Park S, Hwang KJ, Chu H, Park SH, Shim SK, Choi YS, Kim JS, Park MY. Inhibition of Orientia tsutsugamushi infection by a truncated recombinant 56-kDa outer membrane protein.
Lett Appl Microbiol 2010;
50:445-51. [PMID:
20302599 DOI:
10.1111/j.1472-765x.2010.02814.x]
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Abstract
AIMS
The objective of this study was to evaluate recombinant 56-kDa outer membrane protein as a potential inhibitor to infection from Orientia tsutsugamushi.
METHODS AND RESULTS
The 56-kDa protein was cloned and expressed in an Escherichia coli system, and the degree of target cell attachment to immobilized 56-kDa protein was measured in a cell adhesion assay. The results showed that the 56-kDa protein has an ability to attach HeLa cells. Furthermore, treatment of target cells with a truncated 56-kDa 1-418 (amino acid residues) protein inhibited target cell infection by O. tsutsugamushi, demonstrated with an indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay.
CONCLUSIONS
The truncated 56-kDa protein (a.a. 1-418) plays an important role in O. tsutsugamushi infection, and the 56-kDa protein could be useful and effective in the inhibition of O. tsutsugamushi attachment and infection.
SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY
The attachment of the 56-kDa protein to target cells was directly determined by in vitro adherence test, and the invasion of target cells by O. tsutsugamushi was inhibited by treating the target cells with a truncated 56-kDa protein.
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