Mouse skin passage of Streptococcus pyogenes results in increased streptokinase expression and activity

The plasminogen activator streptokinase has been proposed to be a key component of a complex mechanism that promotes skin invasion by Streptococcus pyogenes. This study was designed to compare ska gene message and protein levels in wild-type M1 serotype isolate 1881 and a more invasive variant recovered from the spleen of a lethally infected mouse. M1 isolates selected for invasiveness demonstrated enhanced levels of active plasminogen activator activity in culture. This effect was due to a combination of increased expression of the ska gene and decreased expression of the speB gene. The speB gene product, SpeB, was found to efficiently degrade streptokinase in vitro.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2004

Erschienen:

2004

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:150

Enthalten in:

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 150(2004), Pt 2 vom: 23. Feb., Seite 365-371

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rezcallah, Myrna S [VerfasserIn]
Boyle, Michael D P [VerfasserIn]
Sledjeski, Darren D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacterial Proteins
Cysteine Endopeptidases
EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.22.-
EC 3.4.22.10
Journal Article
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Streptokinase
Streptopain

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Date Completed 09.04.2004

Date Revised 26.08.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1099/mic.0.26826-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM144713195