Pneumolysin induces release of matrix metalloproteinase-8 and -9 from human neutrophils

The research question addressed in the current study was: does the pneumococcal pore-forming toxin, pneumolysin, mobilise matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) -8 and -9 from isolated human blood neutrophils at sublytic concentrations of 5, 10 and 20 ng.mL(-1)? MMPs were measured in the supernatants of unstimulated neutrophils and of cells exposed to pneumolysin and the chemoattractant N-formyl-L-methionyl-l-leucyl-l-phenylalanine (f-MLP; 0.1 microM), individually and in combination, using ELISA procedures, and alterations in cytosolic Ca(2+) concentrations were monitored using a fura-2 acetoxymethyl ester (fura-2/AM)-based spectrofluorimetric method. Treatment of neutrophils with pneumolysin alone caused dose-related release of both MMPs, whereas f-MLP caused modest increases; the combination of both activators was, however, most effective. Pneumolysin/f-MLP-activated release of the MMPs from the cells was paralleled by increases in cytosolic Ca(2+). Exposure of human neutrophils to pneumolysin is accompanied by mobilisation of MMPs, which is potentiated by f-MLP. If operative in vivo, pneumolysin-mediated release of MMPs from neutrophils and other cell types may contribute to the pathogenesis of severe pneumococcal disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

The European respiratory journal - 34(2009), 5 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 1167-70

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cockeran, R [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, T J [VerfasserIn]
Feldman, C [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

59880-97-6
Bacterial Proteins
Calcium
Chemotactic Factors
EC 3.4.24.34
EC 3.4.24.35
Fura-2
Journal Article
Matrix Metalloproteinase 8
Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine
PlY protein, Streptococcus pneumoniae
SY7Q814VUP
Streptolysins
TSN3DL106G

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.03.2010

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1183/09031936.00007109

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM192525816