کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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8944969 | 1645266 | 2018 | 22 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Uptake of Neisserial autotransporter lipoprotein (NalP) promotes an increase in human brain microvascular endothelial cell metabolic activity
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی
میکروب شناسی
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چکیده انگلیسی
Neisseria meningitidis is normally a human nasopharyngeal commensal but is also capable of causing life-threatening sepsis and meningitis. N. meningitidis secretes several virulence-associated proteins including Neisserial autotransporter lipoprotein (NalP), an immunogenic, type Va autotransporter harboring an S8-family serine endopeptidase domain. NalP has been previously characterized as a cell-surface maturation protease which processes other virulence-associated meningococcal surface proteins, and as a factor contributing to the survival of meningococci in human serum due to its ability to cleave complement factor C3. Here, recombinant NalP (rNalP) fragments were purified and used to investigate the interaction of NalP with host cells. Flow cytometry and confocal microscopy demonstrated binding and uptake of rNalP into different human cell types. High-resolution microscopy confirmed that internalized rNalP predominantly localized to the perinuclear region of cells. Abolition of rNalP protease activity using site-directed mutagenesis did not influence uptake or sub-cellular localization, but inactive rNalP (rNalPS426A) was unable to induce an increase in human brain microvascular endothelial cell metabolic activity provoked by proteolytically-active rNalP. Our data suggests a more complex and multifaceted role for NalP in meningococcal pathogenesis than was previously understood which includes novel intra-host cell functions.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Microbial Pathogenesis - Volume 124, November 2018, Pages 70-75
Journal: Microbial Pathogenesis - Volume 124, November 2018, Pages 70-75
نویسندگان
Osman A. Dufailu, Jafar Mahdavi, Dlawer A.A. Ala'Aldeen, Karl G. Wooldridge, Neil J. Oldfield,