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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
卷 58, 期 10, 页码 868-877出版社
MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETY KOREA
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-020-0235-9
关键词
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; OmpA; epithelial; apoptosis; mitochondria
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81571959, 81071399]
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia(S. maltophilia) is a common opportunistic pathogen in intensive care units and causes infections most often after surgeries in immune-compromised patients such as those undergoing chemotherapy. Outer membrane protein A (OmpA) is the most abundant of the outer membrane proteins inS. maltophilia.Previous studies on OmpA usually focus on its interaction with the host cells and its role in vaccine development. However, the impact of OmpA on the virulence ofS. maltophiliato host cells and the effects on apoptosis remain unclear. In this study, we exposed purified recombinantS. maltophiliaOmpA (rOmpA) to HEp-2 cells and investigated the effects of OmpA on epithelial cell apoptosis. Morphologic and flow cytometric analyses revealed that HEp-2 cells stimulated with rOmpA multiple apoptosis features, including nuclear roundness and pyknosis, chromatin aggregation, and phosphatidylserine eversion. We found that rOmpA regulated the protein levels of Bax and Bcl-xL in HEp-2 cells, leading to changes in mitochondria permeability and the release of cytochrome c and apoptosis-inducing factors into the cytoplasm. These subsequently activate the caspase-9/caspase-3 pathway that promote apoptosis. We also observed that rOmpA enhanced the generation of reactive oxygen species and increased intracellular Ca(2+)levels in HEp-2 cells. Collectively, our data suggested that rOmpA induced epithelial cells apoptosis via mi-tochondrial pathways.
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