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Dobrut A, Brzychczy-Włoch M. Immunogenic Proteins of Group B Streptococcus-Potential Antigens in Immunodiagnostic Assay for GBS Detection. Pathogens 2021; 11:43. [PMID: 35055991 PMCID: PMC8778278 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11010043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is an opportunistic pathogen, which asymptomatically colonizes the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract of up to one third of healthy adults. Nevertheless, GBS carriage in pregnant women may lead to several health issues in newborns causing life threatening infection, such as sepsis, pneumonia or meningitis. Recommended GBS screening in pregnant women significantly reduced morbidity and mortality in infants. Nevertheless, intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis, recommended following the detection of carriage or in case of lack of a carriage test result for pregnant women who demonstrate certain risk factors, led to the expansion of the adverse phenomenon of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. In our paper, we reviewed some immunogenic GBS proteins, i.e., Alp family proteins, β protein, Lmb, Sip, BibA, FsbA, ScpB, enolase, elongation factor Tu, IMPDH, and GroEL, which possess features characteristic of good candidates for immunodiagnostic assays for GBS carriage detection, such as immunoreactivity and specificity. We assume that they can be used as an alternative diagnostic method to the presently recommended bacteriological cultivation and MALDI.
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- Department of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, 31-121 Krakow, Poland;
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Pirovich DB, Da’dara AA, Skelly PJ. Multifunctional Fructose 1,6-Bisphosphate Aldolase as a Therapeutic Target. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:719678. [PMID: 34458323 PMCID: PMC8385298 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.719678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase is a ubiquitous cytosolic enzyme that catalyzes the fourth step of glycolysis. Aldolases are classified into three groups: Class-I, Class-IA, and Class-II; all classes share similar structural features but low amino acid identity. Apart from their conserved role in carbohydrate metabolism, aldolases have been reported to perform numerous non-enzymatic functions. Here we review the myriad "moonlighting" functions of this classical enzyme, many of which are centered on its ability to bind to an array of partner proteins that impact cellular scaffolding, signaling, transcription, and motility. In addition to the cytosolic location, aldolase has been found the extracellular surface of several pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and metazoans. In the extracellular space, the enzyme has been reported to perform virulence-enhancing moonlighting functions e.g., plasminogen binding, host cell adhesion, and immunomodulation. Aldolase's importance has made it both a drug target and vaccine candidate. In this review, we note the several inhibitors that have been synthesized with high specificity for the aldolases of pathogens and cancer cells and have been shown to inhibit classical enzyme activity and moonlighting functions. We also review the many trials in which recombinant aldolases have been used as vaccine targets against a wide variety of pathogenic organisms including bacteria, fungi, and metazoan parasites. Most of such trials generated significant protection from challenge infection, correlated with antigen-specific cellular and humoral immune responses. We argue that refinement of aldolase antigen preparations and expansion of immunization trials should be encouraged to promote the advancement of promising, protective aldolase vaccines.
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- David B. Pirovich
- Molecular Helminthology Laboratory, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, United States
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Dobrut A, Brzozowska E, Górska S, Pyclik M, Gamian A, Bulanda M, Majewska E, Brzychczy-Włoch M. Epitopes of Immunoreactive Proteins of Streptococcus Agalactiae: Enolase, Inosine 5'-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase and Molecular Chaperone GroEL. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:349. [PMID: 30333963 PMCID: PMC6176014 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Three Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci, GBS) immunoreactive proteins: enolase (47.4 kDa), inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) (53 kDa) and molecular chaperone GroEL (57 kDa) were subjected to investigation. Enolase protein was described in our previous paper, whereas IMPDH and GroEL were presented for the first time. The aim of our paper was to provide mapping of specific epitopes, highly reactive with umbilical cord blood serum. Bioinformatic analyses allowed to select 32 most likely epitopes for enolase, 36 peptides for IMPDH and 41 immunoreactive peptides for molecular chaperone GroEL, which were synthesized by PEPSCAN. Ten peptides: two in enolase, one in IMPDH and seven in molecular chaperone GroEL have been identified as potentially highly selective epitopes that can be used as markers in rapid immunological diagnostic tests or constitute a component of an innovative vaccine against GBS infections.
