Group A Streptococcal S Protein Utilizes Red Blood Cells as Immune Camouflage and Is a Critical Determinant for Immune Evasion.
Group A Streptococcal S Protein Utilizes Red Blood Cells as Immune Camouflage and Is a Critical Determinant for Immune Evasion.
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A 组链球菌 S 蛋白利用红细胞作为免疫伪装,是免疫逃避的关键决定因素。
DOI:
10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.001
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发表时间:
2019
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Gonzalez,DavidJ
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作者:
Wierzbicki,IgorH;Campeau,Anaamika;Dehaini,Diana;Holay,Maya;Wei,Xiaoli;Greene,Trever;Ying,Man;Sands,JennaS;Lamsa,Anne;Zuniga,Elina;Pogliano,Kit;Fang,RonnieH;LaRock,ChristopherN;Zhang,Liangfang;Gonzalez,DavidJ
Group AStreptococcus(GAS) is a human-specific pathogen that evades the host immune response through the elaboration of multiple virulence factors. Although many of these factors have been studied, numerous proteins encoded by the GAS genome are of unknown function. Herein, we characterize a biomimetic red blood cell (RBC)-captured protein of unknown function—annotated subsequently as S protein—in GAS pathophysiology. S protein maintains the hydrophobic properties of GAS, and its absence reduces survival in human blood. S protein facilitates GAS coating with lysed RBCs to promote molecular mimicry, which increases virulencein vitroandin vivo. Proteomic profiling reveals that the removal of S protein from GAS alters cellular and extracellular protein landscapes and is accompanied by a decrease in the abundance of several key GAS virulence determinants.In vivo, the absence of S protein results in a striking attenuation of virulence and promotes a robust immune response and immunological memory.