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Published on: February 15, 2011

莱姆病病原体利用的蛋白质感染哺乳动物宿主

Nandhini Ramamoorthi¹, Sukanya Narasimhan, Utpal Pal

¹Sections of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.

|July 29, 2005

概括

莱姆病病原体Borrelia burgdorferi使用一种名为Salp15的虫蛋白来感染小鼠. 在中抑制Salp15显著降低了它们将莱姆病传播给小鼠的能力.

科学领域:

微生物学微生物学
传染性疾病传染性疾病
载体生物学载体生物学

背景情况:

莱姆病是通过鼠周期传染的,其中包括Borrelia burgdorferi.
波雷利亚格多弗里在哺乳动物宿主中引发感染的机制尚未完全理解.
众所周知,的唾液蛋白在血液养期间在宿主-病原体相互作用中起作用.

研究的目的:

为了研究唾液蛋白Salp15在小鼠Borrelia burgdorferi感染中的作用.
为了确定Borrelia burgdorferi是否利用Salp15成功传播和殖民.
为了阐明Salp15和Borrelia burgdorferi成分之间的相互作用.

主要方法:

在感染Borrelia burgdorferi的Xxodes scapularis中分析salp15基因表达.
在体外和体内测试Salp15与Borrelia burgdorferi的结合.
评估Salp15对抗体介导杀死Borrelia burgdorferi的保护作用.
使用RNA干扰来减少子中的salp15表达,并评估小鼠的随后感染率.

主要成果:

波雷莉亚格多弗里在 Ixodes scapularis 中选择性地增强了 salp15 的表达.
萨尔普15与Borrelia burgdorferi结合,特别与外表面蛋白C相互作用.
萨尔普15保护Borrelia burgdorferi免受抗体介导的杀死,并增强小鼠的感染力.
在中抑制salp15显著损害了Borrelia burgdorferi感染小鼠的能力.

结论:

博雷利亚burgdorferi劫持了的唾液蛋白Salp15,以促进小鼠感染.
萨尔普15在莱姆病的传播和确立中起着至关重要的作用.
这项研究揭示了一种新的病原体殖民机制,涉及关节动物分泌的蛋白质.

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