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- Anna Dobrut
- Department of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Chair of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Chair of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Obstetrics and Perinatology, University Hospital, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Chair of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Sheng X, Gao J, Liu H, Tang X, Xing J, Zhan W. Recombinant phosphoglucomutase and CAMP factor as potential subunit vaccine antigens induced high protection against Streptococcus iniae infection in flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). J Appl Microbiol 2018; 125:997-1007. [PMID: 29877008 DOI: 10.1111/jam.13948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to screen vaccine candidates from virulence factors of Streptococcus iniae in flounder model. METHODS AND RESULTS The immunogenicity of recombinant phosphoglucomutase (rPGM) and rCAMP factor was confirmed by Western blot. The percentage of surface membrane immunoglobulin-positive (sIg+ ) lymphocytes in peripheral blood leucocytes, the specific and total serum IgM and the activity of acid phosphatase (ACP) and peroxidase (POD) in flounder were determined with flow cytometry, ELISA and commercial enzyme activity kits, respectively, after intraperitoneal immunization with rPGM and rCAMP factor. The results showed that rPGM and rCAMP factor could induce significant rise in sIg+ lymphocytes, specific serum IgM and activities of ACP and POD. Additionally, the relative percent survival rate of the vaccinated flounder was 64 and 54% in challenge experiment using S. iniae, respectively. These results indicated that rPGM and rCAMP factor could evoke humoural and innate immune response in flounder and provide high-efficiency immunoprotection against S. iniae infection. CONCLUSIONS Phosphoglucomutase (PGM) and CAMP factor were promising vaccine candidates against S. iniae in flounder. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Phosphoglucomutase and CAMP factor have the potential to be vaccine candidates, which provide important information for us to develop the effective subunit vaccines, especially the multivaccine, against S .iniae in aquaculture.
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- X Sheng
- Laboratory of Pathology and Immunology of Aquatic Animals, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Pathology and Immunology of Aquatic Animals, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Pathology and Immunology of Aquatic Animals, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Pathology and Immunology of Aquatic Animals, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Pathology and Immunology of Aquatic Animals, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Pathology and Immunology of Aquatic Animals, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Lheure C, Grange PA, Ollagnier G, Morand P, Désiré N, Sayon S, Corvec S, Raingeaud J, Marcelin AG, Calvez V, Khammari A, Batteux F, Dréno B, Dupin N. TLR-2 Recognizes Propionibacterium acnes CAMP Factor 1 from Highly Inflammatory Strains. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167237. [PMID: 27902761 PMCID: PMC5130237 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacteria encountered in inflammatory acne lesions, particularly in the pilosebaceous follicle. P. acnes triggers a strong immune response involving keratinocytes, sebocytes and monocytes, the target cells during acne development. Lipoteicoic acid and peptidoglycan induce the inflammatory reaction, but no P. acnes surface protein interacting with Toll-like receptors has been identified. P. acnes surface proteins have been extracted by lithium stripping and shown to induce CXCL8 production by keratinocytes. Methodology and principal findings Far-western blotting identified two surface proteins, of 24.5- and 27.5-kDa in size, specifically recognized by TLR2. These proteins were characterized, by LC-MS/MS, as CAMP factor 1 devoid of its signal peptide sequence, as shown by N-terminal sequencing. Purified CAMP factor 1 induces CXCL8 production by activating the CXCL8 gene promoter, triggering the synthesis of CXCL8 mRNA. Antibodies against TLR2 significantly decreased the CXCL8 response. For the 27 P. acnes strains used in this study, CAMP1-TLR2 binding intensity was modulated and appeared to be strong in type IB and II strains, which produced large amounts of CXCL8, whereas most of the type IA1 and IA2 strains presented little or no CAMP1-TLR2 binding and low levels of CXCL8 production. The nucleotide sequence of CAMP factor displays a major polymorphism, defining two distinct genetic groups corresponding to CAMP factor 1 with 14 amino-acid changes from strains phylotyped II with moderate and high levels of CAMP1-TLR2 binding activity, and CAMP factor 1 containing 0, 1 or 2 amino-acid changes from strains phylotyped IA1, IA2, or IB presenting no, weak or moderate CAMP1-TLR2 binding. Conclusions Our findings indicate that CAMP factor 1 may contribute to P. acnes virulence, by amplifying the inflammation reaction through direct interaction with TLR2.
