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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 187, 期 3, 页码 398-407出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1086/368022
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI 48694, AI 107036, AI 40198] Funding Source: Medline
Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin (Spe) B, a streptococcal cysteine protease, is believed to be important in group A streptococcal (GAS) pathogenesis. The present study examined the effect of SpeB on the activity of superantigenic exotoxins secreted by M1T1 GAS isolates. The proliferative response of human lymphocytes to culture supernatant (SUP) from an SpeB(+) isolate increased significantly (P < .05) when the isolate was grown with N-[N-(L-3-trans-carboxyoxirane-2-carbonyl)-L-leucyl]-agmatine, a cysteine protease inhibitor. The lymphocyte- stimulating activity of SUP from a spontaneous SpeB(-) variant or SpeB(-) knockout (Delta SpeB) mutant was also significantly higher than that of SUP from the SpeB(+) parent isolate (P < .001). The addition of recombinant SpeB to the DeltaSpeB mutant reduced the lymphocyte response to a level comparable to that with the SpeB(+) isolate. SpeB affected superantigens that stimulate cells expressing T cell receptor Vbeta (TCRBV)-4, TCRBV7, and TCRBV8 but not those that stimulate TCRBV2. SpeB has a selective proteolytic effect on GAS superantigens.
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