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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-31
pubmed:abstractText
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonizes mucosal surfaces of the human gastrointestinal and gynecological tracts and causes disease in a wide range of patients. Invasive illness occurs after organisms traverse an epithelial boundary and enter deeper tissues. Previously we have reported that the alpha C protein (ACP) on the surface of GBS mediates GBS entry into ME180 cervical epithelial cells and GBS translocation across layers of these cells. We now demonstrate that ACP interacts with host cell glycosaminoglycan (GAG); the interaction of ACP with ME180 cells is inhibited if cells are pretreated with sodium chlorate, an inhibitor of sulfate incorporation, or with heparitinases. The interaction is also inhibited in the presence of soluble heparin or heparan sulfate or host cell-derived GAG. In addition, ACP binds soluble heparin specifically in inhibition and dot blot assays. After interaction with host GAG, soluble ACP enters ME180 cells and fractionates to the eukaryotic cell cytosol. These events are inhibited in cells pretreated with cytochalasin D or with Clostridium difficile toxin B. These data indicate that full-length ACP interacts with ME180 cell GAG and enters the eukaryotic cell cytosol by a mechanism that involves Rho GTPase-dependent actin rearrangements. We suggest that these molecular interactions drive ACP-mediated translocation of GBS across epithelial barriers, thereby facilitating invasive GBS infection.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Actins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, Surface, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Toxins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chlorates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytochalasin D, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytotoxins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Digitonin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glycosaminoglycans, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Heparin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Polysaccharide-Lyases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/alpha C protein, group B..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/heparitinsulfate lyase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sodium chlorate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/toxB protein, Clostridium difficile
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24714-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Bacterial Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Cervix Uteri, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Chlorates, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Cytochalasin D, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Cytotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Digitonin, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Glycosaminoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Heparin, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Immunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Polysaccharide-Lyases, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Streptococcus agalactiae, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:15044471-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Alpha C protein of group B Streptococcus binds host cell surface glycosaminoglycan and enters cells by an actin-dependent mechanism.
pubmed:affiliation
Channing Laboratory and Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. mbaron@partners.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.