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- Coralie Lheure
- Université Sorbonne Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM, Institut Cochin, Laboratoire de Dermatologie-CNR Syphilis, Paris, France
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- Université Sorbonne Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM, Institut Cochin, Laboratoire de Dermatologie-CNR Syphilis, Paris, France
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- Université Sorbonne Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM, Institut Cochin, Laboratoire de Dermatologie-CNR Syphilis, Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Centre Cochin-Hôtel Dieu-Broca, Service de Bactériologie-CNR Streptocoques, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de Virologie, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de Virologie, Paris, France
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- Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène hospitalière, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de Virologie, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 06, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de Virologie, Paris, France
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- CHU, service de dermatologie, CIC, Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France
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- Université Sorbonne Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM, Institut Cochin, Laboratoire de Dermatologie-CNR Syphilis, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Centre Cochin-Hôtel Dieu-Broca, Service d’Immunologie Biologique, Paris, France
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- CHU, service de dermatologie, CIC, Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France
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- Université Sorbonne Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM, Institut Cochin, Laboratoire de Dermatologie-CNR Syphilis, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Centre Cochin-Hôtel Dieu-Broca, Service de Dermatologie-Vénéréologie, Paris, France
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Wang G, Xia Y, Song X, Ai L. Common Non-classically Secreted Bacterial Proteins with Experimental Evidence. Curr Microbiol 2015; 72:102-11. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-015-0915-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Landwehr-Kenzel S, Henneke P. Interaction of Streptococcus agalactiae and Cellular Innate Immunity in Colonization and Disease. Front Immunol 2014; 5:519. [PMID: 25400631 PMCID: PMC4212683 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B streptococcus, GBS) is highly adapted to humans, where it is a normal constituent of the intestinal and vaginal flora. Yet, GBS has highly invasive potential and causes excessive inflammation, sepsis, and death at the beginning of life, in the elderly and in diabetic patients. Thus, GBS is a model pathobiont that thrives in the healthy host, but has not lost its potential virulence during coevolution with mankind. It remains incompletely understood how the innate immune system contains GBS in the natural niches, the intestinal and genital tracts, and which molecular events underlie breakdown of mucocutaneous resistance. Newborn infants between days 7 and 90 of life are at risk of a particularly striking sepsis manifestation (late-onset disease), where the transition from colonization to invasion and dissemination, and thus from health to severe sepsis is typically fulminant and not predictable. The great majority of late-onset sepsis cases are caused by one clone, GBS ST17, which expresses HvgA as a signature virulence factor and adhesin. In mice, HvgA promotes the crossing of both the mucosal and the blood–brain barrier. Expression levels of HvgA and other GBS virulence factors, such as pili and toxins, are regulated by the upstream two-component control system CovR/S. This in turn is modulated by acidic epithelial pH, high glucose levels, and during the passage through the mouse intestine. After invasion, GBS has the ability to subvert innate immunity by mechanisms like glycerinaldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase-dependent induction of IL-10 and β-protein binding to the inhibitory phagocyte receptors sialic acid binding immunoglobulin-like lectin 5 and 14. On the host side, sensing of GBS nucleic acids and lipopeptides by both Toll-like receptors and the inflammasome appears to be critical for host resistance against GBS. Yet, comprehensive models on the interplay between GBS and human immune cells at the colonizing site are just emerging.
