ARTHROPATHIC PROPERTIES OF CELL-WALL POLYMERS FROM NORMAL FLORA BACTERIA
ARTHROPATHIC PROPERTIES OF CELL-WALL POLYMERS FROM NORMAL FLORA BACTERIA
复制标题
DOI:
10.1128/iai.51.1.240-249.1986
复制
发表时间:
1986-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
SCHWAB, JH
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
STIMPSON, SA;BROWN, RR;SCHWAB, JH
Peptidoglycan-polysaccharide (PG-PS) fragments were purified from cell walls of group D streptococci (Steptococcus faecium, stains ATCC 9790 and F-24) with a protocol which minimizes autolytic activity and tested for ability to induce arthritis in rats. PG-PS fragments from cell walls of other normal flora bacteria (Peptostreptococcus productus, and Propionibacterium acnes), group A streptococci, and pseudomurein-PS fragments from cell walls of Methanobacterium formicicum, were similarly purified and tested. Upon intraarticular injection into rat ankles, all PG-PS polymers induced acute inflammation; pseudomurein-PS fragments were approximately five times less active than the PG-PS preparations. After intraperitoneal infection, P. acnes PG-PS induced a minimal acute arthritis Peptostreptococcus productus PG-PS induced a moderately severe acute joint inflammation followed by a mild chronic arthritis, and both group A and group D streptococcal PG-PS induced severe acute arthritis which evolved into chronic, erosive joint disease; pseudomurein-PS fragments were without effect, consistent with a crucial role for the PG moiety of PG-PS. Chronic arthritis induced by group D streptococcal PG-PS subsided after 60 days, whereas that induced by group A streptococcal PG-PS structures derived from the normal flora have the potential to induce a wide range of responses, from transient acute to chronic erosive joint disease.