Trigger for Group A Streptococcal M1t1 Invasive Disease.
From: School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia.
The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 1530-6860
- Volume: 20
- Issue: 10
- Pages: 1745-7
- Medium: Internet
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Cole Jason N, McArthur Jason D, McKay Fiona C, et al. Trigger for Group A Streptococcal M1t1 Invasive Disease.. FASEB J. Aug 2006;20:1745-7
Abstract
The globally disseminated Streptococcus pyogenes M1T1 clone causes a number of highly invasive human diseases. The transition from local to systemic infection occurs by an unknown mechanism; however invasive M1T1 clinical isolates are known to express significantly less cysteine protease SpeB than M1T1 isolates from local infections. Here, we show that in comparison to the M1T1 strain 5448, the isogenic mutant delta speB accumulated 75-fold more human plasmin activity on the bacterial surface following incubation in human plasma. Human plasminogen was an absolute requirement for M1T1 strain 5448 virulence following subcutaneous (s.c.) infection of humanized plasminogen transgenic mice. S. pyogenes M1T1 isolates from the blood of infected humanized plasminogen transgenic mice expressed reduced levels of SpeB in comparison with the parental 5448 used as inoculum. We propose that the human plasminogen system plays a critical role in group A streptococcal M1T1 systemic disease initiation. SpeB is required for S. pyogenes M1T1 survival at the site of local infection, however, SpeB also disrupts the interaction of S. pyogenes M1T1 with the human plasminogen activation system. Loss of SpeB activity in a subpopulation of S. pyogenes M1T1 at the site of infection results in accumulation of surface plasmin activity thus triggering systemic spread.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Bacterial Proteins, Exotoxins, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Humans, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Mutation, Plasmin, Plasminogen, Streptococcal Infections, Streptococcus pyogenes, Virulence
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