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Moraxella-Dependent {alpha}1-Antichymotrypsin Neutralization - A Unique Virulence Mechanism.

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The acute phase reactant and protease inhibitor alpha1-antichymotrypsin is considered to play a protective role in the airways, but it is not known. Objectives: We analyzed whether the common respiratory pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis interact with antichymotrypsin. Methods: We compared a series of clinical isolates in addition to wild type and ubiquitous surface protein-deficient Moraxella to study the nature of antichymotrypsin binding by the bacteria. Measurements and Main Results: M. catarrhalis was the only species that bound antichymotrypsin among 25 bacterial species tested by flow cytometry and a direct binding assay. Experiments with Moraxella mutants revealed that ubiquitous surface proteins A1 and A2 were responsible for the interaction, and using recombinant fragments, a consensus sequence within ubiquitous surface proteins A1 and A2 was defined. Binding of iodine labeled antichymotrypsin was dose dependent and strong (d

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

609-617

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volym

38

Issue

5

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

American Thoracic Society

Ämne

  • Cell and Molecular Biology

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Clinical Microbiology, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1535-4989