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Defining targets for complement components C4b and C3b on the pathogenic neisseriae

In English

Författare

  • Lisa A. Lewis
  • Sanjay Ram
  • Alpana Prasad
  • Sunita Gulati
  • Silke Getzlaff
  • Anna Blom
  • Ulrich Vogel
  • Peter A. Rice

Summary, in English

Complement is a key arm of the innate immune defenses against the pathogenic neisseriae. We previously identified lipooligosaccharide on Neisseria meningitidis as an acceptor for complement C4b. Little is known about other neisserial targets for complement proteins C3 and C4, which covalently attach to bacterial surfaces and initiate opsonization and killing. In this study we demonstrate that N. gonorrhoeae porin (Por) 1B selectively binds C4b via amide linkages and C3b via ester linkages. Using strains expressing hybrid Por1A/1B molecules, a region spanned by loops 4 and 5 of Por1B was identified as the preferred binding site for C4b. We also identified the opacity protein (Opa), a major adhesin of pathogenic neisseriae, as a target for C4b and C3b on both N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae. Using N. gonorrhoeae variants that predominately expressed individual Opa proteins, we found that all expressed Opa proteins tested (A, B, C, D, E, F and I) bound C4b and C3b via amide and ester linkages, respectively. Amide linkages with Por1B and Opa were confirmed using serum containing only the C4A isoform, which exclusively forms amide linkages with targets. While monomers and heterodimers of C4Ab were detected on bacterial targets, C4Bb appeared to preferentially participate in heterodimer (C5 convertase) formation. Our data provide another explanation for enhanced serum sensitivity of Por1B-bearing gonococci. The binding of C3b and C4b to Opa provide a rationale for the recovery of predominantly 'transparent' (Opa negative) neisserial isolates from persons with invasive disease where the bacteria encounter high levels of complement.

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

339-350

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Infection and Immunity

Volym

76

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

American Society for Microbiology

Ämne

  • Other Basic Medicine

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Protein Chemistry, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1098-5522