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Protein D, the glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase from Haemophilus influenzae with affinity for human immunoglobulin D, influences virulence in a rat otitis model

Janson, Håkan LU ; Melhus, Åsa LU ; Hermansson, Ann LU and Forsgren, Arne LU (1994) In Infection and Immunity 62(11). p.4848-4854
Abstract
A mutant lacking the ability to express the surface-exposed lipoprotein protein D was constructed by linker insertion and deletion mutagenesis of a cloned DNA insert containing the protein D structural gene from a nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain (NTHi). An isogenic NTHi mutant was isolated after transformation of genetically competent bacteria. The transformant was unreactive to a protein D-specific monoclonal antibody in a colony immunoassay. In addition, the mutant lacked the ability to synthesize detectable levels of protein D by protein staining, immunoblot methods, glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase activity, and binding studies of radiolabelled immunoglobulin D. The isogenic protein D-deficient mutant was compared with... (More)
A mutant lacking the ability to express the surface-exposed lipoprotein protein D was constructed by linker insertion and deletion mutagenesis of a cloned DNA insert containing the protein D structural gene from a nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain (NTHi). An isogenic NTHi mutant was isolated after transformation of genetically competent bacteria. The transformant was unreactive to a protein D-specific monoclonal antibody in a colony immunoassay. In addition, the mutant lacked the ability to synthesize detectable levels of protein D by protein staining, immunoblot methods, glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase activity, and binding studies of radiolabelled immunoglobulin D. The isogenic protein D-deficient mutant was compared with its parental strain for its ability to induce experimental otitis media in rats challenged with bacteria. An approximately 100-times-higher concentration of the mutant compared with that of the wild-type strain was required in order to cause otitis among all rats challenged with that given dose. The protein D mutant exhibited a generation time that was equal to that of the wild-type strain in complex broth medium. No difference in lipopolysaccharide expression was found between the mutant and the parental strain. These results suggest that protein D may influence the pathogenesis of NTHi in the upper respiratory tract. (Less)
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  author       = {{Janson, Håkan and Melhus, Åsa and Hermansson, Ann and Forsgren, Arne}},
  issn         = {{1098-5522}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{4848--4854}},
  publisher    = {{American Society for Microbiology}},
  series       = {{Infection and Immunity}},
  title        = {{Protein D, the glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase from Haemophilus influenzae with affinity for human immunoglobulin D, influences virulence in a rat otitis model}},
  url          = {{http://iai.asm.org/cgi/reprint/62/11/4848}},
  volume       = {{62}},
  year         = {{1994}},
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