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Infection and Immunity, September 2006, p. 5191-5199, Vol. 74, No. 9
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00124-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of Neisseria meningitidis Nonlipopolysaccharide Ligands for Class A Macrophage Scavenger Receptor by Using a Novel Assay{ddagger}

Leanne Peiser,1,{dagger} Katherine Makepeace,2 Annette Plüddemann,1 Silvana Savino,3 J. Claire Wright,2 Mariagrazia Pizza,3 Rino Rappuoli,3 E. Richard Moxon,2 and Siamon Gordon1*

Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom,1 Department of Paediatrics, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom,2 IRIS, Chiron Vaccines, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy3

Received 24 January 2006/ Returned for modification 22 March 2006/ Accepted 9 June 2006

Macrophages (M{phi}) may play an important role in the pathogenesis of invasive meningococcal infection. Previously, we have shown that the class A M{phi} scavenger receptor (SR-A) is a major nonopsonic receptor for Neisseria meningitidis on M{phi}. SR-A contributes to host defense by binding proinflammatory polyanionic ligands such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and by the uptake and killing of live organisms. SR-A-deficient mouse M{phi} display a substantial reduction in the number of meningococci ingested compared to wild-type M{phi}, and SR-A is required for meningococcal phagocytosis but not for the release of tumor necrosis factor alpha. Although soluble lipid A and lipidIVA are reported as ligands for SR-A, we demonstrated that LPS and LPS expression were not essential for the uptake of whole meningococci. In the present study, we set out to discover protein ligand(s) for SR-A in N. meningitidis lysates and outer membrane vesicles. Using various microbial mutant strains, we determined that molecules comprising the membrane capsule and pili, as well as the abundant surface Opa proteins were not essential for SR-A recognition. We developed a binding assay to detect SR-A ligands and identified three candidate proteins expressed on intact organisms, namely, NMB1220, NMB0278, and NMB0667. Soluble forms of these ligands were shown to block the binding of meningococci to CHO cells stably transfected with SR-A. Furthermore, NMB1220 was endocytosed by SR-A on M{phi} and prevented internalization of soluble acetylated low-density lipoprotein. Thus, we have identified novel, unmodified protein ligands for SR-A that are able to inhibit meningococcal interactions with macrophages in vitro.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 1865 275534. Fax: 44 1865 275515. E-mail: christine.holt{at}path.ox.ac.uk.

Editor: J. L. Flynn

{ddagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://iai.asm.org/.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357710, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195.

Infection and Immunity, September 2006, p. 5191-5199, Vol. 74, No. 9
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.00124-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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