Pseudomonas aeruginosa alkaline protease degrades human gamma interferon and inhibits its bioactivity.
AUTOR(ES)
Horvat, R T
RESUMO
This study was performed to determine the effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production by antigen-stimulated human T-cell clones. Crude bacterial filtrates prepared from certain strains of P. aeruginosa inhibited IFN-gamma production by T cells and reduced the antiviral activity of preformed IFN-gamma. Bacterial filtrates prepared from mutant strains that did not produce the exoenzyme alkaline protease (AP) did not inhibit IFN-gamma activity. The inhibitory activity of bacterial filtrates was heat and trypsin sensitive and was neutralized by an antiserum to AP. Crystalline AP mimicked the effects of the bacterial filtrates, and an inactive filtrate from a protease-deficient mutant strain was reconstituted by the addition of AP. AP-treated recombinant IFN-gamma showed altered migration on Western blots (immunoblots) of polyacrylamide gels, and this modification correlated with a dose-dependent loss of antiviral activity. The ability of recombinant IFN-gamma to elevate the expression of Fc receptors on cells of the U-937 histiocytic cell line was also diminished by AP treatment. These results indicate that the Pseudomonas protease AP can inhibit the antiviral and immunomodulatory activities of IFN-gamma.
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