Comparative roles of the Arg-Gly-Asp sequence present in the Bordetella pertussis adhesins pertactin and filamentous hemagglutinin.

AUTOR(ES)

Leininger, E

RESUMO

Pertactin and filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), proteins present on the surface of the gram-negative organism Bordetella pertussis, have been shown to contain the putative cell-binding sequence arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) and to promote eukaryotic cell attachment. The attachment of epithelial cells to purified pertactin and the entry of B. pertussis into human HeLa cells are both inhibited by an RGD-containing peptide derived from the pertactin sequence. In contrast, an RGD-containing peptide derived from the FHA sequence has no effect on either the attachment of epithelial cells to purified FHA or the entry of B. pertussis into HeLa cells. Staphylococcus aureus organisms coated with pertactin or FHA, purified from B. pertussis, enter HeLa cells more efficiently than S. aureus cells coated with bovine serum albumin. The pertactin-enhanced entry of S. aureus is inhibited by 75% in the presence of the RGD peptide from pertactin, whereas the RGD peptide derived from FHA has no effect on the increased entry promoted by the pertactin-coated or by the FHA-coated S. aureus. These results indicate that the active uptake of B. pertussis by certain mammalian cells may be mediated by the interaction of the RGD site found in pertactin with eukaryotic cell surface receptors.

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