A rapid method for selecting suitable animal species for studying pathogen interactions with plasma protein ligands in vivo
Naudin, Clément LU ; Schumski, Ariane ; Salo-Ahen, Outi M H ; Herwald, Heiko LU
and Smeds, Emanuel
LU
(2017)
In Microbial Biotechnology
10(3).
p.657-665
- Abstract
Species tropism constitutes a serious problem for developing relevant animal models of infection. Human pathogens can express virulence factors that show specific selectivity to human proteins, while their affinity for orthologs from other species can vary significantly. Suitable animal species must be used to analyse whether virulence factors are potential targets for drug development. We developed an assay that rapidly predicts applicable animal species for studying virulence factors binding plasma proteins. We used two well-characterized Staphylococcus aureus proteins, SSL7 and Efb, to develop an ELISA-based inhibition assay using plasma from different animal species. The interaction between SSL7 and human C5 and the binding of Efb... (More)
Species tropism constitutes a serious problem for developing relevant animal models of infection. Human pathogens can express virulence factors that show specific selectivity to human proteins, while their affinity for orthologs from other species can vary significantly. Suitable animal species must be used to analyse whether virulence factors are potential targets for drug development. We developed an assay that rapidly predicts applicable animal species for studying virulence factors binding plasma proteins. We used two well-characterized Staphylococcus aureus proteins, SSL7 and Efb, to develop an ELISA-based inhibition assay using plasma from different animal species. The interaction between SSL7 and human C5 and the binding of Efb to human fibrinogen and human C3 was studied. Affinity experiments and Western blot analyses were used to validate the assay. Human, monkey and cat plasma interfered with binding of SSL7 to human C5. Binding of Efb to human fibrinogen was blocked in human, monkey, gerbil and pig plasma, while human, monkey, gerbil, rabbit, cat and guinea pig plasma inhibited the binding of Efb to human C3. These results emphasize the importance of choosing correct animal models, and thus, our approach is a rapid and cost-effective method that can be used to prevent unnecessary animal experiments.
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- author
- Naudin, Clément
LU
; Schumski, Ariane
; Salo-Ahen, Outi M H
; Herwald, Heiko
LU
and Smeds, Emanuel
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-02-07
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Microbial Biotechnology
- volume
- 10
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 657 - 665
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
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- pmid:28168836
- wos:000400019700015
- scopus:85013004895
- ISSN
- 1751-7907
- DOI
- 10.1111/1751-7915.12601
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a285da7d-17e4-4edf-92a9-e0e6d17bef61
- date added to LUP
- 2017-03-01 13:30:55
- date last changed
- 2024-02-29 10:32:15
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