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Invasion of Human Cells by a Bacterial Pathogen
Published on: March 21, 2011
Streptococcus pneumoniaeは,血小板活性化因子の受容体によって活性化されたヒト細胞にアンカーします
D R Cundell1, N P Gerard, C Gerard
1Laboratory of Molecular Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-6399, USA.
Nature
|October 5, 1995
まとめ
Streptococcus pneumoniaeは,血小板活性化因子 (PAF) 受容体を,ウイルス性感染症に利用しています. この受容体をアンタゴニストで標的にすることは,肺炎や髄膜炎のような肺炎球菌疾患に対する新しい治療戦略を提供することができる.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- 病原体と宿主の相互作用
背景:
- Streptococcus pneumoniaeは,肺炎,セプシス,髄膜炎などの重度の侵襲性疾患を引き起こす.
- 多くの個人は鼻で無症状に肺炎球菌を宿しており,コロニー化を侵襲性疾患と区別する要因を理解する必要性を強調しています.
研究 の 目的:
- アシンプトマティックな発症と,侵入性ストレプトコッカス肺炎感染症を区別する分子メカニズムを調査する.
- 病気の結果を左右する宿主-病原体相互作用を特定する.
主な方法:
- 炎症活性化中に宿主細胞受容体の細菌標的化を調査した.
- バクテリアの粘着と侵入を阻止するために,受容体特異的抗生物質を使用しました.
- PAF受容体とのフォスフォリクロリン相互作用によるバクテリアの結合を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 炎症的活性化により,肺炎球菌の標的は,血小板活性化因子 (PAF) 受容体に再誘導される.
- 毒性の高い肺炎球菌株のみがPAF受容体に反応する.
- バクテリアのフォスフォリクロリンがPAF受容体と結合すると,結合が強化され,様々なヒト細胞の侵入が促進されます.
結論:
- 毒性の高いStreptococcus pneumoniaeによってPAF受容体の関与は,侵襲性疾患における重要なステップです.
- PAF受容体アンタゴニストは,pneumococcalの粘着と侵入をin vitroおよびin vivoで抑制することができます.
- PAF受容体アンタゴニストは,肺炎球菌感染症の治療のための潜在的な治療手段を表しています.
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