Decreased infectivity despite unaltered C3 binding by a DeltahbhA mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Abstract:

:HbhA of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a multifunctional binding protein, binding to both sulfated sugars such as heparin and to human complement component C3. HbhA may therefore interact with host molecules and/or host cells during M. tuberculosis infection and play a role in the pathogenesis of this bacterium. The purpose of this study was to use allelic exchange to create an M. tuberculosis strain deficient in expression of HbhA to determine whether this protein's C3-binding activity plays a role in the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis. An in-frame, 576-bp unmarked deletion in the hbhA gene was created using sacB as a counterselectable marker. Southern blotting and PCR analyses confirmed deletion of hbhA in the DeltahbhA mutant. The DeltahbhA mutant strain grew at a rate similar to that of the parent in broth culture and in J774.A1 murine macrophage-like cells but was deficient in growth compared to the parent strain in the lungs, liver, and spleen of infected mice. In addition, the DeltahbhA mutation did not reduce binding of M. tuberculosis to human C3 or to J774.A1 cells in the presence or absence of serum, suggesting that in the absence of HbhA, other molecules serve as C3-binding molecules on the M. tuberculosis surface. Taken together, these data indicate that HbhA is important in the infectivity of M. tuberculosis, but its ability to bind C3 is not required for mycobacterial adherence to macrophage-like cells. Using the DeltahbhA mutant strain, a second M. tuberculosis C3-binding protein similar in size to HbhA was identified as HupB, but the role of HupB as a C3-binding protein in intact organisms remains to be determined.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Mueller-Ortiz SL,Sepulveda E,Olsen MR,Jagannath C,Wanger AR,Norris SJ

doi

10.1128/iai.70.12.6751-6760.2002

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-12-01 00:00:00

pages

6751-60

issue

12

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

70

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Analysis of the human antibody response to thrombospondin-related anonymous protein of Plasmodium falciparum.

    abstract::Thrombospondin-related anonymous protein (TRAP) of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum shares two sequence motifs with other proteins which possess adhesive properties. Recently, findings indicate that TRAP is an antigen which contributes to antisporozoite immunity. We have cloned and expressed the TRAP coding ...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.61.8.3490-3495.1993

    authors: Scarselli E,Tolle R,Koita O,Diallo M,Müller HM,Früh K,Doumbo O,Crisanti A,Bujard H

    更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00

  • LL-37 immunomodulatory activity during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in macrophages.

    abstract::Tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide. The susceptibility to this disease depends to a great extent on the innate immune response against mycobacteria. Host defense peptides (HDP) are one of the first barriers to counteract infection. Cathelicidin (LL-37) is an HDP that has many immun...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.00936-15

    authors: Torres-Juarez F,Cardenas-Vargas A,Montoya-Rosales A,González-Curiel I,Garcia-Hernandez MH,Enciso-Moreno JA,Hancock RE,Rivas-Santiago B

    更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00

  • A heptosyltransferase mutant of Pasteurella multocida produces a truncated lipopolysaccharide structure and is attenuated in virulence.

    abstract::Pasteurella multocida is the causative agent of fowl cholera in birds. In a previous study using signature-tagged mutagenesis, we identified a mutant, AL251, which was attenuated for virulence in mice and in the natural chicken host. Sequence analysis indicated that AL251 had an insertional inactivation of the gene wa...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.72.6.3436-3443.2004

    authors: Harper M,Cox AD,St Michael F,Wilkie IW,Boyce JD,Adler B

    更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00

  • The polysaccharide portion plays an indispensable role in Salmonella lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of NF-kappaB through human toll-like receptor 4.

    abstract::The lipid A portion has been identified as the active center responsible for lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced macrophage activation. However, we found that Salmonella (Salmonella enterica serovars Abortusequi, Minnesota, and Typhimurium) lipid A is inactive in human macrophages, despite its LPS being highly active. Th...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/iai.70.11.6043-6047.2002

    authors: Muroi M,Tanamoto K

    更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00

  • Genetic resistance to Trypanosoma congolense infections in mice.

    abstract::The mechanisms of genetic resistance or "trypanotolerance" to infection with Trypanosoma congolense were investigated in two strains of mice. One strain C57BL, is outstandingly resistant to most stabilates of T. congolense and can survive for over 80 days, whereas CFLP, in common with most other strains, generally suc...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.27.3.707-713.1980

    authors: Whitelaw DD,Macaskill JA,Holmes PH,Jennings FW,Urquhart GM

    更新日期:1980-03-01 00:00:00

  • Characterization of the outer membrane proteins of Bordetella avium.

