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Infection and Immunity, April 2000, p. 2061-2068, Vol. 68, No. 4
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Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Recognizes Platelet gC1qR/p33: a Novel Mechanism for Staphylococcal Interactions with Platelets

Truc Nguyen,1 Berhane Ghebrehiwet,2 and Ellinor I. B. Peerschke1,*

Department of Pathology, Weill College of Medicine of Cornell University, New York,1 and Department of Medicine and Pathology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook,2 New York

Received 7 September 1999/Returned for modification 19 October 1999/Accepted 12 January 2000

The adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to platelets is a major determinant of virulence in the pathogenesis of endocarditis. Molecular mechanisms mediating S. aureus interactions with platelets, however, are incompletely understood. The present study describes the interaction between S. aureus protein A and gC1qR/p33, a multifunctional, ubiquitously distributed cellular protein, initially described as a binding site for the globular heads of C1q. Suspensions of fixed S. aureus or purified protein A, chemically cross-linked to agarose support beads, were found to capture native gC1qR from whole platelets. Moreover, biotinylated protein A bound specifically to fixed, adherent, human platelets. This interaction was inhibited by unlabeled protein A, soluble recombinant gC1qR (rgC1qR), or anti-gC1qR antibody F(ab')2 fragments. The interaction between protein A and platelet gC1qR was underscored by studies illustrating preferential recognition of the protein A-bearing S. aureus Cowan I strain by gC1qR compared to recognition of the protein A-deficient Wood 46 strain, as well as inhibition of S. aureus Cowan I strain adhesion to immobilized platelets by soluble protein A. Further characterization of the protein A-gC1qR interaction by solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques measuring biotinylated gC1qR binding to immobilized protein A revealed specific binding that was inhibited by soluble protein A with a 50% inhibitory concentration of (3.3 ± 0.7) × 10-7 M (mean ± standard deviation; n = 3). Rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG) also prevented gC1qR-protein A interactions, and inactivation of protein A tyrosil residues by hyperiodination, previously reported to prevent the binding of IgG Fc, but not Fab, domains to protein A, abrogated gC1qR binding. These results suggest similar protein A structural requirements for gC1qR and IgG Fc binding. Further studies of structure and function using a truncated gC1qR mutant lacking amino acids 74 to 95 demonstrated that the protein A binding domain lies outside of the gC1qR amino-terminal alpha helix, which contains binding sites for the globular heads of C1q. In conclusion, the data implicate the platelet gC1qR as a novel cellular binding site for staphylococcal protein A and suggest an additional mechanism for bacterial cell adhesion to sites of vascular injury and thrombosis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Room K511, 525 East 68th St., New York, NY 10021. Phone: (212) 746-2096. Fax: (212) 746-8797. E-mail: epeersch{at}mail.med.cornell.edu.

Infection and Immunity, April 2000, p. 2061-2068, Vol. 68, No. 4
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Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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