Calprotectin Increases the Activity of the SaeRS Two Component System and Murine Mortality during Infections

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Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen causing skin infections and a variety of life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, and toxic shock syndrome. Previous study showed that the growth of S. aureus in abscesses is suppressed by the host antimicrobial protein calprotectin, which sequesters Zn and Mn from bacterial usage. During bacterial infection, calprotectin also plays an important role in the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Although the antimicrobial activity of calprotectin has been well defined, it is not known how the proinflammatory property of calprotectin affects staphylococcal infection. In this study, we found that the Zn-binding property of calprotectin increases the pathogenic potential of S. aureus by enhancing the activity of the SaeRS two component system in S. aureus. We also found that, under certain infection conditions, the proinflammatory property of calprotectin is rather detrimental to host survival. Our study illustrates that the important antimicrobial protein can be exploited by S. aureus to render the bacterium a more effective pathogen, and provides an example of the intricate tug-of-war between host and a bacterial pathogen.

Vyšlo v časopise: Calprotectin Increases the Activity of the SaeRS Two Component System and Murine Mortality during Infections. PLoS Pathog 11(7): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005026
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