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- Sybille Landwehr-Kenzel
- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin , Germany ; Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin , Germany ; Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, Charité University Medicine Berlin , Berlin , Germany
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- Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg , Freiburg , Germany ; Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center Freiburg , Freiburg , Germany
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Bednarz-Misa I, Serek P, Dudek B, Pawlak A, Bugla-Płoskońska G, Gamian A. Application of zwitterionic detergent to the solubilization of Klebsiella pneumoniae outer membrane proteins for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. J Microbiol Methods 2014; 107:74-9. [PMID: 25261774 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Klebsiella pneumoniae is a frequent cause of nosocomial respiratory, urinary and gastrointestinal tract infections and septicemia with the multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae being a major public health concern. Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) are important virulence factors responsible for the appropriate adaptation to the host environment. They constitute of the antigens being the first in contact with infected organism. However, K. pneumoniae strains are heavily capsulated and it is important to establish the OMPs isolation procedure prior to proteomics extensive studies. In this study we used Zwittergent Z 3-14® as a detergent to isolate the OMPs from K. pneumoniae cells and resolve them using two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE). As a result we identified 134 protein spots. The OMPs identified in this study are possible candidates for the development of a protein-based vaccine against K. pneumoniae infections.
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- I Bednarz-Misa
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Chałubińskiego 10, 50-368 Wrocalaw, Poland.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Chałubińskiego 10, 50-368 Wrocalaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Chałubińskiego 10, 50-368 Wrocalaw, Poland; Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114 Wroclaw, Poland
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Velineni S, Desoutter D, Perchec AM, Timoney JF. Characterization of a mucoid clone of Streptococcus zooepidemicus from an epizootic of equine respiratory disease in New Caledonia. Vet J 2014; 200:82-7. [PMID: 24618399 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus (Sz) is a tonsillar and mucosal commensal of healthy horses with the potential to cause opportunistic infections of the distal respiratory tract stressed by virus infection, transportation, training or high temperature. The invasive clone varies from horse to horse with little evidence of lateral transmission in the group. Tonsillar isolates are non-mucoid although primary isolates from opportunist lower respiratory tract infections may initially be mucoid. In this study, a novel stably mucoid Sz (SzNC) from a clonal epizootic of respiratory disease in horses in different parts of New Caledonia is described. SzNC (ST-307) was isolated in pure culture from transtracheal aspirates and as heavy growths from 80% of nasal swabs (n=31). Only 4% of swabs from unaffected horses (n=25) yielded colonies of Sz. A viral etiology was ruled out based on culture and early/late serum antibody screening. Evidence for clonality of SzNC included a mucoid colony phenotype, SzP and SzM sequences, and multilocus sequence typing. SzNC, with the exception of isolates at the end of the outbreak, was hyaluronidase positive. Its SzP protein was composed of an N2 terminal, and HV4 variable region motifs and 18 carboxy terminal PEPK repeats. Biotin labeling of surface proteins revealed DnaK and alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AlaS) on the surface of clonal isolates, but not on non-clonal non-mucoid Sz from horses in the epizootic or unrelated US isolates. Reactivity of these proteins and SzP with convalescent serum indicated expression during infection.
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- Sridhar Velineni
- Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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- Laboratoire Territorial de Diagnostic Vétérinaire, BP42 Paita, New Caledonia
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- Laboratoire Territorial de Diagnostic Vétérinaire, BP42 Paita, New Caledonia
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- Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA.
