BINDING OF BACTERIA FROM THE GENUS BRUCELLA TO HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES-B
BINDING OF BACTERIA FROM THE GENUS BRUCELLA TO HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES-B
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.31.2.816-821.1981
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
TEODORESCU, M
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作者:
BRATESCU, A;MAYER, EP;TEODORESCU, M
Various lymphocyte subpopulations bind different strains of bacteria of different genera and species; among these, there is a strain of B. melitensis which binds to all human B lymphocytes. To determine whether the binding of B. melitensis to human B lymphocytes is a strain, species or genus characteristic, the binding of B. melitensis, B. abortus, B. ovis, B. suis, B. canis and B. neotomae to human normal and leukemic B lymphocytes was tested. The binding of different Brucella spp. to B lymphocytes was determined by single- and double-labeling experiments in which a strain of Escherichia coli, coated with anti-L chain antibodies, was used as a marker for B cells. B. melitensis and antibody-coated E. coli bound to the same cells. All the other species of bacteria tested bound to the B lymphocytes, normal or leukemic. B. ovis and B. neotomae, which are not human pathogens, bound to fewer B lymphocytes than did the human pathogens B. abortus, B. melitensis, B. suis and B. canis. The quality of rosettes formed by the nonpathogenic bacteria with the lymphocytes, i.e., the number of bacteria per lymphocytes, was lower than that of pathogenic Brucella spp. Thus, all of the Brucella spp. tested have the ability to bind to human B lymphocytes, but only those which are human pathogens bind firmly to all B lymphocytes and may be used as reliable markers for these cells. The binding of Brucella spp. to B lymphocytes may have some bearing on the pathogenesis of brucellosis in humans.