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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
Human-monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MoDC) are very efficient in the uptake of Listeria monocytogenes, a gram-positive bacterium which is an important pathogen in humans and animals causing systemic infections with symptoms such as septicemia and meningitis. In this work, we analyzed the influence of blood plasma on the internalization of L. monocytogenes into human MoDC and compared the uptake of L. monocytogenes with that of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Yersinia enterocolitica. While human plasma did not significantly influence the uptake of serovar Typhimurium and Y. enterocolitica by human MoDC, the efficiency of the uptake of L. monocytogenes by these phagocytes was strongly enhanced by human plasma. In plasma-free medium the internalization of L. monocytogenes was very low, whereas the addition of pooled human immunoglobulins resulted in the internalization of these bacteria to a degree comparable to the highly efficient uptake observed with human plasma. All human plasma tested contained antibodies against the 60-kDa extracellular protein of L. monocytogenes (p60), and anti-p60 antibodies were also found in the commercially available pooled immunoglobulins. Strikingly, in contrast to L. monocytogenes wild type, an iap deletion mutant (totally deficient in p60) showed only a minor difference in the uptake by human MoDC in the presence or the absence of human plasma. These results support the assumption that antibodies against the listerial p60 protein may play an important role in Fc-receptor-mediated uptake of L. monocytogenes by human MoDC via opsonization of the bacteria. This process may have a major impact in preventing systemic infection in L. monocytogenes in immunocompetent humans.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3100-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Antibodies against listerial protein 60 act as an opsonin for phagocytosis of Listeria monocytogenes by human dendritic cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften der Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't