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  • Title: Specific serum Ig recognizing staphylococcal wall teichoic acid induces complement-mediated opsonophagocytosis against Staphylococcus aureus.
    Author: Jung DJ, An JH, Kurokawa K, Jung YC, Kim MJ, Aoyagi Y, Matsushita M, Takahashi S, Lee HS, Takahashi K, Lee BL.
    Journal: J Immunol; 2012 Nov 15; 189(10):4951-9. PubMed ID: 23071283.
    Abstract:
    Wall teichoic acid (WTA) of Staphylococcus aureus is a major cell envelope-associated glycopolymer that is a key molecule in promoting colonization during S. aureus infection. The complement system plays a key role in the opsonization and clearance of pathogens. We recently reported that S. aureus WTA functions as a ligand of human serum mannose-binding lectin (MBL), a recognition molecule of the lectin complement pathway. Intriguingly, serum MBL in adults does not bind to WTA because of an inhibitory effect of serum anti-WTA-IgG. In this study, serum anti-WTA-IgG was purified to homogeneity using a purified S. aureus WTA-coupled affinity column to examine the biological function of human anti-WTA-IgG. The purified anti-WTA-IgG contained the IgG2 subclass as a major component and specifically induced C4 and C3 deposition on the S. aureus surface in the anti-WTA-IgG-depleted serum, but not in C1q-deficient serum. Furthermore, the anti-WTA-IgG-dependent C3 deposition induced phagocytosis of S. aureus cells by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. These results demonstrate that serum anti-WTA-IgG is a real trigger for the induction of classical complement-dependent opsonophagocytosis against S. aureus. Our results also support the fact that a lack of the lectin complement pathway in MBL-deficient adults is compensated by Ag-specific, Ab-mediated adaptive immunity.
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