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Bacterial adhesion of Streptococcus suis to host cells and its inhibition by carbohydrate ligands
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- Kouki, Annika (author)
- University of Turku
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- Pieters, Roland J. (author)
- Utrecht University
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- Nilsson, Ulf J. (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Centrum för analys och syntes,Kemiska institutionen,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Centre for Analysis and Synthesis,Department of Chemistry,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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- Loimaranta, Vuokko (author)
- University of Turku
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- Finne, Jukka (author)
- University of Helsinki
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- Haataja, Sauli (author)
- University of Turku
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- 2013-07-01
- 2013
- English 18 s.
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In: Biology. - : MDPI AG. - 2079-7737. ; 2:3, s. 918-935
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- Streptococcus suis is a Gram-positive bacterium, which causes sepsis and meningitis in pigs and humans. This review examines the role of known S. suis virulence factors in adhesion and S. suis carbohydrate-based adhesion mechanisms, as well as the inhibition of S. suis adhesion by anti-adhesion compounds in in vitro assays. Carbohydrate-binding specificities of S. suis have been identified, and these studies have shown that many strains recognize Galα1-4Gal-containing oligosaccharides present in host glycolipids. In the era of increasing antibiotic resistance, new means to treat infections are needed. Since microbial adhesion to carbohydrates is important to establish disease, compounds blocking adhesion could be an alternative to antibiotics. The use of oligosaccharides as drugs is generally hampered by their relatively low affinity (micromolar to compete with multivalent binding to host receptors. However, screening of a library of chemically modified Galα1-4Gal derivatives has identified compounds that inhibit S. suis adhesion in nanomolar range. Also, design of multivalent Galα1-4Gal-containing dendrimers has resulted in a significant increase of the inhibitory potency of the disaccharide. The S. suis adhesin binding to Galα1-4Gal-oligosaccharides, Streptococcal adhesin P (SadP, was recently identified. It has a Galα1-4Gal-binding N-terminal domain and a C-terminal LPNTG-motif for cell wall anchoring. The carbohydrate-binding domain has no homology to E. coli P fimbrial adhesin, which suggests that these Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial adhesins recognizing the same receptor have evolved by convergent evolution. SadP adhesin may represent a promising target for the design of anti-adhesion ligands for the prevention and treatment of S. suis infections.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Adhesin
- Bacterial adhesion
- Carbohydrate
- Galabiose
- Galactose
- Gb3
- Streptococcus suis
- Virulence
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