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Mucosal Immunol ; 8(2): 362-71, 2015 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25118167

RESUMO

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes chronic pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). This study tracks the 13-year evolution (1996-2009) of a single MRSA clone in a male patient with CF, evaluating both the host immunogenic response and the microbial variations. Whole-genome sequencing was performed for the initial (CF-96) and evolved (CF-09) isolates. The immunogenicity of CF-96 and CF-09 was evaluated by incubation with innate immune cells from healthy volunteers. We also studied the patient's innate immune response profile, cytokine production, expression of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1), and phagocytosis. A total of 30 MRSA ST247-SCCmecI-pvl(-) isolates were collected, which evidenced a genome size reduction from the CF-96 ancestor to the evolved CF-09 strain. Up to six changes in the spa-type were observed over the course of the 13-year evolution. Cytokine production, TREM-1 expression, and phagocytosis were significantly lower for the healthy volunteer monocytes exposed to CF-09, compared with those exposed to CF-96. Patient monocytes exhibited a reduced inflammatory response when challenged with CF-09. Genetic changes in MRSA, leading to reduced immunogenicity and entry into the refractory state, may contribute to the attenuation of virulence and efficient persistence of the bacteria in the CF lung.


Assuntos
Fibrose Cística/imunologia , Fibrose Cística/microbiologia , Evolução Molecular , Imunidade Inata , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/genética , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/imunologia , Infecções Estafilocócicas/imunologia , Infecções Estafilocócicas/microbiologia , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Pré-Escolar , Biologia Computacional , Seguimentos , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Genoma Bacteriano , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Humanos , Imunidade Inata/genética , Masculino , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/efeitos dos fármacos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Monócitos/imunologia , Monócitos/metabolismo , Monócitos/microbiologia , Fagocitose/genética , Fagocitose/imunologia , Infecções Estafilocócicas/tratamento farmacológico , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo
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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1329(1): 149-58, 1997 Oct 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9370252

RESUMO

Two new fluorescent lysophosphatidylcholine probes have been synthesized for use as a donor-acceptor pair in fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET): 9-anthrylvinyl (LAPC) as donor and 3-perylenoyl (LPPC) as acceptor. The partition coefficients between membrane and aqueous phases were 8.3 x 10(5) and 10.5 x 10(5) for LAPC and LPPC, respectively. The inner leaflets of unilamellar lipid vesicles were labeled with these probes to assess conservation of membrane sidedness after membrane fusion. After medium-sized unilamellar vesicles (MUV) were prepared with a probe in both leaflets, probe in the outer leaflet was removed by repeatedly washing with an excess of unlabeled giant unilamellar vesicles (GUV). MUV and GUV were separated by centrifugation. The probes did not flip-flop across bilayers at 25 degrees C for at least 12 h. MUV containing the ganglioside GT1b were labeled with the LAPC/LPPC pair in the inner leaflet and incubated for 30 min at neutral pH with influenza virus. Fusion was triggered by acidification to pH 5.0 and was monitored by an increase in donor fluorescence in a FRET assay. When the inner leaflets of MUV were labeled by LAPC only, its fluorescence did not change after fusion. However, the fluorescence decreased by 60% when the LAPC was removed from the outer leaflets of the fused membranes by repeated washings with GUV. We conclude that the lipids of the inner and outer leaflets of the fused MUV/virus complexes intermixed.


Assuntos
Corantes Fluorescentes/química , Lipossomos/metabolismo , Lisofosfatidilcolinas/química , Cobalto/metabolismo , Transferência de Energia , Fluoresceínas/metabolismo , Corantes Fluorescentes/síntese química , Corantes Fluorescentes/metabolismo , Fluorometria , Vírus da Influenza A/química , Vírus da Influenza A/metabolismo , Bicamadas Lipídicas/química , Bicamadas Lipídicas/metabolismo , Lisofosfatidilcolinas/síntese química , Lisofosfatidilcolinas/metabolismo , Fusão de Membrana , Estrutura Molecular , Proteínas Virais/metabolismo
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Membr Cell Biol ; 11(4): 515-27, 1997.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9553939

RESUMO

The inner leaflet of unilamellar lipid vesicles was labeled with fluorescent lysophosphatidylcholines. The probes make a donor-acceptor pair in resonance energy transfer (RET), being labeled with 9-anthrylvinyl (L-APC, donor) and 3-perylenoyl (L-PPC, acceptor) fluorophores. They migrate rapidly between bilayers through the water phase: tau 1/2 of equilibration is approximately 5 min at 37 degrees C. The probe(s) can be removed from the outer leaflet of uniformly labeled medium-size unilamellar vesicles (MUV) by repeated washings with excess unlabeled large unilamellar vesicles (LUV) (separation by centrifugation). The probes flip-flop across bilayers rather slowly. MUV containing the ganglioside GT1b and labeled with the L-APC/L-PPC pair in the inner leaflet were fused with an equal amount of influenza virus; the process was monitored by an increase of the donor fluorescence in RET assay. If inner MUV leaflet was labeled with the anthrylvinyl probe only, the probe fluorescence decreased by half when the probe was removed from the outer leaflets of the fused membranes. This shows that the lipids of the inner and outer leaflets of the MUV randomize in the process of fusion.


Assuntos
Corantes Fluorescentes/metabolismo , Marcação por Isótopo/métodos , Lipossomos/metabolismo , Fusão de Membrana , Orthomyxoviridae , Transferência de Energia , Gangliosídeos/metabolismo , Cinética , Espectrofotometria Ultravioleta
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