    abstract::The outer membrane proteins of Bordetella avium were examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Sarkosyl-insoluble outer membrane protein-enriched profiles from 50 virulent B. avium isolates, containing major 21,000- and 37,000-molecular-weight proteins (21K and 37K proteins, respectively) ...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.60.3.958-964.1992

    authors: Leyh R,Griffith RW

    更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00

  • Cloning and characterization of genes encoding homologues of the B subunit of cholera toxin and the Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin from clinical isolates of Citrobacter freundii and E. coli.

    abstract::We identified and characterized a gene encoding a homologue of the B subunits of cholera toxin (CTB) and heat-labile enterotoxin (LTB) of Escherichia coli from a clinical isolate of Citrobacter freundii that was found to produce a factor in the culture supernatant that cross-reacted with antibodies to CTB and LTB when...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/iai.70.12.7153-7155.2002

    authors: Karasawa T,Ito H,Tsukamoto T,Yamasaki S,Kurazono H,Faruque SM,Nair GB,Nishibuchi M,Takeda Y

    更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00

  • Interleukin-6-driven inflammatory response induces retinal pathology in a model of ocular toxoplasmosis reactivation.

    abstract::Ocular inflammation is one of the consequences of infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Even if lesions are self-healing in immunocompetent persons, they pose a lifetime risk of reactivation and are a serious threat to vision. As there are virtually no immunological data on reactivating ocular toxop...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.02985-14

    authors: Rochet É,Brunet J,Sabou M,Marcellin L,Bourcier T,Candolfi E,Pfaff AW

    更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00

  • Chronic infection with Trypanosoma musculi in congenitally athymic nude mice.

    abstract::Trypanosoma musculi produces a chronic infection with a consistently elevated parasitemia in nude mice. Thymic reconstitution of nude mice restores immunity to the infection. ...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.16.2.715-716.1977

    authors: Rank RG,Roberts DW,Weidanz WP

    更新日期:1977-05-01 00:00:00

  • Anatomical route of invasion and protective mucosal immunity in Trypanosoma cruzi conjunctival infection.

    abstract::Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that can initiate mucosal infection after conjunctival exposure. The anatomical route of T. cruzi invasion and spread after conjunctival parasite contamination remains poorly characterized. In the present work we have identified the sites of initial invasion and replication af...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.00319-06

    authors: Giddings OK,Eickhoff CS,Smith TJ,Bryant LA,Hoft DF

    更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00

  • Rickettsial infectious antibody complexes: detection by antiglobulin plaque reduction technique.

    abstract::Rickettsia rickettsii and R. australis formed infectious antibody complexes when reacted with homologous convalescent serum. The addition of antiglobulin to these complexes showed neutralization of plaques proportional to the concentration of rickettsial immune serum. ...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.9.5.966-968.1974

    authors: Kenyon RH,McManus AT

    更新日期:1974-05-01 00:00:00

  • Role of energy sensor TlpD of Helicobacter pylori in gerbil colonization and genome analyses after adaptation in the gerbil.

    abstract::Helicobacter pylori maintains colonization in its human host using a limited set of taxis sensors. TlpD is a proposed energy taxis sensor of H. pylori and dominant under environmental conditions of low bacterial energy yield. We studied the impact of H. pylori TlpD on colonization in vivo using a gerbil infection mode...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.00750-13

    authors: Behrens W,Schweinitzer T,Bal J,Dorsch M,Bleich A,Kops F,Brenneke B,Didelot X,Suerbaum S,Josenhans C

    更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00

  • Effector CD8+ T cells are generated in response to an immunodominant epitope in type III effector YopE during primary Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection.

    abstract::YopE is a virulence factor that is secreted into host cells infected by Yersinia species. The YopE C-terminal domain has GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity. The YopE N-terminal domain contains an epitope that is an immunodominant CD8(+) T cell antigen during primary infection of C57BL/6 mice with Yersinia pseudo...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.01687-14

    authors: Zhang Y,Mena P,Romanov G,Bliska JB

    更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00

  • Constitutive expression of outer surface protein C diminishes the ability of Borrelia burgdorferi to evade specific humoral immunity.

