Functional and Structural Properties of a Novel Protein and Virulence Factor (sHIP) in Streptococcus pyogenes.
| Type | Information |
|---|---|
| Nr | 43 (Research article) |
| Authors | Wisniewska, Magdalena; Happonen, Lotta; Kahn, Fredrik; Varjosalo, Markku; Malmström, Lars; Rosenberger, George; Karlsson, Christofer; Cazzamali, Giuseppe; Pozdnyakova, Irina; Frick, Inga-Maria; Björck, Lars; Streicher, Werner; Malmström, Johan; Wikström, Mats |
| Title | Functional and Structural Properties of a Novel Protein and Virulence Factor (sHIP) in Streptococcus pyogenes. |
| Journal | J Biol Chem (2014) 289(26) 18175-88 |
| DOI | 10.1074/jbc.M114.565978 |
| Citations | 8 citations (journal impact: 4.6) |
| Abstract | Streptococcus pyogenes is a significant bacterial pathogen in the human population. The importance of virulence factors for the survival and colonization of S. pyogenes is well established and many of these factors are exposed to the extracellular environment enabling bacterial interactions with the host. In the present study we quantitatively analyzed and compared S. pyogenes proteins in the growth medium of a strain that is virulent to mice with a non-virulent strain. Particularly one of these proteins was present at significantly higher levels in stationary growth medium from the virulent strain. We determined the three-dimensional structure of the protein that showed a unique tetrameric organization composed of four helix-loop-helix motifs. Affinity pull-down mass spectrometry analysis in human plasma demonstrated that the protein interacts with histidine-rich glycoprotein HRG and the name sHIP streptococcal histidine-rich glycoprotein-interacting protein is therefore proposed. HRG has antibacterial activity and when challenged by HRG sHIP was found to rescue S. pyogenes bacteria. This and the finding that patients with invasive S. pyogenes infection respond with antibody production against sHIP suggest a role for the protein in S. pyogenes pathogenesis. |
| Synopsis | We describe how we identified a potential virulence factor from a human pathogen and then characterized it. |