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Infection and Immunity, August 2002, p. 4292-4301, Vol. 70, No. 8
0019-9567/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.8.4292-4301.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Comparison of Alteration of Cell Surface Carbohydrates of the Chinchilla Tubotympanum and Colonial Opacity Phenotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae during Experimental Pneumococcal Otitis Media with or without an Antecedent Influenza A Virus Infection

H. H. Tong, I. Grants, X. Liu, and T. F. DeMaria*

Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Received 25 February 2002/ Returned for modification 1 April 2002/ Accepted 8 May 2002

Experimental and clinical studies suggest that influenza A virus promotes Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced otitis media; however, the mechanism underlying this synergistic interaction has not been completely defined. In this study, glycoconjugate expression patterns were evaluated on the cell surface in the chinchilla eustachian tube (ET) lumen of a cohort challenged intranasally (i.n.) with S. pneumoniae type 6A, which is predominantly transparent and a cohort with an antecedent influenza A virus infection, followed by i.n. inoculation with S. pneumoniae. The labeling patterns obtained with six lectin probes revealed that the binding of Bandeiraea simplicifolia lectin II, succinylated wheat germ agglutinin, and peanut agglutinin were significantly increased in the lumenal surface of the ET in the cohort infected with both pathogens compared to the cohort inoculated with only S. pneumoniae, which indicated that N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and D-galactose residues were exposed. A significant decreased labeling with Sambucus nigra agglutinin in the combined influenza A virus and pneumococcus infection cohort suggested that there were few sialic acid residues remaining in the ET epithelium. In addition, the colonial opacity of S. pneumoniae during the disease course was examined. The opaque phenotype was predominant among the pneumococcus isolates from the middle-ear fluid in the cohort infected with the both pathogens. Together, these data suggest that the synergic effect of influenza A virus and S. pneumoniae on the changes of the carbohydrate moieties in the ET epithelium and that the selection of the opaque variant may facilitate the pneumococcal invasion of the middle ear.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Otolaryngology, The Ohio State University, Rm. 4331 UHC, 456 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210. Phone: (614) 293-8103. Fax: (614) 293-5506. E-mail: demaria.2{at}osu.edu.

Editor: E. I. Tuomanen

Infection and Immunity, August 2002, p. 4292-4301, Vol. 70, No. 8
0019-9567/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.8.4292-4301.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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