期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
卷 198, 期 9, 页码 1313-1322出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031159
关键词
type IV pilus; PilT; pilus retraction; PilE; protein shedding
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI037618, R01 AI3496, R01 AI37618] Funding Source: Medline
Human membrane cofactor protein (CD46) protects host cells against complement attack and may function as a receptor for pathogenic Neissniae. We assessed CD46 expression in the human cervical cell line ME-180 after exposure to Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Piliated but not nonpiliated gonococci adhered to cells and produced tip to an 80% reduction in CD46 surface expression by 6 h that persisted for at least 24 h. This response required a minimum multiplicity of infection of 10 and was not prevented by antibodies to CD46. CD46 down-regulation was not attributable to intracellular retention or a global or specific shutdown of mRNA or protein synthesis. Substantial quantities of CD46 were found in the supernatants, indicating a specific shedding of this protein. Adherent gonococci lacking the pilus retraction protein PilT did not down-regulate CD46 but de-repression of pilT expression restored CD46 down-regulation. After experimental infection of human volunteers with a gonococcal variant incapable of inducing CID46 down-regulation, variants of this strain were reisolated that exhibited CD46 down-regulation. Pilus-mediated interactions of gonococci with human epithelial cells results in a pathogen-induced manipulation of the host cell environment in which a membrane protein is removed from epithehal cells by liberation into the surrounding milieu.
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