.</p><p>Perm.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Аспирант лаборатории молекулярной микробиологии и биотехнологии.</p><p>Пермь.</p></bio><email>gizatullina.julia@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms Ural Branch Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт экологии и генетики микроорганизмов Уральского отделения Российской академии наук — филиал ПФИЦ УрО РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-06-23" publication-format="electronic"><day>23</day><month>06</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>11</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>481</fpage><lpage>490</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-03-16"><day>16</day><month>03</month><year>2020</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2020-05-21"><day>21</day><month>05</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Kuznetsova M.V., Gizatullina J.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Кузнецова М.В., Гизатуллина Ю.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kuznetsova M.V., Gizatullina J.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Кузнецова М.В., Гизатуллина Ю.С.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://iimmun.ru/iimm/article/view/1413">https://iimmun.ru/iimm/article/view/1413</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Our study was aimed at investigating prevalence of adhesion genetic determinants among uropathogenic <italic>E. coli</italic> strains and assessing their correlation with level of specific and non-specific adhesion. <italic>E. coli</italic> bacterial cultures (n = 33) isolated from patients with urinary tract infection were examined. A phylogenetic group of strains was detected by using Clermont quadriplex-PCR method. Detection of fimbrial and afimbrial adhesin genes was carried out with end-point PCR. Level of erythrocyte-specific, non-specific hydrophobic and hydrophilic adhesion as well as biofilm formation were estimated by using standard methods. Adhesin genes were detected with the following frequencies: <italic>fimH</italic> — 75.76%, <italic>flu </italic>— 66.67%, <italic>iha</italic> — 39.40%, <italic>papC </italic>— 33.33%. Each of the genes <italic>sfaDE, upaG</italic>, <italic>afa/draBC</italic> and <italic>yqi</italic> was found with frequency 18.18%, whereas <italic>eaeA</italic> was not detected. Seven strains (21.21%) carried solely fimbrial adhesin genes, three strains (9.09%) — afimbrial adhesin genes, and twenty-one strains (63.64%) had genes of both adhesin types. Twenty-three individual adhesion genotypes were found among thirty-three UPEC strains. A combination of at least four genes were detected in 45.45% strains, among which 60% belonged to phylogroup B2. Odds ratio for adhesin gene prevalence in B2 group was calculated. It was shown that in B2 group <italic>yqi</italic> and <italic>sfaDE</italic> genes were detected by 14-fold more frequently (OR = 14.286) than in other phylogroups, and flu gene was observed at 10-fold higher rate (OR = 10.000). No correlation between such genes and level of adhesion to erythrocytes was found, whereas <italic>fimH<sup>+</sup>, papC<sup>+</sup> </italic>and<italic> upaG<sup>+</sup></italic> strains had higher level of non-specific hydrophilic adhesion. It was shown that fimbrial adhesins accounted for bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation stronger than afimbrial ones. Thicker biofilm tended to form on latex catheter surface for strains with positive genetic profile for adhesin gene carriers.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Цель работы — изучить распространенность генетических детерминант адгезии штаммов уропатогенной <italic>E. coli</italic> и оценить их связь с уровнем специфической и неспецифической адгезии. Объектами исследования стали бактериальные культуры <italic>E. coli</italic> (n = 33), выделенные от пациентов с инфекциями мочевыводящих путей. Принадлежность штаммов к филогенетической группе определяли с помощью Clermont quadruplex-ПЦР. Детекцию генов фимбриальных и афимбриальных адгезинов проводили методом ПЦР по конечной точке. Стандартными методами оценивали уровни специфической адгезии к эритроцитам, неспецифической адгезии к гидрофильной и гидрофобной поверхностям, а также биопленкообразующую способность штаммов. У исследуемых штаммов были детектированы гены адгезинов со следующими частотами: <italic>fimH</italic> — 75,76%, <italic>flu</italic> — 66,67%, <italic>iha</italic> — 39,40%, <italic>papC</italic> — 33,33%. С равной частотой — 18,18% — встречались <italic>sfaDE, upaG, afa/draBC</italic> и <italic>yqi</italic>, тогда как <italic>eaeA</italic> не обнаруживался вообще. Семь штаммов (21,21%) имели гены только фимбриальных адгезинов и три (9,09%) — только афимбриальных или белков наружной мембраны, у 21 (63,64%) штамма присутствовали одновременно гены обоих типов адгезинов. Среди 33 культур было обнаружено 23 индивидуальных адгезивных генотипа. В 45,45% случаев встречались четыре и более гена адгезии, при этом в 60% такие штаммы принадлежали к филогруппе В2. Расчет отношения шансов показал, что встречаемость генов адгезии <italic>yqi</italic> и <italic>sfaDE</italic> в <italic>E. coli</italic> филогруппы В2 была выше в 14 раз (OR = 14,286) по сравнению с другими филогруппами, в 10 раз чаще встречался ген <italic>flu</italic> (OR = 10,000). Не было обнаружено связи между наличием генов адгезии и уровнем специфической адгезии к эритроцитам, в то время как были получены достоверные отличия для неспецифической адгезии: <italic>fimH</italic><sup>+</sup>, <italic>papC</italic><sup>+</sup> и <italic>upaG</italic><sup>+</sup> штаммы характеризовались более высоким уровнем прикрепления к стеклу. Показано, что фимбриальные адгезины в большей степени определяли бактериальную адгезию и биопленко-образование, чем афимбриальные. Тенденция к формированию более массивных биопленок на поверхности латексного катетера штаммами с положительным генетическим профилем была отмечена для всех носителей генов, участвующих в адгезии.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains</kwd><kwd>adhesins genes</kwd><kwd>specific adhesion</kwd><kwd>non-specific adhesion</kwd><kwd>biofilm</kwd><kwd>phylogroup</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>уропатогенные штаммы Escherichia coli</kwd><kwd>гены адгезинов</kwd><kwd>специфическая адгезия</kwd><kwd>неспецифическая адгезия</kwd><kwd>биопленки</kwd><kwd>филогруппа</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Работа выполнена в рамках гранта РФФИ № 19-44-590014-р_а.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>1.	Брилис В.И., Брилен Т.А., Ленцнер Х.П. 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