Borrelia burgdorferi are susceptible to killing by a variety of human polymorphonuclear leukocyte components.
Borrelia burgdorferi are susceptible to killing by a variety of human polymorphonuclear leukocyte components.
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伯氏疏螺旋体易被多种人类多形核白细胞成分杀死。
DOI:
10.1086/339341
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发表时间:
2002
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Montgomery,RuthR
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作者:
Lusitani,Denise;Malawista,StephenE;Montgomery,RuthR
The killing ofBorrelia burgdorferiby intact human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) and by individual PMNL components was compared. Intact PMNL killedB. burgdorferi6.5-fold more efficiently and 5-fold more completely when spirochetes were opsonized with specific antibodies. U-cytoplasts, which have activatable oxidase, killed opsonizedB. burgdorferiwith an efficiency similar to that of intact PMNL in killing unopsonizedB. burgdorferi. AlthoughB. burgdorferiwere susceptible to H2O2and nitric oxide, PMNL lysates killedB. burgdorferinearly as well as intact PMNL killed opsonizedB. burgdorferi, suggesting a critical role for granule contents.B. burgdorferiwere killed by the PMNL antimicrobial components elastase, LL-37, bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein, and human neutrophil peptide-1.B. burgdorferihad limited susceptibility to killing by lysozyme and were not killed by azurocidin, proteinase 3, or lactoferrin. The efficient killing ofB. burgdorferiby a variety of PMNL mechanisms highlights the paradoxical persistence of spirochetes in vivo.