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Capsular polysaccharide switching in Streptococcus suis modulates host cell interactions and virulence

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85882-3

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  1. JSPS KAKENHI [18H02658, 26870840]
  2. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [04435, 342150]
  3. Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Program from NSERC
  4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26870840, 18H02658] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The study demonstrates that switching between capsular polysaccharide serotypes in Streptococcus suis can significantly alter virulence and host cell interactions. Different serotypes have diverse effects on pathogenicity, with some showing increased virulence while others show decreased virulence or minimal impact on host interactions.
The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) of Streptococcus suis defines various serotypes based on its composition and structure. Though serotype switching has been suggested to occur between S. suis strains, its impact on pathogenicity and virulence remains unknown. Herein, we experimentally generated S. suis serotype-switched mutants from a serotype 2 strain that express the serotype 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, or 14 CPS. The effects of serotype switching were then investigated with regards to classical properties conferred by presence of the serotype 2 CPS, including adhesion to/invasion of epithelial cells, resistance to phagocytosis by macrophages, killing by whole blood, dendritic cell-derived pro-inflammatory mediator production and virulence using mouse and porcine infection models. Results demonstrated that these properties on host cell interactions were differentially modulated depending on the switched serotypes, although some different mutations other than loci of CPS-related genes were found in each the serotype-switched mutant. Among the serotype-switched mutants, the mutant expressing the serotype 8 CPS was hyper-virulent, whereas mutants expressing the serotype 3 or 4 CPSs had reduced virulence. By contrast, switching to serotype 7, 9, or 14 CPSs had little to no effect. These findings suggest that serotype switching can drastically alter S. suis virulence and host cell interactions.

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