Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2469250 | Veterinary Microbiology | 2007 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Mycoplasma synoviae is a major pathogen of chickens and turkeys, causing respiratory disease and infectious synovitis. M. synoviae haemagglutinin VlhA is an abundant surface-exposed lipoprotein and immunodominant antigen. Post-translational cleavage of VlhA generates two proteins, MSPB and MSPA. MSPB, the amino-terminal end of VlhA, is a lipoprotein of about 40-50 kDa but can appear in truncated forms (tMSPB) of about 20-30 kDa. The aim of this study was to determine whether MSPB and tMSPB can stimulate chicken macrophages to secrete NO and cytokines. Macrophages derived from chicken monocytes (MDM) or the MQ-NCSU macrophage cell line were stimulated with M. synoviae protein extracts containing MSPB or tMSPB, as well as with purified MSPB and tMSPB. Proteins from detergent extractions induced IL-6 secretion in MDM and NO secretion in MQ-NCSU. Both MSPB and tMSPB were capable of inducing NO secretion in MQ-NCSU, as well as IL-6 and IL-1β in MDM. The activity of IL-6 induced by purified tMSPB was similar to the effect of 60 pg/ml of recombinant chicken IL-6. The effect of IL-1β induced by tMSPB was comparable to the effect of 10 ng/ml of recombinant IL-1β. Whereas all samples containing MSPB were able to induce NO, IL-6 and IL-1β, it seemed that the purified tMSPB of about 20 kDa was the most potent in its ability to induce IL-6 and IL-1β in MDM. Compared to MSPB, tMSPB lacks about 200 amino acids in its carboxyl-terminal part. Therefore, our results suggest that the major part of the stimulating activity is associated with the amino-terminal part of MSPB, most likely with its lipid moiety.
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Authors
Miha LavriÄ, DuÅ¡an BenÄina, Sonja Kothlow, Bernd Kaspers, Mojca Narat,