Metal uptake in host-pathogen interactions: role of iron in Porphyromonas gingivalis interactions with host organisms.
Metal uptake in host-pathogen interactions: role of iron in Porphyromonas gingivalis interactions with host organisms.
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0757.2009.00329.x
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发表时间:
2010-02
影响因子:
18.6
通讯作者:
Lewis JP
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Lewis JP
Iron is a nutrient that is indispensable for growth of almost all living organisms. The virulence of pathogenic organisms in the mammalian host is related to the availability of iron, therefore, microbial iron acquisition mechanisms are an important determinant of infection potential. Indeed, iron levels regulate 10–20% of all genes present on microbial genomes, including iron acquisition mechanism and virulence factor encoding genes. The association between iron and microbial virulence is well established (121,158). Many infectious diseases, such as gonorrhea, malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrheal infections, depend on the expression of microbial acquisition mechanisms capable of competing with the host’s iron scavenging mechanisms. The availability of iron in the mammalian host is extremely low, therefore, successful pathogens evolved strategies to overcome this limitation. Some pathogens produce high affinity metal chelators capable of competing with the host’s scavenging mechanisms, while others degrade and release mammalian proteins such as transferrin or hemoglobin that bind iron or hemin. Iron overload in the host from genetic predispositions, therapeutic intervention, or nutritional status can also increase the risk of infection by many pathogens, such as Plasmodium falciparum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (121). Treating the host by administering iron chelators that capture free iron and compete with the acquisition system can limit microbial iron acquisition. However, this treatment also limits the availability of iron for the host, which can also have a damaging effect. Another way to alter iron availability is to interfere with the microbial iron acquisition mechanisms required by the pathogen to survive at specific stages of infection. Therefore, understanding the role of the iron acquisition mechanisms at various stages of bacterial infection may lead to the development of additional interventional strategies.The oral cavity harbors at least 700 different species of bacteria (1, 19,104,105,139). The contribution of many of those species to onset and progression of oral diseases is still to be established. However, several bacterial species are strongly implicated as aetiological agents of periodontal diseases. Among them are members of the Bacteroidetes phylum:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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期刊:
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