Mechanisms of resistance of Porphyromonas gingivalis to killing by serum complement.

Abstract:

:The complement system plays an important role in the host defense against infection, and the formation of the terminal complement complex on the bacterial surface has been shown to be particularly important in killing of gram-negative bacteria. The gram-negative periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis is resistant to complement killing, and possible mechanisms suggested for this resistance include protease production and capsule formation. In this study, P. gingivalis Arg- and Lys-gingipain deletion mutants and polysaccharide synthesis deletion mutants have been used to investigate these hypotheses. When Arg- and Lys-gingipain protease mutants were incubated in 20% normal human serum, deposition of complement components on the cell surface was significantly increased compared to that for the wild-type organism. However, despite the increased deposition, the protease mutants maintained resistance to killing and their viability was equal to that seen with heat-inactivated serum. Similar data were obtained when the wild-type organism was treated with gingipain protease inhibitors. K-antigen expression mutants were also resistant to killing. However, mutants which no longer synthesized a surface anionic polysaccharide (APS) (a phosphorylated branched mannan) were extremely sensitive to serum killing. These mutants lack the organized dense glycan surface layer present on the parent strain on the basis of electron microscopy. We conclude that the production of APS at the surface of P. gingivalis rather than Arg- and Lys-gingipain synthesis is the principal mechanism of serum resistance in P. gingivalis.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Slaney JM,Gallagher A,Aduse-Opoku J,Pell K,Curtis MA

doi

10.1128/IAI.00304-06

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-09-01 00:00:00

pages

5352-61

issue

9

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

pii

74/9/5352

journal_volume

74

pub_type

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