期刊
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
卷 47, 期 4, 页码 932-938出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.09.027
关键词
Staphylococcal superantigen-like protein; IgG; Peptide mass fingerprinting; Complement activation
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Open Research Center
Staphylococcal superantigen-like (SSL) proteins are a family of exoproteins that share structural similarity with staphylococcal superantigens but exhibit no superantigenic activity. It was previously reported that two members (SSL5 and SSL7) bound to serum components and cell adhesion molecules involved in host immune response; however, the other family members have not been functionally characterized. in this study, we attempted to isolate SSL10-binding proteins from human serum and found that recombinant His-tagged SSL10 bound two major polypeptides of similar to 50 and similar to 25 kDa after affinity purification and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. These polypeptides were identified as heavy and light chains of human IgG by peptide mass fingerprinting analysis. The specific interaction between recombinant SSL10 and human IgG was confirmed by far Western blot analysis using immobilized SSL10 and pull-down analysis using SSL10-conjugated Sepharose. Surface plasmon resonance analysis revealed that the dissociation equilibrium constant for the interaction between human IgG and recombinant SSL10 was estimated to be 220 nM. We also found that recombinant SSL10 inhibited the binding of complement component C1q to IgG-Sepharose and hemolysis of IgG-sensitized sheep erythrocytes via the classical complement activation pathway. These results suggest that SSL10 may play a role in the evasion of Staphylococcus aureus from the host immune system via interfering complement activation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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