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Adherence of Streptococcus pneumoniae to immobilized fibronectin.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 63 ·No. 11 ·1995-11-00 ·Pages 4317-22

van der Flier M, Chhun N, Wizemann TM, Min J, McCarthy JB, Tuomanen EI

Abstract

Adherence to extracellular matrix proteins, such as fibronectin, affords pathogens with a mechanism to invade injured epithelia. Streptococcus pneumoniae was found to adhere to immobilized fibronectin more avidly than other streptococci and staphylococci do. Binding was dose, time, and temperature dependent. Trypsin treatment of the bacteria resulted in decreased binding, suggesting that the bacterial adhesive component was a protein. Fragments of fibronectin generated by proteolysis or by expression of recombinant gene segments were compared for the ability to bind pneumococci and to compete against bacterial binding to immobilized fibronectin. Fragments from the carboxy-terminal heparin binding domain were consistently active, suggesting that this region contains the pneumococcal binding site, a region distinct from that supporting the attachment of most other bacteria.

MeSH Terms
Bacterial Adhesion Binding Sites Binding, Competitive Fibronectins/chemistry,metabolism Heparin/metabolism Kinetics Solubility Streptococcus pneumoniae/pathogenicity
Chemicals
Fibronectins Heparin
Authors & Affiliations
6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
van der Flier M
Laboratory of Molecular Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Chhun N
Wizemann T M
Min J
McCarthy J B
Tuomanen E I
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Article Info
Journal
Infection and immunity
Abbr.
Infect Immun
ISSN
0019-9567
Published
1995-11-00
Pages
4317-22
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0246127
PMCID
PMC173614
Subset
IM
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