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Urokinase-type plas...
Urokinase-type plasminogen activator, an endogenous antibiotic
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- Jin, Tao, 1973 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för reumatologi och inflammationsforskning,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research
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- Bokarewa, Maria, 1963 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för reumatologi och inflammationsforskning,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research
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- Tarkowski, Andrej, 1951 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för reumatologi och inflammationsforskning,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research
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- 2005
- 2005
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: J Infect Dis. - 0022-1899. ; 192:3, s. 429-37
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Abstract
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- Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) is a serine protease that not only displays fibrinolytic function but also modulates innate and adaptive immune responses. In the present study, we assessed whether uPA acts as an endogenous antibiotic. It has been demonstrated that uPA inhibits growth of Staphylococcus aureus both in vivo and in vitro. Importantly, the bactericidal properties of uPA are associated with the serine protease domain of the molecule but are not dependent on its plasminogen-activation potential and cannot be inhibited by plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1). In a murine infection model, uPA treatment alleviated staphylococcal sepsis by inhibiting bacterial growth. To further evaluate the changes in uPA levels during the course of staphylococcal infection, total uPA and active uPA levels were analyzed in plasma and in kidney homogenates. Expression of total uPA was constant, but PAI-1 levels were dramatically increased in plasma and in kidney homogenates during the course of staphylococcal infection. After infection with staphylococci, the level of metabolically active uPA was unaltered in plasma but was significantly decreased in kidney homogenates. Active uPA levels were inversely related to PAI-1 levels and to bacterial loads in kidney homogenates. In conclusion, we report that uPA acts as an endogenous antibacterial substance that might constitute the first line of host defense against staphylococcal infection. The decreased active uPA levels in infected organs might be due to the dramatically increased PAI-1 production during S. aureus infection.
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- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/*pharmacokinetics/pharmacology/therapeutic use
- Disease Models
- Animal
- Kidney/enzymology
- Mice
- Peroxidase/metabolism
- Sepsis/prevention & control
- Staphylococcal Infections/*drug therapy
- Tissue Distribution
- Urinary Plasminogen Activator/*metabolism/pharmacology/therapeutic use
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