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Bacterial surface protein L binds and inactivates neutrophil proteins S100A8/A9.

Åkerström, Bo LU and Björck, Lars LU (2009) In Journal of immunology 183(7). p.4583-4592
Abstract
Finegoldia magna is an anaerobic bacterial species that is part of the normal human flora on all nonsterile body surfaces, but it is also a significant opportunistic pathogen causing a wide range of infections. Some isolates of F. magna that are more frequently associated with clinical infection express protein L, a surface protein containing multiple homologous domains (B1-B5) that bind Igs through interactions with Ig L chains. The present study shows that the N-terminal A domain of protein L binds S100A8/A9, antibacterial proteins present in large amounts in the cytoplasm of neutrophils, but also extracellularly in tissues during inflammation. As a result, protein L-expressing F. magna are protected against killing by S100A8/A9. Igs and... (More)
Finegoldia magna is an anaerobic bacterial species that is part of the normal human flora on all nonsterile body surfaces, but it is also a significant opportunistic pathogen causing a wide range of infections. Some isolates of F. magna that are more frequently associated with clinical infection express protein L, a surface protein containing multiple homologous domains (B1-B5) that bind Igs through interactions with Ig L chains. The present study shows that the N-terminal A domain of protein L binds S100A8/A9, antibacterial proteins present in large amounts in the cytoplasm of neutrophils, but also extracellularly in tissues during inflammation. As a result, protein L-expressing F. magna are protected against killing by S100A8/A9. Igs and S100A8/A9 were found to interact independently with protein L, demonstrating that this bacterial surface protein is capable of manipulating both adaptive and innate immune defense mechanisms. (Less)
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  author       = {{Åkerström, Bo and Björck, Lars}},
  issn         = {{1550-6606}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{4583--4592}},
  publisher    = {{American Association of Immunologists}},
  series       = {{Journal of immunology}},
  title        = {{Bacterial surface protein L binds and inactivates neutrophil proteins S100A8/A9.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0901487}},
  doi          = {{10.4049/jimmunol.0901487}},
  volume       = {{183}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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