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Brzychczy-Wloch M, Gorska S, Brzozowska E, Gamian A, Heczko PB, Bulanda M. Identification of high immunoreactive proteins from Streptococcus agalactiae isolates recognized by human serum antibodies. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013; 349:61-70. [PMID: 24152143 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The aim of the studies was to identify immunogenic proteins of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus; GBS) isolates. Investigation of the immunoreactivity with human sera allowed us to determine major immunogenic proteins which might be potential candidates for the development of vaccine. For the study, we have selected 60 genetically different, well-characterized GBS clinical isolates. The proteins immunoreactivity with 24 human sera from patients with GBS infections, carriers, and control group without GBS was detected by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. As a result, some major immunogenic proteins were identified, of which four proteins with molecular masses of about 45 to 50 kDa, which exhibited the highest immunoreactivity features, were analyzed by LC-MS/MS. The proteins were identified by comparative analysis of peptides masses using MASCOT and statistical analysis. The results showed known molecules such as enolase (47.4 kDa), aldehyde dehydrogenase (50.6 kDa), and ones not previously described such as trigger factor (47 kDa) and elongation factor Tu (44 kDa). The preliminary results indicated that some GBS proteins that elicit protective immunity hold promise not only as components in a vaccine as antigens but also as carriers or adjuvants in polysaccharide conjugate vaccines, but more studies are needed.
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- Monika Brzychczy-Wloch
- Department of Bacteriology, Microbial Ecology and Parasitology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Seidler NW. GAPDH, as a Virulence Factor. GAPDH: BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND DIVERSITY 2013; 985:149-78. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4716-6_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Boone TJ, Tyrrell GJ. Identification of genes affecting expression of phosphoglycerate kinase on the surface of group B streptococcus. Can J Microbiol 2012; 58:433-41. [PMID: 22444251 DOI: 10.1139/w2012-015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Group B streptococcal phosphoglycerate kinase (GBS-PGK), a glycolytic enzyme, has previously been identified on the surface of group B streptococcus (GBS). To identify genes involved in surface expression of GBS-PGK, we performed Tn917 mutagenesis followed by quantification of PGK expressed on the GBS surface. Tn917 mutagenesis identified 4 genes (sag0966, sag0979, sag0980, and sag1003) that when disrupted, alter expression of GBS-PGK on the bacterial surface. Three of the identified genes were localized to a region of the GBS genome containing genes (sag0973-sag0977) predicted to be involved in resistance to antimicrobial peptides. One mutant isolate, designated NCS13sag1003::Tn917, was found to have increased sensitivity to the antimicrobial peptides bacitracin and nisin. In addition, all of the mutant strains assayed were found to have decreased β-hemolysis. In conclusion, we have identified genes involved in surface expression of GBS-PGK. These genes also appear to be involved in antimicrobial peptide resistance and regulate expression of the β-hemolysin.
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- Tyler J Boone
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Wiles KG, Panizzi P, Kroh HK, Bock PE. Skizzle is a novel plasminogen- and plasmin-binding protein from Streptococcus agalactiae that targets proteins of human fibrinolysis to promote plasmin generation. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:21153-64. [PMID: 20435890 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.107730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Skizzle (SkzL), secreted by Streptococcus agalactiae, has moderate sequence identity to streptokinase and staphylokinase, bacterial activators of human plasminogen (Pg). SkzL binds [Glu]Pg with low affinity (K(D) 3-16 mum) and [Lys]Pg and plasmin (Pm) with indistinguishable high affinity (K(D) 80 and 50 nm, respectively). Binding of SkzL to Pg and Pm is completely lysine-binding site-dependent, as shown by the effect of the lysine analog, 6-aminohexanoic acid. Deletion of the COOH-terminal SkzL Lys(415) residue reduces affinity for [Lys]Pg and active site-blocked Pm 30-fold, implicating Lys(415) in a lysine-binding site interaction with a Pg/Pm kringle. SkzL binding to active site fluorescein-labeled Pg/Pm analogs demonstrates distinct high and low affinity interactions. High affinity binding is mediated by Lys(415), whereas the source of low affinity binding is unknown. SkzL enhances the activation of [Glu]Pg by urokinase (uPA) approximately 20-fold, to a maximum rate indistinguishable from that for [Lys]Pg and [Glu]Pg activation in the presence of 6-aminohexanoic acid. SkzL binds preferentially to the partially extended beta-conformation of [Glu]Pg, which is in unfavorable equilibrium with the compact alpha-conformation, thereby converting [Glu]Pg to the fully extended gamma-conformation and accelerating the rate of its activation by uPA. SkzL enhances [Lys]Pg and [Glu]Pg activation by single-chain tissue-type Pg activator, approximately 42- and approximately 650-fold, respectively. SkzL increases the rate of plasma clot lysis by uPA and single-chain tissue-type Pg activator approximately 2-fold, confirming its cofactor activity in a physiological model system. The results suggest a role for SkzL in S. agalactiae pathogenesis through fibrinolytic enhancement.
