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Description

A confocal micrograph of an intestinal biopsy from a child infected with shiga toxin-producing E. coli. Shiga toxin is an extremely potent toxin that is produced when the bacterium contains a bacteriophage carrying the toxin gene. It is closely linked with Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome and acute renal failure in children. After ingestion via contaminated food or water the E. coli bacteria colonize the gut and produce the toxin, which then crosses the gastrointestinal barrier to enter the systemic circulation and reach the kidney and other target organs. In this image, the toxin (green) has crossed into the intestine and is binding to the endothelial cells of the lamina propria (red).

Technical Details

B0004965 Bacterial toxin in the intestine of a child. Wellcome Images available under the following creative commons usage http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Homo sapiens
Escherichia coli
Cell Type
endothelial cell
Cellular Component
Shiga toxin
Biological Context
Biological Process
Gram-negative bacterial cell surface binding
response to bacterium
detection of bacterium
Human Development Anatomy
intestine
lamina propria
Human Disease
Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
Attribution
Names
S. Schuller
Link
Wellcome Images
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL38952
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil38952
Imaging
Image Type
recorded image
Image Mode
confocal microscopy
Parameters Imaged
fluorescence emission
Source of Contrast
distribution of epitope
Processing History
unprocessed raw data
Sample Preparation
Methods
chemically fixed tissue
Relation To Intact Cell
sectioned tissue
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 550px ——
Y 576px ——