    abstract::The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi reduces the expression of outer surface protein C (OspC) in response to the development of an anti-OspC humoral response, leading to the hypothesis that the ability to repress OspC expression is critical for the pathogen to proceed to chronic infection. B. burgdorferi w...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.00713-06

    authors: Xu Q,Seemanapalli SV,McShan K,Liang FT

    更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00

  • Purification of Plasmodium Sporozoites Enhances Parasite-Specific CD8+ T Cell Responses.

    abstract::Malaria infection caused by Plasmodium parasites continues to cause enormous morbidity and mortality in areas where it is endemic, and there is no licensed vaccine capable of inducing sterile protection. Hyperimmunization with attenuated whole sporozoites can induce sterile protective immune responses targeting preery...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.01439-15

    authors: Billman ZP,Seilie AM,Murphy SC

    更新日期:2016-07-21 00:00:00

  • Reactivation of polyoma virus in kidneys of persistently infected mice during pregnancy.

    abstract::Female mice infected at birth with 10(7) 50% tissue culture infective doses of polyoma virus were mated when at least 6 weeks old. Polyoma was not detected in any tissues of 27 female mice before mating except for trace amounts in the kidneys of 2 mice, but late in gestation polyoma virus could be found in the kidneys...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.25.3.998-1002.1979

    authors: McCance DJ,Mims CA

    更新日期:1979-09-01 00:00:00

  • The meningococcal minor pilin PilX is responsible for type IV pilus conformational changes associated with signaling to endothelial cells.

    abstract::Neisseria meningitidis crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) following the activation of the β2-adrenergic receptor by the type IV pili (TFP). Two components of the type IV pili recruit the β2-adrenergic receptor, the major pilin PilE and the minor pilin PilV. Here, we report that a strain deleted of PilX, one of the ...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.00369-12

    authors: Brissac T,Mikaty G,Duménil G,Coureuil M,Nassif X

    更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00

  • Characterization of murine monoclonal and murine, rabbit, and human polyclonal antibodies against chlamydial lipopolysaccharide.

    abstract::Murine monoclonal and rabbit, murine, and human polyclonal antibodies against chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were characterized by the passive hemolysis and passive hemolysis inhibition assays and by absorption experiments with LPSs of Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia trachomatis, and a recombinant strain of Salmone...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.58.1.205-213.1990

    authors: Brade L,Holst O,Kosma P,Zhang YX,Paulsen H,Krausse R,Brade H

    更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00

  • Evidence that L-(+)-lactate dehydrogenase deficiency is lethal in Streptococcus mutans.

    abstract::In order to construct an effector strain for the replacement therapy of dental caries, we wished to combine the properties of low-level acid production and high-level colonization potential in a strain of Streptococcus mutans. To this end, we made a deletion in the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) gene cloned from the bact...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.62.1.60-64.1994

    authors: Hillman JD,Chen A,Duncan M,Lee SW

    更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00

  • Identification of an iron-regulated hemin-binding outer membrane protein, HupO, in Vibrio fluvialis: effects on hemolytic activity and the oxidative stress response.

    abstract::In pathogenic bacteria, iron acquisition is important for colonization and proliferation in the host under iron-limited conditions. The ability of Vibrio spp. to acquire iron is often critical to their virulence, causing gastroenteritis or excessive watery diarrhea in humans. In the study described here, we cloned the...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.73.2.722-729.2005

    authors: Ahn SH,Han JH,Lee JH,Park KJ,Kong IS

    更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00

  • Attaching and effacing adherence of Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli to rabbit intestinal epithelium in vivo.

    abstract::Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains have been associated with sporadic cases and outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis and with the hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans. Since adherence of enteric pathogens to epithelial surfaces is often a prerequisite for the subsequent delivery of bacterial enterotox...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.56.4.756-761.1988

    authors: Sherman P,Soni R,Karmali M

    更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00

  • Staphylococcus aureus toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 and Streptococcus pyogenes erythrogenic toxin A modulate inflammatory mediator release from human neutrophils.

    abstract::We studied the influence of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 and streptococcal erythrogenic (pyrogenic) toxin A (ETA) on intact and digitonin-permeabilized human polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMNs). As was shown by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography analysis, toxic shock syndrome toxin ...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.61.3.1055-1061.1993

    authors: Hensler T,Köller M,Geoffroy C,Alouf JE,König W

    更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00

  • Immunological quantitation of hepatic tryptophan oxygenase in endotoxin-poisoned mice.