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- Karen G Wiles
- Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Trigo G, Ferreira P, Ribeiro N, Dinis M, Andrade EB, Melo-Cristino J, Ramirez M, Tavares D. Identification of immunoreactive extracellular proteins of Streptococcus agalactiae in bovine mastitis. Can J Microbiol 2009; 54:899-905. [PMID: 18997846 DOI: 10.1139/w08-083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Streptococcus agalactiae is a common pathogen that causes bovine mastitis. The aims of this study were to evaluate the antibody response against S. agalactiae extracellular proteins in the whey and serum of naturally infected bovines and to identify possible immunodominant extracellular antigens. IgG1 antibodies against S. agalactiae extracellular proteins were elevated in the whey and serum of naturally infected bovines. In the whey, the levels of IgG1 specific for S. agalactiae extracellular proteins were similar in infected and noninfected milk quarters from the same cow, and the production of antibodies specific for S. agalactiae extracellular proteins was induced only by infection with this bacterium. The immunoreactivity of extracellular proteins with bovine whey was clearly different in infected versus control animals. Group B protective surface protein and 5'-nucleotidase family protein were 2 major immunoreactive proteins that were detected only in the whey of infected cows, suggesting that these proteins may be important in the pathogenesis of S. agalactiae-induced mastitis. This information could be used to diagnose S. agalactiae infection. In addition, these antigens may be useful as carrier proteins for serotype-specific polysaccharides in conjugate vaccines.
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- Gabriela Trigo
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Geng H, Zhu L, Yuan Y, Zhang W, Li W, Wang J, Zheng Y, Wei K, Cao W, Wang H, Jiang Y. Identification and characterization of novel immunogenic proteins of Streptococcus suis serotype 2. J Proteome Res 2008; 7:4132-42. [PMID: 18630869 DOI: 10.1021/pr800196v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Streptococcus suis, a zoonotic pathogen, caused serious outbreaks in humans with high mortality rates in the past decade. To develop safer and more effective vaccines, particularly for human protection, cell wall and extracellular proteins of S. suis serotype 2 were analyzed by an immunoproteomic approach in this study. Thirty-two proteins with high immunogenicity were identified and 22 of them were newly identified. Further analyses of 9 selected proteins revealed that (1) these 9 proteins were expressed in all tested virulent S. suis serotype 2 isolates, (2) antisera against 6 of the selected proteins efficiently killed the bacteria by opsonized phagocytosis in human blood, and (3) significantly higher levels of serum antibodies against 3 proteins were detected in both patients and infected swines. Therefore, our results suggest the 3 proteins (SSU98_0197, SSU98_1094 and SSU1664) have strong potential to be vaccine candidates.
