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Streptococcal beta protein has separate binding sites for human factor H and IgA-Fc.

Areschoug, Thomas LU ; Stålhammar-Carlemalm, Margaretha LU ; Karlsson, Ingrid LU and Lindahl, Gunnar LU (2002) In Journal of Biological Chemistry 277(15). p.12642-12648
Abstract
The group B streptococcus (GBS) is the most important cause of life-threatening bacterial infections in newborn infants. Protective immunity to GBS infection is elicited by several surface proteins, one of which, the beta protein, is known to bind human IgA-Fc. Here, we show that the beta protein also binds human factor H (FH), a negative regulator of complement activation. Absorption experiments with whole human plasma demonstrated binding of FH to a GBS strain expressing beta protein, but not to an isogenic beta-negative mutant. This binding was due to a direct interaction between beta and FH, as shown by experiments with purified proteins. Inhibition tests and studies with beta fragments demonstrated that FH and IgA-Fc bind to separate... (More)
The group B streptococcus (GBS) is the most important cause of life-threatening bacterial infections in newborn infants. Protective immunity to GBS infection is elicited by several surface proteins, one of which, the beta protein, is known to bind human IgA-Fc. Here, we show that the beta protein also binds human factor H (FH), a negative regulator of complement activation. Absorption experiments with whole human plasma demonstrated binding of FH to a GBS strain expressing beta protein, but not to an isogenic beta-negative mutant. This binding was due to a direct interaction between beta and FH, as shown by experiments with purified proteins. Inhibition tests and studies with beta fragments demonstrated that FH and IgA-Fc bind to separate and non-overlapping regions in beta. Heparin, a known ligand for FH, specifically inhibited the binding between beta and FH, suggesting that FH has overlapping binding sites for beta and heparin. Bacteria-bound FH retained its complement regulatory activity, implying that beta-expressing GBS may use bound FH to evade complement attack. The finding that beta protein binds FH adds to a growing list of interactions between human pathogens and complement regulatory proteins, supporting the notion that these interactions are of general importance in bacterial pathogenesis. (Less)
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Binding Sites, Streptococcus/*metabolism, Non-U.S. Gov't, Support, Fc/blood/*metabolism, Antigens, CD/blood/*metabolism, Base Sequence, Bacterial Proteins/*metabolism, Receptors, Human, Complement Factor H/*metabolism, DNA Primers
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
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277
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15
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12642 - 12648
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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1083-351X
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10.1074/jbc.M112072200
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  abstract     = {{The group B streptococcus (GBS) is the most important cause of life-threatening bacterial infections in newborn infants. Protective immunity to GBS infection is elicited by several surface proteins, one of which, the beta protein, is known to bind human IgA-Fc. Here, we show that the beta protein also binds human factor H (FH), a negative regulator of complement activation. Absorption experiments with whole human plasma demonstrated binding of FH to a GBS strain expressing beta protein, but not to an isogenic beta-negative mutant. This binding was due to a direct interaction between beta and FH, as shown by experiments with purified proteins. Inhibition tests and studies with beta fragments demonstrated that FH and IgA-Fc bind to separate and non-overlapping regions in beta. Heparin, a known ligand for FH, specifically inhibited the binding between beta and FH, suggesting that FH has overlapping binding sites for beta and heparin. Bacteria-bound FH retained its complement regulatory activity, implying that beta-expressing GBS may use bound FH to evade complement attack. The finding that beta protein binds FH adds to a growing list of interactions between human pathogens and complement regulatory proteins, supporting the notion that these interactions are of general importance in bacterial pathogenesis.}},
  author       = {{Areschoug, Thomas and Stålhammar-Carlemalm, Margaretha and Karlsson, Ingrid and Lindahl, Gunnar}},
  issn         = {{1083-351X}},
  keywords     = {{Binding Sites; Streptococcus/*metabolism; Non-U.S. Gov't; Support; Fc/blood/*metabolism; Antigens; CD/blood/*metabolism; Base Sequence; Bacterial Proteins/*metabolism; Receptors; Human; Complement Factor H/*metabolism; DNA Primers}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{15}},
  pages        = {{12642--12648}},
  publisher    = {{American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology}},
  series       = {{Journal of Biological Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Streptococcal beta protein has separate binding sites for human factor H and IgA-Fc.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112072200}},
  doi          = {{10.1074/jbc.M112072200}},
  volume       = {{277}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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