    abstract::An apparent inhibition of induction of mouse hepatic tryptophan oxygenase by endotoxin has been reported previously, as evidenced by low catalytic activity. This could be due either to decreased tryptophan oxygenase levels or to inactivation of existing enzyme molecules. To resolve this question, the enzyme was quanti...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.8.4.534-539.1973

    authors: Rippe DF,Berry LJ

    更新日期:1973-10-01 00:00:00

  • Opsonophagocytic killing activity of rabbit antibody to Pseudomonas aeruginosa mucoid exopolysaccharide.

    abstract::We used an in vitro opsonophagocytic killing assay to measure the functional activity of antibody directed at the mucoid exopolysaccharide (MEP) antigen expressed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients. Rabbit antibodies raised to purified MEP were able to mediate phagocytic killing i...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.49.2.281-285.1985

    authors: Ames P,DesJardins D,Pier GB

    更新日期:1985-08-01 00:00:00

  • Conservation and diversity of sap homologues and their organization among Campylobacter fetus isolates.

    abstract::Campylobacter fetus surface layer proteins (SLPs), encoded by sapA homologues, are important in virulence. In wild-type C. fetus strain 23D, all eight sapA homologues are located in the 54-kb sap island, and SLP expression reflects the position of a unique sapA promoter in relation to the sapA homologues. The extensiv...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/iai.72.3.1715-1724.2004

    authors: Tu ZC,Hui J,Blaser MJ

    更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00

  • Phagocytosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by polymorphonuclear leukocytes and monocytes: effect of cystic fibrosis serum.

    abstract::It has been shown previously that serum from chronically infected patients with cystic fibrosis inhibits the phagocytosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by both normal and cystic fibrosis alveolar macrophages. In the present study, the ability of peripheral monocytes and polymorphonuclear leukocytes from normal volunteers ...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.38.2.802-805.1982

    authors: Thomassen MJ,Demko CA,Wood RE,Sherman JM

    更新日期:1982-11-01 00:00:00

  • Cystalysin, a 46-kilodalton cysteine desulfhydrase from Treponema denticola, with hemolytic and hemoxidative activities.

    abstract::A 46-kDa hemolytic protein, referred to as cystalysin, from Treponema denticola ATCC 35404 was overexpressed in Escherichia coli LC-67. Both the native and recombinant 46-kDa proteins were purified to homogeneity. Both proteins expressed identical biological and functional characteristics. In addition to its biologica...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.65.8.3231-3238.1997

    authors: Chu L,Ebersole JL,Kurzban GP,Holt SC

    更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00

  • Transfer of group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin production to nontoxigenic strains of lysogenic conversion.

    abstract::Production of group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (SPE) type A and C was transferred from toxigenic streptococcal strains to nontoxigenic strains by lysogeny. Lysogens were tested for SPE with Ouchterlony immunodiffusion on Todd-Hewitt agar plates; toxin diffusing from isolated colonies reacted with specific hyp...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.28.1.254-257.1980

    authors: Johnson LP,Schlievert PM,Watson DW

    更新日期:1980-04-01 00:00:00

  • Virulence of the Melioidosis Pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei Requires the Oxidoreductase Membrane Protein DsbB.

    abstract::The naturally antibiotic-resistant bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease with stubbornly high mortality and a complex, protracted treatment regimen. The worldwide incidence of melioidosis is likely grossly underreported, though it is known to be highly endemic in northern...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.00938-17

    authors: McMahon RM,Ireland PM,Sarovich DS,Petit G,Jenkins CH,Sarkar-Tyson M,Currie BJ,Martin JL

    更新日期:2018-04-23 00:00:00

  • Measurement of bacterial cell wall in tissues by solid-phase radioimmunoassay: correlation of distribution and persistence with experimental arthritis in rats.

    abstract::We have developed sensitive and specific solid-phase radioimmunoassays to quantitate the distribution and persistence of bacterial antigen in rats developing arthritis in response to a single injection of streptococcal cell wall material. Three separate assays were specific for either the A polysaccharide (N-acetyl-D-...

    journal_title:Infection and immunity

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/IAI.38.1.127-135.1982

    authors: Eisenberg R,Fox A,Greenblatt JJ,Anderle SK,Cromartie WJ,Schwab JH

    更新日期:1982-10-01 00:00:00