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- Hongran Geng
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, No. 20 Dongda Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, People's Republic of China
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Release of metabolic enzymes by Giardia in response to interaction with intestinal epithelial cells. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2008; 159:85-91. [PMID: 18359106 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2007] [Revised: 01/24/2008] [Accepted: 02/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Giardia lamblia, an important cause of diarrheal disease, resides in the small intestinal lumen in close apposition to epithelial cells. Since the disease mechanisms underlying giardiasis are poorly understood, elucidating the specific interactions of the parasite with the host epithelium is likely to provide clues to understanding the pathogenesis. Here we tested the hypothesis that contact of Giardia lamblia with intestinal epithelial cells might lead to release of specific proteins. Using established co-culture models, intestinal ligated loops and a proteomics approach, we identified three G. lamblia proteins (arginine deiminase, ornithine carbamoyl transferase and enolase), previously recognized as immunodominant antigens during acute giardiasis. Release was stimulated by cell-cell interactions, since only small amounts of arginine deiminase and enolase were detected in the medium after culturing of G. lamblia alone. The secreted G. lamblia proteins were localized to the cytoplasm and the inside of the plasma membrane of trophozoites. Furthermore, in vitro studies with recombinant arginine deiminase showed that the secreted Giardia proteins can disable host innate immune factors such as nitric oxide production. These results indicate that contact of Giardia with epithelial cells triggers metabolic enzyme release, which might facilitate effective colonization of the human small intestine.
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Mattar MA, Cortiñas TI, Stefanini AM. Extracellular proteins of Clostridium chauvoei are protective in a mouse model. Acta Vet Hung 2007; 55:159-70. [PMID: 17555280 DOI: 10.1556/avet.55.2007.2.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The anaerobic bacillus Clostridium chauvoei is the causative agent of blackleg, a lethal disease that has an important impact on the sheep and cattle industry worldwide. Immunity to C. chauvoei is considered to be mainly anticellular, and for this reason there is scarce information about the immunogenicity of extracellular proteins. In this work variations in protein profiles, immune response by ELISA and protective capacity of culture supernatants of three C. chauvoei strains, collected at different growth phases, are reported. Sera raised against extracellular antigens also recognised cellular antigens of the same molecular masses. Partially purified cell-free supernatants and those concentrated 10 times by ultrafiltration (C-CFS), obtained at the early stationary phase of growth, induced a strong immunoprotective response, even at low doses, that was more marked for C. chauvoei strain ATCC 10092 (p < or = 0.05). With C-CFS formulations, a clear relationship was observed between IgG titres, protective capacity and concentration of the antigen doses, indicating a specific immune response.
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- María A Mattar
- Department of Microbiology, National University of San Luis, Chacabuco y Pedenera, 5700 San Luis, Argentina
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Madureira P, Baptista M, Vieira M, Magalhães V, Camelo A, Oliveira L, Ribeiro A, Tavares D, Trieu-Cuot P, Vilanova M, Ferreira P. Streptococcus agalactiae GAPDH is a virulence-associated immunomodulatory protein. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:1379-87. [PMID: 17237385 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.3.1379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Certain extracellular proteins produced by several pathogenic microorganisms interfere with the host immune system facilitating microbial colonization and were thus designated virulence-associated immunomodulatory proteins. In this study, a protein with B lymphocyte stimulatory activity was isolated from culture supernatants of Streptococcus agalactiae strain NEM316. This protein, with an apparent molecular mass of 45 kDa, was identified as GAPDH by N-terminal amino acid sequencing. The gapC gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli for the production of a recombinant histidyl-tagged protein. The recombinant GAPDH (rGAPDH), purified in an enzymatically active form, induced in vitro an up-regulation of CD69 expression on B cells from normal and BCR transgenic mice. In addition, rGAPDH induced an increase in the numbers of total, but not of rGAPDH-specific, splenic Ig-secreting cells in C57BL/6 mice treated i.p. with this protein. These in vitro- and in vivo-elicited B cell responses suggest that the B cell stimulatory effect of rGAPDH is independent of BCR specificity. A S. agalactiae strain overexpressing GAPDH showed increased virulence as compared with the wild-type strain in C57BL/6 mice. This virulence was markedly reduced in IL-10-deficient and anti-rGAPDH antiserum-treated mice. These results suggest that IL-10 production, which was detected at higher concentrations in the serum of rGAPDH-treated mice, is important in determining the successfulness of the host colonization by S. agalactiae and they highlight the direct role of GAPDH in this process. Taken together, our data demonstrate that S. agalactiae GAPDH is a virulence-associated immunomodulatory protein.
