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Histidine-rich glycoprotein exerts antibacterial activity.

Rydengård, Victoria LU ; Olsson, Anna-Karin ; Mörgelin, Matthias LU and Schmidtchen, Artur LU (2007) In The FEBS Journal 274(2). p.377-389
Abstract
Histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRGP), an abundant heparin-binding protein found in plasma and thrombocytes, exerts antibacterial effects against Gram-positive bacteria (Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Fluorescence studies and electron microscopy to assess membrane permeation showed that HRGP induces lysis of E. faecalisbacteria in the presence of Zn2+ or at low pH. Heparin blocked binding of the protein to E. faecalis and abolished antibacterial activity. Furthermore, truncated HRGP, devoid of the heparin-binding and histidine-rich domain, was not antibacterial. It has previously been shown that peptides containing consensus heparin-binding sequences... (More)
Histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRGP), an abundant heparin-binding protein found in plasma and thrombocytes, exerts antibacterial effects against Gram-positive bacteria (Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Fluorescence studies and electron microscopy to assess membrane permeation showed that HRGP induces lysis of E. faecalisbacteria in the presence of Zn2+ or at low pH. Heparin blocked binding of the protein to E. faecalis and abolished antibacterial activity. Furthermore, truncated HRGP, devoid of the heparin-binding and histidine-rich domain, was not antibacterial. It has previously been shown that peptides containing consensus heparin-binding sequences (Cardin and Weintraub motifs) are antibacterial. Thus, the peptide (GHHPH)(4), derived from the histidine-rich region of HRGP and containing such a heparin-binding motif, was antibacterial for E. faecalis in the presence of Zn2+ or at low pH. The results show a previously undisclosed antibacterial activity of HRGP and suggest that the histidine-rich and heparin-binding domain of HRGP mediates the antibacterial activity of the protein. (Less)
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  author       = {{Rydengård, Victoria and Olsson, Anna-Karin and Mörgelin, Matthias and Schmidtchen, Artur}},
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  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{377--389}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{The FEBS Journal}},
  title        = {{Histidine-rich glycoprotein exerts antibacterial activity.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/4737465/625847.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05586.x}},
  volume       = {{274}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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