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- Pedro Madureira
- ICBAS-Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal
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El-Huneidi W, Mui R, Zhang TH, Palmer M. Streptococcus agalactiae CAMP factor/protein B does not bind to human IgG. Med Microbiol Immunol 2006; 196:73-7. [PMID: 17086430 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-006-0028-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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CAMP factor is an extracellular cytolytic protein produced by Streptococcus agalactiae. CAMP factor has been reported to bind the Fc fragments of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and has therefore also been called protein B, in analogy to protein A of Staphylococcus aureus. We attempted to characterize the interaction of protein B with IgG in more detail. In contrast to protein A, CAMP factor does not inhibit the activation of complement by hemolysin antibodies bound to sheep red cell surfaces. IgG also failed to inhibit the co-hemolytic activity of CAMP factor, which is in disagreement with previous findings. After co-incubation, CAMP factor and IgG were cleanly separated by gel filtration, indicating that no binding had occurred.
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- Waseem El-Huneidi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1 Canada
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Henneke P, Berner R. SIRS and group-B streptococcal sepsis in newborns: pathogenesis and perspectives in adjunctive therapy. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2006; 11:333-42. [PMID: 16690364 DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2006.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Clinical signs of systemic inflammation and suspected systemic infection are common in neonatal medicine. Yet, causative infectious organisms can only infrequently be isolated. In previously healthy infants at low risk of sepsis, group B streptococcus (GBS) is the most common isolate. In vitro and in vivo data suggest that immune cells from newborn infants have impaired antimicrobial properties against GBS. In contrast large amounts of inflammatory mediators are formed upon GBS challenge and Toll-like receptors (TLR) are critical host molecules in this context. Thus, the immune balance tilts towards inflammation, SIRS and sepsis. Adjunctive therapy of neonatal sepsis needs to adjust the inflammatory response without further impairing bacterial clearance. This article summarises the pathophysiological events leading to sepsis and suggests molecular targets for adjunctive therapy.
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- Philipp Henneke
- Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Mathildenstr. 1, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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Henneke P, Berner R. Interaction of neonatal phagocytes with group B streptococcus: recognition and response. Infect Immun 2006; 74:3085-95. [PMID: 16714536 PMCID: PMC1479263 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01551-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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- Philipp Henneke
- Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Mathildenstr. 1, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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Téllez A, Palm D, Weiland M, Alemán J, Winiecka-Krusnell J, Linder E, Svärd S. Secretory antibodies against Giardia intestinalis in lactating Nicaraguan women. Parasite Immunol 2005; 27:163-9. [PMID: 15987339 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2005.00758.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Secretory IgA (sIgA) antibodies are important in the host defence against the intestinal protozoan parasite Giardia intestinalis. However, few antigens have been identified. In this study 100 milk and saliva samples from lactating women, living in an endemic region (León, Nicaragua), were screened for the presence of antibodies against G. intestinalis. Most milk and saliva samples contained anti-Giardia antibodies (59% and 52%, respectively), with a mean sIgA content 50 times higher in milk than in saliva. The positive samples reacted with trophozoite membrane, flagella and cytoplasmic antigens. Western blot analysis showed that milk and saliva anti-Giardia sIgA recognized up to 16 different Giardia proteins in the molecular weight region 20-165 kDa. Two-dimensional Western blotting showed that the major immunoreactive proteins were the same as the immunoreactive proteins identified by serum from acute giardiasis patients in a non-endemic country. The major difference was a stronger reactivity against the variant surface proteins (VSPs) in the milk samples. Milk sIgAs also recognized recombinant Giardia proteins such as alpha-1 giardin, ornithine carbamoyl transferase, VSP-4EX, arginine deaminase and alpha-enolase. These antigens will be important targets in the development of new immunodiagnostic tools and vaccines.
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- A Téllez
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, National University, León, Nicaragua
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